Friday, June 21, 2019

I got a nice rest today.  My South Carolina permit didn't come in until a little after 4:30 this afternoon. Obviously, too late to go anywhere today.  I'll start a half hour after sunrise tomorrow morning.

Thursday, June 20, 2019

Left at 2:30 this morning and drove to a landfill in Mauk, Georgia.  Got there at about 7:30.  Loaded a Volvo A40 Articulating Dump Truck that is going to Blairsville, Pennsylvania.  

Left there and headed toward Pennsylvania.  Unbelievably I had no traffic issues going around Atlanta.  Had to stop a little early today.  My South Carolina permit, which was ordered two days ago, still had not come in.  I'll be at the Petro truck stop in Carnesville, Georgia until it gets here.

Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Left a half hour before sunrise this morning.  Drove to Ocala.  Heavy, heavy rain along the way.  Fortunately it wasn't raining when I unloaded.  Next load is up in Georgia.  Stopped for the night at the Petro truck stop in Orange Lake, Florida.  Well get a very early start in the morning.

Tuesday, June 18, 2019

Left a half hour before sunrise this morning. Had absolutely no traffic issues going through Lake Charles or Baton Rouge.  Thats amazing for Baton Rouge!!!  Traffic is most always a mess in Baton Rouge.  Unfortunately I had to stop early.  My Florida permit was wrong.  I told them about it in an email that I sent last night and they received this morning when they came to work.  The correct permit still is not here.  So I stopped at a truck stop in Robertsdale, Alabama and will wait here until it gets here.

Monday, June 17, 2019

We left at sunrise this morning.  Arrived at the place in Portland, TX in good time.  They are building a huge new natural gas processing plant there.  It is just getting started.  Still assembling all the equipment and supplies to begin construction.  Like all the major construction sites they are stupid with "safety" rules.  Had to be escorted in and then back out again.  I waited for over an hour for them to come get me.  Finally got back in there and unloaded the machine.  Then waited for another hour to be escorted back out.  Left there and drove back up to Victoria, TX and loaded a Caterpillar 336 excavator that is going to Ocala, Florida.

Left there and drive to the Petro truck stop in Beaumont, Texas for the night.

Sunday, June 16, 2019

We left a half hour before sunrise this morning.  Great time to go through Houston!!  Hardly any traffic at all early on a Sunday morning!!  Stopped at a truck stop in Refugio, Texas.  Was done at noon today.  Deliver tomorrow morning.