Saturday, February 21, 2015

Well, we got about 3 inches of snow.  No ice or rain.  This morning I went over to the TA and asked them if I could plow their parking lot.  Much to my surprise they said yes and gave me the keys to the truck.  I spent the entire day plowing snow.  Started at about 8 this morning and finished at 5:30 this afternoon.  I had a blast!!!   Here was my ride for the day.  You can see a little of my handy work in the background.

Friday, February 20, 2015

Another great day on the road.  Pretty uneventful except for a little bit on I-75 north of Dayton, Ohio.  A Ohio Highway Patrol Trooper had pulled a car over.  As you will see in the video below, it got interesting.

I changed lanes and passed them.  A minute or two later the car passed me, and the chase was on!  I was doing 55 MPH at the time.   After they went by I never saw them again so I have no idea what the outcome was.

I stopped for the night, and probably the weekend, at the TA truck stop in Wapakoneta, Ohio.  After dinner I had four new drive tires put on.  The weather is supposed to get bad tonight.  They say that sometime around midnight we are supposed to get 4 to 6 inches of snow, and freezing rain. Then tomorrow afternoon it is supposed to change over to all rain.  If is is anything to look at I'll have some pictures and maybe some video tomorrow.  Stay tuned....

Thursday, February 19, 2015

Pretty uneventful day on the road.  So far the weather has been great but it has gotten a LOT colder up north!!  There is "weather" on the way.  Hope I can keep ahead of it until I stop for the weekend.  Stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Denmark, Tennessee.

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Finally got word that my next load was ready up in San Antonio.  So off I went.  Got there and loaded a Chiller that is going up to Pontiac, Michigan.

It weighs about 52,000 pounds.  Left there and drove to a very small convenience store with a few truck parking spaces in Canton, Texas.  My light bar had gotten out of synchronization. So when I stopped tonight I tore the whole thing apart, took 4 links out of one of the chains, lubricated it, put it back in sync, then put it all back together.  Good as new!!  I don't have my Arkansas permit yet so I can't go into Arkansas until it comes in.  I'm still at least 2 hours from there so hopefully it will come in first thing in the morning before I get there so I don't have to stop and wait for it.

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Nothing yet.

Monday, February 16, 2015

This morning took the truck across the parking lot to the repair shop.  Had the truck greased.  That's all the excitement for today.  *yawn*  No load yet.