Saturday, January 10, 2015

Fortunately it had stopped raining.   This morning I went over to Shipley's for some delicious donuts and then back to the TA.

After I ate them I replaced the broken air cylinder on the 5th wheel.  Messy job, lots of grease.  

The weather is supposed to be crummy all weekend.  Rain is supposed to come back again and continue thru Sunday.  Cold too.  Glad I'm inside the truck for it.  Good sleeping weather.

Friday, January 9, 2015

Started raining overnight and it was still raining when I left this morning.  Drove in to the Port of Houston and delivered the road grader.  Those things are really fun to drive !!!

After that went over to the Daily terminal in Houston to get my trailer back.  When I went to hook up to it I broke the air cylinder on the 5th wheel again!!  I was not a happy camper!!!  (and that's putting it mildly)  

So, after moving all my stuff from the old trailer to my trailer in the rain and mud, I went in search of the part. I left my trailer at the Daily yard.  Finally found the part in Houston.  After that went to the TA truck stop in Baytown, Texas for a shower, dinner, and sleep.  I'll replace the broken part tomorrow when the weather is better.

Thursday, January 8, 2015

Left early this morning and drove the rest of the way in to North Little Rock, Arkansas.  Loaded a Caterpillar 14M Road Grader that is going down to Houston, Texas.  From there it is going on a boat to the United Arab Emirates.  There are 18 of these going over there.

Left there and drove down to a small truck stop in Livingston, Texas for the night. Can sleep in tomorrow.  Can't go into Houston until after 9 am.

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Got on the road very early this morning.  Drove in to Oklahoma City and delivered the wheel loader.  After that went over to the Daily terminal in OKC and got rid of the step deck trailer.  Got a trailer like my normal trailer.  Then started back toward Little Rock for my next load.  Ran out of hours for today and stopped at the Pilot truck stop in Russellville, Arkansas for the night.

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Gorgeous day on the road.  Blue sky, light traffic.  Drove 591 miles today.  Stopped for the night at a truck stop in Bald Knob, Arkansas.  Yes, that really is the name of the town.

Monday, January 5, 2015

After having a GREAT holiday season it is time to go back to work.  Went up to the Port in Brunswick, Georgia and loaded a Volvo L120H Wheel Loader that is going up to Oklahoma City, OK.

Left there and drove to a small truck stop in Jeffersonville, GA when I ran out of daylight.