Saturday, July 27, 2013

Left the Welcome Center at sun up this morning.  Stopped to put a little fuel in at the Pilot truck stop in Haggerstown, MD.  As  I walked back to the truck, after getting my fuel receipt, I saw a lot of fuel running out from under the rear of the engine.  Opened the hood and found that the fuel line had rubbed through at one of the clamps.

I drove around back and parked the truck.  Fortunately the fuel did not run out with the engine off.  Road Service came out and took off the old hose, took it, had a new one made, then installed it.  Truck all better now.  But in Maryland permit loads can not move after 12 noon on Saturdays, so here is where I'll sit until Monday morning.  Made good use of the time.  Did four loads of laundry and took a long hot shower.

Friday, July 26, 2013

First thing this morning went across the street and loaded a Caterpillar D7R dozer.  It is going to Fort Belvoir, Virginia.  My gross is a little over 110,000 pounds.  Got lucky, for a change, and beat the rain!

Had a great day on the road.  Drove all the way to the West Virginia Welcome Center on I-79 where I'll spend the night.

Thursday, July 25, 2013

Next load is up in Morton, IL and loads Friday.  Drove up to the Daily yard in Morton and swapped back in to my old trailer.  After that went to Walmart and re-stocked a bit. Spent the night in the Daily yard where I can plug in and not have to use the generator.   I like that!!  Saves fuel.  Load across the street in the morning.

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

This morning went in to Nixa and delivered the building.

After I got empty I drove up to the Cummins dealer in Springfield and got my generator fixed.  Then over to the TA truck stop in Strafford for the night.

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Early this morning I dropped my trailer in the lot at the Flying J and went in to a Cummins dealer in Texarkana, TX to get the generator fixed.  They couldn't fix it.  Went back and picked up my trailer.  Still didn't have an Arkansas permit so I had to wait for that.  When it finally arrived at 10:30, local time, I left.  Nice day on the road.  Lots to keep me busy.  US-65 from Little Rock, AR all the way up to where I stopped for the night is nothing but a roller coaster ride.  Steep ups, and steep downs with twists and turns in most of them.  2, 3, and sometimes 4 lane road.  Drove through two real good thunderstorms.  The second one, in Clinton, AR, had pea sized hail.  Stopped for the night in Ozark, Missouri and got a hotel room at the America's Best Value hotel.  After I deliver in the morning I have an appointment at the Cummins dealer in Springfield, MO to get the generator fixed.

Monday, July 22, 2013

Went in to Bossier City, LA first thing this morning and loaded another cell phone communications building.  It is going up to Nixa, Missouri.  

Had to wait for my Louisiana permit after I got loaded. After waiting 2 1/2 hours the permit arrived.  I left and looked for a scale on the way.  Finally found one allthe way up in Texarkana, AR.  Found out I was way too heavy on my drive axles.  To make a long story short, I had to drive all the way back to Bossier City and take all the chains and binders off, then the crane had to move the building back. After that went off my permit route this time and scaled up a little closer to Bossier City.  It was ok this time.  Drove back up to the Flying J truck stop in Texarkana, AR, the same place I scaled up before.  Spent the night there because I couldn't go any further in Arkansas because I still don't have an Arkansas permit. The scale house is just up the road from here.  This was a wasted day!! AND to make matters worse, my generator won't start!!!  Just F'en great!!

Sunday, July 21, 2013

Thought you might like to see where I delivered yesterday.

The blue arrows show the path in.
The red X is where my truck was parked to unload.
The orange X is where the crane was.
The black X is where the crane put the big box over the generator and the fuel tank that was put there first.

Then I had to back out.  Getting out was  easy with a normal length trailer.

Remember, you can click on the photo to enlarge it so you can see it better.