Friday, July 28, 2017

Could not enter Georgia until a half hour after sunrise this morning.  Timed it perfectly when I left Knoxville this morning.  had some bumper to bumper traffic in Atlanta.  Big surprise there!!  Then drove the rest of the way to Ocala and delivered the wheel loader.  Then up to the Petro truck stop in Orange Lake, FL for the night.  Heading home in the morning.

Thursday, July 27, 2017

Left a half hour before sunrise this morning.  Had a good day on the road even with off and on rain.  Got stopped in Tennessee just north of Knoxville.  He though I was in violation of the Knoxville curfew.  BUT I was not.  I showed him on my permit where I was legal.  He agreed.  Then he did a Level II inspection, which I passed with flying colors.  Stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Farragut, Tennessee.

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Got started a half hour before sunrise this morning and drove the rest of the way to Bellevue, Iowa and delivered the dump truck.  Then drove over to Montgomery, Illinois and loaded a Caterpillar 950M Wheel Loader that is going down to Ocala, Florida.

Left there and drove to the Petro truck stop in Monee, Illinois for the night.  Too much bumper to bumper rush hour traffic.  I'll get an early start in the morning when there isn't so much traffic.  

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Left long before sunrise this morning to beat the Lexington, KY curfew.  But then had to stop before getting to Louisville, KY because I still did not have a Indiana permit and did not beat the curfew there.  At about 9:30 my permit finally arrived and off I went.  Made it about five miles and blew an air line in the trailer.  Had to pull over and call road service.

And here is what it looks like fixed.

Well, that killed off a whole lot of the day.  I did manage to make it as far as the Daily yard in Morton, Illinois for the night.  Not anywhere near as far as I wanted to get today.  I'll still be able to deliver tomorrow but getting over to reload tomorrow will now be a real challenge. 

Monday, July 24, 2017

First thing this morning went over to Cayce, South Carolina and loaded, in the mud, a Volvo A40F Articulating Dump Truck that is going to Bellevue, Iowa.

Left there and drove up to the Pilot truck stop in Corbin, Kentucky for the night.