Saturday, August 27, 2011

Left Omaha this morning and delivered the pipe in Devils Lake, ND.   Then drove back to Grand Forks, North Dakota to a truck stop there for the rest of the weekend.   Went past the Grand Forks Air Force Base.   http://www.grandforks.af.mil/   Saw a drone, the unmanned airplanes that they use for recon and to drop bombs in Afghanistan. It flew right over my head.  Really cool to see in person!!

Yesterday and today had to do a few detours because the Missouri River is still flooding some of the roads.  I-29 was closed in a few areas because of it. The water has gone down a lot but it is still way above flood stage.  In a couple places on I-29 the sand bag dams are still in place.

Friday, August 26, 2011

Went to Saginaw, Texas (basically, Ft. Worth) and picked up a section of pipe 44 feet long and weighing 31,130 pounds.  It is going to North Dakota.

After loading I drove 724 miles up to Omaha, Nebraska for the night.

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Drove to Lewisville, TX and delivered the steel first thing this morning.  After that went into Dallas to the truck show at the convention center.     http://www.gatsonline.com      Then drove out to the Pilot truck stop in Ft. Worth.  Load some pipe tomorrow morning going to North Dakota.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Drove into Red Bud, Illinois for the second part of my load.  8,000 pounds of flat steel sheets.  That place was way out in the middle of nowhere!!  Laterally in the middle of a corn field.

Fought with the stupid tarps all day.  I hate those things!!!   Stopped for the night at a rest area on the Oklahoma Turnpike ( I-44 ) about 25 miles southwest of Tulsa or about 90 miles northeast of Oklahoma City.  Will deliver tomorrow in Lewisville, Texas (suburb of Dallas).  DANG it is hot down here!!!!

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Went into Indianapolis this morning and got rid of the fork lift.  Then drove back up to Butler, IN and picked up the first half of my next load.  A steel coil weighing 35,600 pounds.

Drove down to Effingham, IL to the TA truck stop for the night.  Load the second half of this load in the morning just outside St. Louis.  Then off to Texas.

Monday, August 22, 2011

Delivered the structural braces first thing this morning at the Home Depot Distribution Center in Romulus, MI.  Then waited all day to see if there was another partial load that I could take down to Indianapolis. There wasn't anything so I drove down to the Petro truck stop in Gaston, IN for the night.  Will deliver the fork lift in the morning.

Saturday, August 20, 2011

Pretty uneventful day on the road. Passed the clean up of a semi truck fire.

Drove up to Wapakoneta, Ohio.  Will get in a reset before delivering the first half of this load Monday morning.

Friday, August 19, 2011

Drove up to Jackson, MS and picked up a fork lift that is going to Indianapolis, IN.

After that went up to Byhalia, MS (that's just south of Memphis, TN) and picked up some "structural braces" that are going to Romulus, MI (that's just outside Detroit).

Stopped for the night in West Memphis, Arkansas.