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I'm hooking to my trailer
Sorry, I am a bit distracted
Today is the 20th of april
In Montreal it is 2 degres Celcius
It is snowing a bit
And this is my first trip
Well, not really
I didn't record one full trip
Probably you know what happened, my father passed away
I have a bit of a mess in life, but lifes goes on
And I have to work
I noticed that
Driving and
making those movies
Makes me going in some way and is my way of reacting
to various things that happend in my life
So I don't really feel like recording but I am forcing myself to do so
I have to regain my energy
There is a nice opporunity since I haven't been in Florida for at least 2 years
Lately Prince is sending many single drivers that way
It just turned out that I didn't
And my last 3 trips when I came back from Australia
My boss kept sending me to British Columbia
Even thow most of single drivers were forced to do Floridas
So I could see my father
Anyway I don't know why he passed away
When I was leaving him thursday
Friday he was supposed to leave the hospital
The doctor said that he is recovering and was getting stronger
And they would release him on friday. So I left thursday
And saturday I received a phone call that he passed away while sleeping
And then again my boss sent to me once more to BC
So I can make all the arrangements
I had to cremate his body and I want to take his remains back to Poland
Enough of sad things
So I'm going to Florida
4 degres in Monreal on this 20th of april
In Florida it should be around 30 a this time
Let's escape this winter
When I will be back it shall be spring
Right now we have a real Montreal winter that started in november
and ended in april
And there won't be any spirng
We might get 3 weeks of 15-16 degres
And then heat waves
This is Montreal
Todays plan is to drive I87 south
I don't think I will take I88 and I81
I will just jump over New York
And I will end my day somwhere on NJ/DE state line
That's the plan
My load is quite heave
Peat Moss, when going to Florida it's common to take peat moss down
I have to weigh
My trailer is very light, one of the newest ones
Thermo King unit. It will make my sleep easy
Very silent unit
But I still have to weigh
to make sure my axle weigh is all right
my tractor is heavy
I need to to this so I will know if can top up my fuel
I have to first activate our scale
log in
And then get on the platform, she takes a bit of time to scale
I will write down every value
Yeah, it takes long time
11260
I might have to slide my fifth wheel
Now is the most important part...the drives
It has to be less than 34000
Cmon.....
34680 already too much
I will have to slide my tandem and now....
we will see how much space we have in the back
please be less than 32000!
But for sure it will not be
Wow, 31400!
So I am not that heavy
I am fine, I will be able to fuel it to the top
So what is my total
About 77000 lbs, very nice!
Our yard exit your already know
I din't like getting out this way
But at this time the traffic is not so bad
I'm leaving friday morning and my delivery is on monday morning
Basically I could only leave in the afternoon
I drive only 3 - 4 hours today
So tomorrow and sunday make it all the way
But I have a different plan
Since I have a bicycle
Since I am going to Fort Pierce
It's about 100km north of Miami
But Fort Pierce is close to...
close to
the ocean
walking distance is far but on a bike?
So I will get there
let's say today and tomorrow I drive all day
Sunday by 1 pm I should be there
And the afternoon until sunset I will go by the ocean
I still want to call my receiver
at around 11 am today
If I can park there with my truck
With Elog it is very relevant
For example to start my shift jsut after making my delivery
If I go to sleep on the truck stop
In order to deliver I have to start my day
And the 14h clock is ticking
And believe me it goes away very fast
The orders do not come up
I don't think I will receive any info before 11 am - noon
And probably I will load only in the evening
Thus I want to start my shift as late as I can
And if it is possible to stay by the client I will do so
If not
Too bad
I will just start from the truck stop and make the delivery
It is a FCFS
First Come First Serve
From 8 am to 2 pm I believe
So I will go at around 10 am to unload
Because when I know that if I start at 10AM
I won't feel like driving past midnight
From now on, we have to take many factors into consideration
All right, before I leave the yard I stil have to check
Fuel card: check
Key are here
My head: check
At least I hope
And let's roll!
I think that in NYC area it will be warmer
because in Montreal it will be already 15 degres tomorrow
There is always a problem here
Every single time
No one ever leave enough space
And grid lock is created
So I as was saying
In NYC area it should be warmer
And the thermal wave should
hit my past Washington DC
I took a lot of shorts
Simple as that I'm going towards the summer
I think I messed things up here
They fixed my APU
It wasn't really broken it just need it maintenance
Fuel filter was full
Oil was to be changed
And when the fuel filter is full
it would not run
So they fixed that but they didn't have time
to fix my other problem
my engine fan is always on
and the only way to turn it off is to restart the engine while driving
Once engaged, the engine fan will never go off
I have no idea what's the reason for that
might be electric issue or the clutch itself is tired, I have no clue
We are talking about a truck witch has over 1 200 000 km on it soon 1 300 000
So this is my small problem
but other than that
the truck is perfect
they had lights here before
and it came back as it was... to a stop sign
very funny
This is a real drama
with this snow
and this guy who is going slow
this ring: the 30, was needed badly for Montreal
Witch they finished a few years ago
is already saturating
and further is even worst
but the design is made so it's easy to expand and add lines
They should have done 3 lanes right from the start
My navigation is always showing me 3 different paths
But it's never the path I want to take
Commonly, when going to Florida
through NY 95 south all the way
It's the shortest way
But there are many tolls and a lot of traffic
There is a trick
I87 to Albany
from there I88
Then I81
And then all the way to I77
Towards Charlotte
and end up much further on I95
but
I often use a different route
I88 I81 and in Virginia i cut back to I95
To Richmond
and also it's about 40 km more
But this is the most quiet and predictibale road
the least risk of traffic
because it's after Washington DC
And from there you're on flat
And the I81 I77 with a heave load it's always up and down
i don't like going that way because it's a very truck crowded highway
It's hard to to overtake
And its always slowing down, speeding up
When I'm light, it is fine but when heave no way
That being said, I shall stop talking for real now.
