Went in to Toledo, Ohio this morning and loaded a Caterpillar 320B Excavator that is going to Rimersburg, Pennsylvania. It had a large, heavy electromagnet on it instead of a bucket. It hung by a chain from the end of the boom where a bucket would be. It was very interesting loading today. Wet, icy, slick steel on wet, icy slick steel. What made it even more interesting was that the magnet would swing around a bit making loading it on the trailer very unstable. After a failed attempt loading it - it slid around too much - I went around and placed the magnet on the trailer, disconnected it, and then loaded the machine without difficulty. Then re-connected the magnet.
Finally got it secured to the trailer and on the road. Then got stuck in a 6 mile bumper to bumper traffic back up because they thought it was a good idea to close one of the two lanes to fill pot holes. Should have been done at night!! Idiots!!! Took about an hour to get through that. Stopped for the night at a truck stop in Emlenton, Pennsylvania.
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