Grandson checking out the Big Rig.

Company policy is no riders until after 6 months of accident free driving.....and they have to be 13. My 7 year old grandson, like most small boys, in enthralled with big trucks and construction equipment.
The Company allowed me to give him a short ride in the yard....he loved it!

Crown Point, Indiana

Another morning when I had a later set unloading time.
Paved trail in northern Indiana.
Found a small, family restaurant that served breakfast all day!

Elroy/Sparta Trail, Wisconsin

On my way to Minnesota I figured I could get a 90 minute ride in and still have enough time to get to where I had to be to get unloaded in the AM.
One of the oldest, if not the original Rail to Trail in WI if not the USA. Opened in 1967.
I parked at Exit 28, rode down the road on the bike past the Kwik-Trip to the left and picked up the trial there.
Crushed granite. This trail is know for the 1 mile tunnel.....bring a light.

It's been a wet spring, the vegetation along the trail is doing very well.

Richmond, Indiana

Exit 149B on I70. Quick ride right from the Love's truck stop out Flatley Rd. to Wayne Rd. where you'll hit the Cardinal Greenway. It goes north 60 some miles or better to Indianapolis and south into Richmond. Paved.
My morning unload appointment allowed me to get about 90 minutes in before I backed in.

My riding partner, in the truck and out of it.

This site is designed to give any truckers that want bike ideas to do just that, bike while on the road.

Started driving a Commercial Truck at the age of 60 after 10years working in the logging industry in Oregon, a 25 career in the midwest primarily in sales and service of robotic paper testing equipment followed by a 3 year sales stint with a mining company and most recently trying my hand at enticing small and medium sized privately owned businesses on consulting services.

Back in the day I grew up on a dairy farm and spent time in high school driving a milk truck with a can route as my first "real job" outside the home. In my 20's I ran heavy equipment in the logging industry in Oregon.

My other blog motoscotch.blogspot.com covers the logging years, biking and other outdoor activities.

I enrolled in truck driving school at SabertoothCDL near where I live.

The current truck is a 2012 Freightliner with a 10-speed manual tranny. Sleeper berth. I pull a 53' van trailer loaded with freight of all kinds.
Jobs are regional to the Midwest, 500-800 mile radius or so, but will be going OTR as well to try that out.
I live in central WI.

A job in transportation seems to have the possibility of giving me the flexibility and income I desire at this point in time in my life along with the chance to ride bike in different places as I deliver freight across the midwest and country. I want to stay physically active and truckers are so limited on the road. Our trucks can mainly only be parked at waysides and truck stops which provide little to no chances for the driver to do much but hang out in the truck and/or truck stops and be held captive by the meager offerings at either.

Asked the shop to remove the seat. Another driver for the company had done the same and it seemed a good idea.
Lots of room and easy access to load and unload the bike(s). 

Hard Tail Gary Fisher Paragon Mountain Bike.

Full Suspension Trek/Gary Fisher Superfly 

Rigid Salsa El Mariachi will be the main bikes.....in the winter I'll see if the 9:zero:7 Fat Bike works out, as well.

Google maps on my iPhone shows bike trails and I have an APP for singletrack trails as well, which I prefer. In any case, I hope to post up and show a few pics where I find to ride while out on the road.

In the cab.