Saturday, April 2, 2022

 This morning while I was getting ready to go, a truck came into the truck stop.  It stopped in the drive just past me a few trucks down.  It was experiencing a runaway engine.  For a better explanation than I could give you of what a runaway diesel engine is, click here.  Here is a YouTube video of a semi-truck with a runaway engine.  

With the morning humidity, the smoke hung real low and was so thick you could hardly see anything. When his engine finally seized up, the air cleared and I left.  Don't know if the fire department was called but I wanted to get out of there before they got there and blocked me in.  

Had a good day on the road.  No traffic issues in Baltimore, or Washington DC.  Drove down to the Pilot truck stop in Dunn, North Carolina for the rest of the weekend. I'll deliver Monday morning a little over 30 minutes from here.

Friday, April 1, 2022

 Left the truck stop in Ohio a half hour before sunrise this morning.  Most of the way through Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and the first half of Maryland was in snow.  It was more like slush falling from the sky.  Roads were just wet.  No accumulation.  Made it all the way to Baltimore and delivered the wheel loader in the mud.  The weather had improved but got real windy. Next load was at the Port of Baltimore.  Went over there and loaded a Caterpillar 730 Articulating Dump Truck that is going to Hope Mills, North Carolina.

Didn't have a spotter today so it took a little longer to load.  When that was done I went over to the TA truck stop in Baltimore for the night.  Hope the wind dies down.  This thing is like a huge sail on the trailer.  Could really feel it just going over to the truck stop.

Thursday, March 31, 2022

 Left 45 minutes before sunrise this morning.  Good day on the road today in spite of heavy traffic most of the day.  Stopped for the night after driving 588 miles, at a truck stop in Lore City, Ohio.

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

 Left real early this morning and drove to Breese, Illinois. It rained all day, hard at times. I got there before they opened.  When they got there it only took a few minutes to unload the yellow thing.  Then I drove up to Monmouth, IL.  I got stuck in their mud and had to be pulled out with one of their tractors.  Then I unloaded the tractor.  After that drove up to Davenport, Iowa and loaded a John Deere 644 Wheel Loader that is going to a dealer in Baltimore, Maryland.

Left there and drove over to the Flying J truck stop in Davenport for the night.  I was soaked to the skin, covered in greese and mud, hungry, and tired.  Would really like to find a way to keep my back from hurting so much.  Oh well, it's been that way for years.  I'll survive.  

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

 At about midnight last night, my APU shut down again.  

When my 10 hours were up, that was about 2 AM EDT, I left and drove to Springfield, Ohio. When Thermo King opened I was there to get my APU fixed.  Fortunately, they took me right in and fixed it.  The alternator went bad and had to be replaced.  After that was done I got back on the road.  Drove to the TA truck stop in Effingham, Illinois for the night.

Monday, March 28, 2022

 Left Hagerstown at 3 AM EDT and drove to the Port of Baltimore.  When they opened I unloaded the tractor.  My next load was right there and I loaded a smaller John Deere 6145M Tractor and a forklift put on a John Deere KM649PC Wind Row Pick Up.  The 649 is going to Breese, Illinois and the 6145 Tractor is going to Monmouth, Illinois.

Left there as it started to snow.  It snowed off and on the rest of the day.  No accumulation, except in Garrett County, Maryland.  Stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Wheeling, West Virginia.