Saturday, February 1, 2020

I woke up real early this morning, 3 AM, and went in and did three loads of laundry, showered, and had breakfast.  At 8 AM I left. Had to wait until 8 because of the Harrisburg curfew.  One of the few states that curfews apply on weekends.  I got there right at 9 AM when the curfew lifted.  Took forever getting through Pennsylvania because I was routed on back roads most of the way to avoid the Pennsylvania Turnpike.  Went through the Amish areas and Pennsylvania Dutch areas too. Went past the beautiful Longwood Gardens.  When I finally made it to Philadelphia, I had to wait at the Walt Whitman Bridge for a police escort across the bridge.  That is because of my weight.  He got here and over we went.  I continued on to the Petro truck stop in Bordentown, New Jersey.  I'll be here for the rest of the weekend.

Friday, January 31, 2020

Left at sunrise this morning.  Very uneventful ride through the mountains of West Virginia.  I stopped at the Maryland Welcome Center and waited for my escort car to arrive.

 About 45 minutes later she arrived and off we went.  As I crossed into Pennsylvania she dropped off since it was only required in Maryland.  I stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Greencastle, PA.

Thursday, January 30, 2020

Went back over and got my trailer early this morning.  More trailer light problems again.  Had to fix another broken wire before I could go.  Left there at about 7 am.  Stopped and scaled...

After a while I stopped to check my chains and found that the rear lights were not working except for the three in middle.  Break and turn signals did, however, work.  Winter is so hard on the electrical systems on these trailers.  Stopped a bit earlier than I had wanted to in order to get them fixed.  Stopped at the TA truck stop in Hurricane, West Virginia.  Fortunately the shop was not busy and I was pulled into the bay right away.

He worked on it for about two hours tracking the problem down.  He found three areas that were messed up and fixed them all.  They are all working again.  Hopefully it will stay that way.  Will be back on  the road again at sunrise.  Have to have a pilot escort car in Maryland so I'll meet him/her at the line when I get there.

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Left this morning with all my lights working!!!!  Drove to Evansville, Indiana.  Wasn't supposed to load until tomorrow, but I got lucky!!  They let me load today and leave my trailer there until tomorrow morning.  My permit is not valid until tomorrow.  Loaded a Screen Machine 4043T Crusher that is going to Millstone, New Jersey.  More mud again!!  Yesterday I spent several hours cleaning the last batch.  Have to start all over again to clean this mess up, although this mud was not as bad as the last batch.

I bobtailed to the Flying J truck stop about 13 miles away for the night.

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

My next load is in Evansville, Indiana and loads Thursday.  I went to leave today and head that way but my trailer lights were messed up and half of them didn't work.  So instead of leaving, I went into the shop and got them fixed.  I'll head to Evansville tomorrow.

Monday, January 27, 2020

Went in to Cleveland this morning.  Loaded a Screen Machine from a job site that was ankle deep in mud.  You can see from my tires how deep it was.

I did, however, find a place on pavement to load so I wouldn't get stuck.

Left there and drove to Pataskala, Ohio and delivered it.  Don't have another load yet so I went to the TA truck stop in Hebron, Ohio for the night.  Needed a jack hammer to get all the mud off me.  It's all over the inside of the truck too.  I've got a big mess to clean up.