D.C. & L. Trucking

Friday, October 9, 2026

At 2:30 AM, when my 10 hours were up, I left. Drove the rest of the way to Pompano Beach. Daily had a driver quit, so I was recovering the truck to take back to Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The truck was parked in a church parking lot. I got there and found the truck. I loaded the truck onto my trailer and secured it.

When I measured the height, it was 14 feet, 5 inches high. That is not good. It has to be 13 feet, 6 inches high or less. I emailed the appropriate people and waited for a response. He got there at about 10 AM.

He took off the stack.

When he finished, I left. Of course, I got into bumper-to-bumper traffic in South Florida. Once I got out of there, it was fairly smooth sailing in heavy traffic until I got to St. Augustine. I was stuck in bumper-to-bumper, and slow-and-go traffic from there to Jacksonville. Took forever to get through that!!! I finally made it to the Daily terminal in Jacksonville. I'll be here for several days.

Thursday, October 8, 2026

I left Marianna this morning and drove down to Panama City and delivered the wheel loader. They are under a Hurricane Warning, but the weather was fine while I was there. The hurricane is not supposed to get there until tomorrow morning. Anyway, I'm going down to Pompano Beach from here. One of our drivers quit, and I'm going to go pick up his truck and take it to Carlisle, PA. I drove down to a truck stop in Fort Pierce, Florida, for the night. Ran out of hours. 525 miles today.

There is a LOT of equipment headed toward the Florida Panhandle in preparation for the coming hurricane. Large convoys of power trucks, tree removal trucks, Emergency Management vehicles, search and rescue equipment, etc., are all on their way west.

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

I left Kenly, NC at midnight last night. Check out this genius. Happened on I-95 southbound just north of Lumberton, North Carolina in the construction zone.

I drove 668 miles today and was done before noon. Stopped at the TA truck stop in Mariana, Florida, for the night.

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

I left at 2 AM EDT when my 10 hours were up. Drove the rest of the way to Charlotte, NC. I got there about an hour and a half before they opened, so I waited. When they opened, I delivered the excavator.

From there, I drove the three-hour drive to Clayton, NC, for my next load, a Caterpillar 926 Wheel Loader that is going to Panama City, Florida. Of course, I arrived just as they were going to lunch. When they got back from lunch, they loaded me.

I left there and went to the Petro truck stop in Kenly, North Carolina, for my 10 hours. 506 miles today.

Monday, October 5, 2026

I was at the Port of Baltimore this morning when they opened. Unfortunately, the proper paperwork that I needed (and requested last Friday) had not been sent to me yet. I waited 3 hours for it to finally come in. Then I loaded a Caterpillar 315 Excavator that is going to Charlotte, North Carolina.