Saturday, October 31, 2020

 I left Knoxville a little after midnight.  I got to Illinois a little too soon so I stopped and took a nap until I could go again.  Had to wait until a half-hour before sunrise before I could enter Illinois.  Then I continued on to St. Louis, Missouri to the International Airport.  Delivered the wheel loader there.  It is a new addition to their snow removal fleet.  From there I drove over to the TA truck stop in Troy, Illinois.  Will be here for the rest of the weekend.  Drove 548 miles today.  Will find out Monday where my next adventure starts.

Friday, October 30, 2020

 Went to sleep real early last night.  Woke up at midnight.  Was on the road at 3 am.  Drove to Newberry, South Carolina and loaded a Komatsu WA380 Wheel Loader that is going to Saint Louis, Missouri.  

Got out of there in good time.  Drove to the Petro truck stop in Knoxville, Tennessee for the night.  My truck was due for it's 90 day inspection so I had it done as soon as I got there. Now I'm going to sleep.  I'm tired.  As soon as my 10 hours are up, I'll be back on the road again.  Good night.

Thursday, October 29, 2020

 Left real early this morning and drove to Ring Power in Ocala to load the wondering motorgrader.  As it turns out, this machine is owned by Caterpillar Corporation.  It is decked out with a bunch of fancy stuff.  They send it to different dealers around the country to try out.  I got to drive it around quite a bit this morning after jump starting it.  Then I put it up on the trailer.

Left there at about 8:30 am.  Made really good time in there.  Drove up to the Caterpillar dealer in Macon, Georgia and delivered the machine.  Next load is tomorrow morning in Newberry, South Carolina.  I went over to the Love's truck stop, just down the road from where I delivered, for a much needed shower and sleep.  I'll leave real early tomorrow morning.

Wednesday, October 28, 2020

 They finally found the motorgrader.  It is over in Ocala.  I'll go over there in the morning to pick it up.

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

 This afternoon went over to Ring Power Caterpillar in Saint Augustine to load a Caterpillar 120M Motorgrader (road grader).  They couldn't find it.  I rode in an ATV with the guy all around the property looking for it.  Couldn't find it anywhere.  He dropped me off back at my truck while he went back to his office to try to locate it.  I called our office to have them try from our end too.  After a while, I ended up going back to our yard in Jacksonville because they had no firm idea where it was.  Maybe I'll try again tomorrow if they can find out where it is.

Monday, October 26, 2020

 Left Fort Pierce this morning a half-hour before sunrise and drove down to Miami and delivered the excavator.  Several areas of bumper to bumper traffic on the way.  Wasn't too bad for Miami.  Where I delivered was on the west side of the Miami International Airport.  When that was done I drove back to Jacksonville.

Sunday, October 25, 2020

 Yesterday I drove to the Flying J truck stop in St. Augustine, FL for the night.  Nothing even remotely interesting happened.

Today I left a half-hour before sunrise and drove to the Flying J truck stop in Fort Peirce, FL.  Not the greatest place to spend the night, but pickin's are slim down here.