On the Road with Kurt Grote

hello once again everyone. i have been pretty busy lately. i hope you all are to. i wonder if that means that things are picking up? we can only hope. some of the questions i get asked the most from people other than truckers are, “what is it like and i bet you have seen a lot of the country” so i thought i would dedicate this blog to some of our friends that are stuck in an office cubicle and don’t have a corner office with a view. the picks to the right were taken on my last trip up to salt lake city ut. via albuquerque nm, moad ut, and price ut. what a wonderful drive. if you ever get the chance to take this ride i strongly suggest you do so. you will not be disappointed. just take a look at my pictures, i bet some executives cant have their morning coffee like i did that mourning. when i got myself out of bed and poured my coffee i knew i was going to have a good day!!! if you look closely ( click on the one with the truck to make it bigger) that is the only picture i took from outside the cascadia!! go ahead and look at each one. still cant believe it? it’s no joke you can see that well out of this truck.i know i have painted a very pretty picture of what a truck driver really does do, but there are times when you just have to stop and have that cup of coffee. this country of ours have so many hidden secrets out there that most people don’t even know about them. in a kind of strange way i hope i have made some executives just a little bit jealous. and the great thing about it is that, that view changes every mourning!!!! until next time, you all be safe.                    kurt

hello everyone, i have a question for all of you. how many of you have a pet with you on the truck and what kind? i do i have a miniature schnauzer. i think he is a great truck pet. of course i am sure you all have the perfect truck pet . i am also sure you love you pet more than anyone else. i think this is a good topic. not only giving us love but i think they also keep us from going absolutely nuts. my little fellas name is spencer. with all the room in my cascadia i tend to lose him more often than i use to. he doesn’t seem to mind all the space. i think he gets more exercise then before which is always good. he likes to bring me some of his toys so i can throw them over my shoulder on to the bed and he can go get it and bring back again, again, and again until i have had enough. sometimes i think he plays i cant hear you, “you have to speak up or whistle if you want me to come”. only an attitude a father could love. maybe i should go back to a smaller sleeper….. NOT. i do think pets are good for all of us that drives a truck. i must say that you must be respectful and know when a pet is appropriate to take in to public, like truck shows and repair centers and the like. comment and let me know your thoughts and what pet you have.          kurt

hello everyone, i know i have talked a lot about fuel mileage and how the truck runs. however not a lot about maintenance. so lets talk about headlights, with the headlights on this cascadia it is so simple it’s not funny. just go in to wal-mart or target or any other inexpensive place go to the auto department and pick one up. all you have to do is pop it in and go on down the road. you don’t even have to do any adjusting. no more wondering if you had adjusted the headlight properly so other drivers wont yell at you over the cb that your headlight is blinding them. how simple could that be? which brings me to another question, what about those driving lights? does driving lights bother you? i was one that did not like them. however, i have changed my mind and my attitude. i have stated using mine, but before i did i checked mine via my wife. she more than any one else i know i can trust, and as she was a driver as well. i came up behind her and head on and she said no way any one could complain about my lights so i now run my driving lights. i must say because i see much more of the shoulders i have been able to avoid animals and debris that have saved me damage to my truck. so at that i will continue to run my driving lights. i think i have had a grand total of one maybe two drivers that have complained but that’s it. the price of running those lights are a lot less expensive than hitting things with your truck. i guess i should say that on my old truck i had running lights on it to. however i could not get they to adjust properly so i just didn’t run them at all. and if you do have an out of adjusted head light what is the correct way to adjust them so they won’t blind other drivers? is there a right or a wrong way? how do you know you have it right? do you have a trick you could teach the rest of us? or maybe a little tidbit of information that would make this task a little easier and sure prof? i would love to hear you responses.

kurt