Saturday, November 3, 2012

Great day on the road!!  Left Nashville, TN just before sun up and drove all day, 648 miles, stopping only twice to water the grass on the side of the road.  Stopped for the rest of the weekend at a small convenience store with a few truck parking places in Dubuque, Iowa.  Deliver a few miles from here Monday morning.

Friday, November 2, 2012

Went back to John Deere in Kernersville this morning and loaded a John Deere 250G Excavator.  No problems today.  It is going to Dubuque, Iowa.

Drove to the TA truck stop in Nashville, Tennessee.  The one right next to the football stadium where the Tennessee Titans play.  Two years ago this place was flooded out and was under 6 feet of water.  It was closed for almost a year while they rebuilt it.  Much better now.

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Got my paperwork signed first thing this morning and took off for Kernersville, North Carolina for my next load.  Things were going too smoothly and , as usual, it went downhill.  Arrived at the John Deere plant in Kernersville to load.  Separated the trailer and waited.  They came to load my machine.  He started to go up on the trailer and one of the blocks of wood used for a ramp somehow popped up and went through the lower glass on the machine.  Now the machine could not go.  They do not have glass there and had no idea when it would be fixed.  Just great!!  

After they cleaned up the glass, I put my trailer back together and went to the TA truck stop in Whitsett, NC (Greensboro).  Now my next load is tomorrow back at John Deere.  Hope this one goes better.

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Got on the road just before sun up and drove pretty much straight through to Leesville, South Carolina.  They were closed when I got there but the office got me the gate code so I could go in.  I went in and unloaded the crane then dropped the trailer and went in to town and had dinner.  After that I went back and hooked back up to my trailer and spent the night in their parking lot.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Wasted another day sitting here at this job site waiting for a stupid permit!!  The damn thing didn't arrive until 4:30 pm!!! So, I could only drive for a couple hours today before I ran out of sunlight.  Stopped for the night at the Pilot truck stop in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee.

Monday, October 29, 2012

Went into Memphis, TN this morning and delivered the wheel loader.  Next load is also in Memphis.  They are building a power plant and I am picking up a Terex TR 230 Rough Terrain crane from the job site.  Went and loaded it up.

None of my permits came in yet so I had to sit at the job site waiting on permits.  Nothing today.  Wasted a whole afternoon!!!  Stuck here for the night.

Sunday, October 28, 2012

This morning I drove the rest of the way in to West Memphis, Arkansas.  Stopped at the Petro truck stop for the night.  Went over to the shop and had the truck aligned again.  It was out of alignment.  Deliver in the morning across the river in Memphis, Tennessee then re-load in Memphis.