Saturday, March 5, 2011

Another uneventful day on the road.  Passed a couple car wrecks in Dallas, one on its roof in the ditch and another bounced off the "Jersey wall" a few miles past that one.  Other than that a nice quiet day on the road.  Stopped for the night at a small truck stop in Walsenburg, Colorado.  I am at an elevation of just over 6,000 feet. Here is what that elevation does to a bag of potato chips:

STAND BACK, SHE'S GONNA BLOW!!!!!!!

Friday, March 4, 2011

Fixed the trailer lights this morning.  Found a short.  All better now and they work fine.  Nothing exciting today.  Drove to the TA truck stop in Dallas, TX for the night.

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Drove up to Perry, FL this morning and went to a place that makes canvas covered structures. 

Loaded one up that is going to a port in Seattle, WA and eventually ending up in Alaska.

Drove to the Oasis truck stop in Robertsdale, AL for the night.  Stopped sooner than I wanted because the marker lights on the trailer stopped working.  I'll fix them in the morning when the sun comes up so I can see what I'm doing.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Got started on my taxes but nowhere near finished.  Also had a light fixed on the trailer and a mud flap fixed on the truck today. 

When I delivered at the port in Ft. Pierce yesterday there was a ship there that had an interesting bow.  The front lifted up so vehicles can drive on to the ship.  Thought it was pretty cool to see so I took a photo of it for you.

My next load is tomorrow morning in Perry, FL and it goes to Seattle, WA.

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

They brought the crane up to where I was instead of me going down there. 

I was unloaded by 9 am and was on my way down to Miami for my next load.  Picked up a bunch of lumber and took it to the port in Ft. Pierce.  Quick trip. 

After that drove back home.  Have to meet with the tax accountant.  Happy happy, joy joy!!

Monday, February 28, 2011

Left Seville at 4 am and drove down to Boca Raton to deliver.  The job site is at least 15 miles west of Boca right on the edge of the Everglades out in the middle of nowhere.  Arrived at 8:45 am and got in line to get unloaded.  There was 5 trucks ahead of me in the staging area.  From what I was hearing, to unload we have to go down another dirt road and then back down another dirt road about 2 miles.  When I got to the "on deck circle" the guy that was escorting the trucks down to unload told me to pull around the corner and park.  I was loaded with "I" beams and that there was another "I" beam truck back in line someplace.  We were going to have to be unloaded last. 

The other trucks had this on board:

So I parked and waited.

At 5 pm the guy came and said that they would not be able to unload us today and that they would unload us first thing in the morning.  Said that I could drop my trailer and go find a place for the night.  Well, in south Florida there are not that many places to park and I was not about to drive 30 to 50 miles one way and waste all that fuel.  I told him "Bull$#*&!!  I was not moving!!!  I lost a lot of money sitting here all day and I'm not moving!!" The others did drop their trailers and left.  I did not!  As you might be able to tell, I'm not a happy camper!!  So I am spending the night here.  We will see what happens tomorrow.  The saga continues......

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Drove from Kenly, NC down to Seville, FL for the weekend.  This steel delivers in Boca Raton, FL Monday morning.