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.

Monday, March 23, 2026

 Well, my trailer wasn't finished this morning.  At about 2:30 this afternoon, they finished it.  Much too late to load today, so I'll load tomorrow morning.  At least everything is finally finished!!!

Friday, March 20, 2026

 They finally finished working on my truck at International in Harrisburg, PA, so this morning I went up there and brought it back to Carlisle.  My trailer is not doing as well.  It is still in pieces in the shop.

They tell me it should be finished on Monday morning.  

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

 My truck is finished in the Daily shop, but it had to go to International in Harrisburg.  They have not started on it yet.  My trailer is in the Daily shop with all the wheels off.  It needs a bunch of stuff done to it.  I'm in a hotel.  Have no idea how long I'll be here.