Friday, January 15, 2021

 I was up at 2 and on the road by 3 am this morning.  Arrived in Austin to deliver the thing at 7 am.  Didn't have another load yet, and my dispatcher didn't answer my email, so I headed toward Houston.  After about an hour and a half later he sent me my next load information.  I load Monday in Baytown, Texas.  At least I was heading in the right direction.  I was due for an inspection so I went to the TA truck stop in Baytown and got that done.  After that, I went to the Daily yard in Houston for the rest of the weekend.

Thursday, January 14, 2021

 This morning I went over to load.  It was about 20 miles from The Big Texan.  Loaded on Pantax property.  There are these signs everywhere.  Pantex is a place where nuclear weapons are assembled and disassembled.  NO photographs and they are very serious about it. 

Loaded a Trex Vibrating Machine that is going to Austin, Texas.  It is the only one in the USA.  There are only three others in the world and they are in Russia. I have no idea what they use it for.  I didn't ask any questions.

Had to take my photos at the Pilot where I scaled.  Left there and drove to the Flying J truck stop in Tye, Texas.  That is just outside of Abilene.  Dyess Air Force Base is in Abilene.  They were flying B-1B Bombers.  They went right over our heads at the truck stop.  They were so loud that car alarms were going off in the parking lots and my truck shook every time they went over.  Really cool thing to see.

Internet Photo

Since I am only overweight I can drive at night.  I'll be leaving here very early in the morning.

Wednesday, January 13, 2021

 Left a half-hour before sunrise this morning and drove the rest of the way to Grand Prairie, TX, and delivered the dozer.  My next load is up in Panhandle, Texas.  That is just east of Amarillo.  You know what that means??!!!!   I drove straight to the Big Texan in Amarillo for dinner and to spend the night.

I had a 24 oz. porterhouse steak that was excellent!!!  Ate it all!!

One of my favorite places to eat.

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

 Left real early this morning and drove to Park City, Kansas. Got there a little before they opened.  That gave me time to get set up.  When they got there they loaded a Caterpillar D6T dozer that is going to Grand Praire, Texas (Dallas suburb).  Got it all ready to go but had to wait until 9 am until the Wichita curfew was over. 

Left there and headed south.  Met my Oklahoma Pilot Escort Car at the Kansas/Oklahoma line.  He fell in behind me as we continued on.  Stopped and scaled along the way.  I was a bit too heavy on my drive axles so I had to move the machine back some to get it right.  Finished that and continued on.  At the Oklahoma/Texas state line my escort car dropped off and I continued on solo.  Stopped for the night at a very small truck stop, more like a convenience store with a few truck parking places, in Valley View, Texas.

Congratulations Alabama !!!!!!!!

 

Monday, January 11, 2021

We got about 3 inches of snow yesterday.   Today at about noon eastern time, 11 central, I got my next load.  It is up in Park City, Kansas.  I started off that way.  The brilliance of the office scheduled my Oklahoma escort car for today.  He called me shortly after I entered Oklahoma from Texas and said he was at the Oklahoma/Kansas line waiting for me.  I hated to tell him that I wouldn't be there until tomorrow.  He understood.  I stopped for the night at a truck stop in Tonkawa, Oklahoma.  I'm about an hour away.  I'll be there when they open in the morning.