And after Albany we will see witch route I will take. Let's go.
Travelling down watching the view
Still winter panorama
This time of year
20th of april
in the Adirondacs
White summits is uncommon
But on the way back it will go away
i predict it will be spring time
I have to check the weather, I might end up in warm air today
Allan is coming this way
He is coming back from Florida
i have no idea if we will meet each other
some place before Albany
We might not even see us because of the trees and rocks
we wil see
I87 from Platttsburgh to Lake George
is a scenic highway
No advertisement is allowed
it makes a difference
the ads would just mess the view
it's a long stretch without ads, just road signs
we should have more places like that on Earth
Inspection is open
In New York state there aren't really regular scale houses
there are and there aren't
but when they have a blitz
they can stop anywhere
lights flashing
we have to get off the highway
50 / 50 they pull us over or not
it depends if they already have fish in the net
They have one
This guy passed me
So we just drive by
and go back to highway
The Sun is up
We are leaving the cold air finally, at least I hope so
yeah, the temperature is rising
in about 200 km we will be in a different weather
so let's make our glasses to more comfortable ones
Let's go to Florida
Allan has a tight schedule
WT... inspection? again?
There were no lights no nothing
They must have a blitz
Look at that guy, he didn't stop
no shit
This was no official scale, just a rest area.
they decided to inspect
random select
but again I can see they have their fish in the net, so
we will just drive buy
I think I will take I81
I know the are better, parking and stuff
They are doing level 1 inspections today
Since they can't find anything in our logs now
They have to look for a new source of revenue
Well known crossroads
Finally I am taking I88 I81
Because of traffic
Today's friday
no no
forget about it
it might be a bit longer for mileage but
and then after Washington I will make it back
I will see
We ill take a ticekt here
give it back on I 88 and pay nothing
In NY they are shifting towards cash less tolls
like in Mass, everything is all electronic now
warning, camera window going down!
Btw NYC and Philadelphia for sure it will be jammed
Even if they have 6 lines quite far as of now
but well, let's be protective
Mandatory 30 min brake
How much I drove today?
4h45min
I always try to devide my day in half
After 4-5 hours of driving
I stop, but if I feel like I drive more
but this highway
I88 in NY
ok, for cars it's ok
but for trucks... hell it's not in a good shape
concrete
it hurts my back, big time.
Anyway, it's windy today
we had some sunshine but it's gone now
Really I don't know when I will get to warm weather
so when my break finish?
10 - 11 minutes
What is new? I bought something to go under my bike
because sometimes I bring dirt into the cabin
and I have a plan to buy some carpets
one or two
because in the back it's already fine
but I want some in front to feel cozy
My friend inspired me
when I visited his truck, it was a big volvo also
my break is about to finish and I will go on
to better weather!!!
I decided to bring back fuel for my car from the USA
You know why
for the principle
I don't drive much my Mazda around
But in Montreal gas prices are going nuts
generally in Canada
Say 8 years ago
price of oil was around 120$ baril
price of gas at the pump was
1.50CAD and all time high at the time
right now the crude price is 68 dollars
and the gas price is reaching
1.40
while in the US
you can buy it for at least 40- 33% off
depends when
so for the principle
I took my tank
And I will take some fuel with me
I can take about 18 - 19 liters
just for it ok? Not for the money.
assholes
that would be my editorial about the raffineries in Montreal
bumps bumps and bumps
it shakes a lot
on this highway
there are two kinds of highways in NY: paid and non paid
Interstate and Thruway
Doesn't matter paid or not, quality of road sometimes sucks
NY State is specific
Up and down up and down
in about 120 km
Pennsylvania also
forget about it
beter roads begin in
in Virginia
all the way down to Florida
They have good roads there
Fast fueling
and keep going forwward
There is a new feature at Loves
you can start the pump from your phone
just get the app and input all the info
instead of doing it at the pump do it on your smartphone
or when the pump keyboard fails
just do it from your phone
do it and it's ready
So for how did I drive today?
oh 6h10min
so I have left
about 4h50min
So if I drive 4 it will be fine
all the way to the end of Pennsylvania
it should be it
Once I've got down from the hills of Pennsylvania
The weather changed just so
It's like 14 on plus and green
My day has passed quickly
A lot of shaking
up and down slower and faster bla bla bla
This ain't my favorite highway
Tomorrow it will be much more easy
I will park at the end of Pennsylvania
I should not have any problems with parking
Tomorrow will be another interesting day hwy 17
to get back to I95
And then on the flat almost all the way to Florida
In the Carolinas
North and South
I still don't know where I will go to sleep
We will see tomorrow
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