The only time I ever drove more in a single day than I did today was when I originally moved to Farmington. On the first day of my two-day drive out here, I covered about 700 miles in what was or less a car of my choice. That was a painful drive. Today, I drove 556 miles in a one ton pick-up. This was much more draining.
As one might expect, the trip started at our yard in Farmington and we ventured to a field near Basin, CO to pick up a truck that can carry some equipment and use it to pick up some equipment. From there we jumped to another rig to drop off a piece of equipment. Not surprisingly, we picked up another piece of equipment nearby and moved it to yet another rig. Then, we moved the truck back to close to where we originally picked it up at. And of course, we came home when it was all said and done. Mostly done, not a lot said.
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You win! Today, I drove only about 3 miles in the Buick to a Los Altos show. My Buick still looks as good as when this picture was taken -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buick_Skylark. (Mine is the blue first generation model just below the "fold".)
I just found out you are a truck driver!
Do the laws & regulations in NM and Col. allow you to drive that many miles in one day? Based on the maps that you provided, it’s more than 14 hours of driving in one day. That would not give you enough sleep/rest to operate any machinery or equipment. The union will file a complaint against your employer if the law has been broken. Since it's Saturday, your wages should be 1.5 times or even double times if it went over certain numbers of hours.
Truck driver: what's your handle? If you are speeding to make time, watch out for bears or full grown bears. Ever been stopped by the city kitty or county mounty?
What about that time we drove from Tahoe to Davis to Los Altos to Davis to Whittier in a day?
Or are you counting just YOU driving by yourself?
You have worked long hours. I hope they compensate you according to the law of labors! Check out the Business Week, 10/1 issue, page 50.
Scott, I'm only counting times where I drove the entire time. But yes, that was a pretty ridiculous day.
How ridiculous was it?
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