Saturday, June 29, 2019

Left at sunrise this morning.  Was early enough to get through Washington DC without any traffic issues.  As the morning progressed the traffic continued to build.  I-95 was very heavy traffic north of Richmond and on the Richmond bypass until I-64.  Looks like most of that traffic was headed to Virginia Beach.  Down into North Carolina the traffic was heavy again.  Several areas of bumper to bumper for no reason, just too many cars for the road.  I stopped for the rest of the weekend just inside South Carolina at the Pilot truck stop in Latta, South Carolina.  I'll be here until my South Carolina permit comes in.   I probably could have made it through SC without a permit except they have had a detour around the Lake Marion bridge on I-95 for permit loads over 100,000 pounds.  I am definitely over that.  So, here I will sit.

Friday, June 28, 2019

Left Carlisle, PA at 2:30 this morning and drove to the Port in Newark, New Jersey.  The Port is next to Newark - Liberty International Airport.  It is also across the river from lower Manhattan where the Freedom Tower (formally The World Trade Center) is.   I did good and beat the rush hour traffic coming in.  Loaded a Sandvik QE342 Crusher that is going to Cocoa, Florida.  I couldn't remember how to run the machine, it has been a long time since I had loaded one.  It is operated by remote control, you don't ride in/on it.  It took about 20 minutes for me to finally get it moving, then had no trouble loading it.  

Here is a zoomed in section from the above photo showing the Freedom Tower.

 

Left there and, to my suprise, had no traffic issues getting back out.  Where I did have bumper to bumper traffic was going around Baltimore.  That was a mess.  Stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Jessup, Maryland.  Once again, my South Carolina permit did not come in.  Have all the rest of them but not SC.  So, I'll be stopping in North Carolina tomorrow.  I wish SC would get their act together!!!  It was ordered two days ago!!

Thursday, June 27, 2019

My truck made it into the truck shop first thing this morning.  Had a lot of preventative maintenance stuff done including two new front tires.  My trailer went into the trailer shop and got serviced too.   My next load is over at the Port in Newark, New Jersey - YUCK!!!!  It is three hours from here.  I'll leave here very early in the morning to try to get ahead of most of the rush hour traffic.

Wednesday, June 26, 2019

They didn't get to my truck today.  They say it will be first thing in the morning.  We will see.  

This evening I went to get dinner and drove to downtown Carlisle.  I really like Carlisle.  They have a thriving downtown.  It is nice to see all the activity in the middle of the week.

There was a store that had a bubble machine. 

Tonight they had a small farmers market on the center town square. Lots of Amish farmers.

Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Left this morning and finished my excursion up to Blairsville, PA and delivered the dump truck.  Interesting place.  Had a nice long talk with one of the owners.  We got along real well.  Anyway, I left there and drove over to Carlisle, PA.  Stopped and got the truck and trailer washed.  Then on to the "home office".  The want to do more maintenance on my truck.  The have me scheduled for tomorrow afternoon.  Have no idea what they are going to do, but I'll be here till it's done.

Monday, June 24, 2019

Went to leave this morning and found a couple flat tires on the trailer.  Went around to the repair shop at the TA and they said that they do not work on oversized loads.  Had to call an outside repair shop to come change my tires.  He arrived and got to work.

Here is one of my tires...

And here is the other...

He got them fixed pretty quick and I was on the road again.  Passed a wreck along the way...

 

Stopped for the night at a small truck stop in Mt. Morris, Pennsylvania. Will have a late start tomorrow because of the Pittsburgh curfew.   I almost forgot!!  I passed one of those driverless trucks today.  It went by before I could get a picture of it.

Sunday, June 23, 2019

Saturday, June 22, 2019

Left a half hour after sunrise this morning.  Just a few areas of bumper to bumper traffic in the Charlotte, NC area, but that is normal for there. Continued on up to the TA truck stop in Wytheville, Virginia for the rest of the weekend.  Can't drive on the West Virginia Turnpike (I-77) on Saturday or Sunday.  Not getting that SC permit really screwed me up.  Oh well, thats how it goes sometimes.