Friday, February 12, 2021

 Because My load was only overweight and not wide, long, or tall I could run at night in all states.  As soon as my 10 hours were up I left.  That was about 2:30 am.  Pushed it real hard to try to deliver today.  No problems with the weather or traffic.  Made it all the way to the Port of Baltimore in Dundalk, Maryland. 587 miles.  They were closed today.  UNIONS!!!!  It is amazing that anything gets done at that Port.  4 day weekend for President's Day.  Absolutely ridiculous!!!  So I turned around and went to the TA truck stop in Baltimore.  Will be here until Tuesday when they decide to go back to work.

Thursday, February 11, 2021

 Went over to John Deere in Davenport this morning and loaded a John Deere 772G Motor Grader that is going to the Port of Baltimore.

Left there in fairly good time.  Drove to the Flying J truck stop in Spiceland, Indiana for the night.

Wednesday, February 10, 2021

 As soon as my 10 hours were up I was back on the road.  Left the Flying J at about 1:45 am.  The weather held off all the way through Kentucky except for a little snow in the Louisville area.  I got real lucky!!!  I beat all that nasty weather.  Drove straight up to Elmhurst, Illinois and delivered the wheel loader. My next load is tomorrow in Davenport, Iowa.  I drove to the Iowa 80 truck stop in Walcott, Iowa for the night.  670 miles today!!   Not too shabby!!!!  My APU quit working!!  Looks like the alternator went out.  Great!!  Have to idle the truck until I can get it fixed.  It's always something.

Tuesday, February 9, 2021

 Went over to Clayton this morning.  Loaded a Caterpillar 938M Wheel Loader that is going to Elmhurst, Illinois.  

Got out of there in real good time.  Spent the rest of the day in the mountains of North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia.  Stopped for the night at the Flying J truck stop in Catlettsburg, Kentucky.  Going to sleep REAL early.  Good night.

This is what is in store for me tomorrow.  Goodie!!!!

Monday, February 8, 2021

 This morning went to the Port of Savannah and loaded a Caterpillar 326 Excavator.  It did not have the boom on it but had the counterweight on the back.  No weight on the front of it, all in the back. This made it extremely tipsy!!  It constantly wanted to roll over backward.  Getting it up on the trailer was fun too!!  Since half of the tracks were hanging off the side, it had to go up perfectly so that it didn't fall off the trailer.  Oh, did I mention that I had to do it backward?  Yup, had to back it up there.  As you can see, I made it.

Left there and drove up to West Columbia, South Carolina, and delivered it.  Much easier coming off the trailer.  Saw LOTS of NASCAR trucks heading to Daytona Beach for Speed Weeks.   Next load is tomorrow morning in Clayton, North Carolina.  Drove to the Petro truck stop in Kenly, NC for the night.

Sunday, February 8, 2021

 This morning drove up to the TA truck stop in Richmond Hill, GA.  Load in the morning at the Port of Savannah.