Friday, March 3, 2023

 Left a half hour before sunrise this morning with hopes of delivering today.  My hopes were quickly dashed when I figured out how long I had to go to get there.  If Waterloo hadn't screwed up and loaded me when they should have, I would have been able to deliver today.  The weather didn't help much either.  The rain started when I was in Pennsylvania.  By the time I got to Maryland, it was starting to change to snow.  

And it got worse.

Then much worse.  A lot of plows and salt/sand spreaders were out doing the best they could.

Once I started going back down from the highest elevations conditions improved a lot.  As it was, I would get to the Port 15 minutes too late.  So now I have to sit and wait until Monday. Instead of going into that "Hell hole", Baltimore, I stopped for the weekend at a truck stop in Hagerstown, Maryland. By the time I got there, it was just raining.  No more snow.

Thursday, March 2, 2023

 Left early this morning and stopped at Iowa 80 on the way because I needed to get some stuff that I knew they had.  Did real good until Indianapolis.  There was a crash on the beltway that had traffic backed up several miles.  I decided to chance it and went around Indy the other way, which was not on my permit route.  I got lucky and made it without getting caught.  Continued on to the Love's truck stop in Springfield, Ohio for the night. Another 586 miles today.

Tuesday, March 1, 2023

 Left real early this morning and drove the rest of the way to Mason City, Iowa, and delivered the excavator stuff.  From there drove to Waterloo, Iowa, and loaded a John Deere 7R 290 Tractor and a couple tires that are going to the Port of Baltimore in Dundalk, Maryland.  It took them an hour and a half to load me.  Ran out of hours so I had to spend the night at the Flying J truck stop just down the road.  522 miles today.

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

 As soon as my 10 hours were up, I was back on the road.  Drove straight through the middle of Dallas with no traffic issues at all.  Drove 648 miles today to the Flying J truck stop in Nevada, Missouri.

Monday, February 27, 2023

 Delivered the genset first thing this morning in Corpus Christi.  Next load was up in Victoria, TX.  Drove there and loaded Some stuff from a Caterpillar excavator that is going to Mason City, Iowa.  

From there drove to Richie Brothers Auction in Humble, Texas.  Was to load an excavator bucket that another truck was unable to take when he loaded the machine.  But unbeknownst to us, I needed a loading appointment.  They wouldn't load it without one.  SO, I called my dispatcher and told him of this development.  He said to disregard it and continue on.  They would send someone else to get it.  I left and drove to the Flying J truck stop in New Caney, Texas for my 10 hours.