Saturday, April 9, 2011

Left Jackson, MS this morning and drove up to Olive Branch, MS.  Got there early.  Good thing!!  Drove right in and got loaded right away.  38,000 pounds of rack beams going to New Jersey.

Drove up to Knoxville, TN and spent the night at the Petro truck stop.

Friday, April 8, 2011

Woke up at 8 am and they unloaded my trailer.  My next load is in the north end of Mississippi and loads Saturday at 10 am.  Drove up to the Petro truck stop in Jackson, Mississippi for the night. Only 424 miles today.

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Drove down to Coden, AL and delivered first thing in the morning.  After that drove back to Panama City, FL and picked up some big pieces of pipe with some valves in them.  The big one on the front of the trailer had a valve that costs $100,000.  That's just the valve!!!  They had to be in Baytown, TX in the morning.  Baytown is just outside of Houston. 

After that was all loaded I drove straight to Baytown, TX and stopped at 4 am.  Drove 896 miles today!!  Illegal as hell!!  Glad I didn't get stopped.  Slept in the parking lot of the place I delivered after I made my log book look legal. Today it's more like a fiction novel.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Went in to Fort Meade and picked up my next load.  Loaded 2 test manifolds for a natural gas pipeline.  They are going to Coden, Alabama.  That's just south of Mobile.  They were not as big as I expected, but they are heavier than they look.  They are about 15,000 pounds.

Drove to Mobile, Alabama to the small Pilot truck stop for the night.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Was nice to be home for the weekend.  Got a bunch of stuff done.  Now I'm back on the road, my second home.  Drove down to the Love's truck stop in Polk City for the night.  Pick up something in the morning in Fort Meade, FL. Have to be there on time because they have a crane scheduled to load me.  Not sure what I'm getting but it must be big.