Saturday, April 8, 2017

Nothing exciting or interesting today, just a nice day on the road.   Left Wheeling, WV at sunrise this morning and drove to a truck stop in Oakwood, Illinois.  Will be here until Monday morning.

Friday, April 7, 2017

First thing this morning went over to the Port of Baltimore and loaded a Caterpillar 745C Dump Truck that is going to Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

I'm a bit heavy.  Here is my scale ticket.

To put that in some perspective for those of you that do not drive a truck, I weigh more than TWO fully loaded semi trucks.

Had to have an escort car in Maryland.  He was waiting for me just outside the Port gates, and off we went.

Western Maryland is still in winter.  Snowing hard out there.  2 inches on the ground but not sticking to the roads. It stuck to the parking lot, not the roads.

At the Maryland / West Virginia state line my escort dropped off as I continued on.  Stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Wheeling, West Virginia.

Thursday, April 6, 2017

Left at sunrise this morning and drove up to Frederick, Maryland and delivered the excavator.  Next load is tomorrow morning at the Port of Baltimore.  Drove over to the TA truck stop in Baltimore for the night.

Wednesday, April, 5, 2017

As soon as my 10 hours was up I was back on the road.  Made it down to Columbia, South Carolina and loaded a Doosan 300 Excavator that is going to Frederick, Maryland.

My "maiden voyage" in my new (to me) truck.

Left there and drove to the Love's truck stop in Lambsburg, Virginia for the night.

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Got up real early this morning to get a good start going down to Columbia, South Carolina.  Went to the Daily yard to get my trailer but it was not there.  I dropped my trailer there about a week ago and told them it needed servicing.  It sat there all that time.  Now the day I was going to go with it, they decide to pull it into the shop to work on it.  They worked on it all day!!!!  At about 2:30 this afternoon the finally finished it.  I got it and left. Now I'm going to be late loading tomorrow. Drove to the Pilot truck stop in Raphine, Virginia for the night.  I'll start in the morning as soon as my 10 hours is up.

Monday, April 3, 2017

Went back over to Daily this morning and got things switched over in their computers and some other "admin" stuff.  My truck was finished in the shop a little while later and I finished (sort of) getting moved into it.  Then went and filled up the fuel tanks.  The CB antenna were both missing, so I went to the truck stop and got a couple of them and put them on. Did  a few more things around Daily then back to the hotel for one more night.

My load Wednesday morning has changed a bit.  Someone got the pick up location and the destination switched.  They are going to pay me to go down to Columbia, SC and load Wednesday morning.  I'll be delivering in Frederick, MD on Thursday.  So, tomorrow morning I will drive down there.  I'll go to bed early and leave here whenever I get up.  Actually this works out better.  I'l get a little driving time empty with this truck to get a better "feel" for it before putting a 70,000 pound (31,751 kg) machine on it.

Sunday, April 2, 2017

Sad news:

Please join me in remembering yet another great icon of the entertainment community.  The Pillsbury Dough Boy died yesterday of a yeast infection and trauma complications from repeated pokes to the belly.  He was 71.  He is survived by his wife Play Dough, and his three children, John Dough, Jane Dough, and Dosey Dough, plus they had one in the oven.  Services were held at 3:50 for about 20 minutes.