Friday, April 13, 2018

Left this morning a half hour after sunrise. Didn't have too much trouble in Atlanta.  Traffic was very heavy and some slow downs and a little bumper to bumper.  It is always interesting in heavy traffic when I am wider than the travel lane.  Made it to the Port of Savannah and delivered the dump truck.  Here is an edited video of me unloading it.

My next load is Monday morning in Pooler, Georgia.  I went to the TA truck stop in Richmond Hill, Georgia for the rest of the weekend.

Thursday, April 12, 2018

Left this morning a half hour before sunrise.  About 45 minutes before I got to Kentucky I got a call from my new escort.  The one scheduled had to go to the hospital in the middle of the night and wasn't coming today.  The good news was that the new one was on his way to meet me.  He arrived at the state line about 30 seconds before I did so I didn't have to stop and wait.  Great day on the road.  weather was perfect.  Only had a minor slow down in Nashville.  Once I got to the Georgia state line my escort dropped off and I continued on.  Stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Cartersville, GA.

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

This morning I drove the rest of the way in to Caterpillar in Decatur, Illinois.  Took forever for them to get around to loading me, but finally got loaded with a Caterpillar 772G Dump Truck that is going on an ocean cruise from the Port of Savannah, Georgia.  My gross weight is about 129,000 pounds (58,513 kg).

Left there and drove to the TA truck stop in Mt. Vernon, Illinois for the night.  Tomorrow I pick up my rear escort car at the Illinois / Kentucky state line.  He will be with me until I get to Georgia.

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Getting my reset out of the way so tomorrow I will load in Decatur.

Monday, April 9, 2018

Left this morning and drove up to Indianapolis, Indiana and delivered the Wheel Loader.  Don't have another load yet so I started off west on I-74.  Stopped for the night at the Pilot truck stop in Champaign , Illinois.  That is a good spot to wait.  Decatur, Peoria, and Montgomery are not too far from here. Chances are pretty good that I'll go to one of those.  If I was to place a bet, I'd bet on Decatur.  We will see.

Sunday, April 8, 2018

I wasn't planning on going anywhere today, but I changed my mind.  I  left this morning around 10 am.  Drove up to London, Kentucky to a truck stop there.  I had about a 110 mile detour in Kentucky and that's where it started.  While in the detour route I have to have an escort car.  We were planning on meeting tomorrow but he was available today, so I waited for him to get there.  When he arrived we left.  When we finished the detour he dropped off and I continued on to the Flying J truck stop in Waddy, Kentucky for the night.