PopsMotherRoadFBR

The first thing every #TRUCKER wants to do every morning is... Well maybe second thing (blush) is to know how many hours his #ELD is going to show he /she can use that day. #POPSMOTHERROADFBR takes on that challenge with a lesson on checking and #CERTIFYING #LOGBOOK from previous day so we can work legally within #DOT & #FMCSA rules on #HOS (Hours of Service). Pop's company uses #PEOPLENET system. It is a very common system to thousands of #OTR #TRUCKING personnel. So we invite you to join Pop as he explains the in's and outs of the PeopleNet ELD.

With the #PEOPLENET system, this is how you detemine how many hours you have left to drive each day. This video is based on an 11 hour day and more than 14 hours duty time available at the beginning of the day. #HOS #ELD

Ok, Guys... I really like #Texas. I really do. But, getting #Flippedoff in #Brenham Texas, the hometown of wholesome #BLUEBELL Ice Cream, is one of the highest honors an #Okiefrommuskogee can have bestowed upon him. Ha! Not only do I get the #BONE thus week #POPSMOTHERROADFBR takes you on a #geological journey over and through the #Arbuckle Mountains in South Central #OKLAHOMA. THEN we drive through that area where the multiple - vehicle pileup in #FORTWORTH a few weeks ago. You can see how narrow the area is and how it contributed to the unfortunate 4 #FATALITIES.

Until today, Silas had only firm to climb aboard long enough to honk the horn and grab Pop's dirty clothes bag. With only two stops, Pop and Si make short work of the day before the weekend off. Now Silas gets to show off all the "work" he got done to his two cousins and three sisters. Meanwhile, Pop will be back on the road Monday.

The #RECORDBREAKING #TEMPERATURES in middle America start to subside, but #POPSMOTHERROADFBR heads out through Colorado, Wyoming, and #UTAH. While traveling through Wyoming, wind guests go as high as 80mph! Pop saw a couple of jack-knifed trucks due to the high winds. But, the GPT #KENWORTH and #DOONAN trailer, pull right through the tough spots, through #NEVADA and on to Cali!

@PopsMotherRoadFBR is doing a turn around to California again. This time with a trainee. Jose, the trainee is sharing the driving with Pop. This makes it easier to get home. We are not doing backhauls yet, so nothing interesting there until the end of this week and we will pick up a load of steel. Jose will learn securement and tarping of steel. Stay safe! #POPSMOTHERROADFBR

A Vlog buddyy, and mentor, blew an engine. https://youtu.be/Qw-8cVUoEZk Go by and give him some encouragement. Thanks

#SNOWSTORM 2021 in #OKLAHOMA and #TEXAS finds Pop near Ennis, Texas. He's trying to drop off a large Implement, but the store is iced in. So Miss Carol and Pop pull into a #LOVESCOUNTRYSTORE Truck Stop to wait until the ice and snow clear enough for forklifts to be able to move. Also, his 10 year old granddaughter has some #facemask lanyards for sale if you are interested.

Pop finds himself in a very cold situation. With #temperatures dropping below zero, he parks his truck at his home in Tuttle Oklahoma. The dropping temps, finds out how cold it is before the diesel fuel will #gel. The temperature range? ... #singledigits. The temperature drops #belowzero on Sunday night / Monday morning. - 9 degrees in Tuttle, Oklahoma, makes for a gelled fuel filter in his truck. Due to be in Ennis, #Texas tomorrow, he and Miss Carol are loading the truck and about to leave. It is now noon on Monday.

#CATRESCUE in SW Oklahoma City! Poor guy wandered into an "all dogs" farm yard. Three dogs keep watch as the poor guy stays frozen, up high in a tree. #KITTY eventually is helped from his perch by family. The kids who rescued the #TOMCAT wanted to keep him, but found out he lived next door. He was well fed and friendly. He just wanted back on his side of the fence. #FELINES are funny. #CATSANDDOGS living together. Hmm. Whodathunk?

Pop's pseudo personality and SUPER FAN, Coach Chuck gives highlights of the 2020 Cotton Bowl.

Pop and Carol spend part of Christmas Eve with the Church family in Tuttle.

Pop describes the latest news around Truck 755 and now 717. Didnt break down on the road, but close. Had a 12 hour layover in Springfield, Il. Now in the Dallas/Ft Worth area, after making three drops on Monday, he's loading up on Tuesday to Oklahoma City. After that load is kicked off the old "skateboard," Pop is heading home for the remainder of 2020. Happy New Year everyone!

In this first of two parts, Pop shows what its like to pull into a truck stop for your typical night. There is a lineup of Peterbilt trucks at the fuel pumps, with lots of beautiful lights. Pop shows you a shower room and a walk around the store of this Loves Country Store in Southern Terre Haute, IN.

Pop and his trainee, Kelly, make 7 drops in the mountains around West Virginia, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania.

Finished our three drops in Florida, bouncing 300 miles to DeLand to pick up load...kinda.

Pop Stops off at the famous rest stop on Alligator Alley.

Watch Pop and Miss Carol drive the Tennessee River valley.

A look at a thankful day 11/26/2020

Pop and Ma'am Staging up to depart for Florida. Also Big Buck deer runs across road near Miltonvale, KS.

Pop finds himself waiting on conditions to improve before heading into the Great ice storm in Arkansas. While Waiting, he spots two trucks who Jacknifed while attempting to exit the Interstate.

Pop takes a wide load into far Eastern Wisconsin. Wandering through what some folks might call "Tundra" we find ourselves slicing a 76,000 lb swath through one of the most beautiful Christmas Tree forests in America. Near Prentiss, WI there is actually a Christmas Tree festival! As we drive through, you can almost smell the pine scent wafting it's way into your computer. So sit back, relax and enjoy a ride that would make Santa proud.

PopsMotherRoadFBR@gmail.com New email address for FBR followers and subscribers. Feel free to give me a shout! Monday and Tuesday update. All the talk is about the weather. Pop wakes up to cool Temps and sunny skies. But by nightfall, the worst case scenario is on the plate. Freezing Rain! Rule #1... No load, no schedule, no urgency is worth driving on ice. Park the truck and wait fire conditions to improve.

Pop gets his load in Printiss, WI and heads South start as the law will allow. But yet, he wakes up on Thursday morning in the middle of the #BLIZZARD in #IOWA. Running slowly but surely, #POPSMOTHERROADFBR gets his low profile yet medium-heavy load on the road towards Harrisonville, MO. The perfect load, really, for high winds and slick roads.

Dutch Pantry, Affle House, Port Arthur to KC