Wednesday, April 15, 2026

 I left at 1:30 AM EDT when my 10 hours were up.  Drove to Annapolis, Maryland, and delivered one of the excavators.  From there, I went over to the TA truck stop in Jessup, MD.  This place is really bad.  I  avoid this TA as much as possible.  They charge $35 a night to park here.  Everything else is way overpriced, too.  Horrible place!!!!  The only reason I'm here now is that I didn't have enough hours left to go anywhere else.

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

 I took a nice ride over to Athens, Georgia, this morning to load.  One of the machines I was to load was broken, and they had to fix it.  I sat there for over an hour waiting. Finally loaded two Caterpillar 306 Excavators.  One is going to Annapolis, Maryland, and the other is going to Clear Brook, Virginia.

Just as I was ready to check out, they went to lunch.  SO, I had to wait again!!!!  Once they came back from lunch, it took another 45 minutes for them to finish their paperwork so I could leave.  I finally got out of there and drove in heavy traffic to the TA truck stop in Cowpens, South Carolina, for my 10 hours.

Monday, April 13, 2026

 This morning I went to the Port in Brunswick, Georgia, and loaded a Caterpillar 323 Excavator.

Left there and drove to Macon, Georgia, and delivered it.  Stopped at the Love's truck stop in Macon for the night.  Load tomorrow morning in Athens, GA.  10:30 AM Loading appointment.

Thursday, April 9, 2026

 This morning I delivered the wheel loader in Ocala, Florida.  Returned to the Daily yard in Jacksonville.

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

 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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Monday, April 6, 2026

 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.

Friday, April 3, 2026

 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.