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!!!  

Blog readers for the past 7 days...

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. 

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

 I delivered the dozer in Indianapolis, Indiana, and was out of there by 7:15 AM EST.  Then drove up to Lafayette, Indiana, and loaded a Caterpillar Genset that is going to Mount Joy, Pennsylvania.

Left there and went the wrong way.  I didn't know it was a permit load until I scaled. I'm overweight.  My Permit route had me going a totally different way.  I was going the way that makes sense!  So I went back and got on the stupid permit route.  That put me way behind schedule.  Stopped for the night at the Love's Truck stop in Huntington, Indiana for the night.

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

 I left this morning, timing it so that I would arrive at the West Virginia state line at sunrise.  I did good, I was only 5 minutes early.  It rained all day.  After driving 561 miles, I stopped at the Petro truck stop in New Paris, Ohio, for the night.

Monday, March 2, 2026

 I checked in at the Port of Baltimore when they opened this morning.  They told me that they won't be able to get me unloaded until after lunch.  So I parked and waited. At 1 PM EST, they brought me over to where I was going to unload.  They were not going to put the tires on today.  They lifted the compactor off with a crane.  When I was empty, I went over to the other side of the Port and loaded a Caterpillar D5 Dozer that was going to Indianapolis, Indiana.  It was snowing.

I left there and drove over to the TA truck stop in Baltimore for the night.

Saturday, February 28, 2026

 I left at sunrise this morning.  Drove to the AC&T truck stop in Hagerstown, Maryland.  Will be here until Monday morning.

Friday, February 27, 2026

 I left half an hour before sunrise this morning.  When I stopped for fuel and a shower at the TA truck stop in Wheeling, West Virginia, I decided to stay here for the rest of the day.  Since I don't deliver until Monday, there is no hurry.