Friday, September 5, 2014

Left this morning just before sunrise and drove up to the TA truck stop in Morris, Illinois.  Found out this afternoon that the crane to unload me won't be there until Tuesday.  I have a long weekend.

Thursday, September 4, 2014

Left Denton very early this morning and drove up to the Daily yard in Oklahoma City, dropped off the step deck trailer and got my trailer back.  It is so good to have it back!!!  I really missed it.  From there I went up to Hennessey, Oklahoma and loaded a "Control Building" and a valve.  There were supposed to be two valves going but when they were loading it they dropped it off the side of the trailer.  Did major damage to it.  Needless to say, it didn't go with me.  A very expensive mistake on their part.  I have no idea what the control building is for, all I know is that little building is worth $200,000 and it is going to Chicago.

Left there and zig-zaged my way through Oklahoma, but didn't make it out before I ran out of hours.  Stopped for the night at a small truck stop in Wyandotte, OK.

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Left McCalla, AL at 2:30 am local time and drove straight to Ferris, Texas and delivered.  Then went to the TA truck stop in Denton, TX for the rest of the day and night because I ran out of hours.

Somewhere along I-20 in Louisiana I passed a semi truck that burned.  Nothing left but the trailer.

I used Photoshop to zoom in so you could see it better.

Passed another wreck earlier today where a car slammed into the back of a semi.  Chatter over the radio said there was a fatality.  From the looks of both vehicles, I believe it.  Couldn't get any photos of that wreck.  The whole front of the car was smashed in.  The engine was where people usually are.

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Went into McDonough to load first thing this morning.  Was only able to load the blade.  Had to wait for the other truck to get there.  After they load the machine, a Caterpillar 836 Compactor, they remove the wheels and put them on my truck.  He finally arrived at about 11:45.  Then everyone went to lunch!!  This machine is going to a Waste Management land fill just outside Dallas in Ferris, Texas.

This is what the other truck looked like loaded and ready to go.

Finally got everything loaded and secured. It took forever!!

Because it took so long to get out of there I hit rush hour in Atlanta.  Drove for a little while and stopped for the night at the Petro truck stop in McCalla, Alabama

Monday, September 1, 2014

Had an excellent vacation.  But all good things must come to an end.  My next load is tomorrow morning up in McDonough, Georgia.  I drove up to the TA truck stop in Jackson, GA for the night.