Saturday, January 31, 2015

Started off this morning by getting on the scale.  Good thing I did.  I was overweight on my trailer axles by 1,560 pounds.

 So I unchained it, moved the machine back about a foot or so, and chained it back down again.  Then went back on the scale.  Much better this time.

Then took a nice leisurely drive over to the Goasis truck stop in New Lisbon, Indiana.  I'll be here until I get an Ohio permit.  The weather is supposed to get bad here later on today.  They say we will get between 6 and 12 inches of snow before tomorrow evening.  Keep checking my web cam to see how much we are getting. I'll post some pictures tomorrow too.

Friday, January 30, 2015

This morning they wanted us to go in to unload one at a time.  SO, it took forever to get unloaded.  But I finally did get empty and reloaded right away with a John Deere 644 Wheel Loader that is going over to the Daily terminal in Bettendorf, Iowa.  

18 miles later I delivered the wheel loader.  Then went down to East Peoria, Illinois and loaded an albino Caterpillar D7 Dozer that is going to the Port of Baltimore in Maryland.  

Got that loaded but none of my permits had come in yet so I went down the road to the Daily terminal in Morton, Illinois to wait for them.  Illinois and Indiana came in.  I left and drove to the TA truck stop in Bloomington, Illinois for the night.  Tomorrow will be a short day.  Since I don't have an Ohio permit yet I can't go into Ohio.

Thursday, January 29, 2015

Left this morning at sunrise.  Drove all day stopping only once for fuel.  Stopped for the night at the John Deere plant in Davenport, Iowa where I am delivering in the morning.

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

First thing this morning loaded a Hitachi G250 Excavator that is going to the John Deere plant in Davenport, Iowa.

Left there and had a very good day on the road.  Weather was great!!  Stopped for the night at the Pilot truck stop in Lebanon, Tennessee.  That is just east of Nashville.  

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Finally got a load!!  But it is way down in Kernersville, North Carolina.  So I drove down there to the John Deere plant.  Will load in the morning.

Monday, January 26, 2015

As of this morning we didn't get the amount of snow they said we would.  We got maybe 2 inches.  Went over to Kenworth this morning and had my breaks checked and adjusted.  All were good.   Then went back to the "home office" to wait.  Still don't have a load yet.  That may not be a bad thing.  Supposed to get more snow tonight.  If I'm going to be stuck anywhere, I'd rather be stuck here.  I can plug in so I don't have to run the generator, and there is a great Italian restaurant across the street.

Sunday, January 25, 2015

Holy crap!!!!   I'm having a serious football withdrawal !!!!!!!!

More snow on the way.  Supposed to start late this afternoon lasting through to tomorrow morning.  4 to 8 inches predicted.  Then more Tuesday.  No load for me yet.  Having my breaks checked Tomorrow morning at the Kenwoth.