Tuesday, August 4, 2026

 I left at 2 AM EDT and drove nonstop to Novi, Michigan, and delivered the excavator.  My next load is tomorrow in Lafayette, Indiana.  I started off in that direction.  Stopped for the night when I ran out of hours at the Petro truck stop in Fremont, Indiana.  538 miles today.

Monday, August 3, 2026

 I delivered the track loader first thing this morning.  Didn't have another load yet, so I went to the AC&T truck stop in Hagerstown, Maryland, to wait.  At about 9:30, I got my next load.  I drove to the Port of Baltimore and loaded a Caterpillar 317 Excavator that is going to Novi, Michigan. 

Had to wait until 1 PM for the Port people to come back from lunch so I could get my paperwork.  They didn't show up until 1:45.   Then I left and drove to the TA truck stop in Breezewood, Pennsylvania, for the night.

Saturday, August 1, 2026

 I left at 2 AM EDT and had a nice, uneventful day on the road.  Drove 534 miles to the Flying J truck stop in Winchester, Virginia.  I deliver a few blocks from here Monday morning.

Friday, July 31, 2026

 This morning I left to go to Brunswick, Georgia, to load.  As soon as I got started, the brand new belt they put on started to squeal.  So I stopped, opened the hood, and looked to see why it was squealing.  Saw that the idle pulley was not spinning.  So instead of going to Brunswick, I went back to Kenworth.  They took the truck in fairly quickly and fixed the problem.  I left there in pretty good time and continued on to Brunswick.  Loaded a Caterpillar 963 Track Loader that is going to Clear Brook, Virginia.

Left there and headed north.  Traffic was heavy today on I-95.  Stopped for my 10 hours at the Petro truck stop in Florence, South Carolina.

Thursday, July 30, 2026

 My truck was finished late this morning, and I went over and got it.  I'll load tomorrow in Brunswick, Georgia.

Tuesday, July 28, 2026

 I went by Kenworth and checked on my truck this morning.  The bolt that holds the tensioner on broke. They have to get it out.  Plus, they have to order parts that they say will take at least two or three days to get here. This is what it looks like now.

So, I'll be here a little bit longer than expected.

Monday, July 27, 2026

 This morning I drove to the Port in Brunswick, Georgia (still with no air conditioning) and delivered the stuff.  From there I drove back to the Daily terminal in Jacksonville and dropped my trailer.  Then drove to Kenworth in Jacksonville and dropped off the truck to get it fixed.  Uber took me back to the yard.  Then I went and checked into a hotel for a day or two.