Saturday, July 13, 2013

Half day today.  Drove up to the new Petro truck stop in Gary, Indiana for the rest of the weekend.  Deliver a few miles from here Monday morning.

Friday, July 12, 2013

Went in to Greensboro this morning and loaded a John Deere 210 GL Excavator that is going to East Chicago, Indiana.

Had a real good day on the road and made it a lot farther than I thought I would today.  Stopped for the night at the Petro truck stop in New Paris, Ohio.  That is right on the Ohio/Indiana state line on I-70.

Thursday, July 11, 2013

Left Carlisle, PA this morning and drove down to Nokesville, VA and delivered the dozer at another job site.  More dirt!  Next load is tomorrow in Greensboro, NC.  Really hit the traffic between Richmond and DC.  I should have known better than to go that way!!  The idiots decided that they needed to close two of the three lanes to fix a hole today.  It took an hour to travel 5 miles!! I'm not exaggerating, an hour to go 5 miles!!!!  Finally made it past that mess and continued down to the Petro truck stop in Mebane, NC.

Have an interesting load next week.  Requires a trailer change.  Stay tuned.....

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Got up long before the sun and drove to a job site in Farmingdale, NJ and delivered the little excavator.  On the way in there was little traffic, but on the way back out a whole different story!  Went back almost the same way.  Next load was in Saylorsburg, PA.  at another job site.  Loaded a Caterpillar D6 Dozer that is going down to Nokesville, VA.  Just as I was starting to secure it the rain came! It stopped just before I finished. Go figure!!  Fortunately, it was not a hard rain.

Here is part of the route the geniuses at the state of Pennsylvania sent me on today with this dozer.

The first 40 miles of this route, which is basically from point "A" west to the Interstate highway, took an hour and a half.  Extremely narrow, hilly, windy roads.  Almost every turn was a blind  curve that I had to take on the wrong side of the road in order to keep the trailer on the road or from hitting stuff on the side of the road.  Quite a good challenge!!  

Stopped for the night at the Petro truck stop in Carlisle, PA.  Two job sites = lots of mud!  I was covered in it and so is the inside of my truck.  Had a good dinner and a very L-O-N-G hot shower.  Now to lay down and give my aching back a much needed rest.

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

This morning went over and delivered the excavator. Then drove up to Cranburry, PA and loaded another excavator.  This one is a tiny one going over to Farmingdale, NJ.

Drove over to the TA truck stop in Columbia, NJ for the night.

Monday, July 8, 2013

As soon as curfew was over at 9 am I went over and delivered the big box.  Then went to the Port of Baltimore in Dundalk, MD and loaded a Caterpillar 320 EL Excavator.  It is going over to Murrysville, PA.

Left there and drove to a tiny BP station in Greensburg, PA.  Just before I got here I came upon a roadside vegetable stand that was selling fresh corn.  I bought a dozen ears for $2.  Had a couple for dinner tonight, they were GOOOOOOD!!!!