Saturday, May 4, 2024

 When my 10 hours were up at midnight 30, I left.  Drove 546 miles to the AC&T truck stop in Hagerstown, Maryland.  I'll be here for the rest of the weekend.  After yesterday, I really need a day off to recover. 

Friday, April 3, 2024

 I left at about 1:30 AM CDT this morning and drove to Lafayette, Indiana.  Arrived about 30 minutes before my 10:00 AM EDT loading appointment.  When they brought me back in to load I was loaded with a Caterpillar 3516 Generator and 5 parts boxes.  They are going to Sparrows Point, Maryland.  Once I was loaded I had to go to a different parking lot to tarp it.  85 degrees, no shade, no breeze, and no help.

Left there and drove to the TA truck stop in Whitestown, Indiana.  That cold shower felt wonderful!!  I'm exhausted, my back hurts, and I'm going to sleep. Phone is OFF!

Thursday, May 2, 2024

 I left a half hour before sunrise this morning and drove the rest of the way to Springfield, Missouri.  It started raining just before I got there.  Delivered the dozer in the rain.  From there I went to the TA truck stop in Strafford, MO for the night.  I load tomorrow morning in Lafayette, Indiana.  I'll leave here real early.

Wednesday, May 1, 2024

 I left at sunrise this morning.  Over 2 hours later I finally crossed into Ohio.  Stopped for the night at the Pilot truck stop in Greenfield, Indiana.

Tuesday, April 30, 2024

 I left a tad before 9 AM EDT this morning.  Today my permit route was mostly back roads through the Pocono mountains of Pennsylvania.  There was a little bit of Interstate, but not much. This was my route today, and I still have over two hours to go in Pennsylvania!!  The red arrow points to where I stopped for the night.  It was a little convenience store with about 6 truck parking places, in Mt. Jewett, PA.

No curfews tomorrow so I can start at sunrise.

Monday, April 29, 2024

 I left the yard at sunrise this morning and drove to Shippensburg and delivered the dump truck.  Then I drove back to the Daily Yard in Carlisle and swapped back into my trailer.  The shop did a good job fixing all the problems.  From there I drove to Bensalem, PA to load a Caterpillar D6 Dozer that was going to Springfield, Missouri.  They couldn't find my machine.  After a while they finally found it, but they wouldn't load it because it wasn't paid for.  Had to wait for all that to be done.  In the meantime, I developed a pretty good headache.  Eventually, I was able to load the machine.

My permit route was all back roads, mostly 2 lane.  Lots of heavy traffic.  I stopped at a little truck stop in Coopersberg, PA for the night.  Can't start until almost 9 AM EDT tomorrow morning because of the Allentown curfew.  I'm very tired and still have a headache, although it isn't as bad as it was.   Good night.