Friday, December 2, 2011

Left the service plaza on the Ohio Turnpike this morning fairly early.  Shortly after getting started it started to rain. After a while it changed over to snow. By the time I got to the east side of Lake Erie in Pennsylvania and western New York it was snowing hard. That heavy wet snow. Slight accumulation in the grass and on the road only on the bridges.  As I continued east it changed back to rain and then stopped. The rest of the trip was clear. Drove in to Covington, PA and delivered the wheel loader. Then drove to Halifax, PA and delivered the skid steer. After that drove to the Petro truck stop in Carlisle, PA for the rest of the weekend.

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Drove the rest of the way into Dubuque, IA and picked up a John Deere skid steer.  Then drove down to Davinport, IA and picked up the last part of this load, a John Deere 544 Wheel Loader. Both are going to Pennsylvania. One to Covington and the other to Halifax.

Drove to a service plaza on the Ohio Turnpike east of Toledo, Ohio for the night.

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Left the truck stop this morning and drove into De Witt, IA to deliver the generator.  The crane was late and then when he got there he drove past us three times before he figured it out. Us flagging him down helped too.  To get the generator off my truck and placed where it was going to live the crane had to go into the parking lot and lift the generator off my truck and then up and over the trees. 

After that drove across the state to Vermillion, South Dakota and dropped off the feeder.  Then turned around and went back to Elk Run Heights, Iowa to the Flying J truck stop for the night.  Next load is in the morning in Dubuque, Iowa.

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Started off again in the rain and a short period of sleet.  It stopped after a few hours.  Then it got clear, a lot colder, and very windy.  Blew me all over the place.  Drove to the world famous Iowa 80 truck stop in Walcott, Iowa for the night.  Deliver the generator about half an hour from here in  the morning.  Crane is scheduled for 8 am local time. Then off to South Dakota to drop off the feeder.

Monday, November 28, 2011

Went into Woodruff, SC this morning and picked up the first load.  Easy one.  It's a feeder going to South Dakota.

Then drove a short hop over to Mauldin, SC for the second one.  This is a Caterpillar C-15 Generator.  It is going to Iowa.

Got on the road and drove in the rain all day.  Glad I loaded both loads inside!!  Rained real hard in some places.  Drove (again) up the prettiest Interstate highway east of the Mississippi River.  I-40 between Asheville, NC and where I-81 meets I-40 in Tennessee.  Its a little bit up and down but is is VERY twisty and turny.  Drive through a gorge. Takes a while to get through the approximately 75 miles of it.  Very nice scenery, even in the rain. Stopped for the night at the Pilot in Georgetown, Kentucky.  That's just north of Lexington.

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Had an absolutely fantastic week off.  Really enjoyed being home.  It went by so fast. Now I'm back out on the road.  Drove up to Enoree, South Carolina to a small truck stop for the night. I pick up two loads tomorrow morning.  First one is just a few miles from here in Woodruff, SC.