Big Rig Steve officially done for the day at 11:44 CDT safely parked at HQ in Belvidere, Illinois. Another season of BRT comes to completion.
Title: Deadheading home for off time
Big Rig Travels broadcast day began at 9:48 CST near Whitewater, Wisconsin. Unloading was completed early, even before our scheduled appointment time, so we finished our ten hour break at receiver’s on site parking.
BRS offered a tour of Downtown Whitewater “yes, you thought we were out in the middle of nowhere, this is a high happening place, we should pull over and have coffee” ☕️
We rolled out on backroads, headed for home, as BRS describes process to prepare a twenty pound brisket that was waiting for us to smoke during our off time.
Rolled on to I-39 near Janesville Wisconsin
Welcome back to Illinois
11:00 🕚 CDT stopped at Loves ❤️for coffee
Numbers : 0mile 0 km to the receiver, we covered 48 miles 77km rolling out of Wisconsin and back into home state of BRT, Illinois
Clocks : 17:30 hours on 70 hr clock when we started today. Do not gain back any hours tomorrow morning. Clocks are not important as we will reset all during our off time. We are 158 gallons away from reaching Loves Platinum for October.
No alarm clock ⏰ during time off Whoop Whoop
BRS on “time off the truck” – Big Rig Travels will return in a few days watch the website for updates and while Steve is off, checkout a previous trip that you may have missed.
Another good day for Big Rig Travels
Welcome to BRT World 🌎 Headquarters Belvidere Illinois
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Big Rig Steve officially done for the day at 19:20 CDT safely parked near Clive, Iowa.
Title: We did great again today, 600 plus, so tomorrow will be easier day
Big Rig Travels broadcast day began at 6:48 MDT near Cheyenne, Wyoming continued eastbound on I-80.
7:26 MDT stopped for coffee ☕️ “but not decent coffee “at TA near Burns, WY.
8:00 🕗 MDT welcome to Nebraska.
9:27 MDT near Chappell, NE a truck passed the Blue Comet missing two outside tires.
10:16 MDT near Paxton, NE BRS exited and stopped on the on ramp to connect battery backup for Big Rig Star 💫.
13:20 CDT Blue Comet rolled under the Arch near Kearney, NE.
14:14 near Aurora, NE mandatory 30 minute break taken while waiting on a FedEx truck blocking the fuel island, fresh coffee and onions 🧅 with hotdogs acquired after we were able to get through the fuel Island.
16:43 CDT Welcome to Iowa sign greeted us as we crossed the Missouri River
17:17 CDT Loves ❤️near Shelby, IA fuel for Blue Comet.
Numbers : 505 mile 812 km to the receiver, we covered 641 miles 1031 km rolling out of Wyoming across Nebraska and into Iowa.
Clocks : 0:32 hours on 11 hr, 2:08 hours on 14 hr, 39:02 hours on 70 hr, do not gain back any hours tomorrow morning. We are 460 gallons away from Loves Platinum status for October.
No alarm clock ⏰ tomorrow morning
Live delivery is 1:30 🕜CDT Friday morning, we can arrive for onsite parking up to twelve hours early so we will have easier day tomorrow.
Another good day for Big Rig Travels
Welcome to Iowa
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Big Rig Steve officially done for the day at 12:55 MDT safely parked near Boise, Idaho watch party started near the “trash bucket”.
Title: “Rest now, but we’re gonna be busy next week”
Big Rig Travels broadcast day began at 9:37 MDT near Heyburn, ID at the Love’s headed northwest on I-84.
11:52 MDT exit off and stopped at Pilot near Mountain Home, ID. Coffee exchange.
Numbers : 60 mile 97 km to the receiver, we covered 159 miles 256 km
Clocks : 8:08 hours on 11 hr, 10:05 hours on 14 hr. Do not gain back any hours tomorrow morning. We are 86 gallons away from Loves Gold status for October.
