Gigantic Load
Late last night I pulled into this tiny little truck stop. Well it wasn't really a truck stop. Rather a motel with a large lot out back for truck parking. Which apparently every heavy hauler knows about because, the truck pictured above was one of seven rather large loads parked there. They all stop here so their pilot car drivers have somewhere to sleep. While the truck driver can always just sleep in his truck, not so comfy for the pilot car driver to do the same in their vehicle, so they have all the motels / hotels with a large enough parking area mapped out along their entire route.
When I pulled in last night I was hoping they would still be there in the morning so I could get a picture. Darkness and all the other trucks that were there made taking the picture impossible when I arrived. I couldn't have gotten far enough away to get the whole rig in frame and you wouldn't be able to see much anyway. I had to stand about a football field length away to actually get the whole thing in frame and I don't think the flash would go that far anyway.
To give you an idea how big this thing is, my truck (tractor and trailer) is 65 feet from end to end, and I could have parked next to it twice and still have ten feet left over.
I wish I could of stayed to see them pull out. I would have loved to see that thing turn the corner out of the lot on to the road.
My day went pretty well today. I made decent miles toward my destination and didn't encounter any problems along the way. Wow! I made it through a whole day without having to have anything repaired...
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