Not a great day today. Left the truck stop at 3 am and drove down to Decatur, Illinois. Got there at 6:30. First one there. They don't start loading until 7:30. When they opened, I was first in line. Another typical day of how things go for me. They loaded two other trucks ahead of me. Then changed the crane rigging and unloaded another truck. Then they changed the crane rigging back to the way it was. Then it was break time. After their break, they loaded a Caterpillar 772G Dump Truck on my trailer that is going to the Port in Savannah, Georgia.
They have a scale there so everyone scales up before they leave. Found out that they loaded me over 2,700 pounds too heavy on the trailer axles. Now I'm really pissed!! Pulled back to where I started and had to remove EVERYTHING, including all the dunage, and basically start over again. After they had their lunch they brought the crane back over and moved the dump truck forward about 2 feet. Then I put all ten chains back on, then put the dunage back on the trailer. Scaled up again. This time the numbers were just fine - barely. My gross weight is over 130,000 pounds (58,967 kg). Left there and drove to the TA truck stop in Effingham, Illinois for the night. Had to stop there because I ran out of hours. I need a pilot escort car in Kentucky and Tennessee. He was going to meet me this afternoon at the Illinois / Kentucky line. He will be meeting me tomorrow morning instead. My back is really sore and I'm exhausted. Will be going to bed early tonight and sleeping on the heating pad again. Good night!!!
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