Saturday, August 22, 2015

Much better today.  No more throwin' & goin'.  Glad that has stopped. Was able to eat some solid food today.  Not much, but it's a start.  This rest is what I needed.

Friday, August 21, 2015

Another rough day.  Not as bad as yesterday, but still rough.  Finally made it in to Lockport, Illinois and delivered.  Thought I was never going to get there.  After that went to the Petro truck stop in Gary, Indiana for the rest of the weekend.   I'm so glad to be here!!!!!

Thursday, August 20, 2015

Another rough day.  Was stopping at every rest area all afternoon.  Took all day to drive 380 miles,  At the Iowa 80 truck stop for the night.

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Yesterday was not a great day.  The Colorado permit didn't come in until about 1 pm local time.  Then there were curfews in Pueblo, Colorado Springs and Denver.  Stopped last night at the Love's truck stop in Hudson, CO.

I have had food poisoning for the past few days.  Been very sick.  I was up all night stomach cramps, chills, throwin' and goin' !   It was not fun. What little strength I had left is all gone now.  Have not had solid food for three says.

This morning felt a little better and hit the road again.  Had to stop early because I was still sick.  Stopped for the night at the Petro truck stop in York, Nebraska.  Hope tonight is better than last night.

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Too tired to post.  I'll do it tomorrow.

Monday, August 17, 2015

Left this morning and drove up to Questa, New Mexico to a mine that was being shut down.  I was to load a Ford F-650 and two excavator buckets. They are going to Lockport, Illinois.  I met the person from the mine out on the road at a Chevron station.  She had to check me out and my truck.  The safety regulations in place by the company are absolutely ridiculous!!  She had to make sure all my lights worked, there was no cracks in the windshield, I had a 5 pound fire extinguisher, and a first aid kit.  I had to have steel toed boots, long sleeve shirt, safety vest, hard hat, gloves, and safety glasses.  Then we went in to load.  When we got to where the stuff was they didn't have a way to get the truck on my trailer.  So we loaded the two buckets.  Now here is the really stupid regulation!  I was not allowed to get on my truck trailer to secure the buckets.  Had to do it standing on the ground!!!  STUPID!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I'm all in favor of doing things safely but there is a point at which it becomes totally asinine!!!!!  So I rigged a couple chains to hold them in place until I got off their property so I could properly secure them.  Now how safe is that?????  STUPID!!!!!!   Then we drove about 5 to 10 miles to another location where they had a loading ramp.  My trailer was higher than the ramp so they had to build it up so they could drive the truck up on my trailer.  Once that was done I measured the height.  Too high!!  14 feet 4 inches. (13 feet 6 inches is highest legal)  After several phone calls and waiting around for a decision, they finally decided to get permits for being over height. Secured the truck and left.  Drove to a section of road that had a pull off.  There I finished securing the load. How freggin' stupid!!!  Can you tell I was (AND STILL AM) pissed???

Didn't have any permits yet but I wasn't staying there so I left.  Drove to a truck stop in Walsenburg, Colorado for the night.  I'll wait here until my permits get here.  Also no camera because Sprint sucks here.