Saturday, March 10, 2012

Drove down to the "home office" in Carlisle, PA today.  Will spend the rest of the weekend here.  Monday I will have a small chip in my windshield repaired.  Found a problem with the ABS system in the trailer so that will get fixed Monday (hopefully) too.

Friday, March 9, 2012

Left Raphine, VA as soon as I could this morning which, in Virginia, was 1/2 hour after sunrise.  Drove straight through to Middletown, NY and delivered the dozer.  I love driving those things!!  Big boy toys!!  Had snow flurries on and off through Pennsylvania.  After I finished delivering in New York it snowed real hard but it didn't last long.  Then the sun came out. Went to the TA truck stop in Maybrook, NY for the night. Don't have another load lined up yet.

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Left Manning, SC this morning and drove down to North Charleston, SC and loaded a Caterpillar D6 Dozer first thing this morning.  Just as I started to tie it down it started to rain.  It stopped raining when I finished.  Had to put it on the trailer a little bit crooked to minimize the width as much as possible.  Otherwise the blade on the front would have to come off.  The blade is 13 feet wide.  Had to get the width under 12 feet.  By removing a couple pins, angling the blade, and angling the dozer got the width down to 11 feet 6 inches.

I got my soaking wet and muddy self in the truck and down the road after I got it secured.  Had a great day on the road.  Drove to Raphine, VA to the Petro truck stop on I-81 for the night and a good scrubbing!!!!

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Left Morehead, KY as soon as the sun came up.  Drove to the Charleston, WV area and waited for curfew to end.  At 9 am I was back on the road again.  Drove straight through to Wilson, NC and delivered the tractor this afternoon.  My next load is down in North Charleston, SC.  It is a heavy one!  I'll be overweight as well as over width.  Headed toward Charleston.  Stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Manning, SC.  A very familiar truck stop.

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Before I left Walcott, Iowa this morning I stopped and got the truck and trailer washed.  It was really filthy and I could not stand it any more!!  Now its all clean, at least for a few days.  Had a very nice and uneventful day on the road.  Made it past Cincinnati before curfew but didn't make it past Lexington, KY.  Stopped at a truck stop and had dinner.  When curfew was over at 6 I got back on the road and drove for another hour before I ran out of daylight.  Stopped for the night at a Small truck stop in Morehead, KY. 

Monday, March 5, 2012

Snowed all day yesterday but it didn't start to stick until about 4 pm.  Got about an inch on the grass but no accumulation on the roads.  Just made the roads very icy.  Delivered the generator first thing this morning.  Then drove up to Waterloo to John Deere and loaded another tractor. 

This one is going to Wilson, North Carolina.  Drove to Walcott, Iowa to spend the night at the world famous Iowa 80 truck stop.  Ran out of daylight.