Drove to the TA in Jackson, Georgia. My trailer brake lights quit working, so I got them fixed at the TA shop when I got there. It's always something!!!!
The guy that was supposed to be here this morning decided to go to another job and didn't bother telling Daily that they weren't coming. Daily got pissed and told them to go (I'll be nice) pound sand. Daily got someone else. After getting it all set up, they said that they don't work on my type of trailer. So Daily got someone else. At noon no one had shown up. Daily tried getting in touch with the guy but he was not answering the phone and not returning phone calls or emails. SO, Daily started to try to find someone else. At 3:15 this afternoon the guy finally got here!!
Here is the blown air bag.
And here is the new one.
Once all that was done I went over to the Petro truck stop in Atlanta for the night.
Left at about 4 AM this morning and drove to the Port of Savannah and loaded a Caterpillar 966M Wheel Loader that is going to Austell, Georgia.
I made great time this morning. Was out of the Port before 8:30 AM. Drove to Austell and delivered the wheel loader. As I was delivering an airbag on the trailer blew. Had to wait at Caterpillar in Austell for road service to come and fix the trailer. I knew things were going too smoothly today. Just before 6 PM I got a call from Daily. The service truck that was coming to me had his radiator go out on him. He said he will be to me first thing in the morning. I settled in here at Caterpillar for the night. Grub Hub is on the way with dinner, although it might take a while to get here. This is what Atlanta looks like right now. I am at the little blue dot near Six Flags Over Georgia, off I-20, west of Atlanta.
I left the Jacksonville yard at midnight. Drove to Hialeah and delivered the excavator just as they opened for the day. My next load is up in Savannah, Georgia at the Port. I started off in that direction. Stopped for the night at the TA truck stop on the south side of Jacksonville when I ran out of hours. Had 15 minutes left on my clock. 680 miles today.
Went back to International first thing this morning. They didn't touch the truck until almost 11:30. The guy got in it and drove it around the parking lot several times and parked it again. At 12:30 They still couldn't find anything wrong. I took the truck back to the daily yard. After that, ran a bunch of errands. Then settled in for the night. Have a doctor's appointment tomorrow. Then I'm outta here!!
