Full Circle (or here we go again!)

“The more things change, the more they stay the same…” -Unknown

“…guess what I’M doing!” – Ray Stevens in ‘It’s Me Again Margaret’

“There is nothing new under the sun..” - King Solomon

Just a update to this forgotten blog, an entry to an excruciatingly minor footnote in American History

I’m back into the business side of Trucking, and am now officially known as:
David C Schupbach NCRS
(Nationwide Commodity Relocation Specialist)

Vital Stats of the Beautiful Beast pictured above:

• 2003 Kenworth T2000
• Burgundy/Silver
• 475 hp “Pre-Emission” Caterpillar Engine (1650 ft/lb torque) upratable to 550 hp
• 13 spd Fuller transmission
• 3.55:1 rear axle ratio
• 22.5 lp tires on 10 Aluminum Wheels
• Full Aero package
• “75 integral sleeper w/refrigerator, microwave, 2500 watt inverter.

In case anyone is wondering, apparently there is an integral form of insanity accompanying the ability to drive a truck coast-to-coast.  Incidentally, the “ability to drive a truck” involves far more than just being able to get behind the wheel and go thru all the gears without leaving the road.

No… to earn your NCRS degree, you have to have the kind of mental defect that enables you to spend the better part of your life sheperding 80,000 lbs. of steel, rubber, and glass down the road at 65-70 mph.  All the while dodging tourists, locals, and law enforcement who just want to get a closer look at “the pretty truck with the ugly driver!” :-0

And to do it for 20+ years?

There’s a word for that… I think it’s:

Gotta run now, I think I hear my Jake Brake calling…