Friday, August 16, 2013

Sunrise at our loading site on the Mississippi River.

Before I could load this morning they had to move out the empty barge and bring in a loaded barge.  Here is the empty one.  Notice how high it sits in the water.

Here is the loaded one on it's way in.

Ready to be unloaded. It sits a bit lower in the water with 50+ 70,000 pound slabs of steel in it.

Did five more loads today.

Now I'm done with this!!  Stopped at a truck wash and washed the truck.  It was so dirty from the week in the dust bowl!!!!  After that drove over to the Daily yard in Bettendorf, Iowa for the night.

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Another exhausting day.  Did six loads today.  One day of this left!!  I'll be glad when its over.  It is a lot of work.

Wednesday,

What a day!!!   I'm exhausted!!!!  Did five more loads of steel slabs.  Here is what it looks like when they unload one.  Look how far the trailer comes up before the slab lifts off the trailer.  Remember, these things are 70,000 pounds.

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Drove down to Muscatine, Iowa this morning.  Took five separate loads consisting of one each slab of solid steel weighing 70,000 pounds.  They went to a steel plant in Montpelier, Iowa which is only 28 miles from where we loaded.  These slabs are being unloaded from a barge in the Mississippi River.  I'll be doing this all week.  There are three barges and over 100 loads from them.  Obviously, I'm not the only truck doing this.

This is another one of those times where I am so glad to have this truck.  Took a shower and cooked.  Its great!!

Monday, August 12, 2013

Delivered the pump skid first thing this morning.  Next load will be a lot of the same thing. It is up in Muscatine, Iowa.  It is steel slabs that are only going 14 miles.  There are about 100 loads going.  I'm getting a bunch of them.  Just a lot of the same thing over and over again.  Drove up to the Daily terminal in Bettendorf, Iowa for the night.  I can plug in here and not have to run the generator.