Saturday, March 20, 2021

 Nothing exciting today.  Left at 3 am and drove the 305 miles to the TA truck stop in Baltimore, Maryland for the rest of the weekend.

Thursday, March 18, 2021

 This morning I left at about 2:30 am.  Stopped at the Love's truck stop for fuel and had to replace a pigtail on my trailer tail light.  Also replaced a side marker light that was out.  Then it was back on the road to Mason City, Iowa where I delivered the crane parts.  The damaged part was not a problem.  The next load was over in Waterloo, Iowa at the John Deere plant. On the way over I got a message that my trailer was due for service.  So we made arrangements for that to be done at the Daily Express terminal in Bettendorf, Iowa after I got loaded.  In Waterloo, Loaded a John Deere 8RX 340 tractor that is going on an ocean cruise from the Port of Baltimore.

They are my favorite tractor to drive.  Left there and drove to the terminal in Bettendorf and got the trailer serviced.  Stayed there for the night.  I Will get started around midnight or whenever I wake up after my 10 hours are up.  Good night!!!

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

 Last night I got an email that said my truck was due for an oil change, etc. I got up at midnight and went to the shop at the TA to get it done.  Once they got into it and drained all the oil they realized that they didn't have the filters for it.  They called a few places that were open at that hour but no one had them. The only option was to wait until tomorrow morning so they could try to find them and get them to the TA.  That was not a good option.  I had them put the old filter back on and fill it with oil so I could go. They did.  I left there and continued my trek north.  Had no problems with traffic in Oklahoma City or Kansas City.  It was really windy though.  When I stopped for the night at a small truck stop in Winston, Missouri I found that the wind had blown over the hose reel at the back of the trailer.  Fortunately, it didn't damage the reel, just the mounting bracket it was in.  I took a bunch of photos, tied it down with more straps, and sent all the information to Risk Management at Daily.

We will see what they say at delivery tomorrow.  I'm only a little over three hours away.  Good night.

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

 Went into Houston first thing this morning and loaded six parts of a crane.  3 counterweights, a jib, a hook block, and a hose reel.  They are going up to Mason City, Iowa.

Left there and headed north.  Using my phone app I saw that most of the routes through Dallas had numerous places of traffic backups.  I found the only route that didn't and took it.  Made it all the way through Dallas with no problems.  Stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Denton, Texas. As soon as my 10 hours are up I'll be back on the road again.

Monday, March 15, 2021

 Left a half-hour before sunrise this morning in heavy fog.  Drove the rest of the way to Sinton to a job site and delivered the thing.  My next load is tomorrow up in Houston, but I have to swap trailers first.  Went to the Daily yard in Houston and swapped into my next trailer.  That's a lot of work!!!  Doesn't seem like it, but it is!!!!  After that was done I went to Wal-Mart and refilled my prescriptions.  Then over to the TA truck stop in Baytown for fuel and a shower.  On the way back to the Daily yard I stopped for dinner.  Just after I ordered, I got a phone call from Daily.  They assigned me the wrong trailer.  I had to swap into a different one.  After I finished dinner I went and swapped into the next trailer. Now I'm totally wiped out!!!!  Going to bed, good night.