Big Rig Steve officially done for the day at 1:30 CDT (8/13) safely parked at receiver near Bellevue, Wisconsin (all times are CDT today).
Title: Tails of Old spring ride trailer
Big Rig Travels broadcast day began at 10:12 CDT near Morris, Illinois.
12:07 stopped at Speedway near Peru, IL. 12:31 Rolling again towards Spring Valley, IL.
13:14 CDT we arrived to swap trailers.
14:47 CDT arrived at Morris, IL at Cat Scale for mass/weigh check requiring to adjust the weight on trailer tandem. Issues evolved with that required driving to a nearby Loves and waiting in queue for Love’s shop.
15:13 BRS discussed what issues happened during the drop and hook and the current issues. (watch the play back to learn more).
20:37 CDT rolling legal after trailer issues resolved at Love’s near Morris, IL.
22:20 CDT Welcome to Wisconsin near Pleasant Prairie, WI. Mass/Weigh station “Yay closed!“
23:39 stopped at BP truck fuel station near Belgium, WI including RC meeting with “John “ Johnathan who had been watching BRS today since Illinois. During the stop, BRS was able to adjust to a split and gained 4 hours on 14 hour clock. 24:00 CDT stopped at Love’s near Sheboygan, WI for coffee. BRS then continues on to the receiver.
Numbers : 0 mile 0 km to the receiver, we covered 346 miles 556 km rolling out of Illinois and up eastern Wisconsin including dealing with old trailer with issues moving tandems.
Clocks : 2:38 hours on 11 hr, 2:12 hours on 14 hr, 34:55 hours on 70 hr. Do not gain back any hours tomorrow morning.
Another good day for Big Rig Travels.
Welcome to Wisconsin.
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