Thursday, November 23, 2023

 

I left at 1 AM EST and drove the rest of the way back to the Daily Yard in Carlisle, PA.  Will be here through Monday.

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

 We got between 1 and 2 inches of snow last night before it changed to rain.  I couldn't leave when I wanted to this morning.  New Hampshire would not allow permit loads until 10:00 AM EST.  I was about an hour and a half from NH so I left at 8:30.  It rained all day.  The roads were fine.  The further I got into Maine the more the roads deteriorated.  The plows were out in force in Maine.  I made it to Skowhegan and delivered the excavator.  Left there and headed back toward Carlisle.  Stopped for my 10 hours at the West Gardiner Service Plaza in Gardiner, Maine.  It is still raining!

Tuesday, November 21, 2023

 I left at sunrise this morning.  I still have the Link-Belt Excavator.  

Got out ahead of the expected weather.  Stayed ahead of it all day but it was right behind me all day.  Here is what the radar looked like when I stopped for the night.

Pennsylvania was really ready for the weather.  They had salt trucks staged along the Interstate and they were pre-treating the roads too.  New York and Connecticut weren't doing anything.  Shortly after I crossed the Hudson River my truck dash did it again.  

After looking at that for about a half hour I shut the truck off and restarted it again.  The problem went away.  Hope it stays that way.  I'll still have to go back to Carlisle after I deliver to have it looked at again.  I stopped for the night at the Pilot truck stop in Sturbridge, Massachusetts.  Hopefully, this weather system will pass over tonight and I won't have any issues tomorrow.

 

Monday, November 20, 2023

 One of the Daily owner-operators' truck broke down near Pittsburg.  He found the part at the Carlisle Kenworth. They asked me to go pick it up and take it out that way to meet his pilot escort car and give it to him.  So after I picked up the part I headed west.  I met his pilot escort car in Cumberland, Maryland, and gave him the part.  Then back to Carlisle.  I got back at the same time my truck got back to the Daily Yard.  They reordered my permits and I'll leave tomorrow morning at sunrise.  Heavy weather coming.  I hope I can get ahead of it tomorrow. 

Sunday, November 19, 2023

 October places I've been.