Saturday, August 8, 2015

Got started right at sunrise this morning. When we got to Texarkana, Texas our front escort dropped off.  Don't need one in Texas.  Would have been nice to have though. Texas routed us all over the place.  Stopped for the rest of the weekend at the TA truck stop in Sweetwater, Texas.  Still have a long way to go in Texas.  They routed us all over the place.  We don't even get on I-10 at all.  All back roads.  Oh well, we will deal with that Monday.  Now it's time to do chores and rest.

Friday, August 7, 2015

Left Glendale, Kentucky this morning and had another good day on the road.  Stopped at the Petro truck stop in West Memphis, Arkansas for lunch and get my CB fixed.  A wire broke in my mic so I couldn't talk to my escorts.  Not a good thing.  Also had the radio tuned up.  Now it is better than it was when it was new out of the box. From there we drove to the Petro truck stop in North Little Rock, Arkansas.  Had to stop because of the curfew in Little Rock .

Thursday, August 6, 2015

Left at 8 this morning.  Could not go through Charleston, WV before 9 am.  After we got through there had to stop at the TA truck stop in Hurricane, WV and wait for my Kentucky permit.  An hour and a half later it arrived and we were back on the road again.  Once in Kentucky the State took us way off the interstate almost back up to Ohio then back down to Lexington.  It took forever to get through there.  It was mostly a 2 lane road with a wide shoulder most of the way.  The last part was 2 lanes with no shoulder and a drop off on either side.  Also had low hanging trees on both sides of the road.  So I had to keep from falling off the side of the road, keep from hitting oncoming traffic AND keep from hitting the trees.  Made for a fun drive.  Just beat the Lexington curfew.  

Shortly after we got on the Blue Grass Parkway we came upon what looked like a head on crash with a fatality. Fortunately it was on the other side.  

Looks like the minivan next to the ambulance was hit head on by the car in the median.  The fatality was (obviously) in the car in the median.

Stopped for the night at the Petro truck stop in Glendale, Kentucky.

Wednesday, August 5, 2015

First thing this morning went over and loaded a Pritchard-Brown Exhaust SCR (basically it is a huge catalytic converter for a huge generator) that is going out to Irvine, California.  It is 15 feet wide.

Left there in real good time this morning.  My two escorts arrived just as I was finishing up.

Here is my front escort.  She will be with me until Texarkana, Texas.

And here is the guy bringing up the rear.  He will be with me all the way to delivery.

Left there and had a very good day on the road.  Stopped for the night at the truck stop in Jane Lew, West Virginia.

Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Delivered the genset first thing this morning.  My next load is tomorrow in Baltimore, MD.  Drove up there and much to my surprise did not have a bit of bumper to bumper traffic going around Washington DC or Baltimore.  Hope that is a good sign!!  Went to the Daily yard in Baltimore and dropped off my trailer and picked up a 53 foot stretch flat bed.  Then went to the TA truck stop in Baltimore, MD for the night.

Monday, August 3, 2015

Went the rest of the way into Newberry, SC and loaded a Caterpillar XQ375 Genset that is going up to Ashland, VA.

Drove to the TA truck stop in Ashland, VA for the night.