Saturday, March 13, 2021

 Left a half-hour before sunrise this morning.  Went past a bad wreck in Lufkin, TX.  A semi that was pulling doubles had crashed and burned.  It was quite a mess.  Fortunately, it was on the northbound side and I was going south.  Continued on down into Houston where they were doing road repairs and had traffic backed up pretty bad.  They had 6 lanes merge into 2.  What a mess!!!!  After that, it was smooth sailing down to Refugio, TX where I'll be until Monday morning.

Friday, March 12, 2021

 Left at sunrise this morning.  Very uneventful day on the road.  Drove to the TA Truck Stop in Nacogdoches, Texas for the night.  

Thursday, March 11, 2021

 This morning when I went to leave I had been blocked in by three trucks.  It took a half-hour of backing up and "wiggling" between them to get out.  Believe me, it wasn't easy!!!  By 2:30 am I was pulling out of the parking lot and on my way, damage-free of course.  Made good time until I got to Nashville.  Just west of Nashville my permit routed me on a wicked set of back roads.  It was slow going.  That added an extra hour to my travel times today.

About an hour after I got back on I-40 traffic came to a standstill.  Road construction.  It took an hour to go 7 miles!!!!  Once I got past that mess I continued on into Arkansas.  Stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Earle, AR.  While doing my post-trip inspection found that a mud flap had fallen off my truck sometime today.  Have no idea where.  It was there this morning.  Checked in at the repair shop to have it replaced.  They were backed up so it took a long time before they were able to do the work.  

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

 Left a half-hour before sunrise this morning.  Drove to Broadview Heights, Ohio and delivered the Excavator.  Next load was down in New Philidelphia, Ohio.  Drove down there and loaded a Gradall XL5210 that is going down to Sinton, Texas.

Left there in real good time.  Was just able to beat the Cincinnati curfew when I stopped for the night at the Flying J truck stop in Walton, Kentucky.  I'll leave here as soon as my 10 hours are up.

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

 Left Baltimore this morning.  Had to time it so that I didn't get to York, PA before 9 am.  I did good.  I entered York at 9:01 am.  Had a nice day on the road going through the Pennsylvania mountains.  Stopped for the night at the Petro truck stop in Girard, Ohio.  Will deliver tomorrow morning.

Monday, March 8, 2021

 Left this morning and drove to Upper Marlboro, Maryland and delivered the dump truck.  Next load was up at the Port of Baltimore.  Drove up there and loaded a Caterpillar 325 Excavator that is going over to Broadview Heights, Ohio.

Left there but didn't go far.  Stopped at the TA truck stop in Baltimore for the night.