Daily Summary for 11/19/2024

Three Trailer Day

Big Rig Travels broadcast day began at 7:12 am CDT at the Love’s in Oakwood, Illinois.  It was 61 degrees and partly cloudy.  BRS gets fresh coffee prior to us continuing our trip to London, Kentucky.  Steve advises that it was “pretty windy last night.”  He also points out the Love’s tanker truck as we roll out.

Welcome to Indiana at 8:42 am, now in Eastern Time Zone as we near Covington, IN.  Slow down on I-74 a short time later at 8:50 am.

Stopped at the Love’s near Memphis, IN at 11:46 am.

Welcome to Kentucky, crossing the Ohio River toll bridge near Louisville, at 12:14 pm.

Another slow down near Frankfort, KY at 1:09 pm due to a rollover on the right side, a black Jeep.

Arrival near the receiver at London, KY at 2:53 pm, broadcast ends as Steve goes in to complete the drop and hook.

Broadcast resumes at 3:54 pm, leaving the receiver, another trip safely completed.  Rolling out of receiver with an empty trailer, it is raining at 62 degrees.

We exit I-75 to stop at the Love’s near Richmond, KY at 4:57 pm. Steve adds fuel, then its on to backroads as we make our way to Mt Sterling, KY.

Steve finds a spot in Mt Sterling at 6:03 pm to blow out the trailer.

Arrival at the shipper to complete the drop of the empty trailer and hook of our preloaded trailer at 6:20 pm.  

We then head to the Pilot, to the Cat Scale to check mass-weight at 7:06 pm.  There is nothing but chaos going on in this truck stop which tests Steve’s patience.  We are legal, but very heavy.

Big Rig Steve officially done at 8:38 pm safely parked at an I-64 rest area near Frankfort, KY.  Steve makes a spot.

Numbers:  355 miles to receiver, a drop whenever we get there, with another preload trailer picked up at the same site.  We covered 512 miles including two customers rolling out of Illinois, through Indiana and into Kentucky.  8 day summary 2464 miles. 143 to Platinum status

Clocks: 1:07 hours on 11 hr,  1:07 (?) hours on 14 hr,  8:58 hours on 70 hr.  Gain back 3:45 hours tomorrow morning. 

Projected start time tomorrow between 7:25 am.  Choose the BRT YouTube channel alarm bell to receive notifications for the start of our broadcast. Check out Bigrigtravels Road Crew facebook page to see pictures captured from other road crew.

Welcome to the constantly growing Big Rig Travels family. Big Rig Steve is glad to have you as part of the family.

Another good day for Big Rig Travels.

Welcome to Kentucky

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