Saturday, May 9, 2026

 I left half an hour before sunrise this morning.  Drove 517 miles nonstop to Amarillo, Texas.  Dropped my trailer at the Caterpillar dealer where I am delivering on Monday morning.  Then I went straight over to the Big Texan to eat. 

It was fairly crowded today.  There was one guy doing the 72-oz Steak Challenge.  Unfortunately for him, time ran out before he could finish.  I had the 16-oz prime rib.  I ate it all, plus a salad and 2 rolls (not pictured).  It was delicious!! 

I waddled back to the truck and drove back to the Caterpillar dealer to sit with my trailer for the night.  Gonna sleep good tonight!!!!!

Friday, May 8, 2026

 I left a half-hour before sunrise this morning.  Good day on the road.  Only a small amount of bumper-to-bumper traffic today.  Drove 600 miles to the TA truck stop in Kilgore, Texas, for the night.

Thursday, May 7, 2026

 Well, I'm back to work again.  Feels good to be moving!!  Went up to Brunswick, Georgia, and loaded a Caterpillar 320 Excavator that is going to Amarillo, Texas.

Left there and got a lot farther today than I thought I would, despite all the bumper-to-bumper traffic in Atlanta.  Stopped for the night at a convenience store with truck parking in Heflin, Alabama.  436 miles today.

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

 This morning, I went over to the Port in Jacksonville.  What a screwed-up Port that is!!!  Brunswick is a very well-run Port, Jacksonville is not!! Anyway, I loaded a Caterpillar 950 Wheel  Loader.

I left there and drove to Ocala, Florida, and delivered it.  From there, I went back to the Daily terminal in Jacksonville, stopping to get the truck washed along the way.  I'll be here for a little while, taking care of a medical issue.

Monday, April 27, 2026

 This morning, I went to the Port in Brunswick, Georgia, and loaded a Caterpillar 320 Excavator.

Left there and drove to Ocala, Florida, and delivered it.  From there, I drove back to the Daily terminal in Jacksonville.

Friday, April 24, 2026

 I drove to the Keen yard in Brunswick, Georgia.  It is across the street from the Port.  Their computers went down, and they were working to fix them.  Sat there for over an hour waiting.  I was the 8th truck in line, and there were many lined up behind me.

When I finally got checked in and in to load, they sent me to the wrong place in there, SO I had to go to another area.  Finally got loaded with a Caterpillar 330 undercarriage that is going to CZM in Ellabell, Georgia.  That is just west of Savannah.  

Left and drove up there.  Got stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic at I-95 and I-16.  The geniuses in the road department thought it was a good idea to bring 4 lanes of traffic to one in the daytime to fix a guard rail.  Finally made it and delivered.  From there, I drove back to the Daily terminal in Jacksonville for the weekend.

Thursday, April 23, 2026

 I left at about 1:30 AM EDT and drove to Ocala, Florida, and delivered the wheel loader.  Then drove back to the Daily terminal in Jacksonville.