Saturday, September 30, 1017

Left a half hour before sunrise this morning and drove the rest of the way into Galveston. Parked in a dirt lot down the road from the port.  Dropped the trailer there and went to Shipley's Do Nuts.  They are sooooo good when they are hot!!!   Then back to the trailer.  Settled in for the rest of the weekend for FOOTBALL!!!!!

Florida vs Vanderbilt

Today, 11:00 AM

Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, Florida

Vanderbilt Commodores (3-2)

 

24 - 38

Final

Florida Gators (3-1)

	1	2	3	4		Total
Vanderbilt	7	10	0	7		24
Florida	7	10	7	14		38

Friday, September 29, 2017

Left this morning to time the Little Rock curfew.  Got o LR just after the curfew ended.  Felt a lot better today and had a nice day on the road.  Drove to the Pilot truck stop in Huntsville, Texas for the night.

Thursday, September 28, 2017

Got started at sunrise and timed it perfectly to enter Missouri right at 9 am when the St. Louis curfew ended.  Had a bad headache this morning.  Fortunately, it went away by noon. Still didn't feel very well all day.  Other than that, no other problems on the road today.  Stopped a little early tonight at the TA truck stop in Earle, Arkansas since I would not make the Little Rock curfew and still not feeling well.  Hopefully I'll feel better tomorrow.

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Got off to a slow start this morning.  Stopped at the TA truck stop in Troy, IL and had a damaged mud flap replaced and had breakfast.  Then on up to the Caterpillar plant in East Peoria, IL and loaded a Caterpillar D9R Dozer that is going to the port in Galveston, Texas.

Left there and drove to the Pilot truck stop in Lincoln, Illinois for the night.

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Went to a large landfill that is across from the Gateway Motorsports Park.  That is one of the NASCAR tracks.  Took all morning to load a Caterpillar 836 Compactor.  These things can be very difficult to load.

Went a few blocks down the road to the Pilot truck stop and scaled.  Turns out that I was WAY too heavy.  I need at least two more axles to take this machine anywhere.  I went back to the land fill and explained the situation.  Also tried to call Daily.  When it rains, it pours!!  All the phone lines and internet were down at all the Daily terminals!!  Finally got hold of someone on his cell phone.  To make a very long story short, I ended up unloading the machine and leaving it there.  I went back to the Pilot truck stop for the night.  Have another load tomorrow up in East Peoria, IL.  I'm too exhausted to go anywhere today.

Monday, September 25, 2017

Went back to the Caterpillar dealer first thing this morning and took care of the delivery paperwork for the dump truck.  Then headed toward East St. Louis, Illinois for my next load.  Stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Troy, Illinois.