Saturday, December 1, 2012

Had to wait until 9 am for the fog to lift before I could get started today.  Louisiana routed me way down west of New Orleans and through the back roads around Baton Rouge.  Then back north along the Mississippi River through miles and miles of sugar cane fields.  

Then passed a sugar cane processing plant.  See all the trailers full of sugar cane fresh from the fields?

Here is the quick way to empty a semi trailer.

This plant is right next to the Mississippi River.  After the cane is processed it goes into barges on the river.

Stopped for the rest of the weekend at a Citgo station with truck parking in Sulphur, LA.  Deliver about 2 miles from here Monday morning.

Friday, November 30, 2012

Feeling better every day.  Still not 100% yet.  Working on getting my appetite back so I can get my energy back up.   Drove in to Calhoun, GA this morning and loaded a Kobelco SK 260 Excavator.  

It is going to Sulphur, Louisiana   Went to scale up and found out I was too heavy on the trailer axles so I had to unchain everything and move the machine.  Tie it back down and re-scale.  Fortunately I got it right the first time. I am just under 102,000 pounds. Finally got on the road and drove down to Gulfport, Mississippi to the Flying J truck stop for the night.

Thursday, November 29, 2012

After sleeping the second half of yesterday, last night, and half of today, I think I am feeling a little better. Not coughing or blowing my nose as much. That's a good thing!!   Next load is tomorrow morning in Calhoun, GA.  Drove up to the TA truck stop in Cartersville, GA for the night. Calhoun is about 15 miles from here.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Drove in to Panama City this morning and delivered the dozer.  Still don't have another load yet, that's probably not a bad thing.  Went to the Love's truck stop in Cottondale, FL and slept the rest of the day. 

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Got on the road just after sunrise.  Drove straight through stopping only once for fuel.  Stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Marianna, Florida.  Deliver in Panama City in the morning. Don't have another load yet.  Hope something pops up soon!!  I have had a head cold since Sunday, boy am I draggin'!!

Monday, November 27, 2012

Drove in to Dundalk, MD to the Daily yard and loaded a John Deere 950 J Dozer. This machine was made in Austria.  It is going to Panama City, Florida.  It's not fat or tall, just a little heavy.  I'm at about 92,000 gross.

Got on the road and drove down to Dillon South Carolina and stopped at the Love's truck stop because I ran out of daylight.  When I was doing my post trip inspection I saw oil all over everything.  Opened the hood and saw that my oil filler cap was gone.  Fortunately a quick fix, when I can find a replacement.  Of course they didn't have one here.  I cleaned the spout and duct taped the hell out of it.  Fortunately I only lost a gallon of oil, which I replaced.