Saturday, June 12, 2021

 Left Cartersville, GA a half-hour after sunrise this morning.  Did real well until I got to Kentucky.  About 50 miles from Paducah there was a serious car crash on my side of the Interstate.  Traffic was at a standstill.  I was about 1/4 to 1/2 mile from the crash, but I couldn't see it. Two medical helicopters landed on the Interstate while we waited.

After sitting for an hour and forty-five minutes, we were back on our way.  Continued on to the Daily yard in Morton, Illinois for the night.  While there, I made a quick trip over to Walmart to restock a few things.  In spite of sitting on the Interstate for a while, I still drove 640 miles today.

Friday, June 11, 2021

 Checked out of the hotel at 4:30 AM and went to Daily to get my truck.  When I got there the APU was running but the A/C was not.  The control head was showing a fault light.  At least it kept the truck batteries charged and the inverter running so that my fridge was cold.  

Left there at about 5:30 AM and headed to Pooler, Georgia for my load.  Got there at about 7:30 and loaded a Komatsu D39PX Dozer that is going up to Savage, Minnesota.  

Left there at about 9:30 AM.  Did pretty good until I got about 35 miles south of Atlanta.  About 10 to 15 miles of bumper-to-bumper traffic.  Once I made it through that mess, I drove into another mess in Atlanta.

After I made it through the Atlanta mess, I looked at Chattanooga.  It was a mess too.  

I really wanted to get into Tennessee today, but after looking at that I decided to stop at the TA in Cartersville, Georgia for the night.

Thursday, June 10, 2021

 My computer died AGAIN this morning.  Unbelievable!!!!!  Went over to International at about 9:30 AM and lo and behold the truck was finished!!!! I took it to the Daily yard and hooked it up to my trailer.  Turned on the APU with the A/C and inverter to cool off the truck and to get the refrigerator cold again.  Got a ride back to International to get my pickup truck.  Then went to Best Buy and bought another computer.  Don't have time to get the other one fixed, I'll do that later.  Then back to the hotel.  Worked on getting the computer usable for the rest of the day and night. 

Wednesday, June 9, 2021

 Checked out of the hotel this morning after talking to International.  They said that my truck would be ready today. Then I went to International and sat there all day.  They didn't start on my truck until 2:50 PM.  They finished at about 5:30 PM.  While he was backing out of the shop bay, the DEF tank sensor went out and quit working.  They would not be able to work on it until tomorrow morning AND they didn't even know if they had the part.  Back to the hotel, I went. Unbelievable!!!!!!

Tuesday, June 8, 2021

 I'm still sitting in a hotel waiting for my truck to be finished at International.  Although I'm in a different, and much better, hotel.  Hopefully, it will be done tomorrow, but I'm not holding my breath.