Last night we crossed upstate New York and stopped at the Pennsylvania Welcome Center. We have less than 300 miles left to travel to get to our delivery in Washington Court House, Ohio. Cities and Towns Featured Along the Way: Columbus, Ohio Mount Sterling, Ohio Washington Court House, Ohio Roads Traveled: Interstate Highway 90 Interstate Highway 71 Ohio Highway 56 Ohio Highway 3 Ohio Highway 753 … [Read more...]
Picking Up Pallets Along the Hudson and Riding Off Into the Sunset
December 7, 2018 by ·
I decided to stay at the TA Travelcenter in Fultonville last night instead of heading over to the shipper. This turned out to be a better plan, as I got a lot accomplished. We made the hour drive to the shipper to get our load of pallets to take to Ohio and after getting fuel and a bite to eat, we drove off into the sunset. Cities and Towns Featured Along the Way: Cohoes, New York Waterford, New York Scenic Points … [Read more...]
Forklift Operator Swapping out Pallets Before Loading my Truck
April 20, 2017 by ·
This is a procedure I've never seen before; swapping pallets that already have product stacked on them. I didn't even know this was a thing. The blue pallets are owned by CHEP (Commonwealth Handling Equipment Pool) an international company dealing in pallet and container pooling services. Shippers and receivers all over country are clients of CHEP, however, the place I was delivering this load was not a CHEP client, so the … [Read more...]
