Unloaded the excavator first thing this morning. Next load is in Washington, Illinois. That is just outside Peoria. Drove down there to the Caterpillar Proving Grounds. It is a place with a concrete race track for Caterpillar machines to run tests on. The place is huge! There are a lot of dirt areas for other machine testing as well. It is in a very remote area. I suppose to keep competitors from seeing their new stuff that is in development and testing. Had to go a ways down a very windy two lane road to get there. They told me they are getting a big machine next week that they are going to have to unload from the truck way down on the main road because it it is too big to bring up on the truck. They will have to drive it up from there. Anyway, I loaded a Caterpillar 545 Wheeled Skider. It is used in logging to drag the cut trees out of the forest to the loading area. It is a little heavier than it looks. I gross out at about 91,000 pounds.
This thing is going to LaGrange, GA. Got on the road and drove down to the Pilot truck stop in Okawville, Illinois. Didn't get my Georgia permit today so I won't be able to get very far tomorrow. Oh well.
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