Saturday, February 9, 2013

Didn't sleep very well last night.  Then I woke up at 3 am wide awake.  Hate it when that happens!!  Left Denton, TX just before sun up and drove up to Garden City, Kansas.  Dropped my trailer at the place where they are unloading Monday and went over to the truck stop for the rest of the weekend.  It is very windy here.  This truck is really rocking!!  Going to bed early tonight!!  I'm very tired.

Friday, February 8, 2013

Left Hattiesburg, MS at sun up this morning.  Really nice day on the road until I got to Dallas.  I hit Dallas right at rush hour.  Bumper to bumper from south west of Dallas all the way up to Denton which is north of Dallas.  I really earned my money this evening!!  A large portion of that was under construction and the lanes were narrowed.  There were many, many times were there was less than an inch clearance between me and the traffic on either side.  Countless more times where I was cut off from the left and right.  If any of you were with me, you would have had a heart attack.  Stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Denton, Texas.

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Drove the rest of the way to the GE plant in Pensacola, FL.  Arrived at 11:15 am local time.  I was shocked when they called me to go in at 1 pm local time.  Loaded a wind energy hub that is going to Garden City, Kansas.

Then had to tarp the damn thing.

After all that I drove up to a small truck stop in Hattiesburg, Mississippi for the night.

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Left Mariana, Fl  just before sun up this morning.  Had to wait in Pensacola for an hour and fifteen minutes for my Alabama permit.  Got back on the road and drove to Westlake, LA.  That is on the west side of Lake Charles, hence the name.  Started raining when I got to Louisiana and was pouring (of course) while unloading in Westlake.  Next load is tomorrow back in Pensacola.  Started back that way.  Ran out of hours so I stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Lafayette, LA.  Its still raining!!

Tuesday,February 5, 2013

Drove to the Port of Palm Beach in West Palm Beach, FL this morning and loaded a Mammoet trailer.  It is going to Westlake, LA.  This is a lot heavier than it looks, I'm at 103,000 pounds.

Got on the road and drove all the way up to Mariana, FL to the TA Truck Stop for the night.

Monday, February 4, 2013

Left Florence, SC just before sun up and drove to the Port of Jacksonville.  Arrived at noon - lunch time!  So I had to wait until they came back from lunch.  At 1 pm I went in to unload.  Got the machine off and parked.  Then drove to the Daily yard in Jacksonville and did some errands.  Next load is tomorrow morning at the Port of West Palm Beach.  Drove down to the Rest Area on I-95 at mile marker 106 for the night.

Had a triple today.  Thought you would like to see this one. It's a doozie!!

Sunday, February 3, 2013

There is a Blue Beacon Truck Wash here so I went over and had the truck and trailer washed this morning. It really needed it after driving in all that snow.  The entire truck and trailer were just covered in road salt and crap!!. Remember the tractor?  Here is a refresher photo.