Saturday, June 15, 2013

Left Oak Grove, MO just before sun up.  Good day on the road.  Traffic was light all day.  As I was getting toward Indianapolis, IN I saw a lot of black smoke.  Initially I thought an airliner went down because it started out looking like it was near the airport.  As I got closer I realized that it was not near the airport.  It was on the west side of the city.  

I basically went around it on the highway but didn't get close enough to see what was burning. 

Found out later that it was a warehouse on fire.  Click below for video.

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Stopped for the rest of the weekend at the Petro truck stop in New Paris, Ohio.  That is right on the Indiana / Ohio line.  Couldn't go any further because my Ohio permit does not start until Monday.

Friday, June 14, 2013

The day started off great and went downhill from there.  Drove in to Wichita and delivered the excavator first thing.  Was in and out of there real fast.  Drove 16 miles up to Park City, KS and loaded a Caterpillar 973C track loader that is going to Harrisburg, PA.  My gross is 108,000 pounds.

When loading the machine it went over one of the air lines and cut it in half.  Spent several hours getting that fixed.  Also noticed a few cracks in one of the trailer tires.

After the air line was replaced I went down the road to a truck stop, scaled up and then waited for my Kansas permit.  It finally arrived at 12:30 local time and I got on the road. 

When I got to Kansas City I had to stop again and wait until  6 pm local time for curfew to be over. Then I drove to the Petro in Oak Grove, Missouri for the night.

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Left Jackson, TN just before sun up this morning. Great day on the road.  Weather was great too, just a little windy.  Drove 612 miles to a convenience store with a little bit of truck parking in Leon, Kansas.  Will deliver in the morning in Wichita, KS.

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Went in to Birmingham first thing this morning and delivered the excavator. When re-connecting the goose neck it went together wrong and bent the rod that pushes/pulls the big pin that holds the trailer together.  

After about a half hour working on it I got it "workable" and put the trailer back together again.

After that fiasco, I drove up to Chattanooga, Tennessee to the Komatsu plant and loaded a Komatsu PC240LC Excavator.  It is going to Wichita, Kansas.  My gross weight with this is 101,500 pounds.

Left there and drove to the Love's truck stop in Jackson, Tennessee for the night.  I am so glad to have this truck!!  Having a shower in the truck and a kitchen to cook in is absolutely fantastic!!!!

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Drove on up to Brunswick, GA first thing this morning and loaded a Volvo 160 excavator.  It is going to Birmingham, AL.

Got on the road and drove to a truck stop in Lincoln, Alabama.  Will deliver first thing in the morning.

Monday, June 10, 2013

Boy did my time off go by fast!!  Now its time to get back to work. Tomorrow morning I'll load in Brunswick, GA for a quick trip over to Birmingham, AL.