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Daily Summary for 10/6/2025

Bolingbrook, IL to Columbus, OH

Big Rig Travels day began at 9:51 am CDT near Bolingbrook, IL.  It was mostly sunny and 73 degrees.  We were leaving the shipper and starting our trip to Pennsylvania/Columbus, OH.

We stopped at the Speedway truck stop to visit the Cat Scale for the weigh mass check at 10:14 am.  Adjustment made to the tandems.  We were now 33,500 on the drives, 33,800 on the tandems, we are legal and we have 3/4 tank of fuel.

Welcome to Indiana near Hammond, IL at 10:57 am.

I-80/I-90 Indiana toll road service plaza stop at 11:54 am near LaPorte, IN.  “Is it time for coffee?”  

Love’s fuel stop near Angola, IN at 2:52 pm EDT to fill up our tanks.  199 gallons to gold.

Welcome to Ohio at 3:33 pm near Northwest Township.

Stopped at the Ohio Turnpike service plaza near West Unity, OH to check priority messages at 3:56 pm.  “They just changed this trip on us.  We are no longer going to Pennsylvania. Ok, so a change of plans. Planners want us to deliver this to Columbus, OH, drop in the yard.  Then tomorrow morning, emergency run to Tennessee.  Why? I don’t know.”

As we near the yard, Steve advises it is a live load tomorrow morning at 9:00 am, somewhere in Columbus, delivering in Murfreesboro, TN.  Broadcast ended at 7:20 pm near Columbus, OH.

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Another good day for Big Rig Travels.

Welcome to Ohio

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