Thursday, April 17, 2014

Drove up to Lebanon this morning and loaded a John Deere 644K Wheel Loader that is going to Carroll, Iowa.  It took a long time to get this done.  The guy that handles that stuff was on vacation and didn't leave any paperwork.  Also their computer system was having problems.  Finally got it all straightened out and on the road.

Then realized that in Ohio the permit would not allow for multiple pieces so I turned around, went back, and unloaded the bucket.

I left again.  This time didn't have to go back.  Stopped for the rest of the weekend at the Petro Truck Stop in Girard, Ohio.  Unfortunately, another STUPID regulation gets in the way.  Friday is a holiday so permit loads can't move until sunrise Monday morning.

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Delivered the excavator first thing this morning.  My next load is a few miles from there.  Headed that way.  Got a phone call saying that the load won't be ready until at least noon.  So I went back to the TA to wait.  Shortly before noon I was told that the load, upon further inspection, was needing more time and would not be ready until next week sometime.  So, I took a different load.  It loads tomorrow in Lebanon, PA.  I left and headed that way.  Just after I turned off I-79 in Meadville, PA I saw this fence around the Road Department.  Look close at the very long mural.  It is made entirely of road signs.  I zoomed in on a few segments so you could see it better.  It is an amazing sight to see.  The thing is huge!!

Isn't that cool??

I went back to the Daily yard in Carlisle so I could eat Italian food again and so I could plug in the truck instead of running the generator.

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Very early this morning I was at the Port to load.  As soon as I pulled around back to load it started raining.  Never fails!!  Loaded a Caterpillar 320EL Excavator that is going up to  Erie, Pennsylvania.  

Of course, by the time I finished loading and securing it I was soaked.  Hit the road. It rained all day. On the way I drove through the cold front that brought all the rain. Behind the front the rain changed to snow.  Was in flurries for quite a while.  But for the last two hours of driving today was in a lot of snow.  Didn't accumulate on the roads, but it looks like a couple inches has fallen so far.

  It is still snowing. Stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Harborcreek, PA.  Basically, that is Erie, PA.  The Caterpillar dealer that I am delivering the excavator to is right behind the truck stop.  I'll deliver in the morning.

Monday, April 14, 2014

Sat through the LCV class today. While I was there the shop took my trailer in and replaced the trailer tracker that was on there with a new one that is solar powered.  

When class was over I got out of there and drove down to the TA truck stop in Baltimore, MD.  Load over at the Port in the morning.