Saturday, August 6, 2016

Left this morning at sunrise.  Was very happy to get out of Louisiana!  In Texas the kooks were out today.  Here is one of them...

And not five minutes later this idiot squeezes between me and the "Jersey wall".  Stupidity like that is the reason I straddle the dotted line and block both lanes when I have a wide load.

Stopped for the night at a small truck stop in Victoria, Texas.

Friday, August 5, 2016

This morning when I woke up the parking lot had filled up.  There were trucks all over.  Then I saw a bunch of trucks go in to load hubs.  There I sat, again.  So I walked back over there to inquire.  The same damn thing happened again!!!!!  I got lost in the system for the second day in a row!!!  After all the other trucks got loaded, I was finally called in with the next batch of trucks.  I was still last in line, they made sure of that.  Eventually the fork lift came over and moved the hub forward about a foot.

I secured it again to the trailer and left.  Went back to the scale at the Oasis in Robertsdale, Alabama.  Well, I guessed it wrong again.  I was still 800 pounds overweight.  So, I spent another hour and a half flipping the neck on my trailer.  I knew what a pain in the butt that was so I was holding off doing that unless I had to.  Well, I had to. It looks like an easy thing to do, and in all honesty, it should be, but it isn't.  Not without the right tools.  It wouldn't be too bad if the pins lined up, but they don't.  To make a VERY long story short,  I finally got it flipped.  Scaled up again.  This time it was fine.

By now the 98 degree heat, humidity, and bright sun (no shade) had taken its toll.  I was exhausted.  I stopped at the TA truck stop in Grand Bay, Alabama to shower and re-energize.  That helped some.  After that I drove to the Petro truck stop in Hammond, Louisiana for the night.  I am really whipped tonight!!  I wonder what will go wrong tomorrow.

Thursday, August 4, 2016

I have been here for a day and a half.  All the trucks that arrived here this morning to load hubs were called in  to load at about 11:15 local time.  I was not. Once again, I got lost in the system.  So I sat there and waited until they figured out what happened.  

Well, I finally made it in to load.  Was last in line.  After everyone else was loaded I got loaded with a GE Wind Energy Hub that is going to Oilton, Texas.  That is just outside of Laredo.  

Left there and drove to the Oasis Travel Center in Robertsdale, Alabama to scale up.  That was the closest scale.  And then it happened...

I was overweight on my trailer axles by over 2000 pounds!!  This hub is apparently heavier that the last few I have had.  It was put down on the trailer in the exact same place as all the others, and they were fine.  So I turned around and drove back to GE in Pensacola to get it moved forward a little bit.  Of course, because of all the delays earlier in the day, it was after hours and now and I had to wait until tomorrow to get it moved.

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

This morning I drove down to Pensacola, Florida to the GE Wind Energy plant and checked in.  Not supposed to load until the 4th but hopefully they will load me tomorrow.  Keep your fingers crossed.

This afternoon I got the notice I knew was coming.  Sprint is canceling there unlimited data plans.  I will have it until the end of the month.  That means the "Live Streaming Video" will come to an end unless I can find another carrier that has an unlimited data plan that is cost effective.  I'm looking into it and will let you know if I find one.  Otherwise, enjoy it while it is still there.