Saturday, September 15, 2012

Drove the rest of the way to the Oasis truck stop in Robertsdale, Alabama this morning.  Will be here for the rest of the weekend and part of Monday.  Have a UPS package coming from the "home office" in Carlisle that will get here Monday sometime.  After it gets here I can go into Pensacola and load.  

But for now, ITS FOOTBALL TIME!!!!

Friday, September 14, 2012

Well I finally got another load.  It is in Pensacola, FL. and loads on Monday.  I decided that I wasn't leaving the Houston area without getting some Shipley donuts.  They are the absolute best donuts!!  So on my way out of Baytown I stopped and got a dozen!!  The glazed were still hot and they were melt-in-your-mouth delicious!!!!  If you ever get to the Houston area stop and get some, you won't regret it!!

  

Drove on over to the TA truck stop in Grand  Bay (Mobile), Alabama for the night.  Had routine maintenance done (you know, oil change, etc.)  on the truck at the shop there.  Will hop on over to The Oasis in the morning and spend the rest of the weekend there.

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Left Mitchell, TX a half hour before sun up and drove in to the port in Galveston, TX.  Of course I arrived while they were at lunch so I had to wait.  Once they got done with their 1 hour and 45 minute lunch (unions!!) I delivered the grader.  This is the view from the driver's seat.

The ship it is going on was in port.  Here it is.

Don't have another load yet so I went to the TA truck stop in Baytown, TX  to wait.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Had to wait for my Arkansas permit to arrive before I could load this morning.  It was ordered yesterday but the State in their normal "speedy" fashion didn't get it to me until after lunch today. Finally went and loaded a Caterpillar 14M road grader.  It is going to Galveston, Texas to the port.  From there it is going on a boat to Singapore. I am over width, over weight, and over height.

Got on the road and made it only as far as a crummy truck stop in Mitchell, Texas. The State has me zig zaging a lot.

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Drove in to Springfield, MO and delivered the wheel loader before 11 am.  After that went and had the truck aligned and replaced the left front tire.  Next load is in North Little Rock, Arkansas.  Drove down to the Petro truck stop in North Little Rock, AR for the night.

Monday, September 10, 2012

Went in to Pooler, GA first thing this morning and loaded a Volvo L90G Wheel Loader that is going to Springfield, MO.  

Was in and out of there pretty quick.  Got on the road and drove up to West Memphis, Arkansas to the Perto truck stop for the night.

Sunday, September 9, 2012

It was so good to be home again.  Got a lot done.  Lots of work done to the trailer.  Finally had the flip axle straightened and aligned. That was quite a job!!  Some more new tires too.  Had work done to the truck.  Upgraded the APU alternator from 65 amp to 120 amp.  Hopefully that will fix the problems I have had.  Also replaced a leveler valve that was bad.  Got the windows in both doors tinted with clear UV protected window tint. I load Monday in Pooler, GA so I drove up to the TA truck stop in Savannah, GA.  Got there before 1 pm so I could spend the rest of the day watching football!!!