Friday, November 9, 2012

Nothing today.  Replaced the right front tire today.  It got chewed up pretty bad when the truck was out of alignment.  My next load is Monday in Dundalk, MD.  It is a big excavator going to Michigan.

Here is a better video of the guy backing into my truck the other night.

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Left the Pilot  after sun up this morning and drove in to the Port of Baltimore in Dundalk, MD. My crane appointment was at 1 pm local time.  Don't have another load yet so after I got empty I went to the TA truck stop in Baltimore for the rest of the day and night.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Left Oakwood, IL just before sun up.  Started off in rain but it stopped after a while and cleared up.Stopped for the night at the Pilot truck stop in Grantsville, Maryland.  There is still snow on the ground here from Hurricane Sandy.  The photo below is in West Virginia.  Here at the Pilot the snow is still a foot deep and piled up all over.

While laying in bed watching TV, a truck backed into my truck.  Just great!!!  

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

I'll make a very long story short.  Finally got in and loaded late this afternoon.  A Caterpillar 777G Dump Truck chassis that is going to the port in Baltimore, MD.  Of course to make matters worse it started to rain just as I was about to load.  

When I finally got out of there I only had enough daylight to drive 79 miles to a small truck stop in Oakwood, Illinois for the night.

Monday, November 5, 2012

Went over to the John Deere plant in Dubuque, IA and delivered the excavator first thing this morning.  Next load is at the Caterpillar plant in Decatur, IL.  Went down there to load a Caterpillar 777G dump truck chassis.  Checked in at 1:25 pm local time.  They didn't have room there for all the trucks so they sent everyone to the Pilot truck stop to wait.  They were going to call on the phone when they were ready.  They didn't call today. Can't say that I am surprised.