Trucker Lee

For Groundspeak to assist with spoilers, someone has to review each log and determine whether it qualifies. A cache owner can get an email of each log, and better knows the hide. Groundspeak has done their part by giving cache owners a way to delete logs that spoil the fun. Of course, some spoilers may be placed unknowingly. Email the finder first and ask them to rewrite as a courtesy.

For plastic containers, duct tape works wonders. No problems with hold or peeling.

beep beep, big rig coming through

My first concern was shoulder parking, but checking it on Google Earth (down to street photos even) I could see that was at one of the wide spots often used for taking breaks in the west. Have used these a few times myself. Will be a bit getting the series checked and added, spending some time getting Trucker Buddy Intl. business taken care of as the truck show season is beginning soon. These will certainly add to the caches available for truckers and RVers out that way. For all of us, many thanks.

If you skip the signing, there is no record of your find. Replace the log, note so in your online log, and save the old for 30 days before discarding in case the owner wants it.

Although the website over there has been quiet due to the passing of our webmaster, GeoTruckers.com, the group for those who cache with larger than normal vehicles is still alive as long as we are caching. I for one don't intend to stop soon, but could use some help getting new caches to enter onto my bookmark lists which I happily share below for other drivers, RVers, and vacationers who wish quick finds along the highways. Simple cache requirements to be bookmarked are; 1. Listed with Geocaching.com for quick retrieval of cache info. 2. Must be safe and legal parking for a truck/trailer within a mile. No private property unless that business typically offers parking to these vehicles. Example, a truck stop is acceptable, a shopping center parking lot is not. 3. Rest areas must be open to large vehicles (there are some that are not). 4. Safe access to the cache, for example no walking across the interstate or dodging traffic. 6. North American continent only at this time. Perhaps later for the lorry operators and trainmasters in other parts of the world. I would ask that cache owners wishing to be included in my bookmark lists mention on the cache description where to park our large cachemobiles, example; large vehicles may park at XYZ truck stop, .4 miles distant from the cache. This would allow us to get the brake set with the minimum of effort and to know instantly whether our time schedule allows us the time to go for the smiley. This is not mandatory however, and those who discover suitable caches not on my lists are welcome to suggest them also. Please send your cache submissions to me though my Groundspeak profile page. My bookmark lists are; Southeast US Mississippi east, Tennessee and North Carolina south. Canada and Alaska Central USND, SD, NE, KS, OK, TX, LA, AR, MO IA, MN, WI, and IL. Eastern USMichigan, Indiana, Kentucky, Virginia, north and east. Western USArizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming Thank you for you assistance. Cache on!

The only time I believe anyone would have a problem with dropping bugs in your own cache is if you made a long road trip specifically for the purpose of collecting bugs to stock your hide. This was done a time back in the Texas and Louisiana area, a cacher gathered a large number of bugs to stock a new hide placed back in a city park. Many bugs were lost when the poorly placed cache with a good number of the travelers was washed away.

I prefer to cache for fun and exercise. I am not so anal about my numbers that I would practice either of these techniques. Cache swapping invalidates the signatures already there, as conceivably a cache found along a highway could end up several positions away placing in the position of a cache none of those whom signed have found. Leapfrogging seems like a silly thing as you have now found and visited only half the caches. Come on folks! Relax, take some time to look at the scenery, enjoy yourself. Crunch the numbers at work, where you get paid for being anal!

It would be ludicrous to hold reviewers responsible for cacher's safety. Each of us is responsible for ourselves, we should be aware of our own limitations and surroundings, and act accordingly. The reviewers are only responsible for insuring that Groundspeak guidelines are met. Nothing more.

I thought that was death...and taxes. It is. They get there taxes in the form of change, you know, nickles, dimes, quarters. So it is true then. They do nickel and dime you to death before they quarter you.

I thought that was death...and taxes. It is. They get there taxes in the form of change, you know, nickles, dimes, quarters. So it is true then. They do nickel and dime you to death before they quarter you.

If they couldn't get the container open, how would they know they found a cache and not a pipe bomb? Just asking!

Texas Hooligans has some great input. Caches on a route will fill up quickly if you include urban areas. For instance, a Dallas/Houston trip can quickly fill with the caches of these urban area leaving nothing to find between. Instead, when you make such a route, use a point several miles outside the city limit or urban area, in my example perhaps using Wilmer and Willis, TX. If you are to hunt urban areas, make a separate query for there. Don't for get to specify the types of cache you wish as well.

Along with the caches along a route, check the bookmarks for "rest area caches", and bookmark lists using the highway number. I have often found some in this way.

Whatever was the hold up, you got it done now. Welcome to the game.

I like a hint that points me the right direction, but doesn't give it away completely. When I offer a hint, this it reflected, as in for one of my simpler hides. The hint "I used to be taller". The hide, a soda bottle tube in a broken off tree along a fence line.

Guess with travel bugs, I have the luck of the dolphin. Of nine on my profile, 2 are in my possession (vehicle tags), 2 are in caches, and 5 are in places unknown. Two of these are known to have been in the hands of new cachers, one was in a muggled/destroyed cache, and two I suspect were just not logged correctly then lost.

In my case, multiple databases. But, one of those is strictly for caches across North America that were accessible with and had legal and safe parking nearby for tractor-trailers and RVs. The other was for my use when at home (I drive OTR for a living). On occasion, I would open still another database to work on my bookmark lists. You may find one database works well for you, but then decide to take a vacation. A second in that case would allow you to research and hold a specific set of caches for your vacation. In short, whatever works best for each user and the circumstances is the way to go.

How did this thread go from "reviewer qualifications" to worrying about what else a reviewer may have going. Perhaps it is time to lock this issue. Keep in mind that a reviewer only knows of cache problems if a "needs archived" is posted. A "needs maintenance" only goes to the cache owner. If there is a cache the owner won't maintain, post the NA after several NM logs so the reviewer knows that the owner is ignoring the issue. When you write a NM log, put a picture with it so all can see. I will go on record that I feel the reviewer for Texas has done an admirable job. I believe that when the burden becomes too much, he would be the first to say so or that Groundspeak would on their own add reviewers or reconfigure the regions when the need arises.

It does look a bit like the picture I found.. http://www.derwenttraders.com.au/contents/en-us/d161.html

Comen has the correct approach. The skirt clearly has been neglected maintenance by the local powers, and it is not your fault. Lovey Pigs, my wife says she might be able to find that one. Which cache is it?

Depends on the circumstances. Stealth, as circle the parking lot and come in from behind a bush, car, tree, or similar to avoid attracting attention walking to the cache, or hanging out with a gps to my ear until someone moves on. I've done both, recently got out and checked the oil so I could replace an LPC with someone sitting in a nearby car. Keep in mind sometimes a longer route is called for. Someone in jeans and t-shirt won't fit in with a wedding party in formal wear, but could walk right through another type gathering. Then again, someone climbing over a fence will attract attention, but walking around won't.

But then, I avoid Dallas. There are a few caches over that way I keep telling myself I want to get, but by the time I complete my business I just want to go by Keller's then get the heck out of there.

They signed the outside of a container, but how do they know it was the correct container? Ink the log or quitcherbitchin. Congrats on your FTF.

I would look for another location. First, to avoid confusion by seekers of both groups that could compromise one of both hides. Second, to reduce the traffic to a particular location arousing the curiosity of those in the area.