WORCESTER, Mass. — A sure sign of warmer weather to come: the Red Sox Spring Training equipment truck started its trip from Boston to Florida on Monday and stopped by the home of the Worcester Red Sox on the way.

Fans and mascots greeted the truck, which was loaded with thousands of pieces of equipment.

The WooSox thanked the truck driver with a basket for the road, full of gifts from Worcester businesses.

“I think it's just amazing for everything to happen like them coming," Samson Cirincione said. "And everybody, just everybody here, just they're so excited.”

“To see the truck to me," WooSox president Charles Steinberg said, "it says we're getting ever closer to opening day next month with Roger Clemens.”

WooSox Opening Day is set for March 27.

The truck was loaded in Boston early Monday morning and is making a 1,480-mile trip from Fenway Park.

The 53-foot truck will carry 20,400 baseballs, 1,100 bats, 200 pairs of batting gloves and helmets, 320 batting practice tops, 160 white game jerseys, 300 pairs of pants, 400 shirts, 400 pairs of socks, 20 cases of bubblegum, and 60 cases of sunflower seeds.

The celebration of Truck Day has been a Boston Red Sox tradition since 2003 and signals the first sign of Spring Training. JetBlue, the official airline of the Red Sox, has been the presenting sponsor of the annual event since 2010. Moving services are provided by New England Household Moving & Storage.