Left this morning at sunrise. Nice day on the road except for an idiot that I almost creamed.
I had nowhere to go. There was a car camped out right next to my trailer on the left. The video does not show how hard I stomped on the breaks to keep him out from under my truck.
Stopped for the night at a truck stop in Foristell, Missouri. Tomorrow will be a short day. I can only drive in Missouri on Sunday so I'l have to stop before I get to Tennessee.
This morning went back to the Cummins shop. Parked in front of it on a dead end road was this super load. They were preparing to leave.
They left the Port of Houston, Texas on June 4th. and will deliver it in Canada. They say it has something to do with water purification. It is 21 feet tall and 18 feet, 6 inches wide and weighs half a million pounds. They had a push truck, six escorts, and six power company bucket trucks with them. I watched as they left. Here is some video I shot for you as they pulled out.
My generator was finished and I left there at 12:30 local time. I passed the super load on my way to Yuma, Colorado. They had stopped in a truck stop for the weekend. They were only able to go 80 miles today.
Got back to Yuma and loaded a Caterpillar Challenger MT865C Tractor that is going to Tallahassee, Florida. My gross weight is 106,000 pounds.
Left there and drove to the Petro truck stop in Colby, Kansas for the night. Sorry about the camera being down, Sprint SUCKS!!!!
Well everything he tests turns out fine. But when he runs it the damn thing still does the same thing. Still trying to figure out why. So here I sit for another day!!
I decided to go horseback riding something I haven't done in over 20 yrs. It turned out to be a big mistake! I got on the horse and started out slow but then we went a little faster and before I knew it we were going as fast as the horse could go. I couldn't take the pace and fell off but caught my foot in the stirrup with the horse dragging me. It wouldn't stop it just kept going around and around in a circle.
Thank goodness the store manager at Wal-Mart came out and unplugged the machine.
Thought you would like that. I copied it from the internet. OK, now back to reality.
I left Garden City, KS at about 3 am and drove up to Yuma, Colorado. Stopped along the way and had routine maintenance done on the truck. When I got to Yuma to load they said that the machine was not ready yet and it would be about 4 or 5 hours. I went back to the truck to take a nap. Started the generator and it happened again!
The generator started, ran for a few seconds and shut off. Same exact thing as before!! So, after a LOT of phone calls I ended up dropping my trailer there and going back to Garden City, Kansas to the Cummins shop. 500 miles (804.67 km) round trip!! They were the only ones anywhere close by that could see me today. Everyone else was booked up through next week. When I got to Garden City they took my generator totally out of the truck so I could have the truck to sleep in.
There was a campground right next door so I went there for the night so I could plug in.
Left this morning at sunrise. Drove the rest of the way to Garden City. Much to my surprise, I didn't have to wait all day to get empty!!! After that I went to the truck stop in Garden City, Kansas since I didn't have another load yet. I was done for the day before noon. I'll do my reset here and get that out of the way. Also gives them some time to find a load for me.
Got started at sunrise this morning. Great day on the road. No traffic issues today at all. The State routed me all over the place today in Texas. Dumb!! Kansas is doing the same thing! Anyway, stopped for the night at a small truck stop in Meade, Kansas. The home of the Dalton Gang Hideout.
