Saturday, April 12, 2014

The truck was finished this morning.  The breaks all work great!!  Went back over to the "home office" in Carlisle to park for the rest of the weekend.  I can plug in there so I don't have to run the generator.  There is a good pizza place across the street so I'm sure you know what I'll be eating this weekend!!  Taking a LCV (Large Combination Vehicle) class here Monday, then outa here for my next load.

Friday, April 11, 2014

I was at Kenworth in Carlisle at 6 am this morning (they open at 7) to get my brakes looked at, they didn't feel right.  They were so backed up that I sat there all day waiting.  At about 3 pm they let me use one of their loaner cars.  

I went to the Petro truck stop down the road and did three loads of laundry, took a shower, and then went to Wal-Mart.   Sometime after 4 pm they took my truck in.  When I got back they gave me the "good" news.  All of my rear brakes needed to be replaced along with the hubs.  They were bad too.  I went to dinner.  Had a great meal.  Stuffed to the gills!!  When I got back they had more "good" news.  Had a wheel seal  going bad too.   Kenworth is open until midnight.  They could have had the brakes done by then but the wheel seal changed that.  So, I got a room at the Super 8 motel down the road.  Definitely not a four star place!

Thursday, April 10, 2014

This morning loaded another John Deere 245 Excavator going back up to South Plainfield, NJ.

Took it up there and delivered it.  Then drove over to the home office in Carlisle, PA.  Will be here for a few days.

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

My Maryland permit finally came in.  Left and drove up to South Plainfield, NJ and delivered the excavator.  Turned around and went back to Baltimore, MD.  I'm loading another machine and taking it back up to South Plainfield tomorrow.  Stopped for the night at the wonderful TA truck stop in Baltimore for the night.

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Got another load this morning.  Here in Baltimore I loaded a John Deere 245 excavator that is going up to Plainfield, NJ.  

Couldn't go anywhere because Maryland is very slow with permits.  Delaware and New Jersey came in but not Maryland.  Went back to the Baltimore TA truck stop to wait for my Maryland permit.  Hope it comes in early tomorrow morning so I can go.

Monday, April 7, 2014

Drove the rest of the way in to the Port of Baltimore in Dundalk, MD and delivered the compactor.  Don't have another load yet so I went to the TA truck stop in Baltimore to wait.