Today, its 125-mile trip will take it through Coshocton County on U.S. 36, where it will stop on County Road 495 and Township Road 74, about a mile northwest of Roscoe Village, according to Ericka Pfeifer, public information officer for district five of the Ohio Department of Transportation.

The 330-feet-long, 20-feet four-inches-wide BP super generator has seen its fair share of trials and tribulations as officials prepared to leave from Siemens Manufacturing in Mount Vernon.

Last Wednesday, wintry weather halted its departure. Then, on Monday and Tuesday utility issues thwarted travel.

It seemed the trip was off to a smooth start on Wednesday morning, said David Carpenter, superintendent of streets in Mount Vernon.

"Everything went as well as can be expected," he said. "It went a lot better than the other tries."

The city had to remove a light pole on Tuesday so the truck could turn onto the street, he said.

But the super load encountered another problem on Wednesday that engineers didn't foresee: a slight incline. The massive truck was stopped in its tracks by about 5:30 p.m., Pfeifer said, and Prince's Wrecker Services was called to help move the truck.

"That's the biggest one I've ever helped pull," said Patrick Prince, a manager at the towing service on North Fifth Street.

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