Saturday, February 28, 2015

Got started real early this morning.  Drove to the Petro truck stop in Gary, Indiana for the rest of the weekend.  Supposed to get a little snow tonight.  They say about an inch.

Friday, February 27, 2015

As usual, things were going too smoothly.  There was another truck that loaded right after I did yesterday.  He brought another tank just like mine.  When the cranes got here this morning they decided that they wanted to unload the other one first.  I had to pull out and park on the road while he backed in where I was to unload.  Of course, once they unloaded the other truck it was break time!!  So I sat some more. Didn't get out of there until 11 am.

Next load is in New Philadelphia, Ohio.  Went down there and loaded a Gradall XL4100 Excavator that is going to Burr Ridge, Illinois.  That's a Chicago suburb.  

Didn't feel like going any further today so I stopped at a small truck stop just down the road.  I'll start real early in the morning.

Thursday, February 26, 2015

This morning loaded a mixer tank that is going over to Hillsville, PA.

As you can see in the photo it was snowing.  It snowed all the way to Hillsville, PA.  Back roads were a mess, but the interstate was fine.  This is where I parked for the night at the job site in Hillsville.  Backed in off the road.

Here is what the tank looked like after traveling in the snow.

Crane will be here in the morning.

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Much to my surprise they finished everything on my list of things to fix last night.  That was fantastic!!  ARI has unbelievably good customer service!!!  

My next load is in the morning in Sandusky, Ohio.  I drove over there to a small convenience store with truck parking for the night.  Load 7 miles from here in the morning.

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Left just before sunrise this morning and drove up to Pontiac to deliver.  I forgot how slow things move in a "union shop"  I arrived at 8:45 this morning.  Backed into position and waited.  Then they took their break.  Most places get a 15 minute break.  Not in a "union shop", they get 30 minute break.  After their break was over it was another 45 minutes before any activity was around my truck.  It is amazing that any work is ever done at all!!  And they just don't understand why big companies are  moving to right to work states.  Finally got finished at 1 pm.  Then I had to wait at the gate to get out for security to come unlock it.  That took another 30 minutes!!

Then I drove to the Petro truck stop in Angola, Indiana for fuel, dinner and a long hot shower. After that drove over to ARI in Shipshewana, Indiana to get some work done on the truck.  Have an appointment for tomorrow morning but they are going to start on it tonight. Great!!!

Monday, February 23, 2015

After a good breakfast I drove to the TA truck stop in Monroe, Michigan.  I deliver tomorrow morning up in Pontiac, MI. 

It is friggin' cold up here!!!!    5 degrees when I came back from dinner!!  And it is still early!!!

Sunday, February 22, 2015

Here is a time lapse video of me plowing the TA parking lot yesterday.

Spent the afternoon plowing again.  Here are a couple pictures I took while stacking snow.  You can see my big truck in the background.

I also shot a video for you from today.  This one is not time lapse.