snowstorm problems in the Buffalo, NY area ...

REDD
if you get to the shipper will there even be anyone there ??? Please be careful as I know the area (grew up in the area)

 

I'm at the shipper now. There are 2 trucks here other then me. They look like they've been here all day. The shipper didn't operate today because of the power outage.

If i get stuck, thats fine! You & Dave can come entertain me over the weekend!!

 

My cell phone sucks with pictures.... But here you go any how!

 

WOW!!!!! and yet another good reason I left Buffalo and came to Rochester!!
Nice pics REDD thanks!!

Yeah Dave goes back to Ohio after his 10.........


Just call me the hotel Sammy........LOL!!! (not to be confused with California)

 

Well I was wrong. There were 3 trucks here & all 3 of them were stuck.... I wasn't.

I couldn't back into the dock because Melton was blocking it & stuck.... 2.5 hours of working on hime, I got him free & out of the way. So I backed in. Then the Peterbilt driver came looking for help.... I got him going as well. The daycab out of Canuckville has refused help..... So he sits.

I'm getting 47 thousand pounds on the trailer right now.... I should be fine!

Here is a pic of the snow on the trailer of the Melton truck.





BTW.... Melton trucks with their automatic transmissions SUCK! Can't properly rock the truck if needed to get unstuck!

 

Stay safe REDD I am sure as they dig out in Buffalo that they will be even crazier than ever trying to get back to 'life as we knew it!'

 

Buffalo is history. The major roads were clear as glass.... but those other roads were clogged worse then a toilet after a JB Hunt driver ate the buffet.

I'm in Lodi, OH now getting to ready to chow.... Oh, and it's snowing!

 

The radar shows lots of snow bands thru out the east (NY PA) and Ohio and one nasty look blob head outta of Michigan!!

Oh and Dave is working tonight just left to run the Rochester route ( Rochester Itica Elmira etc) then gets his 10 and back to Ohio....LOL another night at Hotel Sammy!!!!

 

Nice little mini-journal there. Good to see you got in and out okay and helped some others along the way.

I saw the I-90 shutdown on the news this morning. They had patrols on all-terrain vehicles going out and taking food and water to the stranded motorists.

 

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/12/03/new.york.snow/?hpt=T2

That must have been quite a sight to see lol truck drivers wearing nothing but t-shirts....