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 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 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 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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