Saturday, August 11, 2012

Got on the road very early this morning.  Got as far as Lufkin, Texas to the Love's truck stop before I ran out of hours.  Will be here until very early Monday morning.

Friday, August 10, 2012

Got on the road real early this morning.  Started off in the rain but it soon cleared up.  Absolutely nothing exciting today, just a great day to be out on the road.  Stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in West Memphis, Arkansas.  Tomorrow will be a short day.  Only have 7 available hours before a reset.

Thursday, August 9, 2012

Took my time this morning and leisurely started to drive down to Ann Arbor, MI to wait until tomorrow to load my next load.  I almost got there when I got a call that said my load was canceled because the CNC machine failed it's inspection so it can't be shipped.  He did have another load for me back up in Saginaw.  I turned around and went back to Saginaw and loaded two large crates that each contained an electric motor used in Caterpillar mining equipment. They are going to Houston, TX and then on a boat for India.

Off I went.  Drove down to Sawyer, MI to the TA truck stop on the shore of Lake Michigan for the night.

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Got started again at sun up.  Stopped inside Michigan at the Pilot truck stop at exit 5 because my Michigan permit was not valid until tomorrow.  They goofed on the date.  The office said that they were going to fix it. In the mean time I took a nap.  3 hours later I still didn't have an updated Michigan permit.  I said the heck with it and left without it.  Went past the Pontiac Silver Dome where the Detroit Loins play.  Boy, do they need a new stadium!!  That place (just like the rest of Detroit) is a dump!!

Went on into Harbor Beach and delivered in the middle of a vegetable field.

Next load is down near Detroit but doesn't load until Friday.  Drove out of there and stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Saginaw, MI.

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Got on the road this morning at sun up.   Real good day on the road.  Nothing exciting.  Drove up to a rest area at mile marker 114 on I-75 in Wapakoneta, Ohio.  Hopefully I'll deliver tomorrow.

Monday, August 6, 2012

Arrived at GE in Pensacola this morning at 7:30.  As usual, sat there until 1:00 before they brought me back to load.  Then sat there for another hour and a half before they even started to load me.

I chained it down and had to wait again while they went on break before they put the tarps up on top.

At about 3:20 they finally came back and put the tarps up. Then I secured them.

I got out of there at about 4:15. Made pretty good time on the road.  I got a lot further than I thought I would.  Stopped for the night at the Petro truck stop in Dodge City, Alabama.

Sunday, August 5, 2012

It sure was great to be home.  Unfortunately all good things must come to an end.  Started off to Pensacola this morning.  Stopped in Baldwin for fuel and found that all my marker lights on the trailer were not working.  GREAT, the trailer gremlins are back again!!  Called the mechanic and he was at the yard in Jax.  I went back to Jax to the yard and he fixed it.  So off I went again.  Passed a a rolled over SUV that had a fatality.  It was in the east bound lane of I-10 around the Destin area.  Fortunately it didn't slow me down.  Stopped for the night at a very small truck parking area at a convenience store parking lot in Morton, FL  Load in Pensacola tomorrow morning about 15 miles from here.