No alarm clock ⏰ tomorrow, delivery not until Monday 9:00 🕘 am. 34 hour restart, so will rest now. After delivery, next trip pick up at 10 pm Monday night, then 3 days to do 1800 miles and next delivery Friday at 1:00.
Another good day for Big Rig Travels
Welcome to Idaho
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Big Rig Steve officially done for the day at 18:18 safely parked near Winnemucca, Nevada with a mountain 🏔️ view. A watch party commenced.
Title: California exit through Donner’s Pass
Big Rig Travels broadcast day began at 8:33 PDT at Loves near Madera, California. First Cat 🐱 Scale, fuel for Blue Comet, trailer tandem adjustment and then coffee. We resumed driving on CA Hwy 99 north.
10:05 PDT stop at rest area on I-80 near Turlock, CA to check messages.
13:49 PDT rolling over Donner’s Pass summit 7,227’ elevation 14:24. Welcome to Nevada near Verdi, NV.
14:35 PDT rolling through downtown Reno.
15:15 stop near Fernley, NV Loves for fresh coffee and Kai refill.
16:34 observed mandatory 30 minute break near Lovelock, NV.
Numbers : 383 mile 616 km to the receiver, we covered 439 miles 706 miles of km.
Clocks : 2:21 hours on 11 hr, 3:28 hours on 14 hr, 55:39 hours on 70 hr, and do not gain back hours tomorrow morning. We are 258 gallons away from Loves Gold status for October.
No alarm clock ⏰ tomorrow. Delivery is a live unload, scheduled for tomorrow at 19:00 🕖 MDT.
Another good day for Big Rig Travels
Welcome back to Nevada
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Big Rig Steve officially done for the day clock stopped at 21:28 CDT safely parked at receiver near Whitewater, Wisconsin in position for our 4:30 🕟 CDT live delivery appointment. No broadcast until we have some hours back to make trip back to BRT Headquarters tomorrow for off time.
Title: “Decisions Decisions”: A “Very Productive Day!”
Big Rig Travels broadcast day began early day yep alarm clock ⏰ was in play at 4:13 EDT near Franklin, Indiana southbound I-65 heading to next shipper.
4:33 stopping for coffee at Loves ❤️ used to be an “old stinky Pilot/ Flying J.”
6:35 EDT arrival at shipper near Louisville, Kentucky (no camera flip) found on-site parking. Sky was beautiful as pre-dawn was occurring. 6:39 driving clock stopped, we had :03 minutes left on 11 hr clock. BRS noted “What do you think of that, so we take a split as we did not have time for a full break. So we are going to take a nap 😴 and check in a little bit“. BRS ended broadcast advising we would turn on 24/7 live snowman ⛄️ camera.
12:54 leaving shipper. Status changed to on time to delivery .
13:17 I-264 view of downtown Louisville, KY including the KFC Yum Center.
13:20 crossing Ohio River, welcome back to Indiana.
13:35 Exit off I-65 near Memphis, IN to stop at Loves again, this time to visit Cat 🐱 Scale for mass/weight check and adjust the trailer tandem back a bit as we are heavy on them. Coffee refill also acquired.
15:13 Loves near Whitehead, IN fuel for Blue Comet along with windshield wash and coffee refill.
17:17 Gary, IN northern terminus I-65 and onto I-90.
During our 30 minute mandatory break BRS said “Decisions Decisions.“ Do we stop here? or press on to delivery? After a phone call to find out receiver had on site parking, we continued on to the receiver.
Numbers: 0 mile 0km to the receiver, we covered 534 miles 859 km rolling into and out of Kentucky, back through Indiana, across Illinois and into Wisconsin. 8-day running total is 2,963 miles 4768 km.
Clocks : 0:09 hours on 11 hr, 1:10 hours on 14 hr, 17:33 hours on 70 hr. Do not gain back any hours tomorrow morning. We are 158 gallons away from Loves Platinum status for October.
A very productive day after delivering and reloading, driving through Chicago rush hour and reaching delivery destination. We visited three customers today.
