Saturday, July 16, 2011

Spending the weekend in rainy Crestview, FL.  Deliver Monday morning just down the road at the airport in Niceville.

Friday, July 15, 2011

Went to Seminole Precast  in DeBary this morning and got my next load.  21 slabs of precast concrete going up to Niceville, FL for delivery Monday morning at a job site at the airport..  This stuff is real heavy!  I scaled out at 79,740 with less than 1/2 tank of fuel.

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Got on the road VERY early again.  I like driving at that hour, not much traffic.  Drove down to Doral, FL. That is just west of Miami International Airport.  Took forever to get unloaded.  The guy on the fork lift had no idea what he was doing.  Finally got out of there and drove back to Fort Pierce to eat, shower, and sleep.  Couldn't believe it!!  I went in and out of Miami and had no bumper to bumper traffic.  Traffic was very heavy (as usual) but it was moving.  Going up to Debary tomorrow for my next load.

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Yesterday while driving south of Indianapolis I passed a Google Street View car.  For those of you that don't know, that is what takes the photos of your house that you see when you look at the Street View while in Google Maps. (sorry about the bug splatter on my windshield)

This morning I left Glendale, KY early to try to miss the rush hours.  It worked.  Got through Chattanooga, TN with a small amount of bumper to bumper traffic.  Got all the way through Atlanta without B to B.  Stopped along the way and replace the last two drive tires.  Finished the day at the Pilot truck stop in Valdosta, GA.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Left Gary, IN very early this morning and beat the Chicago rush hour traffic.  Drove in to Union Park.  I was real early.  Once empty drove 6 miles down the road, in Chicago that takes about 15 to 20 minutes to do, and loaded 45,600 pounds of metallic electrical pipe.  That is going to Doral, FL. 

After that I drove down to Glendale, KY to the Petro truck stop for a good meal and a shower and some sleep.

Monday, July 11,2011

Had more APU problems last night!!  Left Nashville, TN at 2 am and drove to Thermo King in Indianapolis, IN and had it fixed, again!! After that had a nice uneventful day on the road and drove up to the TA truck stop in Gary, IN for the night.  Deliver in Chicago at Union Park in the morning.  Then pick up some pipe from someplace in Chicago. 

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Got started real early this morning.  Nice uneventful day on the road.  Drove up to Nashville, TN and stopped for the night at the TA truck stop next to the football stadium that got flooded out last year.  They rebuilt it and made it much nicer than before.