Saturday, December 12, 2014

My next load is an easy one.  Loads Monday morning down in Victoria, Texas.  This morning I drove down there to a truck stop for the rest of the weekend.  Was in heavy fog almost all the way down.

Not having football on Saturdays really sucks!!!!

Friday, December 12, 2014

Left real early this morning again and drove all the way to San Antonio, TX and delivered the crane.  After that went to the Petro truck stop for the rest of the day.  After eating and showering my generator wouldn't stay running.  I high tailed it over to Cummins, bought a new fuel filter and installed it.  Now it is working fine again.  Whew!!  Always on a Friday afternoon!!

Thursday, December 11, 2014

Left at 3:30 this morning.  Since I am only overweight and not over dimensional, I can drive at night.  When I stopped for fuel I had to move the crane back towards the rear of the trailer again so I would be legal in Arkansas.  After I did that I scaled again and it was perfect.  Continued on to the TA truck stop in Prescott, Arkansas.

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Left this morning at sunrise.  All through Virginia I was in and out of snow.  Nothing special, just a dusting, at most.  Once I got into Tennessee had to figure out how to get around the first weigh station on I-81.  I am totally overweight for Tennessee.  No place else, just Tennessee.  Finally figured it out and did it.  Stopped for the night at the TA truck stop west of Knoxville, TN.  By the way, I thought I was going to Midland, TX.  I'm not.  I'm going to San Antonio, TX.

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Everything was covered in about 1/4 inch of ice this morning.  Went a couple miles down the road to Shady Grove, PA and loaded a Grove RT540 Crane that is going down to San Antonio, Texas.

After that went back to the truck stop to scale and wait for some permits.  My weights were out of whack and I was three feet too long.  So I had to finagle the thing around a bit to get it right. I'm 113,000 pounds.   Finally my Virginia permit arrived and I left.  Didn't get very far because I ran out of daylight. Stopped for the night at at truck stop in Harrisonburg, Virginia.  Went back to the truck after eating dinner and found the generator had stopped.  Just Great!!  Spent an hour fixing that.  So far it's still running fine. Hope it stays that way.  While I was fixing the generator, I watched a truck back into another truck!!  Never a dull moment.

Monday, December 8, 2014

Thought I had a load up in Pennsylvania just outside Philadelphia.  Went that way. Then found out that the deal fell through.  Then got a load in Shady Grove, PA that loads tomorrow morning.  So I drove over there and stopped at the TA truck stop in Greencastle, PA for the night.  The weather is supposed to deteriorate tonight and tomorrow so I may get loaded but might not be able to go anywhere.  We shall see.