Saturday, September 22, 2012

Had an appointment with Safelite Auto Glass people.  Their mobile unit was going to meet me here at Iowa 80 and repair two rock chips in my windshield.  He was here at 8:30 and repaired them very fast.  Did a good job. 

 After that I went to a place on the other side of the Interstate and replaced my satellite.  No more VuCube and manually finding the satellite.  Got a Winegard  dish.  It is automatic and finds the satellites all by itself.  SO much better than the old one.  Glad it's done!!  Now it's FOOTBALL TIME!!!!!! 

Friday, September 21, 2012

Drove in to Waterloo, Iowa for my next load.  Picked up a John Deere tractor that is going to Georgia.  

After that drove over to the Iowa 80 truck stop for the weekend.  I am so pissed right now!!  My satellite stopped working last night.  Thought it might just be a fluke.  Was too tired to mess with it then.  Talked to the customer support people on the phone today.  Tried the things they told me to do.  The damn thing is still dead!!  I will replace the damn thing in the morning!!

           

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Got on the road a half hour before sun up.  Zig-zagged (that's the way the stupid State routed me.) my way up toward Fleming, Colorado.  At the scale in Colorado The DOT cop said I was 800 pounds overweight on my drive axles.  He had me re-weigh just to make sure.  I was only 180 pounds over.  He got his thong in a wad  for 180 pounds!!  A 20 year old, snot nosed, kid with a badge.  Total jerk!!   He finally decided not to give me a ticket, gave me my papers back, and off I went.  What he didn't know, and I sure wasn't going to tell him, was that I knew that I was over weight by  1260 pounds with full fuel tanks.  I had not filled up with fuel and went over his scale on the fumes!!  There was a truck stop on the other side of the scale and after I left there pulled in and got fuel.  Was way overweight again !!  But there were no more scales that I was going to cross before I deliver.  I made my way up to Fleming, CO and delivered the hub.  Don't have another load lined up yet but it is sure to be east of here so I headed that way. Stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Ogallala, Nebraska.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Left Shreveport, LA a half hour before sun up.  It wasn't long before the dreaded "trailer gremlins" caught up with me again.  All the marker lights went out on the trailer.  Stopped at the TA truck stop in Terrell, Texas (just outside of Dallas) and had them repaired.  Fortunately it was a quick fix and I was back on the road in a hour and a half.  Drove up to Conway, Texas (just outside Amarillo) to the Love's truck stop for the night.  

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Got on the road a half hour before sun rise.  Had to stop in Mississippi just outside of Louisiana and wait for 2 1/2 hours for my permit to arrive.  After I got it I drove to the Petro truck stop in Shreveport, LA for the night.

Monday, September 17, 2012

Arrived at GE in Pensacola, FL to load at 7:30 am.  At 4 pm. I got called to go back in to load. Of course there was a thunder storm going on at that time.  Got in line there (4th in line) and waited for another 2 hours before they started to load everyone.  Finally got loaded with another wind energy hub.  It is going out to Colorado.

I left there at 7:30 pm and drove back to the Oasis truck stop in Robertsdale, Alabama.  Ran out of daylight.