Posts Tagged ‘load’
Getting Set Up is the EASY Part!
So!! You’ve decided to become an oversize load escort. You’ve gone out and bought all sorts of lights and flags and signs and all the other stuff you need to escort. I’ve got news for you! Believe it or not, just getting your escort vehicle set up and your equipment set up is the easy [...]
Dropped the load-Heading Home
We dropped our load this afternoon at the Climax Mine on top of Fremont Pass, north of Leadville, CO. Now I am in Pueblo, CO, heading home. Our load was 27 feet wide. That means that on a typical two lane road, the load hung over each shoulder. We ran with four escorts-two up front [...]
Hopefully on the road tomorrow
We have spent the weekend in Colorado Springs, Co. Our load is 27′ wide and therefore too wide to be allowed on the highways over the weekend. Tomorrow, we have to drive about 50 miles back to where we left it, and then we take it up into the high mountains southwest of Denver. That [...]
In Houston tonight
I am in Houston tonight, for the third straight night. Sunday night, we got in two hours after sunset and had to wait until Monday morning to deliver our load. I picked up a load heading back near my home…supposed to leave today, but didn’t. Sooo, I got to stay two additional nights here. I [...]
On My Way to a Load
Tonight I am in Stratford, TX, en route to pick up a load in Siebert, CO. We’re going to Houston. Weather is rough to the west of us AND there is a Flash Flood Watch out. That could make life interesting tomorrow when we come back this way. There is a 50% chance of rain [...]
It Takes Money to MAKE Money In This Business!
There are those people who will tell you that the pilot car industry is an easy way to make money. Don’t believe it! Oh, there ARE people who slap on a Wal Mart winky light, handwrite a sign and duct tape it to the door, and use a $39 CB radio and POOF! they are [...]
On the Road-FINALLY (with challenges)
After waiting since Tuesday evening for our load to California to move, we finally got started this morning. But not without problems. To start off, the driver could not drop his third drive axle. The reason: a wire had corroded loose on the actuator for his air bag. After about an hour, we jury rigged [...]
Mechanical problems on a load
Today, I picked up a load out of Laredo to Illinois, courtesy of Linda Blowers with Emerald Equipment Escorts. We got on the road pretty quickly. However, about 20 miles down the line when we pulled off the road to check the load, I heard a loud rumbling in the back of the truck. I [...]
How long does one wait?
We’re still in Laredo. There are problems with the load. The heavy part is loaded to the front, which puts it about 7000 pounds over on the drive wheels. If we turn the load around, it is going to be five inches higher than we permitted it for. We’ve worked on possible solutions all afternoon, [...]
Still in Laredo
We didn’t go anywhere today. Our driver was told last evening that his load would come across the border from Mexico at 8 AM today. It showed up about 1 PM. Situation normal. The driver was told that the crane would be available in about 2 hours. When we picked him up for dinner at [...]