Had a very satisfying experience this week travelling with our Heavy Chevy and Trailer from Orillia to Barrie...speeder talking on his Cell while covering every lane weaving in and out and cutting off other cars and truckers with his Mercedes 4x4 SUV...we called Ontario Provincial Police as did many other truckers we heard over our CB...they got the guy pulled over before we hit Barrie...and before he killed somebody...felt good! 

Driving on-call emergency blood supplies to hospitals is a challenge since we are aware that somebody may be on-hold on an operating table with their life on-hold...we cover all hospitals from Windsor to Toronto area and up to Barrie and Orillia and back over to Owen Sound, Goderich and Sarnia areas and back home to London,Ontario.  Our Dodge Van usually handles the job with up to about 40 boxes of blood which is time-sensitive as well as temperature sensitive and is very fuel efficient and…

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The CB talk along Hwy.401 near Toronto yesterday May 2 was directed at drivers who talked in their native language briefly to direct their buddy to another channel. Immediately some idiot blurted out..." Go Back To Your Own Country Blah Blah Blah..." I had to wonder if these guys ancestors spoke perfect english when they first arrived in this country. Their own crude words were certainly not perfect english and unacceptable in this day & age. Poor comments to somebody who has an accent and… Continue

STYLE IS BEYOND THE CLOSET & WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE...IT'S SMALL GESTURES, LIKE BEING GRACIOUS TO WAITSTAFF, THE PERSON WHO MIGHT PUMP YOUR FUEL AND OF COURSE DRIVERS. THAT IS WHAT SETS YOU APART.

The best part of the week....Ah Friday. Highway Courier loaded at Toronto's Concord at 5:30am and headed back to base in London. Only 6400 Lbs on this load (limit). Got sent over to Strathroy to pick up and then to deliver at Hensall,Ont. From there heading cross-country to Barrie to pick up, and down the 400 Hwy to Toronto again. The 400 and the 407 & 401 were all full of Friday traffic but weather was good and traffic moved well all the way back to London Base. A 16 hour day for a Friday… Continue

Me and my drive-team partner and best friend/wife Julia covered the roads from London to Kingsville & up to Owen Sound and along Georgian Bay where the weather was sunny and +14c all the way to Barrie and down to Toronto, over to Montreal and back to Cambridge & then home to London. Whew!!

Delivered everything from one envelope to 6400Lbs of skids along the way as well as picking goods along the way to return to London Base. All were delivered and picked up safe and on time as… Continue