Friday, May 17, 2013

Went into the Port of Baltimore first thing and delivered the tractor.  Then went over to the Daily yard in Baltimore and loaded a John Deere 135G Excavator that is going to Greensboro, North Carolina.

   Got on the road and made it around Baltimore and all the way through Washington DC with no bumper to bumper traffic.  BUT that all came to a quick end just south of DC in Virginia.  Took forever to get to Richmond.  Traffic was very heavy and mostly stop and go.  Finally made it past all that and continued down to Garner, NC.  Will spend the rest of the weekend in the Gregory Poole Caterpillar parking lot.  Will have some work done on the truck here Monday morning.

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Started just after sun up this morning.  Drove all the way to the TA truck stop in Baltimore, MD.  Will deliver and reload in the morning. Now going to sleep....a lot!!

Wednesday, May 15, 2013 Part II

When it got dark I got back on the road. I wanted to wait until Chicago rush hour was over.  It worked.  Made it through Chicago again with no bumper to bumper traffic. Amazing.  Drove until 3 am and stopped to sleep at the first service plaza in Ohio on the I-80 Turnpike.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

This morning, while waiting to load, my generator took a dump and stopped working.

Loaded a Case 260 Tractor that is going to the Port of Baltimore in Dundalk, Maryland and then on a boat to Chile.

After I got the tractor secured I drove up to the Cummins shop in Oak Creek, WI.  It is just south of Milwaukee.  Was there all day!!   They fixed it and also had oil and filters changed too.  Went back to the Petro in Racine to wait until Chicago rush hour is over.  I'll head out again after dark.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

I got to sleep in this morning because my Indiana permit was not in yet.  It arrived at 9 am and I was off and running.  Made it through Chicago with NO bumper to bumper traffic!!  How about that!!  Drove up to Avalon, Wisconsin and delivered the trencher.  It was their first new machine and they were excited to get it.

Next load is tomorrow morning in Sturtevant, Wisconsin.  Drove over to the Petro truck stop in Racine, WI for the night.

Monday, May 13, 2013

At sun up I drove the rest of the way to Craigville, IN.  Arrived at 7:30 am.  The crane didn't arrive until 10 am.  Finally started to unload me at noon.

Next load was not that far from there in Celina, Ohio.  Drove over there and loaded a Buckeye 7200 Trencher that is going to Avalon, Wisconsin.

Couldn't get in their driveway so I had to load it out on the road.  When I finished I drove to the Petro truck stop in New Paris, Ohio for the night.