My First Time Into Ontario
Heading East out of Winnipeg, after driving around circle drive must be a lot different then than it is now. There were great distances...
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Mark Thomson
- Sep 1, 2020
- 1 min
Truck Fire!
After coming home from a long Haul, we came back into the yard in Delta and couldn't wait to get out of there and head home. Got the...
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Mark Thomson
- Aug 30, 2020
- 2 min
Hurry Up and Wait: The Life of a Short Haul Trucker
There were many days while working for Stinson that we would end up hanging out at Terminal 5 as our containers were not released or some...
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Mark Thomson
- Aug 28, 2020
- 2 min
Hauling Heavy Containers to Seattle
Around 1990, i worked for a firm hauling heavy containers from Vancouver to Seattle. Stinson Transportation had a fleet of odd trailers...
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Mark Thomson
- Aug 28, 2020
- 2 min
Sunday Summit Highway 3
Highway 3 westbound from Princeton the highway climbs past The Copper Mountain Mine, an open pit mine about 20 km south of town. The...
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Mark Thomson
- Aug 12, 2020
- 3 min
Hauling to Skookumchuck
In around 1988, I was working for Stinson Transportation out of Delta, BC. There were 2 brothers, Doug and Al. Doug being the suit type...
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Mark Thomson
- Aug 3, 2020
- 1 min
Into The Blackfoot Truckstop
On a clear, cold night, we came into Calgary, and thought we knew where to go. After a couple of wrong turns, we ended up on a dead end,...
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Mark Thomson
- Aug 3, 2020
- 1 min
Running For Hunterline
In early 1988, my buddy, Steve Campbell, went on the Hunterline Trucking Never/Never Plan and signed on to purchase a brand new Ford...
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Mark Thomson
- Aug 2, 2020
- 1 min
My First Class One Paid Trip
After getting my class one shortly after Expo ended, I had the joy of doing my first paid trip as a class one operator. I took our 1966...
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Mark Thomson
- Aug 2, 2020
- 1 min
Truck Life in the 1980's
During the time of Expo '86 I was operating a 1 Ton Flatdeck for a small operation named Western Carriers. Expo was a blast but the fire...
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