Thursday, April 2, 2026

 I left at 9 PM last night.  Drove to Poughkeepsie, New York, and delivered the wheeled excavator.  Don't have another load yet, so I started to go to Carlisle, PA.  Ran out of hours for today and stopped at the Petro truck stop in Scranton, PA.  574 miles today.

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

 I left Jacksonville, FL, at 9 PM last night.  Great night on the road.  Stopped at a Sheetz truck stop in Woodford, Virginia.  644 miles today.

Monday, March 30, 2026

 This morning, I was at the Caterpillar dealer in Ocala when they opened.  Delivered the excavator.  Then drove back up to the Port in Brunswick, GA, and loaded a Caterpillar M316 Wheeled Excavator that is going to Poughkeepsie, New York.  

I left there and drove back to the Daily terminal in Jacksonville, FL. I'll leave on Tuesday.

Friday, March 27, 2026

 This morning, I drove down to Ocala, FL, and delivered the excavator.  Then I drove back to the Port in Brunswick, GA, and loaded a Caterpillar 313 Excavator that is also going to Ocala, FL.  

While I was loading, this went by...

When I finished, I stopped by the crane that was lifting it.  Do you know who's airplane that is?

Here it is when it was parked at his house in Ocala.

He donated it to a museum in Australia.  It is no longer able to fly, so it was disassembled and is being sent there by ship.  Anyway, after I finished, I drove back to the Daily terminal in Jacksonville, FL, for the rest of the weekend.

Thursday, March 26, 2026

 I left at midnight-30 this morning.  Drove to the Caterpillar dealer in Ocala, Florida.  Delivered the wheel loader.  My next load was at the Port in Brunswick, Georgia.  I drove up there and loaded a Caterpillar 315 Excavator that is also going to Ocala, Florida.

I left there and drove to the Daily terminal in Jacksonville, FL, for the night.  574 miles today.

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

 I left early this morning and drove the rest of the way to the Caterpillar dealer in Greensboro.  Delivered the excavator.  Left there and drove over to Clayton, North Carolina.  Very heavy traffic all the way over there, with about a half hour's worth of bumper-to-bumper too.  Once I got there, I loaded a Caterpillar 926 Wheel Loader that is going to Ocala, Florida.

I left there and drove to the TA truck stop in Manning, South Carolina, for the night.  Only 359 miles today.

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

 I'm finally back on the road!!!!   Was at the Port of Baltimore this morning before they opened.  When they opened, I loaded a Caterpillar 317 Excavator that was going to Greensboro, North Carolina.

  Left there in pretty good time.  Had a bunch of slow-n'-go traffic going around Baltimore.  Amazingly, I had a smooth ride through Washington DC.  Drove to the TA truck stop in Greensboro, NC, for the night.  500 miles today.