Daily Summary for 9/18/2024

Big Rig Steve officially done at 5:16 pm EDT safely parked near Fort Wayne, Indiana.  87 degrees and sunshine.

“That’s trucking”

Big Rig Travels broadcast day began at 8:04 am CDT at Plymouth, WI, parked near the shipper.  63 degrees and sunshine.  Status changed to on time to delivery. *subject to change as usual.  “That’s trucking.”

First order of business is to the CAT scale for a weigh-mass check.  Arrived back at the BP where we had spent the night at 8:20 am.  “dang…35000 on the drives, 29000 on the trailer tandems…and the wheels are all the way forward on the trailer.” Back to the shipper for a rework.  “I thought we were too heavy…we are going to continue the nonsense from yesterday aren’t we?”

Arrival back at the shipper to rework at 8:37 am. Backed into a dock door at 8:58 am.  Rework complete at 9:20 am.  Back at the CAT scale at 9:27 am. “All right, let’s try this again….much better, much better.”  Pulls up to fuel island to document what we’ve been going through for the bosses. 

At 9:30 am, a road crew member meet up occurs with Chris (aka rhinoplast from YT chat) who advised Steve that he’d been following him for a long time.  He is also a truck driver.  They both had spent the night this BP.

Stopped at the Love’s near Oak Creek, WI for fuel for the Blue Comet and trailer and coffee for the driver at 10:53 am.

Welcome to Illinois at 11:40 am near Wadsworth.

BRS points out the Chicago skyline at 12:30 pm.  

I-90 skybridge toll plaza at 1:09 pm, no issues this time.  The toll arm had been permanently damaged, it was out of his way.

Welcome to Indiana at 1:15 pm near Hammond.

Stopped along the side of the road on US 30 near Wooster, IN at 4:22 pm EDT to check the trailer tire issue Steve had noticed in the passenger mirror.  Ended up slowly making our way to the Pilot to park, so the tire issue could get repaired.

Numbers: 51 miles to receiver.  We covered 307 miles including visiting the shipper twice rolling out of WI, through downtown Chicago and into Indiana. 437 gallons to Platinum.

Clocks: 4:04 hours on 11 hr,  3:45 hours on 14 hr,  37:49 hours on 70 hr.  Do not gain back hours tomorrow morning. 

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Another good day for Big Rig Travels.

Welcome to Indiana

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