Another good day for Big Rig Travels
Welcome to Wisconsin
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Big Rig Steve officially done for the day at safely parked near Cheyenne, Wyoming at 20:04 MDT.
Title: A day of weigh stations
Big Rig Travels broadcast day began at 8:57 MDT from Jerome, Idaho. He reports Road Crew visit prior to broadcast start with a gift of cheetos and onions for his hot dogs. BRT drives onto I-84 ready to head east for his first of three 600 mile days.
9:49 MDT BRT stops at Loves at Heyburn, ID for fuel saying with are “on fumes”. Announced we are 23 gallons to gold.
10:19 MDT Declo, ID weigh station call in, no problems
11:05 MDT Welcome to Utah.
12:04 MDT Perry, UT weigh station #2. Thankfully half-bypass
13:02 MDT at Coalville, UT transitioned to I-80
13:30 MDT Evanston, UT/WY weigh station #3, this time needing to stop and present paperwork. BRS is prepared and we are on our way quickly. We are now in Wyoming.
14:08 MDT high speed chase witnessed passing BC near Fort Bridger, WY with multiple law enforcement vehicles pursuing the blue car. End of chase noted when traffic stopped at 14:23 near Lyman, WY. Vehicle in the median, luckily we stayed out of that mess.
15:16 MDT Green River, WY BRS takes his 30 minute break at the Loves. Fuel and coffee stop and a quick visit from Road Crew Bronco Willy.
Numbers : 1140 mile 1835 km to the receiver, we covered 603 miles 970 km rolling out of Idaho through Utah and most of Wyoming.
Clocks : 12 minutes:37 seconds on 11 hr, 1:26 hours on 14 hr, 50:15 hours on 70 hr, do not gain back hours tomorrow morning.
Plan to get rolling around 7:00 MDT, give or take, tomorrow morning.
Another good day for Big Rig Travels
Welcome to Wyoming
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Big Rig Steve officially done for the day at 16:33 MDT safely parked near Heyburn, Idaho; watch party started.
Title: Change in Plans
Big Rig Travels broadcast day began at 11:33 MDT at Maverick near Perry, Utah heading south on I-15 towards the shop near West Valley, UT for a Cal-bit inspection for Blue Comet as no trips were available.
12:10 MDT exit off and stopped on on ramp to review emergency message from bosses. Yes, change in plans. We have our next trip, so no Cal-bit inspection today. Drop and hook required at the yard for repower load to Idaho.
13:03 MDT BRS stops the stream to complete D & H at the yard.
14:40 MDT second stream starts near West Valley, UT.
16:33 BRS stopped on off ramp of I-84 after seeing a road crew, waving 👋 BigRigSteve road crew flag near Tremonton, UT. BRS acquired large peppers 🫑 from Bronco Willy. Yes, always fun to guess what hat Bronco is going to be wearing. Today was Cat in the Hat.
17:10 MDT near Malad City, ID to plug in battery charger for powering Big Rig Star 💫 aka Starlink.
18:02 Mass/Weigh station near Delco, ID no issues.
Numbers : 216 mile 347 km to the receiver, we covered 252 miles 405 km.
Clocks : 5:16 hours on 11 hr, 6:31 hours on 14 hr, 39:39 hours on 70 hr. Do not gain back any hours tomorrow morning. 8 day running total mileage 2,319 miles 3,732 km. We are 149 gallons away from Loves Gold status for October.
No alarm clock ⏰ tomorrow delivery not until Monday 9:00 🕘 am.
Another good day for Big Rig Travels.
Welcome to Idaho.
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Big Rig Steve officially done broadcasting for the day at around 18:43 CDT safely arriving near Franklin, IN at the receiver, waiting for 1:30 CDT appointment for a live unload.
Title: Proved the planners wrong
Big Rig Travels broadcast day began at 8:13 CDT at the Love’s near Clive, IA. Some glitches with the broadcast, it was restarted at 8:37 CDT. Onto I-80 continuing our trip through the IA heartland.
