Saturday, August 29, 2015

Half hour after sunrise I got started and drove all the way around Washington DC and into Arlington and delivered.  Was out of there in 45 minutes.  Then drove up to the Daily yard in Baltimore to swap back into my trailer.  Everything was going so smooth.  No bumper to bumper traffic at all.  Got to the yard and swapped my equipment over to my trailer.  Then went to hook up to my trailer and that is when it all caught up with me.

As I backed up under my trailer it high sided again.  Took a long time to get it back out from under there.  Of course it broke the cylinder again.

Went to a parts house to get one.  They didn't have one.  Went to another that was south of the Fort McHenry Tunnel ($8.00 toll each way).  They didn't have the right one even after I called them on the phone first.  Then, being a Saturday, all the parts houses that are even open  are all closed by 1 pm.  Now I have to wait until Monday to start all over again.  Went to the TA truck stop in Baltimore for the rest of the weekend.

Friday, August 28, 2015

Left Wheeling, West Virginia at sunrise this morning and drove to the weigh station at I-95 and I-495 on the Washington DC Beltway.  I deliver in the morning in Arlington, Virginia.  Just hope the cops leave me alone while I'm here.

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Left Bloomington, Illinois half hour before sunrise this morning.  Had a very good day on the road.  Ate a full lunch with no problems.  Stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Wheeling, West Virginia.  Went across the street to a real restaurant and had a delicious dinner and desert!  I'm all done being sick!  Back to normal!!!   

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Thought the problem was fixed last night, but it wasn't. First thing this morning had my inverter replaced.  Much better now!!!  After that headed for my next load.  It was down in Chillicothe, Illinois.  That is just north of Peoria.  Loaded a fuel tank and some stairs for a large genset.  They are going to Arlington, Virginia.  Have a Saturday morning crane appointment.

Left there and drove to the TA truck stop in Bloomington, Illinois for the night.

Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Finished this morning at ARI and went over to the Petro truck stop in Fremont, Indiana.  Needed to weigh the truck and trailer to see if I could take a load.  Turns out that I was too heavy for the load.  I ate some breakfast and went back to sleep.  A little while later I had another issue pop up with the sleeper so I went back to ARI.  They fixed it at about 9 pm.  I stayed there in their parking lot for the night.

Monday, August 24, 2015

This morning I got started early cleaning the inside of this truck. For the past week I only had enough energy to make a mess. It looks a lot better now.  Also went to the laundry mat and did five loads of laundry.  After I got everything put back together inside they were ready for me in the repair shop.  They replaced the TV antennae, my water pump was leaking and was replaced, a pop off valve in the hot water tank was bad and replaced, serviced the generator, and replaced a light that was bad.  Have one more thing to fix tomorrow morning and I'm done.

Sunday, August 23, 2015

This morning drove the short way over to ARI in Shipshewana, Indiana.  I am having a few things repaired on the sleeper tomorrow.  One thing is my over the air TV antennae.  It fell apart a month or so ago.  I like being able to get the local weather reports using that.

Able to eat some more solid food today.  Still not much, but more than yesterday.  Be glad to have my strength back.  Still have no energy at all.  Getting there slowly but surely.