Saturday, April 29, 2017

It started raining during the night.  Several thunderstorms.  It was still raining when I left this morning.  Went through a few pretty good thunderstorms.  Southwestern Missouri and eastern Oklahoma have a lot of flooding!!  Saw some minor damage from one of the storms I drove through.  Some trees blown over, limbs down, power out in one place.  Stuff like that.  Stopped for the rest of the weekend at the Choctaw casino in Durant, Oklahoma.  Still raining.  Thunderstorm here too.  I don't have a Texas permit yet so I may be here a while Monday morning.

Friday, April 28, 2017

Went over to the Caterpillar plant bright and early this morning to load.  My dozer was not ready yet.  After about two hours it was finally ready and loaded on my trailer.  Caterpillar D6T Dozer that is going to San Antonio, Texas.  

Then had a trailer issue to be fixed.  Fixed that.  When I was ready to go I went back inside to Shipping to get my paperwork.  Their computer took a dump.  They had a guy on the phone trying to fix it.  Wasted another hour waiting for that.  Finally got out of there and on the road.  Had to stop early because I could not beat the St. Louis curfew.  Would have if it wasn't for all the needless delays. Stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Troy, Illinois.

Thursday, April 27, 2017

Left at sunrise this morning in the rain.  Drove up to Madison, Wisconsin and delivered the excavator.  Still raining.  Then drove over to Milwaukee.  On the way had rain / snow mix, then snow, then back to rain.  At the Daily yard in Milwaukee I swapped back into my normal trailer.  It's good to have it back!!!  Next load is tomorrow in East Peoria, Illinois.  I drove down to the Daily yard in Morton, IL for the night.

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Left at sunrise this morning.  Very good day on the road.  Made it up to the Petro truck stop in Rochelle, Illinois for the night.  Will deliver tomorrow morning.

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Well, it happened again.  Last night my APU quit working.  

Left a half hour before sunrise this morning.  Had a good day on the road.  BUT had to stop early because of a flat tire on the trailer.  SO, I stopped at the TA truck stop in Denmark, Tennessee for the night and to get the tire replaced.

Monday, April 24, 2017

Left real early this morning and drove the rest of the way to Victoria, TX and loaded a Caterpillar 336F Excavator that is going o Madison, Wisconsin. My gross weight is 127,000 pounds (57,606 kg).

Left there and drove up to Marshall, Texas to a very crappy truck stop.  Had to stop there, ran out of hours.  Hopefully I won't ever stop here again!!