Saturday, February 9, 2019

Left at sunrise this morning.  Nothing exciting today.  Stopped for the night at the Pilot truck stop in Lebanon, Tennessee.  Will get started at about 4 am tomorrow morning.

Friday, February 8, 2019

Left at sunrise this morning and drove the rest of the way to Raleigh, NC and delivered the excavator.  Next load was not that far away in Clayton, NC.  Went there and loaded a Caterpillar D5 Dozer that is going to Houston, Texas.  Easy load!!! 

Left there and drove to the TA truck stop in Whitsett, NC.  I was really tired, my back hurts, and I had some more laundry to do.  Finished the laundry, showered, and had dinner.  Time for bed.  Good night.

Thursday, February 7, 2019

Last night when I got to the truck stop I paid for 2 reserved parking places.  At midnight one of the staff was banging on my truck.  When I decided to find out what she wanted she was saying that I was parked in 2 spaces and her sheet says that I paid for one.  I was so pissed!!!!  She even tried arguing with me when I tried showing her the receipt!!  Finally she apologized.  Too late.  I was so pissed I couldn't go back to sleep.  At 4 am I left.  Had another good day on the road except for another jackass cop in the Knoxville scale.  What a jerk.  Drove to the TA truck stop in Mocksville, North Carolina.  Will deliver tomorrow and reload too.

Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Left a half hour before sunrise.  Overcast with rain on and off all day.  At least the temperatures were in the 70s.  Stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Denmark, Tennessee.  When I got there found that my rear beacon shorted out.  Looks like it got water in it.  Tried to fix it, in the rain, but wasn't able to.  Had to replace it.  By the time I was fiinished I was soaked to the skin. Changed clothes and went in for dinner.  It took over a half hour to get a cheese burger and fries.  It wasn't right and I sent it back.  Took another half hour to get the new one.  Wanted hot apple pie and ice cream for desert.  After waiting another fifteen minutes for it I decided that I wasn't going to wait any longer.  I had had enough!!  Paid for the crap that I ate and left.  Unbelievable!!!  I can drive at night in Tennessee so I'll leave here at 4 am tomorrow.

Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Left early this morning and was in Victoria at Caterpillar waiting for them to open.  When they opened I went in and loaded a Caterpillar 349F Excavator that is going up to Raleigh, North Carolina.  First time I scaled It was a tad too heavy on the trailer axles.  Had to move it back about 6 inches to get it right.  Scaled again and it was perfect.  When I finished securing it to the trailer had to wait a while because it was very foggy.  The State donesn't allow permit loads to move in heavy fog.  You can see from the photos below how foggy it was.

Once the fog lifted a bit more I left.  Had a good day on the road.  Stopped for the night at a Valero convenience store with truck parking in Tyler, Texas at I-20.

Monday, February 4, 2019

Delivered the Compactor as soon as they opened this mornning.  Then Headed toward Houston.  Part way there got diverted to Victoria for a load.  But hey wanted another trailer inspection first.  So I went to the TA truck stop in Ganado.  When I got there they said they wouldn't have anyone available to do the inspection until Thursday.  Then went to the Kenworth dealer in Victoria. They had someone and they did the inspection.  With that done, I drove back to the TA in Ganado for the night.

Sunday, February 3, 2019

Got up early this morning, dropped the trailer and went for some fresh donuts.  Then over to the Laundromat and washed clothes.  After lunch I went over to Walmart and picked up my medication prescriptions.  Now I'm good to go for another month.  Now I'm settled in for the rest of the day.