Saturday, April 21, 2012

Nothing even remotely exciting today.  Drove in to the TA truck stop in Baltimore this morning.  I'll be here until Monday.  Unload at the Port of Baltimore in Dundalk Monday morning.  My next load is at the Port also.  Not sure whether it loads Monday or Tuesday.  Will find out Monday when I get empty. It is another good load!!

Friday, April 20, 2012

Left Whitestone, IN a half hour before sun up.  Nothing at all exciting today, just a nice drive and good weather.  Stopped for the night in Haggerstown, MD at the Pilot truck stop.  Mitt Romney's campaign bus is parked just down the street at the Holiday Inn Express.

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Finally got another load.  It was up in Mequon, Wisconsin, that's just north of Milwaukee.  Loaded a crusher screen.  It is going to the Port of Baltimore in Dundalk, MD.  From there it is going on a boat to Australia.

As I was taking the photos it started to rain and the tornado sirens were blaring.  Pretty good time to be leaving.  Got on the road and got stuck in a lot of bumper to bumper traffic going through Chicago. Ended up spending the night in Whitestown, Indiana.  That's about 20 miles from Indianapolis.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Went in to Rockford, IL this morning and delivered the dump truck.  Don't have a load yet so I went to a truck stop in Rockford to wait. 

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Nothing much exciting today.  Got on the road as soon as the sun came up.  This load is really top heavy!!  It likes to sway.  Drove to the TA truck stop in Bloomington, Illinois for the night.  Replaced a burned out headlight and changed the air filter in my APU after I had dinner. There is always something to fix!!!  I'll deliver tomorrow morning in Rockford, IL

Monday, April 16, 2012

Went in to the Port of Baltimore in Dundalk, MD this morning and loaded a Volvo A40F dump truck.  It is an articulating truck.  Have not driven an articulating vehicle in a very long time.  Just like riding a bike, came right back to me.  Still lots of fun to drive!!!

It weighs 69,335 pounds.  Makes my gross weight almost 110,000 pounds.  After I got it secured, got on the road.  Didn't get very far.  A container truck rolled over on the ramp that all the oversize trucks have to take to get to I-95. 

The only thing blocking the ramp was the cops!!  We (about a dozen oversize trucks) sat there for about 45 minutes blocking a lot of traffic before the idiot cops figured out that if they moved their cars we could all get past.  DUH!!!!!

Finally got on the Interstate and got out of town.  Slow going west on I-70 and I-68.  Lots of up and down.  My truck really gets a workout on those two highways.  Stopped for the night at the Petro:2 truck stop in Claysville, PA on I-70 just before West Virginia.