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Daily Summary for 1/10/2026

Oakwood, IL-Champaign, IL-Groveport, OH

Big Rig Travels day began at 11:06 am.  It is 40 degrees and rainy at the Love’s near Oakwood, IL.  We are returning from time off.  “We did lose our Denver trip, but gained three.  Its cold out here, chilly. Its snowing, dang nabit.”  The Denver trip, it was noted later, that another driver needed to get home, so trips were changed.  We are starting our dead head trip to the shipper near Champaign, IL.

Checking in at the shipper at 11:51 am.  Steve advises at 11:59 am, “Whadda you know?  It’s preloaded.”  Leaving the shipper at 12:35 pm after dropping and then finding an empty trailer.  “We know our weight is good, allows us to get fuel.”  We drop the trailer as soon as we get there, the next load is at 7:00 am.  A live load tomorrow.

Love’s stop at Oakwood, IL at 1:16 pm.  Streams drops at 1:36 pm, resumes at 1:59 pm noting something about a bad splitter.

Welcome to Indiana near Covington at 3:17 pm and Eastern Time Zone.

Welcome to Ohio near Richmond at 5:52 pm.

Big Rig Steve officially done near Groveport, OH at 7:58 pm EST. 

Map route from Oakwood, IL 61858 to Groveport, OH

Numbers: 0 miles to receiver.  We covered miles rolling out of Illinois, through Indiana and into Ohio.

Clocks: 60:40 hours on 70 hr.  Do not gain back hours tomorrow morning. 

No alarm clock ⏰ tomorrow.   

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Another good day for Big Rig Travels.

Welcome to Ohio

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