Saturday, May 11, 2013

Got on the road at sun up this morning.  Nice day on the road today.  Nothing much exciting today.  Just north east of Indianapolis, IN went past where Nestles Quick is made.  

Stopped for the rest of the weekend at the Petro truck stop in Gaston, Indiana.

Friday, May 10, 2013

Woke up at 3 am last night, wide awake and couldn't go back to sleep.  ARRRGGG!!!

Loaded another cell phone tower building this morning in Minden, Louisiana.  It is going to Craigville, Indiana.  101,000 pounds gross.

Got on the road in good time.  Took forever to get through Arkansas.  I am still not out of Arkansas.  This is the route the stupid State sent me.  Most of it back roads.  GOVERNMENT!!

I stopped for the night at the Petro in West Memphis, Arkansas.

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Fortunately I didn't have to wait as long to get another load.  Picking up another cell phone tower building in Minden, LA tomorrow morning.  Drove up to a small truck stop in  Minden for the night.

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Had to wait for about an hour for the fog to lift enough to drive.  Finally got on the road and drove to a ship yard at the very southern tip of Golden Meadow, LA.  On the way in saw this sign.

Got there and pulled up along side of the ship the winch was going on.  They were going to unload it with the ship's crane and put it on the deck.

The ship.

The 40 ton crane on the ship.

What the winch does is it is attached to a ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) that surveys the bottom of the ocean, underwater pipelines, and cables, etc.  In the middle of the wire cable is an electric cable that controls the ROV.  

After sitting there waiting over 4 hours they started to unload.

Then I drove out from under it and left.  The load I was hoping for next was given to someone else so I don't have a load yet.  Drove up to Baton Rouge, LA.  While sitting in bumper to bumper traffic on top of a bridge I snapped a shot of the lock and dam.

Stopped at a small truck stop / casino in Baton Rouge to wait for another load.  Hope it comes faster than the last one.

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Went up the road a few miles this morning and loaded a winch.  There were 4 trucks loading there today.  Two of us getting winches.  Don't know what the others got.  We are all going to Golden Meadow, Louisiana.  It will end up on an off shore oil rig.  Was a tight squeeze to load this morning.  As you can see in the photo below I had to back to the crane and between the outriggers.  The back of the trailer was about 3 inches from the crane.  He also had to lift my winch over another one to get it to my truck.  The winch weighed 68,000 pounds.

Got it on and tied down.  That cable has a larger diameter than my arm.

Got on the road and got in bumper to bumper traffic in Houston.  Went past where the Houston Texans play.

When I stopped at a truck stop to scale up I saw this truck.  Think my truck is big?  Check this one out.

My gross weight is 110,200 pounds.

Stopped for the night at a small truck stop / casino in Grey, LA.

Monday, May 6, 2013

FINALLY !!!!!  Got a load that picks up tomorrow the other side of Houston.  Drove down to the Love's truck stop about 10 miles from were I load in the morning.