Friday, February 10, 2012

Good news and bad news.  The good news is that I finally got a load. The bad news is that it is way down in Laredo and it loads Monday.  I drove down to the TA truck stop in Laredo, TX for the rest of the weekend.  This load should be interesting.  It is the widest that I have had so far.  Looking forward to it. 

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Nothing.  There are an awful lot of empty flat bed, step deck, and RGN trailers sitting here at this truck stop. Oh yes Mr. Obama, the economy is improving!  You friggin idiot!!!

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Last night had a small leak in another coolant line.  It was right at the clamp on the smaller hose in the photo below.

The hose had a small cut in it at the clamp.  Crawled under there and repositioned the clamp to seal it off temporally.  In the process dumped some antifreeze out and got it all over my jacket.  But at least the problem was solved, for now. 

This morning drove to Houston and delivered the crane stuff.  After that went to Peterbilt and bought the parts to repair the hose and also got another hose to change out at the same time.

Then went over to the Daily yard in Houston and dropped off the step deck trailer and picked up my new trailer.  I like it very much!  Nice trailer.  A lot better than the other one.

Then went to the TA truck stop in Baytown, TX and had the coolant hoses fixed.  Stayed there for the night.  Washed my jacket, ate dinner, and took a long hot shower!!  Still don't have a load yet.  Hope I get one tomorrow!!

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Nothing very exciting today.  Got on the road this morning and drove down to Egan, LA to the Petro truck stop for the night.  Will deliver tomorrow in Houston.

Monday, February 6, 2012

Got on the road as soon as the sun came up.  Started off in a bit of fog but it cleared up pretty quick. Here are some photos of what this crane looks like all put together.  I got them from the Internet.

Its a biggie!!  Now here are some photos of the parts I have. Just what I have weighs over 40,000 pounds. Can you imagine how much the whole thing weighs? 

Drove down to Gadsden, Alabama to the Petro truck stop for the night.