Saturday, August 29, 2020

 Left about 1:30 am and drove back to Jacksonville.  Settling in for the rest of the weekend.

Friday, August 28, 2020

 Got a nice little local run today.  Loaded a Caterpillar 299D Skid Steer going from Jacksonville, FL to Youngstown, Florida.  

It has been a very long time since I had driven one of these.  Forgot how much fun they are.  I delivered the machine a little after lunch.  Decided not to go back today.  Didn't want to get to Jacksonville at rush hour.  I stopped at the TA truck stop in Marianna, Florida.  When my 10 hours are up I'll head back.  Not as much traffic to deal with then.

Wednesday, August 26, 2020

 A couple of Daily trucks are returning this train back to Walt Disney World.  They stopped in the Jacksonville terminal for the night.  When transporting stuff like this for Disney, they require that they park in secure facilities for the night. Notice that there are no identifying markings on them.  That is not by accident.  Disney is very strict about that stuff.

Tuesday, August 25, 2020

 As soon as my 10 hours was up I left.  Drove straight home to the Daily yard in Jacksonville, Florida.  Will be here for a little while.  My treatments start this week.  Will be every day for about two months.

Monday, August 24, 2020

 Sorry I didn't update over the weekend but things were in a bit of a turmoil.  So here are the updates.

I slept most of the rest of the day Friday.  I woke up at midnight, Saturday morning, and my headache was gone!!  I got started finishing swapping all my crap over to the blue truck.  When I finished I took the silver truck to the truck wash and got it cleaned up.  When I got back to the Daily yard I drove around the parking lot looking for my trailer.  It wasn't there.  I peered in the bay windows of the shop and low and behold, there it was.  So I was stuck there for the weekend.  Since all I did was pile everything into the truck, I couldn't even see my bed.  I went and got a hotel for the weekend.  

Monday morning came and I checked out and went back to the Daily yard.  The shop said that they had a lot of work to do on the trailer and it might be ready late in the afternoon.  I settled in for the long wait.  While waiting I managed to dig my way down to my bed.  Got enough stuff out of the way so that I can use it.  I won't be able to get it totally straightened out until I get home and can take some of the stuff out.  It's amazing how much stuff accumulates in 3 or 4 years.

At 3 pm they pulled out my trailer.  It was done.  They had changed all the brakes, replaced several wheel seals, several "S" cams, and several tires.  They re-welded a couple cracks.  They also did a 90 day inspection, and general servicing to the trailer which includes greasing the chassis.  

I hooked up to it and prepared to go.  I pulled out of there at 3:30.  I wanted to avoid Washington DC because I would get there right at rush hour.  I went the back way down I-81.  Was going to go through Charlotte but remembered that the Republican Convention was going on there so going through was probably not a good idea.  I went the back way to Richmond to I-95.  That was a good idea.  Had no traffic issues at all.  Stopped for the night at the Petro truck stop in Kenly, North Carolina.  470 miles today.  Will get home tomorrow.