Saturday, April 27, 2024

 This morning traffic was much better and I drove to the "home office" in Carlisle for the rest of the weekend.

Friday, April 26, 2024

 I left at sunrise this morning. Drove the rest of the way to Myersville, MD., and delivered the excavator.  From there I drove to the Port in New Castle, Delaware, and loaded a Volvo A25G Articulating Dump Truck that is going to Shippensburg, PA.

Left there and headed toward Shippensburg.  My permit route has me taking back roads all the way to Harrisburg, PA.  There was so much traffic on them I decided to stop at the Rutters in Gap, Pennsylvania for the night.  Tomorrow morning the traffic should be much better.

Thursday, April 25, 2024

 I left a half hour after sunrise this morning.  Not a great day today.  Spent most of the morning in slow-n'-go and bumper-to-bumper traffic.  This was the cause of the longest and slowest backup of the day.  They had just opened up both lanes just before I got there.  That is going to be an expensive cleanup.  There were 5 of those big wreckers there.

Because of all the delays today, I didn't get anywhere near where I wanted to.  Stopped for the night at the Petro truck stop in Raphine, Virginia.  Sure hope tomorrow is better!!

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

 I left real early this morning and drove to Spanish Fort, Alabama, and loaded a Caterpillar 317GC Excavator that is going up to Myersville, Maryland.

Left there and had a good day on the road until Atlanta.  It took a long time to get around Atlanta. Lots of stop-n'-go and slow-n'-go traffic. Stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Commerce, Georgia.  There is a Longhorn Steakhouse across the street from here.  I had a great rib eye steak for dinner!!!! I'll sleep good tonight!!

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

 I left at 3 AM EDT and drove the rest of the way to a power plant in Forkland, Alabama, and delivered the thing. Got a flat tire on the trailer while I was there. 

From there I drove to the TA Truck Stop in Meridian, Mississippi, and got a new tire.  My next load is tomorrow morning over near Mobile, AL in Spanish Fort, AL. I'll head that way in the early morning hours.

Yesterday I meant to put this in my blog and forgot.

As I was pulling into the scale on I-81 in Virginia they were pulling this guy over to the inspection pit.

Here is a closer look…

He had two forklifts, a dozer with a blade (facing the wrong way), a straight truck with a pick-up truck on it, and a short stack of steel sheets under the straight truck.  The scale attendant told me that he was 30,000 pounds (13,607 Kg) overweight!!!!  Maximum legal weight is 80,000 pounds (36,287 Kg). He wasn't going anywhere anytime soon.  Plus he will have a hefty fine to go along with it.

Monday, April 22, 2022

 I left at sunrise this morning.  Very good day on the road.  No traffic problems at all.  Drove 586 miles to the TA truck stop in Greenville, Tennessee. I'll be here for the night.