Saturday, December 4, 2010

Got on the road at 2am eastern time.  It was snowing pretty good.  The roads were just starting to cover but basically they were just wet.  The DOT was out in force and doing a real good job at keeping the roads clear.  Drove out of the snow in Ohio and it got progressively better.  By the time I stopped for the rest of the weekend in Pennsylvania it was partly sunny but still cold. I am at the Petro truck stop in Carlisle, PA.  Snow is expected here tomorrow.

Friday, December 3, 2010

Drove up to a TA Truck stop just west of Indianapolis, IN today.  Nothing exciting.  Supposed to get snow starting tonight so I'm going to bed early so I can get an early start in the morning. 

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Got on the road again this morning.  When doing pre-trip inspection I noticed a lot of fluid leaking from my front wheel hubs.  Stopped at Peterbilt in Amarillo, Texas to get it checked.  Found that when they replaced my wheel bearings they used silicone instead of a gasket.  That caused the leak.  Got it fixed. Then back on the road again.  Stopped for the night at a truck stop in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Here are photos of the load I have now.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Got on the road this morning after a few hours sleep.  Pretty uneventfull.  Stopped at Peterbilt in Albuquerque, NM and bought a new wiring harness for my headlight.  Installed it and got back on the road.

Stopped for the night in Moriarity, NM at the TA truck stop.

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Didn't get a load until later on in the day.  Drove to Orange, CA which is, basically, just barely outside Los Angeles.  Picked up 40 prison beds going to a correctional facility in Pennsylvania. 

Finally got on the road.  It was after 9 pm eastern time.  While driving my driver's side headlight started to blink on and off erratically, then it went off.  Stopped in a truck stop to fix it.  There was a broken wire in the wiring harness.  He was just barely able to splice it to hold temporally until I can replace the wiring harness.

Stopped for the night at a truck stop in Lake Havasu City, AZ at 4 am eastern time.

Monday, November 29, 2010

Left Flagstaff this morning.  The snow plows were still out working on the roads and doing a good job.  The roads were pretty good.  After I came down off the mountain the snow was gone and the roads were clear.  Drove into Prescott and delivered their stuff first thing.  Left there and got into the middle of Prescott and found out that the way I wanted to go was not a truck route so I had to turn around and go back.  While I was turning in the middle of a intersection the air line to the trailer broke and the trailer brakes locked up.  Oh goodie!!  Of course, right in the middle of an intersection at rush hour.  So I dragged the trailer around the corner leaving a lot of rubber on the road.  Stopped in the road blocking one lane.  Got out the trusty duct tape and taped the hell out of the line just barely enough to get the breaks to release and drive to a NAPA store just down the street from where I delivered.  Got a new air line and replaced it.  25 degrees and windy. I was frozen stiff when I finished.  At least it wasn't raining!! 

The route I had to go made me go through Phoenix, about 100 miles out of the way.  Drove past the University of Phoenix Stadium, where the Phoenix Cardinals play.

Drove into California and delivered the last of this load at Palm Desert.  Then went to the TA truck stop in Coachella on I-10 for the night.

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Got about 3 inches of snow this morning here in Flagstaff.  Then when it stopped it got windy.