Saturday, January 25, 2020

Didn't get any snow last night.  It started just before I left this morning.  At exactly a half hour before sunrise I left.  Stayed in snow pretty much all the way to Ohio.  It was a very wet snow and was not sticking to anything.  Continued to a huge landfill in Cincinnati, Ohio and delivered the dozer.  Next load is Monday u in Cleveland.  I went that direction.  Stopped for the rest of the weekend at the TA truck stop in Lodi, Ohio. Supposed to get a little more snow here tonight.

I forgot to put in the blog yesterday the crash I went past just after it happened.  This was in Illinois on I-74 just south (east) of I-80 at exit 32.

Friday, January 24, 2020

We got more snow last night.  several inches.  Woke up to the plow clearing the parking lot. When the mechanics arrived for work I put my trailer back in the shop first thing to get the lights fixed.  As I returned from breakfast they had just finished.  All better now.  I attached to my trailer and left.  Went to the Caterpillar Proving Grounds in Washington, Illinois and loaded a Caterpillar D8 Dozer that is going to a landfill in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Left there and drove to the Pilot truck stop in Crawfordsville, Indiana for the night.  Supposed to get more snow tonight.  They say up to 3 inches. 

Thursday, January 23, 2020

They worked on my trailer all day.  I took my truck to the Kenworth shop in Rock Island, Illinois to get a light fixed.  They found the problem in the wiring harness after they took it apart to track it down.  Fixed it and I went back to Daily.  My trailer was out side when I got there so I hooked up to it.  Unfortunately it was still not fixed.  The trailer lights on the right side were not working.

This is how they are supposed to look...

So it will go back inside in the morning to try again.  So far they have done a lot of work on the trailer and have done a great job.  I have a load for tomorrow too.  Hope they can find the problem quick.

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Once again, as soon as my 10 hours was up (00:15 CST) I continued east.  The weather system was just arriving as I left this morning.  Started off in freezing rain.  After about 25 miles I drove out of it.  Drove to the truck wash in Walcott, Iowa and got all that gunk washed off the truck and trailer.  After that over to the famous Iowa 80 truck stop for the rest of the day.  Now the weather can catch up with me while I'm sleeping today.

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Nothing exciting today.  Left when my 10 hours was up and drove to the Flying J truck stop in Avoca, Iowa for the night.  Might be here a little longer that I want.  Weather coming tonight.  Rain, Ice, and snow.  Not much snow, only a couple inches.  We'll see.

Monday, January 20, 2020

As soon as my 10 hours was up I left. Heavy fog this morning.  Developed a large air leak in my trailer so I had to stop and get it fixed.  Stopped at Little America and they fixed it, but as usual, it took a while.  When I got out of there I continued on and stopped for the night at the Petro truck stop in Laramie, WY.  Went in the restaurant for dinner.  Once again the service was horrible even though it was not busy at all in there.  Took over a half hour to get a cheese burger. When it finally got to my table it was under cooked and wrong.  I made no secret on how mad I was.  I was not even offered a discount, they charged me full price!!!  She got NO tip.  Single people in restaurants get horrible service.  Happens far too often.  I won't be eating there again.

Sunday, January 19, 2020

After checking the weather and travel conditions on all the mountain passes that I was going to go through, I left and headed east at 1 AM PST.  Great day on the road.  No problems at all.  Stopped for the night at a small truck plaza in Heyburn, Idaho.  Going to sleep now so I can start in the middle of the night as soon as my 10 hours is up.