Saturday, March 28, 2015

Right at midnight the truck next to me pulled out of the parking space and hit my truck.  Another driver that saw it chased him and so did I.  He came back.  Cops came.  Just great!!!  At least it is still drive-able. 

After very little sleep, I left at sunrise this morning, after straightening out my bumper.  Drove the rest of the way to Lubbock, TX.  I'll deliver a mile or two from the truck stop I am in Monday morning.

Friday, March 27, 2015

Started at sunrise this morning.  Nice day on the road.  Nothing exciting or interesting.  Drove to the TA truck stop in Prescott, Arkansas.  Did 634 miles today.

Thursday, March 26, 2015

This morning went in to Clayton, NC and loaded a Caterpillar 938K Wheel Loader that is going to Lubbock, Texas.  Of course it was raining.

When I stopped for lunch there were a couple NASCAR trucks there too.  Number 55, Brian Vickers and Number 15, Clint Bowyer.  They are on their way to Martinsville, VA for the next race.  Passed a few more on the road too.

Stopped for the night at the Petro truck stop in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

This afternoon I finally got a load for tomorrow.  Its way down in Clayton, North Carolina. So I drove down there.  Hit Washington DC right at the peek of rush hour.  Took over an hour to go 20 miles.  Of course it started to rain 10 miles before I stopped for the night.  Stopped at the Petro truck stop in Kenly, NC.  Parked in the back of the lot and walked, in the rain, to go have dinner.  Fortunately it had stopped when I came out to go back to the truck.

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Was offered several loads that didn't pay squat, so I rejected them.  Don't know how they expect us to earn a living on such ridiculously low rates.  I love this job, but I'm not gonna do it for free!!!  We will see what tomorrow brings.

Monday, March 23, 2015

Got started at sunrise this morning an drove to the Daily yard in Carlisle.  Had to have a few things fixed on the trailer.  Had a flat tire, a broken shock, and another light fixed.  After that was all fixed I continued on up to Hazleton to a huge coal mine and delivered the dump truck chassis.  Don't have another load yet so I went back to the Daily yard in Carlisle. I can plug in there.