Saturday, September 18, 2010

Drove the rest of the way down to Kingsland, GA to spend the weekend there.

Friday, September 17, 2010

Went to Wilkes-Barre, PA and picked up my next load.  It is 23 bags of anthracite.  If you want to know what that is, click on this link:                    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthracite 
Each bag is 2000 pounds  (1 ton).  Taking them to Crosby, Texas.  Going the long way so I can spend some time in Kingsland, GA this weekend.  After I got my load I got on the road and drove 656 miles down to Florence, SC and stopped at the Flying J Truck Stop for the night.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Got my A/C fixed this morning. Fortunately nothing major. My next load is tomorrow morning in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.  Drove to the Petro in Scranton, PA to spend the night.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Drove 511 miles from Ohio to Edison, New Jersey and delivered my load.  As I entered NJ on I-80 my air conditioner started to get warmer.  I stopped in a rest area and looked under the hood.  Looked like the A/C compressor blew a seal and dumped all the refrigerant.  Wonderful!!  I found a place in Edison that can fix it, but not until tomorrow.  The allowed me to park in their lot overnight.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Not much exciting today.  Drove through Chicago and past Wrigley Field.  The Chicago skyline was gorgeous this morning in spite of all the bumper to bumper traffic. Stopped for the night after driving 710 miles at the rest area on the Ohio Turnpike (Interstate 80) in Vermilion Valley, Ohio.  Ohio Turnpike has the best rest areas in the country. Lots of well lite parking, large food court with lots of variety, large clean restrooms, free showers, truckers lounge, and there are hook ups for RVs in the RV parking area.  If only the rest of the country would do that!!  Web site:   http://www.ohioturnpike.org/travelers/service_plaza/

Monday, September 13, 2010

Drove over to Butterfield, MN and delivered the pipe.  Then drove to Fridley, MN for my next load.  Picked up 16 steel castings going to Edison, NJ for a rock crusher machine .  45,410 pounds.  These things go inside the rock crushing part.  The crusher pushes the rocks up against these things in order to crush the rocks.  Because of that these things wear out pretty quick and need to be changed out.  Didn't get very far after loading.  Stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Hudson, Wisconsin.