Daily Summary for 9/9/2025

Big Rig Travels day began at 9:39 am EDT near Lima, OH at the Clark truck stop.  It is 64 degrees and clear.  We are starting our deadhead trip to the shipper near Napoleon, OH.

Arrival at the Blue Beacon near Beaver Dam, OH for a trailer washout at 10:02 am.

Love’s stop near Napoleon, OH to top off the refer fuel tank at 11:25 am. 

Arrival at the shipper at 11:39 am to check in.  Load is heavy, booked at 44,600 lbs.  He advises hooking to trailer was difficulty due to the trailer being heavy and low at 12:10 pm.  “we’re going to be so close its not even funny.”  Leaving shipper at 12:15 pm, status changed to “on time to delivery.”

Stop at the Love’s for CAT scale near Napoleon, OH.  Steve needs to weigh four separate times to get the tandems in the right spot.  After the 4th time, Steve was as close as he could get the load balanced.  He stopped to get coffee and had a brief Road Crew visit at 1:05 pm before leaving.  At this point we have 343 miles to go and can’t drop until tomorrow afternoon.

Welcome to Indiana at 1:52 pm near Woodburn.

At 2:25 pm he gets onto I-69 near Ft Wayne, IN.  He receives a bypass at the weigh station at 2:40 pm.  “Bypass!! Yes, buddy, woo, alright, bypass, bypass” near Wayne, IN.

At 2:56 pm near Marion, IN there is a big rig accident and fire less than a minute in front of him.  Traffic comes to a stop.  Road is now shut down as we see the smoke billowing up.   Steve advises as we are shut down, that he is still considered on duty since he is on the road and needs to be ready to move, however the drive 11 hr clock is not running.  Officials are able to have cars and small trucks turn around and exit the area first.  The big rigs need to wait until the road opens up after moving to the side.  He is still stopped and waiting at 4:34 pm and reports we have 235 miles to go, with 5.5 hours on the 70 hr clock.  By 5:02 pm BRS is moving again. 

Welcome to Illinois near Dennison at 6:34 pm.

Exit off of I-70 to stop for the night near Marshall, IL.  Clocks stop at 6:48 pm.  “Ok we made it, long day.”