Friday, March 4, 2016

Drove the rest of the way to Ocala and delivered the wheel loader.  Since I didn't have another load lined up I drove home to Jacksonville.

Thursday, March 3, 2016

Left the rest area this morning at sunrise.  Just a few sprinkles of rain.  Just south of The Grand Ole Opry in Nashville it started to rain.  Fortunately traffic was not bad going through Nashville.  I stopped for fuel just south of Nashville and it was a combination of rain, sleet and snow.  Stayed that way on and off until Monteagle.  There it was snowing hard.  The road was a bit slushy.  Once I got over the mountain it changed back to rain.  Atlanta was a different story.  Rain, sleet, snow mix going around Atlanta.  Traffic was as I expected, miserable!  Somewhere around Macon the rain stopped.  I stopped for the night at a truck stop in Unadilla, Georgia. I'll deliver tomorrow.

This morning was at Caterpillar in Oswego, Illinois first thing and was first to load.  Loaded a Caterpillar 966M Wheel Loader that is going to Ocala, Florida.

Left there in pretty good time.  Drove down to the Tennessee Welcome Center on I-24 just south of the Kentucky state line.  Was hoping to deliver tomorrow, but that's not gonna happen.  Going to be in rain most of the day tomorrow.  That will make Nashville and Atlanta traffic miserable!!

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

This morning I went into Oakland City, Indiana and delivered the coil.  Here is how they unloaded it.

After that headed north for my next load.  Load in the morning in Oswego, Illinois.  Stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Morris, Illinois.

Monday, February 29, 2016 Leap Year!!

Still had to wait for my West Virginia permit.  When doing my pre-trip inspection this morning I found another air leak.  This was the culprit!

And here is the new one.

Even when the trailer was fixed I still had to wait.  Finally the permit arrived and off I went.

Here is one of the hundreds of coal mines in West Virginia.

Here is the Capitol of West Virginia in Charleston.

Stopped for the night at the west bound rest area in I-64 in Lanesville, Indiana.  Deliver in the morning.  Crane will be there at 10 am CST.

Sunday, February 28, 2016

Having a serious football withdrawal!!!!!

Look what is parked next to me.  I'm well protected.