Drove the rest of the way to Grand Rapids, Michigan this morning. Started snowing hard about 20 miles east of Grand Rapids.
Parked for the rest of the weekend at a truck stop in Byron Center, MI. Still snowing. They have a good restaurant. I load a few miles from here Monday morning.
Fortunately, the snow stopped and there was no accumulation. I left at about 2 AM and drove to the Kentucky / Ohio state line on I-275. Had to get ahead of the Cincinnati curfew that started at 7 AM but couldn't go into Ohio until a half-hour before sunrise. That was at about 7:25 AM. Then I was back driving again. Drove to Perrysburg, Ohio, and delivered the wheel loader. My next load is Monday (because I didn't have enough hours left to get there today) in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I started off that way and stopped for the night at the Love's truck stop in Milan, Michigan.
Left a half hour after sunrise this morning. Traffic was heavy today. No problems going around Atlanta. But had an 11 mile back up of bumper to bumper traffic from a wreck in Cartersville, GA. Stopped for my 10 hours at the Perto truck stop in Knoxville, Tennessee. Hope to start again at about 1 AM, however it started snowing while I was eating dinner. So, I may not be going anywhere. We'll see.
Late this morning I got my next load and left to go get it. Drove up to the Port of Savannah, Georgia, and loaded a Caterpillar 950GC Wheel Loader that is going to Perrysburg, Ohio.
Left there but didn't get very far. Stopped for the night at Grady's Truck Stop in Pulaski, Georgia.
Got up early and drove to Richie Brothers in Davenport and delivered the motor grader. Didn't have another load so I went to the Daily yard in Jacksonville. They have a few crappy loads but nothing worth taking. Hopefully, something better will pop up tomorrow. In the meantime, I did 3 loads of laundry, then went to Wal-Mart and restocked. Very productive day. Now I'm going to watch the rocket launch from the Kenedy Space Center in Titusville tonight. Should be able to see it real good from here. The sky is very clear tonight.
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Was over at the Caterpillar dealer in Austell before they opened. As soon as the opened I delivered the "C" frame. Didn't have another load yet so I found a place to park and waited for 8 am when the office folks came into work. Finally got my next load and went over to McDonnough, Georgia to load a used Caterpillar 12M Moror Grader that is going to Rickie Brothers Auction in Davenport, Florida.
Left there and drove to the TA truck stop in Lake City, Florida for the night.
Left as soon as my 10 hours were up. That was about 1 am. As soon as I pulled out on the Interstate one of my headlights burned out. Stopped at the next truck stop and replaced it. Always something!! As I got n the bridge going into Kentucky it started to snow. Was in snow, sleet, snow/rain mix and rain all the way to Atlanta. It was all rain south of Nashville. Stopped at the Petro truck stop in Atlanta, still raining. The place was full at 8am!! I was lucky to get a spot. I'll deliver a few miles from here tomorrow morning.
