Saturday, January 7, 2017

Nothing exciting at all today.  Got started at sunrise and drove to the Pilot truck stop in Lawrence, Indiana.  Now settling in for "Wild Card Weekend" on TV.

NFL

Wild Card Weekend Schedule

1. Week 1
2. Week 2
3. Week 3
4. Week 4
5. Week 5
6. Week 6
7. Week 7
8. Week 8
9. Week 9
10. Week 10
11. Week 11
12. Week 12
13. Week 13
 

Saturday, January 7
Raiders 4:35 PM Texans Preview Video	Lions 8:15 PM Seahawks Preview Video
Sunday, January 8
Dolphins 1:05 PM Steelers Preview Video	Giants 4:40 PM Packers Preview Video

Friday, January 6, 2017

Well it did as predicted.  We got a little snow, maybe an inch.  Out in west Maryland they got 5 inches.  Didn't leave the truck stop until about 10:30 this morning.  Waited for the Snow Emergency Plan (SEP) to be lifted in several counties that I was going to go through.  When the SEP is in effect permit loads can not move in those areas.  Anyway, I was able to make it to the TA truck stop in Wheeling, West Virginia before I ran out of sunlight.

Thursday, January 5, 2016

Went over to the Maryland Welcome Center Rest Area on I-68 and picked up the loaded trailer.  

Just as I was ready to go my Maryland permit arrived.  Great timing!!  Drove to the Port of Baltimore.  On the way I got word that the other truck was fixed and he was on his way to Baltimore too.  He went over to the Daily terminal in Baltimore and picked up my trailer.  He got to the Port just as I was ready to unload.  Again, great timing!!  Unloaded and swapped trailers.  I then went to a different part of the Port and loaded a Caterpillar 735C Dump Truck that is going to Indianapolis, Indiana.  They are a lot of fun to drive, but very difficult to load.  It is so big that I can't see the trailer while loading.  No room for errors either.

Left there just as the snow started to fall.  Went over to the TA truck stop in Baltimore and scaled.  I was too heavy on my trailer axles.  Got a parking spot for the night and proceeded to unchain everything and move the dump truck back about a foot.  Then chained it back down again.  Here is my scale ticket:

Going to get snow tonight into tomorrow morning.  Baltimore is only supposed to get about an inch, but west of here they are estimated to get between 3 and 5 inches.  If that happens, I may be here for a while.  Permit loads are not allowed to drive in the snow.  I'll be glad to lay down.  My back is really bothering me tonight.

Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Left this morning just before sunrise and drove into the Port of Baltimore and delivered the wheel loader.  Next load is back at the rest area on I-68 just inside Maryland.  Another driver was bringing a load to Baltimore and his truck broke down.  He left his trailer at the rest area and had his truck towed to the shop.  I dropped my trailer at the Daily Terminal in Baltimore and bobtailed out that way.  Met the driver at the hotel he was at and got the paperwork.  Then I went to the Pilot truck stop in Grantsville, MD for the night.  Don't have a Maryland permit yet so I couldn't get the trailer.  Hopefully it will come in first thing tomorrow morning.

Here is another video for you.  I-68 west bound in Maryland.  3 lanes down to 2 lanes.

...and big trucks need more regulations because we are so unsafe!!!!  Ya, right!!!

Tuesday, January 3, 2016

Finally able to get back to the road.  Left this morning a half hour before sunrise.  Drove in the rain all day.  Nothing exciting at all today.  Stopped for the night at the Pilot truck stop in Hagerstown, Maryland.