Saturday, October 12, 2013

Left Jacksonville this morning and drove up to a truck stop in Pamaria, South Carolina.  Load a few miles from here Monday.

#17 Florida

(4-1, 3-0 SEC)

#10 LSU

(5-1, 2-1 SEC)

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		1	2	3	4		T
FLA		3	0	0	3		6
LSU		0	14	0	3		17

Friday, October 11, 2013

Left Jackson, GA after sun rise this morning and drove to Savannah and met my pole car.  That's Earl.

Drove down to the Port of Brunswick and delivered the road grader.  Want to see what it's like riding in one?  Well here is a short video of me driving the grader to it's parking spot in the Port.  Notice that there is no steering wheel.

After that drove home to Jacksonville.  Shot stay, will only be here till tomorrow.

Thursday, October 10, 2013

Left West Memphis this morning at sun up.  Drove for about an hour and a half when another driver told me on the radio that is sounded like one of my trailer tires was flat.  I stopped at a little hole-in-the-wall truck stop that did not have a shop (of course) and checked out my tires.  Turns out that other driver was almost correct.  My right, center, inside tire had a bit of a bubble in the side wall.

Road service came out and changed both tires.

2 1/2 hours later I was back on the road.  Because of the delay today I made it to Atlanta right at rush hour.  Ran out of daylight and had to stop at the TA truck stop in Jackson, Georgia (Atlanta south) for the night.  

For some strange reason I have to have a pole car from Savannah to Brunswick.  I am 14'2" high (legal height is 13'6").  Didn't need one anywhere else along the journey.  Oh well.  I'll meet him tomorrow when I get to Savannah.

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Got up real early and drove in to North Little Rock, Arkansas.  Loaded a Caterpillar 14M road grader that is going to the port in Brunswick, Georgia.  From there it is going on a boat to Saudi Arabia.

Left there and had a nice leisurely drive to the Petro truck stop in West Memphis, Arkansas for the night.

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Went back over to the job site this morning.  There were four of us there.  Two had compressors that were smaller than the turbine I had.  There was another truck that also had a turbine.  The large crane was there too.  We sat there watching the crane get set up all morning.  At about 10 local time they started to unload us.  First they unloaded the smaller compressors.  At about 11:30 the famous Oklahoma wind kicked up.  Finally a little after noon it was my turn.  I pilled up and backed into the area at the crane to unload. 

Then they unwrapped it.

Then they attached the cables to lift it off.

Then they started to lift it off.  That's where the fun began.  The front came up, but the back didn't.  So back down it went.

To make a very long and exasperating story short, three and a half hours later it finally came off!!

My next load is tomorrow in North Little Rock, Arkansas.  I left there and drove to the Petro truck stop in Oklahoma City for the night.  Needless to say, I won't be in North Little Rock in the morning.

Monday, October 7, 2013

Went over to the job site where this thing is going.  It is five miles down a dirt road.  Was there at 8 am local time along with another Daily truck.  At 1:30 pm they decided that they would unload tomorrow.  I dropped my trailer there and went back into town to the convenience store for the night.  On my way out there were other trucks arriving with more stuff.  Guess they are going to unload all of us in the morning.