11:31 CDT crossed the Mississippi into Illinois. Soon after, we joined I-74, a road that BRS has not travelled in quite awhile.
12:20 CDT stopped at the Love’s in Knoxville, IL for coffee. A first time visit to this particular Love’s. Had a short visit from two Road Crew viewers.
15:30 CDT time for a mandatory 30 minute break at Covington, Indiana rest stop.
18:30 CDT moved onto I-65 in Indianapolis, then stream was ended as BRS neared his destination to await his 1:30 appointment. Good to note that per website, maybe the unloading was already happening! BRS pleased to be arriving more than six hours early for appointment, when planners a couple days ago, thought he’d be four hours late. BRS knows his stuff, and knew he had the time to get there.
Numbers : 0 mile 0 km to the receiver, we covered about 505 miles 813 km rolled out of Iowa, through Illinois and into Indiana.
Clocks : started the day with 38:48 hours on 70 hr, do not gain back hours tomorrow morning. Clock still running when broadcast day ended.
BRS reports a 10:30 CDT live load in the morning.
Another good day for Big Rig Travels.
Welcome to Indiana
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Big Rig Steve was at shipper near Twin Falls, Idaho waiting for loading to be completed. (Update: safely parked in Jerome, ID with a watch party going).
Title: Monday back on the Road
Big Rig Travels broadcast day began at 6:59 MDT near Boise, Idaho after staying at a hotel for the 34 hour reset and retrieving the trailer.
8:10 MDT arrival at receiver near Ontario, Oregon early to get into position for delivering.
9:40 MDT delivery complete.
10:54 MDT stopped for fresh coffee near Boise, ID.
13:04 MDT arrival at Blue Beacon near Jerome, ID for trailer washout, pre-cool refer to -10 and acquire fresh coffee along with a review of our experience getting the coffee at the Flying J.
14:45 MDT arrival at shipper to wait for 22:30 🕥 loading appointment.
22:54 MDT Stopped at Flying J in Jerome, ID for CAT scale mass/weigh check. “Ewwww…1400 pound heavy on trailer tandem”. Reweigh, we are legal. Notes we may need to run light on fuel, 60 gallons at a time.
23:10 MDT Find front row parking at Phillips 66 truck stop to spend the night. Watch party started. Possible start time tomorrow 9:30 or 10:00.
Numbers: 1729 mile 2767 km to the receiver, we covered 183 miles 292 km including live delivery today in Ontario, OR.
Clocks: Started the day with fresh 70 hours on 70 hr, do not gain back any hours tomorrow morning. We are 86 gallons away from Loves Gold status for October.
Next trip requires three 600 mile 965 km days to reach next delivery
Another good day for Big Rig Travels
Welcome to Idaho
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Big Rig Steve arrived 17:58 safely at receiver near Corrine, Utah.
Title: More Territory broadcast live for the first time on BRT Today
Big Rig Travels broadcast day began at 9:10 at Loves near Winnemucca Nevada continuing eastward on I-80.
12:33 Stopped at Loves near Wells, NV for coffee ☕️
13:12 Wildlife crossing tunnel
13:16 exit off I-80 to roll on to Utah Highway 233, backroads of new territory for BRS and Big Rig Travels to get to I-84.
17:20 Stopped at Love’s near Brigham City, UT for refer fuel ⛽️ .
Numbers :0 mile 0 km to the receiver, we covered approximately 383 miles 616 km today, rolling out of Nevada into Utah on a new route not previously traveled or broadcasted by BRS.
Clocks : BRS clock was still running at live delivery. Started day with 55:19 hours on 70 hr, do not gain back any hours tomorrow morning. We are 149 gallons away from Loves Gold status for October.
No alarm clock ⏰ tomorrow watch status bar on the website tomorrow for next trip
Another good day for Big Rig Travels
Welcome back to Utah
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