Saturday, March 1, 2014

Saturday, March 1, 2014

Went over to deliver this morning.  Delivery was scheduled for 9 am.  When I got there they said that they couldn't unload until after 12. The job site was at a bank that is open until noon.  The crane has to set up in front of the drive through lanes so it was not due to arrive until noon.  So I settled in for a bit of a wait.  Nice place to wait on the side of the road in front of the bank.  


The crane and two support trucks arrived at 11:30.  They had to be here before noon too.  In Florida 'oversize loads' can't be on the roads after noon on Saturday. When finished they will have to leave the crane here until Monday morning.



As soon as the bank closed we got started.  First they went around back and unloaded a generator.  After that was done they came back around front and set up to unload me.   That took a couple hours.

This is the driveway I backed in.  If you look close you can see the crane backed in. It is that yellow thing that you can see just over the tops of the bushes.


Here I am backed in ready to unload.  You can see the guys on top of the building waiting for the building.


They attached the crane to the building and lifted it to the roof.  I pulled out.  A few minutes later one of the guys came to me and said that they attached the brackets upside down and had to put the building back on the trailer and flip the brackets.  I backed up again and down came the building.  They flipped the brackets, lifted the building again, and I pulled out and didn't stop this time.  I kept going all the way back to the Daily yard in Jacksonville.  I'll be home for a few days.


Thursday, February 27, 2014

Thursday, February 27, 2014

Left Tallulah, LA at sun rise this morning.  Pushed it hard again today and made it all the way to the Daily yard in Jacksonville, FL.  I'm a day ahead of schedule!!  Deliver Saturday morning at 9.  

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

My loading appointment was for 1:30 pm local time.  I went over very early anyway, you never know.  I got there at 10.  Unfortunately getting there early didn't help.  My building wasn't ready yet.  At about 2 pm local time it was ready.  I backed in and they loaded a small building on the trailer.


It is going to Jacksonville, Florida.



When I finally got on the road I didn't have a lot of daylight left.  Stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Tallulah, Louisiana. 

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Finally got another load.  It is up in Bossier City, Louisiana and loads tomorrow afternoon.  Drove up to the Petro truck stop in Shreveport, LA for the night.

Monday, February 24, 2014

Monday, February 24, 2014

Got up early and  went the rest of the way to the Daily yard in Houston.  Dropped the trailer and hightailed it over to Shipley's Donuts!! Then back to the yard, and ate a bunch. Swapped back into my trailer and went over to the TA truck stop in Baytown to wait for my next load.  Still don't have one yet.