Saturday, April 17, 2021

 Left early this morning and arrived in East Peoria before they opened at 8.  The gate was open, so I went in and unloaded before they even knew I was there.  Then I drove up to the Daily yard in Bettendorf, Iowa where my next load was there waiting for me.  I loaded two machines.  The Smaller one is going to Lorenzo, Texas and the bigger one is going to Lubbock, Texas.

Left there and drove to the Love's truck stop in Des Moines, Iowa for the night.  I'll get started at about 12:30 AM CDT so I'm going to sleep now. Good night.

Friday, April 16, 2021

 After getting a few hours of sleep, I left Carlisle, PA at 10:30 pm.  It is so nice driving at night!! Stopped at the Pilot truck stop in Oakwood, Illinois after driving 637 miles.  I can deliver in the morning. I'm only about 2 hours away.

Thursday, April 15, 2021

 I was at Thermo King at 6:30 this morning. They didn't take my truck in until 9:30.  At noon they said that they had to order parts but they should be here around 3 pm.  At 4:30 I ask how it was going?  By this time the people at the service desk had changed shifts.  They said that the parts usually don't get here until between 5 and 6 pm. The part finally arrived and I was out of there at 6:30.  Went back to Daily, connected to my trailer, and settled in for some sleep. Good night.

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

 My trailer is all fixed and ready to go. I was at International in Harrisburg first thing this morning when they opened.  They fixed my truck by about 1:30 PM and I went back to Daily in Carlisle. My truck WAS ready until my APU started acting up.  Our shop tried to fix it but couldn't.  SOOO tomorrow morning I have to take the truck over to Thermo King to get it fixed. Glad it happened here and not on the road.  My next load is at the Daily yard in Carlisle.  I loaded it this afternoon.    It is going to East Peoria, Illinois. 

As soon as my APU is fixed I can hit the road.  Tonight I'm at the Best Western hotel.

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

 Last night the evening shift in the trailer shop took my trailer in and started to work on it.  This morning my truck didn't go into the truck shop until 11 am.  At about 2 this afternoon I took another driver to Delaware to pick up a truck and trailer from a guy that broke his leg and couldn't drive for a while.  We went in the pickup truck that we all use when we are at Daily in Carlisle. When I got back to Carlisle I went straight to Wal-Mart and bought stuff to restock my truck.  Then back to Daily for the night.  The truck shop had finished with my truck for the day and had parked it outside for me.  Tomorrow it has to go to International in Harrisburg for some more work.  My trailer is still in the shop. So far they have replaced at least one wheel hub, replaced another airbag, replaced an air tank, rewired most of the trailer because it was all a mess.  Replaced the ABS "brains".  Replaced the tag light, rewelded one of the "D" rings that broke. They also added 4 more "D" rings (at my request) in locations where I wanted them.  Not sure what else they are going to do.  I have a feeling I'll be sitting in Harrisburg all day tomorrow waiting for them to finish the truck.

Monday, April 12, 2021

 Delivered the wheel loader and was out of there before 7:30 this morning. Drove back to Daily in Carlisle, PA.  My trailer has a bunch more issues to resolve and my truck is due for service again.  Have no idea how long I'll be here.