Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Drove home from Ocala this morning.  Will be home for the holidays.  While I'm home going to have some more work done to the truck.  The fan shroud that I replaced last month is cracking again in the same place.  Fixing that.  Getting the generator serviced.  New power steering pump, hoses and steering "U" joints.  New front shocks.  I think that's it for now.  Going back to work in January.

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Got on the road early this morning and drove straight to Ocala and delivered.  I forgot to post the pictures of this load yesterday, so here they are today. A counterweight and a bucket for a Caterpillar 349F Excavator.

Anyway, I delivered a day ahead of schedule.  I then went to the Petro and had routine maintenance done on the truck. Then down to the Pilot truck stop in Ocala for the night.  Having dinner with friends tonight.

Monday, December 15, 2014

Went over first thing this morning to get loaded.  First one there, fourth one loaded!! Finally got out of there and on the road. The crazies were out again on the roads.  Was cut off at least 6 times today.  At the I-12 and I-55 junction there was a semi truck crash that had the whole interstate shut down.  Traffic was rerouted off the interstate onto back roads.  What a mess. Took forever to get through that!!  Stopped for the night at the Oasis truck stop in Robertsdale, Alabama.  When I got there I went to go have dinner.  The place was closed!!!  Normally it is open 24 hours a day.  Tonight, they closed for their employee Christmas party.  There was a  lot of hungry, pissed off truck drivers, that needed fuel.  Very stupid inconsiderate thing to do.

Sunday, December 14, 2014

Moved to a smaller truck stop about a mile down the road.  The "lot lizards" were very annoying there.  I HATE that!!   I'll never go back to that truck stop again.  Hope this one is better.