Saturday, July 20, 2013

Made my way in to Dallas to the delivery location.  BOY it was a tight squeeze to get in there.  Took out a small piece if the grass going in.  Not really sure how I got in there, but I did!!  I'm still amazed.  Even got several compliments on my driving skills from the guys working there.

Once I got emptied, I got out of there.  Load Monday in Bossier City, Louisiana so I drove over to the Petro truck stop in Shreveport, LA for the rest of the weekend.

Friday, July 19, 2013

Saw this in the parking lot last night.  Big worry about parking in truck stops.  Especially with this long truck.  Big target for inexperienced drivers backing into or pulling out of parking spaces.  I have seen this happen before, just hope it never happens to me. 

Another short day.  At noon local time I started to go to the staging area in Dallas.  On the way the guy called me and said not to come in until tomorrow at around 10 am local time.  So I stopped at the Dallas South TA truck stop and will wait there until tomorrow.

Thursday, July 18, 2013

Super easy day.  Drove 78 miles to the TA truck stop in Rockwall, Texas.  Will be here until tomorrow.  Then I'll drive in to a staging area in Dallas.

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Great day on the road today.  Left Ozora, Missouri at sun up this morning.  Drove all the way down to a rest area along I-30 in Mt. Vernon, Texas.  I'm only about 100 miles from Dallas.  Don't have to be there until Friday so tomorrow will be a very short day.

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Went in to Edelstein this morning to load an enclosure for a Caterpillar generator.  It is a bit long and wide.  Stretched the trailer to accommodate the "big box".  I am 95 feet long altogether.

And here is the box being loaded.

Here it is all ready to go.

Drove down to the Flying J truck stop just east of St. Louis.  Stopped there to wait for curfew to be over.  While there took a much needed shower and ate dinner.  At 6:30 local time curfew was over so I hit the road again.  Wanted to get past St. Louis so I wouldn't have to wait until 9 tomorrow morning to start up again.  Drove down to a truck stop in Ozora, Missouri for the night.

Monday, July 15, 2013

Went over to United Rentals in East Chicago and delivered the excavator first thing this morning.  Then headed down to the Daily terminal in Morton, Illinois.  On the way developed a electrical charging problem.  Stopped at Kenworth in Mokena, Illinois and got a new alternator.  Continued on to Morton and swapped into a different trailer.  It is a stretch trailer.  Need it for my next load which is in Edelstein, IL.  That is about a half hour from Morton.  I stayed at the Daily yard in Morton for the night.  Can plug in to shore power here so I don't have to run the generator.