Saturday, November 21, 2020

 Left at sunrise this morning.  Couldn't waste any time today.  I have to get through Virginia today because permit loads can't operate on Sunday in Virginia.  Just another stupid unnecessary regulation.  Anyway, I did good.  Made it to the Flying J truck stop in Mt. Airy, North Carolina for the night.  When I got here I had to replace a burned-out headlight, add coolant to the engine, and replace a bunch of Bungie cords that had flung off the tarp during the day.  Then went in to eat at the restaurant and had my usual lousy service and half of my meal was cold. Par for the course!!  

Friday, November 20, 2020

 Went over to the place I was loading this morning.  It was in a residential area of Erie.  Very difficult to get into with a big truck.  Fortunately, the weather cooperated, except for the wind.  This is what I was transporting plus two other skids of stuff.  It weighs 27,000 pounds.

Here is how they got it out of the building.

Then the crane on one side and the forklift on the other side put it on my trailer.  It was too heavy for the crane alone.  Also had to watch out for the power lines.

After the other two skids were loaded the fun began.  All three had to be tarped - in the wind.

By the time I finished, I was exhausted.  Then I had to make my way back out of there to I-79.  That was fun being 12 feet wide!!!!   It took a while but I made it with no damage to anything.  Then I drove to the Pilot truck stop in Portersville, PA for the night.

Thursday, November 19, 2020

 This morning I made the 380 mile trip up to Erie, Pennsylvania.  Stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Harborcreek, PA.  I load in the morning about 10 miles from here.

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

 Left VERY early this morning in the snow.  Had lake effect snow for quite a while this morning.  Only accumulated in a few places.  Salt trucks were doing a great job.  Drove down to Mechanicsburg, PA.  The weather was fine there.  Got there before they opened.  Fortunately, the gate was open and I went in and unloaded the wheel loader before they got there.  After they got there and I got my paperwork signed off, I went over to the "home office" in Carlisle.  Last night I got an email that said my truck was due for routine maintenance.  Sent an email to the maintenance guy and he said to go to the shop in Carlisle.  So that's what I did.  They were way too busy to work on my truck so they made an appointment for 1 pm at a local shop.  I went and did three loads of laundry then went to the shop.  Got there at noon.  They took my truck in at 1 pm.  I didn't get out of there until 4 pm.  Since I had been up since midnight, I was pretty tired.  Went back to the Daily yard in Carlisle for the night.

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

 Left as soon as my 10 hours were up.  It was snowing pretty good.  After a while, it stopped.  There was no accumulation, just a dusting.  Had more snow starting before Acron, Ohio and it was still snowing when I stopped for the night at the Flying J truck stop in Hubbard, Ohio.  The snow was building up a little on the grass, but not on the roads yet.  As soon as my 10 hours are up, I'll be back on the road.  I'll deliver tomorrow.

Monday, November 16, 2020

 Had a dusting of snow yesterday morning.  Last night we got about a quarter of an inch of snow.  Went over to the Case plant and loaded a Case 621G Wheel Loader that is going to Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.

Left there and drove to the Petro truck stop in Portage, Wisconsin for the night.