Saturday, August 13, 2022

 I left at about 3 AM EDT.  Nice day on the road.  The most impatient driver of the day award goes to...

Stopped for my 10 hours at the Petro truck stop in New Paris, Ohio.

Friday, August 12, 2022

 I got a few hours of sleep then went back to work and finished swapping into this truck.  Was completed by 3:30 AM.  My electronic logbook was not working so I had to wait until the office crew came in at 8 AM.   I went back to bed to get a few more hours of sleep.  When they got there they talked about it, played with their computers, and finally decided to replace the ELD unit.  I didn't get out of there until 12:30.  Drove back to the Port of Baltimore and loaded a couple of John Deere tractors.  One is going to Maquoketa, Iowa and the other is going to Dyersville, Iowa.

Exhausted, I drove to the TA truck stop in Baltimore for the night.  My back is really hurting tonight.  Can hardly get into the truck.  Good nights sleep will do wonders.

Thursday, August 11, 2022

 Left at 2 AM this morning and drove the rest of the way to the Port of Baltimore and delivered the stuff.  When I started the truck at the Port, it happened again...

I was supposed to reload at the Port.  I notified the Daily shop and after several discussions they decided to have me not reload but go instead up to the "home office" and get a new truck.  They want to take this one back to International (where they bought it from) so they can deal with it. I drove up to Carlisle and started to swap into the new truck.  In the middle of that, the shop manager wanted to try something that we had discussed.  Re-ducting the APU air conditioning to try to get better performance out of it.  It was actually my idea and he liked it.  When that work was done, I continued swapping over into the new truck.  I stopped for the night when I just couldn't go on any longer.  Only about half way finished.  After much needed sleep, I'll continue.  I know, the outside is dirty.

Wednesday, August 10, 2022

 As soon as my ten hours were up I left.  Very good day on the road.  Overcast all day with occasional rain showers.  No traffic issues.  611 miles today.  Stopped at a truck stop in Grantsville, Maryland for the night.

Tuesday, August 9, 2022

 As soon as my 10 hours were up I left.  I didn't do as good as I usually do.  Had to stop three times for a nap because I got sleepy.  Oh well.  I made it to East Peoria, Illinois, and delivered the engines.  Next load is in Decatur, Illinois.  Drove over there and loaded a bunch of parts for a Caterpillar mining dump truck going to the Port of Baltimore.

Left there and went over to the Love's truck stop in Decatur, IL for my 10 hours.

Monday, August 8, 2022

 Drove over to Griffin, GA this morning and loaded four Caterpillar engines that are going to the Caterpillar plant in East Peoria, Illinois.

Left there and had a good day on the road.  No traffic issues in Atlanta or Chattanooga.  Stopped for the night at the Love's truck stop in Calvert City, Kentucky.