Friday, March 8, 2013

Went in to Davenport, IA and tried to deliver.  They were so backed up that they couldn't take me until Monday.  So I drove over to the Daily Express terminal in Bettendorf, Iowa and dropped the trailer.  Then I went over to Best Buy and bought a new lap top computer.  My old one was on its last legs.  After that went to a hotel for the rest of the weekend.  Spent the rest of the day transferring files and programs from the old to the new.  The hardest part is trying to figure out Windows 8. It is a lot different than Windows 7.  I have all the important stuff in the new one now so I'll be spending the next two days figuring the rest of this thing out.

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Got on the road at sun up from Franklin, TN and drove non stop up to the Pilot truck stop in Woodhull, Illinois.  I am making way too good time!  Had to stop here for the night because my Iowa permit does not start until tomorrow.  I'm not scheduled to deliver until Monday anyway.  Going to try to deliver tomorrow.  Not sure if I can.  I called ahead and he said they were backed up because of the snow.  They were trying to get everything plowed but its a mess there.  Trucks getting stuck and stuff like that.  All I can do is try.

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Surprise, surprise!!  I was loaded this morning and on the road by 11 am local time!!  Another wind energy hub going to Davenport, Iowa.

Had a great day on the road.  Because I got out of there so much faster than I thought I would, I was able to get all the way up to the TA truck stop in Franklin, TN.  That is just south of Nashville.

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Drove in to the BNSF Rail yard in Birmingham, Alabama this morning and delivered the excavator.  After that went to Thermo King in Birmingham and had some minor A/C work done to my APU.  That didn't take too long.  Next load is tomorrow in Pensacola  FL.  Another wind energy hub.  Drove down there and stopped for the night in the truck staging area for GE in Pensacola.  Hopefully it won't take all day tomorrow.  Yah, right!!  I'm already 5th in line for tomorrow.  I'll be lucky to get out of here before 3 tomorrow afternoon!

Monday, March 4, 2013

This morning bright and early I loaded a John Deere 250GL Excavator at the plant in Kernersville, NC.  It is going to the BNSF rail yard in Birmingham  Alabama.  

Got on the road and made it all the way around Atlanta with NO bumper to bumper traffic!!  Amazing!!  Drove down to a truck stop in Lincoln, Alabama.  That is just east of the Talladega Super Speedway.