Where Are You....continues........

oh joy oh joy
Dodge city to Detroit after this
hmmmm 6 am at Metro Sunday am
will all the gangs be in bed by then?
great place the staging area yard has
guard dogs 24 hour security and razor wire fences

 

Was running on that US-63 in AR... up and down, up and down... kinda very heavy... when I noticed some smoke coming out of my drives on both sides... Immediately I found a large shoulder to park (there was no ramp or anything) and took a "mandatory" 30 min break to let my brake shoes cool down. Threw some water on them... the poor things were sizzling... ssssssssss......

Now parked at this place... Kinda Rocks place... It's a small Shell station on a US road in AL. No real parking lot but found a corner... There's only one other truck here now.



There's a Budget Inn on top of the hill right next to it... I could use a shower... But nahhh...

 

Be careful with those brakes, Rocks. They can develop cracks in them that you can't see from the outside. It would be a very good idea to have them taken off and inspected by a shop asap. Better safe than sorry. Cooling them down as quickly as possible ( which you did ) is great but the damage might already be done. They should be fine to drive with but don't put off an in depth inspection too long.

 

Hey HeWho... Thanks A LOT! I took a good look at them... and they seemed ok.... They are brand new as this truck is only 50 thousand so miles old... But I will be going to main terminal this week or beginning of next and will have the shop check them.

 

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Outside Underwood Iowa heading to Philadelphia trying to figure out a route to avoid all the dang tolls. Does anyone know how much 476 cost in tolls if I take 80?

 

TA PETE, I'll keep ya' in mind. I don't know where I'll be headed once I deliver in KCMO this morning. It's been a while since I've had to go near Hutch. Most of the time it's been back and forth across US56, and I70, I335.

 

Don't bother w/476--easiest way is 80east--to322 east to 81n-83s-283s then east(follow sings)then 30east-202north to 76 east--sounds confusing but it really isn't--one word of warning if you haven't been that way--there is a hill just east of stat college PA--w/a manadatory stop at top--and then a 15mph limit all the way down---DO NOT--miss mandatory stop--and although people(locals esp)will argue this--keep it under 20mph--it isnt a bad hill--actually the speed limit is leftover ffrom when it was a 2lane that went right thru town--So many just iggy limit--BUT--fines are BRUTAL if they are working it that day....if you need more info on how to run this route--PM--me so we don't tie up too much--thread....
BTW--where/what part of Philly?
Soorry just reread ur post--u said all tolls--lol--
So--run 80--into Indiana--stay straight when 80 cuts off to In tollroad(becomes 94)stay on 94 to the 3d exit(#20 I thinK)In 49--go south about 5 miles to us 30--take 30 east--all the way to I-71in Oh--then N on 71 to I76--take 76 east and it will turn into I80 just outside Youngstown--You will have the one toll where 80 and 294 runtogether in IL--but that one is really too much of a pain to get around--u can do it if u want--but really aint worth the local chi town area traffic to do it...
O yeah Im home--LOL

 

I see them working the cash boxes a lot, usually not bothering anyone...

They havr a hard on for our trucks @ Dunkirk and have put a few of them OOS lately....I'll run 20 to 60 most days but I was short on time yesterday...

 

Maybe only run at night--LOL---BUT--getting off/on--in Buf--roch--Syr--look in the doubles compund--the Ny DOT live there--oh yeah--at the get off for the Petro between Syr-Roch--since the Petro IS the DOubles COmpund-
just Sayin