Saturday, July 22, 2023

 Drove the rest of the way to Sellersville, PA this morning.  I'll be staying in their parking lot until Monday morning.  I'll unload as soon as they get here.

Friday, July 21, 2023

 Left a half hour before sunrise this morning.  Very slow day!  Permit loads can only go 55 mph in Ohio.  Very stupid!!  It took over 6 hours to get to Pennsylvania!!  Stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Milesburg, Pennsylvania. 

Thursday, July 20, 2023

 Boy did I sleep good last night!!  This morning I drove to Davenport, Iowa, and was first in line to load.  When they opened, loaded a John Deere 644 Wheel Loader that is going to Sellersville, Pennsylvania.

Left there and drove to the Flying J truck stop in Spiceland, Indiana.

Wednesday, July 19, 2023

 Even though I went to bed last night, I couldn't sleep.  The tire guy returned with the tire and put it back on the trailer.  Doing that bounced the truck around a bit.  Have you ever been so tired that you couldn't sleep?  Well, that was me last night.  At 1:30 AM EDT when my 10 hours were up, I left.  Drove for about three and a half hours then used my 30-minute break to take a nap.  This time I slept.  An hour and a half later I got up and was back on the road again.  My permit route today was stupid!!!  Here is Indiana...

Illinois was worse!!! Google was correct.  It did take every bit of that hour and twenty minutes to go 38 miles.  Lots of heavy Chicago suburb traffic with stop lights galore!!!  Of course, I had to stop for about 90% of them.  Some I had to stop for twice!!

But I finally got there and delivered the Gradall.  My next load is tomorrow morning in Davenport, Iowa.  I started off that way.  Stopped for the night at the Flying J truck stop in LaSalle, Illinois. 495 difficult miles today.  Now I'm gonna get some real sleep.

Tuesday, July 18, 2023

 Left at sunrise this morning.  Drove to Columbus, Ohio, and delivered the dozer.  My next load was back in New Philadelphia, Ohio.  Drove there to the Gradall plant and loaded a Gradall XL 4100 Excavator that is going to Burr Ridge, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.

Left there and drove to the Flying J truck stop in Millersport, Ohio.  While doing my post-trip inspection found a trailer tire that was very low on air.  Had road service come out to fix it. 

When he got the tire off found it had a bad valve stem, so he replaced it.

Close up.

Put the tire back on the rim, aired it up, and it was still leaking air.  Couldn't find the leak here so he took it back to the shop to find it and repair it.  I went to bed.  I'll finish the saga tomorrow. Good night.

Monday, July 17, 2023

 Left Carlisle at 2 AM EDT and drove to the Port of Baltimore.  When they opened I loaded a Liebherr PR726 Dozer that is going to Columbus, Ohio.

Left there and drove to the TA truck stop in Wheeling, West Virginia for the night.