Saturday, March 29, 2014

Left Corbin, KY this morning at about sunrise.  Easy day today.  This is why the are called The Smokey Mountains.

Had to stop for the rest of the weekend because my North Carolina permit is not good until Monday.  So, I stopped at the TA Truck Stop in Corbin, North Carolina.

Forgot to tell you about this.  Friday, at the truck show, went to the (by invitation only) luncheon put on by TA/Petro Truck Stops.  Food was pretty good too.

Here is the Daily booth at the show. Took that photo before the show opened.

Friday, March 28, 2014

Had a very good time at the truck show but my back just couldn't take anymore.   I left and went back and got my trailer.  Then drove down to the Pilot Truck Stop in Corbin, Kentucky for the rest of the night.

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Left this morning just before sunrise and drove drown to Louisville, Kentucky.  On the way dropped my trailer at a parking lot just north of Louisville.  Then parked at the truck parking lot at the convention center in Louisville.  Will be here for the Mid America Truck Show.  I'll leave here Saturday.

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

First thing this morning I was at the TA shop to get the truck fixed.  Had regular routine maintenance done and had the "S" cam brackets and air hose replaced.  They didn't finish until almost 2 pm. But at least they finished!!  

Here is a time lapse of the sunrise this morning.

Cold front came through this morning.  COLD and WINDY here!!  Stayed at the TA for the night.

Monday, March 24, 2014

This morning drove up to Aurora, IL and loaded a Caterpillar 950K Wheel Loader that is going to Columbia, SC.  My gross weight is only 92,000 with this one. 

Hit the road and after a little while stopped and got the truck washed.  Continued over to the TA Truck Stop in Whitestown, Indiana where I dropped the trailer and went to a repair shop in Zionesville, IN for routine maintenance on my generator.  While the mechanic was working on it he spotted some problems with my brakes.  Upon further inspection found that both front "S" cam brackets were broken and that an air hose had been rubbing on the drive shaft and was almost rubbed through.  Neither one of those are good.

They didn't have the parts so when they finished the generator I went back to the TA Truck Stop where my trailer was.  I checked in at the shop.  Had them order the parts so that tomorrow morning they can fix everything as well as routine maintenance on the truck too.  Parked for the night with my trailer.  Will be in the shop for repairs at 8 am tomorrow morning.  Supposed to snow (not much, only an inch or less) in the morning so I probably won't be able to move anyway.  

Sunday, March 23, 2014

Weekend TV really sucks without football !!!!!!