Thursday, March 12, 2026

 I left at 3 AM EDT and drove to the Port of Baltimore in Dundalk, Maryland.  I-70 was closed in the Hagerstown area, and had to follow a detour that took about an hour to get through. Also, it rained all the way in.  Delivered the tractor.  After that, I drove to the "home office" in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.  My truck is due for maintenance, and my trailer needs a few tires.  Hand more rain on the way.  In the area of the MD / PA state line, the rain changed to snow.  It had all stopped by the time I got to Carlisle.

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

 I  left half an hour before sunrise this morning.  All that bad weather in the Midwest that you heard about on the news today, I drove through several times.  Periods of heavy rain, wind, and pea-sized hail. Made it safely to a small truck stop in Grantsville, Maryland, for the night.

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

 I left at 2 AM EDT and drove to Sturdavant, Wisconsin, and loaded a Case 70325 Tractor that is going to the Port of Baltimore, and then it's going on a big boat to Romania.

I left there and drove to the TA Express truck stop in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, for the night.

Monday, March 9, 2026

 I drove the rest of the way to Shelby, Michigan, and delivered the wheel loader.  My next load is in Sturdevant, Wisconsin.  I started off that way, but had to stop at the TA truck stop in Ann Arbor, Michigan, to get a flat tire repaired.  Stayed there for my 10 hours.

Saturday, March 7, 2026

 I left Hagerstown, MD, at about 4 AM EST.  Drove to the Pilot truck stop in Toledo, Ohio.  I'll be here until Monday morning.

Friday, March 6, 2026

 I left at 4 AM EST and drove the rest of the way to Mount Joy, Pennsylvania.  Unloaded the genset.  Then drove to the Port of Baltimore and loaded a Caterpillar 950 Wheel Loader that is going to Shelby, Michigan.  

I left there and drove to the AC&T truck stop in Hagerstown, Maryland.  I stopped a little early today because I was very tired, hungry, and I'd had enough of heavy traffic!!!  

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Thursday, March 5, 2026

 I started off at 4 AM EST and quickly realized that the fog was way too heavy for a permit load to continue.  I stopped at the next truck stop, a Flying J, in New Haven, Indiana, and waited for it to clear up.  About two and a half hours later, the fog lifted enough to go.  Even so, it rained all day again.  My original permit route through Pennsylvania was really stupid!! This is where they were sending me...

Is that the dumbest thing????  Routing me way out of the way right through the middle of Pittsburgh!!!!  Good grief!!!!!   What the heck were they thinking????? 

I had a discussion (that is putting it nicely) with my dispatcher about it.  A new permit was ordered with a better route...

I should have never been routed this way to start with, but at least this one was better than the first one. I drove to the Sapp Brothers truck stop in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, for the night.