Saturday, August 1, 2020

Left a little after 6 this morning.  Drove back to the Daily yard in Jacksonville.  Be here for the weekend.  Deliver Monday morning.  They say that there is a hurricane coming.  It won't be much of anything.  It is a small one and will be out in the ocean when it goes by us.  We might get a little rain, but that's about all.

Friday, July 31, 2020

Was able to watch the rocket launch from the Kennedy Space Center the other day.  Could see it from Jacksonville.

Today Had another doctor's appointment.  After that drove bobtail up to the Pilot truck stop in Jackson, Georgia.  Met another driver there.  He had a load that he was unable to finish so I was getting his trailer to finish it.  Was a John Deere 544L Wheel Loader that is going to Jacksonville, Florida.

Stayed there for the night.

Wednesday, July 29, 2020

As soon as my 10 hours was up, I left.  Left a little before midnight.  Drove back to the Daily yard in Jacksonville.

Tuesday, July 28, 2020

I left the Daily yard at 2:30 this morning.  Drove straight through to Columbus, Mississippi and delivered the stuff.  Got there just before noon.  I was first one to arrive.  Unloaded in less than 15 minutes.  Then drove to the Love's truck stop just down the road a bit.  Was out of hours for the day.  As soon as my 10 hours is up, I'll head back to Jacksonville.  Phone is off.

Monday, July 27, 2020

This morning I went over to the Port of Jacksonville along with two other Daily trucks, to load what I initially thought was a crane.  Turned out to be a material handler.  The biggest part of the load was the machine itself with the first section of boom attached.  That weighed 140,000 pounds and was going on a 12 axle truck.  We got there before the cranes and before the gates were open to the area where we were to load.  The cranes arrived and a few minutes later they opened the gate for all of us to go in.  It takes a while for two cranes to get set up.  

While they were doing that we went over and looked at what we were getting ourselves into.

His machine was on a shipping skid parked next to a skid with the stuff we were getting.

Once the cranes were ready they brought the machine over to lift.

They lifted it and the skid was pulled out from under it.

Then the 12 axle truck backed under the machine.

Then set it down.  It fit.

After he got it secured enough to move, he pulled out of the way.  The bigger of the two cranes packed up and left.  Didn't need it for what was left.

Now it was our turn.  After lunch we positioned our trucks one on either side of the remaining crane.  We were each getting one of the tracks and a counterweight.  The track weighs 28,600 pounds and the counterweight weighs 11,354 pounds.

Once I got it all secured, I left.  When I went through the radiation detector that you drive through just before the security booth as you exit, I set off the radiation alarm. Had to wait for Customs and Border Patrol to come over and make sure I wasn't smuggling a bomb.  I explained that I had recently had radiation treatment and everything was fine.  

By now the usual Florida afternoon thunderstorm had arrived and I left in a pretty good downpour.  Drove back to the Daily yard in Jacksonville for the night.  I'll get an early start in the morning. Heading to Columbus, Mississippi.