Saturday, February 4, 2017

Went back and picked up my trailer first thing this morning.  Great day on the road.  Traffic was light, and the weather was perfect.  Stopped for the rest of the weekend at the TA truck stop in Hebron, Ohio.  Ready for the Super Bowl tomorrow.

Super Bowl LI

Super Bowl

Tomorrow, 6:30 PM on FOX

NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas

New England Patriots Atlanta Falcons

15:30

All times are in Eastern Time

Friday, February 3, 2017

Left at 1 am local time and drove up to Madison, Wisconsin and delivered the wheel loader.  Then went down to Oswego, Illinois and loaded another wheel loader.  This one is a little bit bigger.  A Caterpillar 980M that is going to York, Pennsylvania.

Left my trailer there because I ran out of hours for today. Bobtailed down to the TA truck stop in Morris, Illinois for the night.  I'll go back in the morning and get my trailer and head east.

Thursday, February 2, 2017

Left real early this morning.  Nice easy day on the road.  Drove 679 miles (1093 km) today.  Stopped for the night at the Petro truck stop in Remington, Indiana.  Will be starting real early again tomorrow.

Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Left at sunrise this morning and drove the rest of the way into Greensboro, North Carolina and delivered the dump truck.

After that I drove over to Durham, NC.  Another Daily truck had a wheel loader and his truck broke down.  I had to unload his trailer and then load the Caterpillar 926M Wheel Loader on my trailer.  It is going to Madison, Wisconsin.

Left there and went down the road to the Petro truck stop in Mebane, NC for the night.

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Woke up to about a half inch of snow covering everything.  Very pretty.  Drove down to the Port of Baltimore and loaded a Caterpillar 745C Dump Truck that is going to Greensboro, North Carolina. I was lucky.  There was another Daily truck there loading and he spotted for me.  He did an EXCELLENT job.

Perfect.  Doesn't get any better than that.  Left there and drove down to the Pilot truck stop in Emporia, Virginia for the night.

Monday, January 30, 2017

Spent all day sitting at ThermoKing waiting for them to fix my APU.  When it was done I went back to the Daily yard.  I load tomorrow morning in Baltimore.

Saturday, January 28, 2017

Left at sunrise this morning and drove to Cheswick, PA and delivered the conveyor.  From there I drove back to the "home office" in Carlisle, PA.  Need to have my APU worked on again Monday.  

Friday, January 27, 2017

Got up real early this morning and drove into Dulles, Virginia to a job site right next to the Dulles International Airport where they are building a huge Washington DC Metro Rail maintenance facility.  Loaded a conveyor that is going back to it's home in Cheswick, Pennsylvania.

Left there just after the DC curfew was over but still had heavy traffic.  Out in western Maryland and West Virginia had a lot of snow showers.  It was sticking to the side streets at elevation but the Interstate was fine. Stopped at a small truck stop (still snowing) at the WV / PA state line on I-79.  Could not get through the Pittsburgh area before curfew.  This is the closest truck stop to Pittsburgh along my permit route.  I'll get started tomorrow morning.  If I can get to Cheswick before 11 am I will be able to deliver tomorrow.

Thursday, January 26, 2017

Delivered the CNC machine first thing this morning.  Next load is tomorrow in Dulles, Virginia.  Drove up that way and stopped for the night at the Pilot truck stop in Toms Brook, VA.

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Left this morning well before sunrise.  Very uneventful day.  Stopped for the night at the Pilot truck stop in Statesville, North Carolina.  Deliver about 10 miles from here in the morning.

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

The rain that started last night didn't turn to snow as soon as they thought it would.  When I got up this morning there was a light coat of wet snow on the truck and shush in the parking lot.   Drove the rest of the way up to Rochester, NY and loaded a CNC machine that is going to Newton, North Carolina.

The it had to be tarped!!

By the time I left there the snow had picked up a lot.  Here is a view going down the Rochester city streets.

They did a real good job keeping the streets clear.

Followed a tow plow.

Here is a view of the Interstate.

Stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Greencastle, PA.

Monday, January 23, 2017

Went back over and got my trailer first thing this morning then delivered the excavator.  Next load is tomorrow up in Rochester, New York.  I headed that way.  Stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Dansville, NY.  Supposed to get between 5 and 8 inches of heavy wet snow tonight and tomorrow.

Saturday, January 21, 2017

This morning I left just before sunrise.  On I-70 and I-68 I saw dozens and dozens of buses heading toward Washington DC for the "Loonie Lefty Ladies March"  today.  Other than that, it was a pretty easy drive up to Harmony, PA.  That is north of Pittsburgh.  Went to where I am delivering Monday and dropped the trailer in their driveway.  Then went about 11 miles north to the Pilot truck stop in Portersville, PA for the rest of the weekend. 

Friday, January 20, 2017

HALLELUJAH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  HE IS GONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Late this morning I got another load.  Drove down to Baltimore, Maryland and loaded a John Deere 245G Excavator that is going over to Harmony, Pennsylvania.

 Drove out to the Pilot truck stop in Hagerstown, MD for the night.

Thursday, January 19, 2017

Finally got all the stuff fixed on the truck this afternoon.  No load yet.

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

This morning called the Cummins shop.  They said my truck would be ready late this afternoon Checked out of the hotel at noon and went back to Cummins to wait.  When it was finished I went back to Daily truck shop.  He was still swamped.  Sent me over to the Petro truck stop to have the oil changed and the rest of the PM done there.  So I went over there and had that stuff done.  Then back to Daily for the night.  Tomorrow I'm supposed to be at the Daily truck shop again to have the rest of the work done.

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

This morning was at the Daily truck shop to have the work done on my truck.  He was swamped, so at about 10 am he called me and said to take the truck over to Cummins in Harrisburg.  They were going to address the two "Check Engine" lights that were on. I drove over there and dropped the truck off.  They took me over to a hotel where I checked in for the night.  We will see what happens tomorrow.

Monday, January 16, 2017

This morning drove up to Poughkeepsie, PA.  Had to wait at the Newburgh-Beacon bridge that goes over the Hudson River.  They had to stop traffic so that the oversized loads could go across the bridge.  They only do that twice a day, 10 am and 2 pm.  If you aren't there then you have to wait till the next day.  It also costs $100 plus the bridge toll to go across.  I was there an hour and a half early.  At 2 pm there was another truck behind me to go across too.  At 2:30 they stopped traffic and off we went.  Once I exited the interstate to go up to Poughkeepsie, NY it took 30 minutes to go 11 miles.  Finally made it there and delivered the excavator.  I then drove back to Carlisle, PA.  Going to have service done on the truck tomorrow.

Saturday, January 14, 2014

Went to the hotel this morning.  Taught the class this afternoon.  This evening went to the Safety Banquet.  The meal was very good.  I, along with a lot of others, got a nice jacket for five years with Daily Express with no preventable accidents and a good safety record.

Then they had door prizes after a bunch of speeches.  I won a couple of shackles,  I know that won't excite many of you, but I was glad to get them. 

 As soon as that was done I got out of there and back to my room.  Glad that is over with.  Now I can watch the football game.

Friday, January 13, 2017

Drove up to the "Home Office" in Carlisle, PA this morning.  After I got here I used their car and ran some errands including doing a few loads of laundry.  Tomorrow I'll head over to the hotel where I'll be teaching tomorrow afternoon and where the banquet will be held tomorrow night.