Friday, March 20, 2020

Left at sunrise this morning.  Drove in the rain to Longview, Texas and delivered the excavator in thick messy mud!  Next load is in LaPort, Texas Monday morning.  I drove to the Daily terminal in Houston, dropped my trailer there and went over to the TA truck stop in Baytown.   When I showered I had to wash all the mud off my boots in the shower.  That mud was everywhere!!!!   Looks weird to see all the restaurants closed up everywhere.  Some of them are only open for carry out or delivery only.  I ordered Italian from Door Dash and they brought it to me.

Thursday, March 19, 2020

Left at 1 AM EDT.  Very good day on the road.  Traffic was not bad at all.  Drove 615 miles to a small truck stop in Hensley, Arkansas for the night.  Have to wait until sunrise tomorrow morning to get started again.

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Left at 2:30 AM EDT and drove the rest of the way to Kernersville.  Got there just before they opened.  Once they opened, loaded a John Deere 350 Excavator that is going to Longview, Texas.  

I did real good this morning.  Was out of there and on the road by 8:30.  I got a lot farther than I thought I would today, 485 miles.  But had to stop just before getting to Tennessee because my wonderful dispatcher didn't order it until 1:30 this afternoon.  That was an hour after I had stopped to wait for it.  I wanted to get into Tennessee before I ran out of hours, so I went anyway.  Stopped for the night at a "mom & pop" truck stop in Newport, Tennessee.  At 3:38 PM my Tennessee permit came in.  Good thing I didn't wait because I would have been out of hours when it got here. I could have made it to Knoxville.  Oh well.  At least it came in.  I'll be able to start again as soon as my 10 hours are up.  Can drive at night in Tennessee. I like that!!!

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Late yesterday afternoon I finally got a load!!!   Early this morning I drove to Valdosta, Georgia to a Caterpillar dealer.  Got there just before they opened.  When they opened, loaded a Caterpillar 725 Articulating Dump Truck that is going to another Caterpillar dealer in Austell, Georgia.  This is a small one.

Left there and drove up to Austell and delivered it.  Next load is tomorrow in Kernersville, North Carolina.  I started off that way.  Traffic around Atlanta was heavy, as usual, but didn't have any bumper to bumper.  That was nice!!!   Stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Commerce, Georgia.  Going to sleep early so I can get a very early start at about 3 AM.