These are some snaps from the last few weeks of flatdeck work in Canada/USA, they are not in any particular order or anything, I’ll put a brief description under each, these lot I work for don’t recruit from anywhere other than in Canada either just so as You know, as You’ll see the weathers turned a bit too, some of You will have seen some of these on FB I’m sorry if you have, anyway I’ll not depress You any longer with waffle so off We go.
Loaded Saltillo MS for Rocanville SK
Same gear after I’d chucked a couple of rags on, Flying J West Memphis AR.
A Tennesee sunrise just north of Nashville TN.
Big Steve in 220 New York bound, picture taken in Illinois.
198 after a sticky ride back from Estevan SK.
Oversize & flags for 10’ load.
Waiting for permits in Winnipeg.
Clearing the decks for loading in Winnipeg.
Canadian style snow plough.
Nice old car cruising round Atlanta GA.
Unfortunate removals man Atlanta GA.
The Interstate.
North Dakota on a clear Sunday.
Beautifull British Columbia.
BC
Wacky Races in BC.
Rogers Pass Summit heading home from Vancouver.
Rogers.
198’s trinkets.
Avalanche area.
Lovely snow.
Remoulds I ask ya!
More BC roads.
More carnidge in BC our very own moderator was up here chained up.
& another one.
Praise The Lord, Calgary Flying J…
20 below with the choo choo creeping by Alberta.
View from the cab.
The world gone upside down.
Floridian sunshine.
Nearly home for Fly-sheet.
BC at sea level.
Well theres a few snaps from the cab of 198, I hope You liked them. Will a moderator do Me a link so a few more folks on the other channels can see them too, thank yee kindly.
Good stuff there Driver love the BC shots, think its got to be the nicest place out here for a drive through 
Some nice photos there, Driver.Glad to see you got them up OK.
Nice pics
I’ll post a link on the other forum for ya driver 
Some nice shots there. I think I’ll leave BC to you western boys in the winter! Seeing a jacknifed truck off the road is always a sobering sight. I’ve been in that situation myself in 2010 in Maine when I had to avoid a stranded car that I could hardly see due to freezing rain mixed with snow on my windscreen that wasn’t clearing. End result was the car was missed but I strayed in to deeper snow on the shoulder and got dragged in, the truck jacknifed and slid down the embankment towards the trees and turned over. A very unpleasant experience though thankfully I didn’t suffer a scratch due to wearing my seatbelt and as the truck had stopped when it rolled and then landed in deep snow, there was next to no damage at all. That happened to me on flat ground in horrendous conditions, I’ve no desire to chuck mountains in to the equation!
Nice pics mate, we did too and fro in the Rockies during winter 2008/09, the amount of dirt thrown up from the road was a pain in the arse. Drive safe.
Nice diary and pics Mr Flysheet, I am sure I have seen some tyres like that on the A303 in a hedge.
Great photos… This is what im gonna be doing in January… these fridges and box vans are for wimps… 
LOL.
Proud to be a wimp at -35 lol.
Mr Flyshedt is made if tougher stuff he’s from the north. 
i do like those volvos, are the cabs/switchgear similar to euro spec.
chilistrucker:
i do like those volvos, are the cabs/switchgear similar to euro spec.
The dashboards are basically straight out of an FH and all the best ones come with I-shift, not the witches couldron full of stones and gravel with a long stick pertruding in to the cab, known locally as an Eaton Fuller box of gears.
Heres one I drove in 2011, brand new at the time.
cheers
bloody hell, i-shift aswell, i’m guessing from most of the expat diaries i read, that the autos are still the minority over there.
chilistrucker:
cheers
bloody hell, i-shift aswell, i’m guessing from most of the expat diaries i read, that the autos are still the minority over there.
They’re gaining ground all the time and while most auto trucks have crappy Eaton “Smart shift” type efforts that basically clunk through every gear, Volvo’s introduction of the I shift a few years back really made them smarten up and make an effort at making proper auto boxes. I dont know what percentage of new trucks are auto or not at the moment but its certainly a lot higher than when I came here in 2009. I personally cant be arsed with all this crash box nonsense and love my auto, even if it is like something last seen in Europe in the late 80s. The only time I miss a manual is when I’m shunting as these things are all or nothing, often sending you slamming into a trailer or loading dock at high volocity.
Nice to see a qualcom sited where you can actualy see it not 6inch of the ground. 
yeah i know you are not supposed to use them on the go but …when it beeps ya do wonder what crap dispatch is sending you 
jimmy
Great shots, thanks for posting! Was interested to see Rocanville, SK. I flew over there about 7 years ago and spent a couple of weeks in and around Rocanville with friends. Good times
Mines different inside than your robinhood its got spilt coffee allover & the dashboard is a lot duller, its got a much less funny looking gear lever too…
Roger Breaker:
Great shots, thanks for posting! Was interested to see Rocanville, SK. I flew over there about 7 years ago and spent a couple of weeks in and around Rocanville with friends. Good times
Rocanville was -14 & snowing at 8am this morning Roger Breaker…
fly sheet:
Rocanville was -14 & snowing at 8am this morning Roger Breaker…
That’s what everyone says, I reckon you’re all making it up, it was lovely when we went! 
…it was August though, and 2006 by the looks of it.
Thanks for the update fly sheet! Nice to hear about the place, was a fantastic couple of weeks
