Thursday, February 12, 2026

 I left half an hour before sunrise this morning.  LOTS of bumper-to-bumper traffic in Houston.  I-45 between Houston and Galveston was shut down due to a very bad truck fire that happened early this morning.  They were cleaning it up. The info on it is here - Click Here.  I lost about two hours in all the B2B this morning.  Once I finally got through all that, I made it to the Port in Galveston and delivered the tractor.  My next load is tomorrow morning in Corpus Christi, Texas.  I started that way and stopped for the night at a truck stop in Refugio, TX

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

 I left at sunrise this morning. Had a good day on the road until I got to Marshal, Texas.  I-20 was shut down for a bad wreck.  The entrance ramp was closed.  There was another Daily truck in front of me.  The worker blocking the ramp allowed us to round the corner and stop on the ramp.  Because the ramp was a permit load route, there were more big loads coming too.  I convinced him to let us pull down the ramp towards where the wreck was, and the clean-up was in progress. 

Fortunately, the wreck was almost cleaned up.  The wreckage was gone.  All that was left was cleaning up the large fuel spill that was caused when three semi trucks collided. 

I convinced the worker to let us go by when they had the left lane swept clear of the stuff that was scattered all over the Interstate. SO, we were not held up too much.  I continued on to a very small truck stop in Crockett, Texas for the night.  Only 475 miles today.

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

 This morning, I drove to the Iowa / Missouri state line and waited for a couple of hours for the rest of my permits to come in.  Once they came in, I had a nice, uneventful day on the road.  Stopped for the night at the Petro truck stop in West Memphis, Arkansas.  548 miles today

Monday, February 9, 2026

 This morning, I was back at the Caterpillar dealer first thing and unloaded the compactor. My next load was up in Waterloo, Iowa.  I went up there and loaded a John Deere 9R 640HP Tractor that is going to the Port in Galveston, Texas.  

Left there and drove to a small truck stop on the south side of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for the night.

Saturday, February 7, 2026

 I left at about 1 AM CST and drove down to the Caterpillar dealer in Omaha, Nebraska.  There was no one there to accept the machine today; I really didn't expect that there would be.  But I was able to drop my trailer there until Monday morning, when I'll deliver the compactor.   From there, I went over to the Sapp Brothers truck stop, which was about 2 miles from there.  I'll be there for the weekend.

Friday, February 6, 2026

 I left a little sooner than I had planned.  There was weather moving in, although not a lot of it, 

I still wanted to get ahead of it.  So I left at midnight. All in all, it was a good trip up to Savage, Minnesota.  Drove through several snow bands along the way.  Some of it was heavy and accumulated on the road.  Sometimes I couldn't see the road.  I made it up to Savage and delivered the wheel loader.  Was empty and on my way to my next load before 7:30 AM CST.   I drove up to Elk River, MN, and loaded a Caterpillar CP12 Compactor that is going down to Omaha, Nebraska.

From there, I went over to the TA truck stop that was about five miles away.  Going to get some much-needed sleep.

Thursday, February 5, 2026

 I can drive at night in Tennessee and Kentucky, but had to time it so that I didn't get to Illinois until a half hour before sunrise.  I was almost perfect!!  Got to Illinois 25 minutes before sunrise.  Continued on to the Pilot truck stop in Beloit, Wisconsin.  I can drive at night in Wisconsin and Minnesota, too, so I'll be leaving here in the middle of the night.  658 miles today.