Saturday, May 22, 2021

 Took my time getting started this morning.  Washed the truck before I left.  That means it will rain soon.  Drove to St. Louis.  Had every intention of parking in their parking lot until Monday morning when they opened.  When I got there one of the employees was there doing some work. He accepted delivery!!!!  Much to my surprise.  So I unloaded the wheel loader and headed over to Decatur, Illinois.   Stopped at the Love's truck stop over there for the rest of the weekend.  I load Monday.

Friday, May 21, 2021

 Left Carlisle, PA at 2:45 am.  Drove 683 miles to the TA truck stop in Effingham, Illinois,  stopping only once for fuel.

Thursday, May 20, 2021

 Went up to Kreamer, PA this morning.  It was only about 45 minutes away.  It was in a doozy of a place to get into.  Once there it was a tight fit getting in and out.  Anyway, got unloaded and then went down to Carlisle to the Keen yard for my next load.  Of course, the paperwork was screwed up.  Took 2 hours of sitting there waiting for the office staff to get things straightened out.  Finally got loaded with a Hyundai 655 Wheel Loader that is going down to Maryland Heights, Missouri.  That is a suburb of St. Louis.

Left there and went to the Daily yard in Carlisle for the night.

Wednesday, May 19, 2021

 Left Knoxville timing it so that I arrived at the Tennessee / Virginia line right at sunrise.  Continued on up into Pennsylvania.  Stopped at a small truck stop in Duncannon, PA for the night. I can sleep in tomorrow.  Crane to unload won't be ready until about 10:30.  In reality, it will probably be after lunch before I get unloaded.  We shall see.  Hope I'm wrong.  I'm only about 45 minutes away.

Tuesday, May 18, 2021

 This morning I was in Coolidge, GA to load at 6:45 AM.  It was not ready yet so I waited.  Finally loaded a Boiler that is going to Kramer, Pennsylvania.

And a small parts box.

Left there at about 9:30.  Had about a 4-mile traffic back up in Atlanta because they had a lane closed for some repairs.  Then north of Atlanta had a 12-mile traffic back up because of a crash.  That seemed like forever to get through!!!!  Continued on to the Petro truck stop in Knoxville, Tennessee for the night.

Monday, May 17, 2021

 Went down to St. Augustine first thing this morning and delivered the thing.  Was out of there before 7:30.  My next load is tomorrow morning in Coolidge, Georgia.  I drove to a small truck stop in Thomasville, GA for the night.

Sunday, May 16, 2021

 This morning I decided to go to St. Simons Island, Georgia, and see how the progress of removing the Golden Ray was going.  For those unfamiliar with the Golden Ray, it is a cargo ship that fell over in 2019 in the River heading to the Port of Brunswick, Georgia.  They are cutting it up and hauling it off in pieces. For more information click here, and here.

Internet Photo

Internet Photo

Last week it had caught fire while they were cutting it up.  The fire is out now but they are still pumping a lot of water into the hulk.

Thought you might like to see that.