I went back to Clayton, NC, and loaded a Caterpillar 938 Wheel Loader that is going to Ocala, Florida.
Left there and headed south. In North Carolina, I got stuck in stop-n'-go traffic. It took 2 1/2 hours to go three miles. Finally got through it and drove to the Daily terminal in Jacksonville, Florida.
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I left Carlisle at midnight. Drove to Clayton, North Carolina, to load. They didn't make an appointment last week, so I wasn't able to load today. My appointment is now for tomorrow morning. I went back to the Petro truck stop in Kenly, NC, to wait until tomorrow.
They didn't have another load for me today, BUT much to my surprise, my new truck was ready for me to move into. It is a 2027 Kenworth 680. I like it a lot!!!
I spent the rest of the day swapping all my stuff into it. Took my mattress pad and blankets to the laundry also. I'm about 3/4 of the way finished moving everything. I'll do the rest tomorrow.
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.
When my 10 hours were up, I left and drove to the "home office" in Carlisle, PA. Got there before 11 PM. Stopped and washed the truck along the way.
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.
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.
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.
