Saturday, August 1, 2015

My next load is Monday morning in Newberry, SC. This morning I drove over to the Wilco Hess truck stop in Prosperity, SC.  Stopped at Wal-Mart on the way to pick up a few things.

Friday, July 31, 2015

Left at sunrise this morning.  Drove 542 miles through the ups and downs in the mountains of Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina.  Delivered the dozer in Batesburg, SC.  Then to a small truck stop in Gilbert, SC for dinner and sleep.

Thursday, July 30, 2015

Checked out of the hotel again and went back over to Cummins in St. Louis, Missouri this morning.  The part arrived!!!!  He installed it in 15 minutes.  Took longer to do the paperwork.  The generator works great!  Then went back to the TA truck stop, picked up my trailer and hit the road.  Stopped for the night at the Pilot truck stop in Oak Grove, Kentucky.  I'm about an hour from Nashville.  

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Checked out of the hotel and went over to Saint Louis, Missouri to the Cummins-Onan shop.  Was there at 6 am local time. When they opened they took my truck in right away.  A short time later he had found the problem.  The stater was bad.  He had one in stock.  Said it wouldn't take too long to fix.  Great!!!

BUT this is me we are talking about.  Nothing ever goes that smooth.  A short time later he came back and said that the part he had in stock was defective and did not work.  He did not have another one.  The closest one was in Memphis and that he could have it sent overnight.  I told him to do it.  He put my truck back together and I went back to the hotel and checked back in.

Overnight shipments don't arrive at the shop until about 10:30 or 11 in the morning so I'll be there when it arrives.  

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Left Council Bluffs, Iowa at midnight local time and drove to Morton, Illinois and loaded a Caterpillar D7R Dozer that is going to a military base in Batesburg, South Carolina.  I'm about 111,000 pounds (50348 Kg).

Left Morton and drove to the TA truck stop in Troy, Illinois for the night.  Drove a total of 586 miles (943 Km)  today Went inside to eat and shower while the inside of the truck cooled down.  When I came back to the truck after showering found that the generator had stopped working. Usually the fuel filter needs changing when that happens so I changed the fuel filter.  Damn thing would not start no matter what I did to it. Just great!!!  Now I need another shower. SO to make a long story short, I'm at the Red Roof Inn across the interstate from the truck stop.  I left my trailer at the TA.  Can you see it??

No?  Well let me zoom in a little bit for you.

Of course when I went up to the top floor of the hotel and tried to get in my room, the key didn't work.  Par for the course!!  Got that fixed and got in and settled in for the night.  It is a nice room for the price!   I have an appointment at the Cummins-Onan shop in St. Louis, MO first thing in the morning. I ordered a pizza.  After I eat and take another shower I'm going to bed.  I am really pooped!!  Tomorrow I get to spend a lot more money!!!

Monday, July 27, 2015

Went back over to Omaha to the job site this morning.  Picked up my trailer and then got unloaded.  Was back at the truck stop and in bed again waiting to find out what my next load will be before 7 am.

Late this afternoon I got my next load.  It is tomorrow back in Morton, Illinois.  I'll leave early tomorrow morning.