Saturday, December 10, 2022

 Left at sunrise this morning.  Light rain all day.  Had some bumper-to-bumper traffic in West Memphis, Arkansas. Other than that, an uneventful day.  Stopped at the Love's in Dickson, Tennessee.  Will do a reset here. Start again Monday morning.

Friday, December 9, 2022

 Got up early this morning and drove the 2-hour drive to Denison, Texas.  I was early enough that I beat all the rush hour traffic in Fort Worth and Dallas.  Arrived to load at 6:30 AM CST.  They loaded the fuel tank.

I secured it to the trailer while the workers attached the foot grates on the top.  They had to cut each section to fit.  That took over an hour.  THEN they said that they had more things to be transported.  That was not listed on my paperwork, only the fuel tank.  I called Carlise and cleared it with them, that way the rate increases.  It took forever to get it all on.  They are all going to Chantilly, Virginia.  I didn't get out of there until 12:15 PM CST.  

I drove to the Flying J truck stop in Texarkana, Arkansas for the night.  Didn't get anywhere near where I wanted to today.

Thursday, December 8, 2022

 Left a half hour before sunrise this morning.  Drove the rest of the way to Midland, TX, and delivered the excavator.   My next load is back in Denison, TX.  That is 6 1/2 hours away.  I started off in that direction.  Stopped for the night at the Petro truck stop in Weatherford, TX.  That is about 30 miles west of Fort Worth.

Wednesday, December 7, 2022

 

Left at sunrise this morning.  Very good day on the road.  No traffic issues at all.  Passed two separate semi crashes in Texas.  Both off the road.  One was jackknifed and burned.  It had been there a while.  The other was on its side with the trailer contents spread around.  The wrecker company was there trying to clean up the mess.  Stopped for the night at the Flying J truck stop in Tye, Texas.  That is just west of Abilene.  536 miles today.

Tuesday, December 6, 2022

 Left a half hour after sunrise this morning.  A bit foggy and a little bit of rain.  It cleared up after I got to Alabama.  Other than that, nothing interesting today.  Stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Tallulah, Louisiana.

Monday, December 5, 2022

 Went to Pooler an hour and a half early this morning.  There were 12 trucks ahead of me waiting in line for them to open at 7:30 AM EST.  Once they opened and I got in I went to check-in.  Carlisle didn't send me all the info I needed to check-in.  So I had to wait for that.  Finally got checked in and went over to load.  They loaded my machine on another Daily trailer.  I had to wait again.  They finally came and took the machine off his trailer and put it on mine.  Loaded a Volvo EC200 EL Excavator that is going over to Midland, Texas.

Finally left there at about 11:45 AM EST.  Drove to the TA truck stop in Jackson, Georgia for the night.  

Sunday, December 4, 2022

 While at the Jacksonville terminal I had another air leak fixed on my trailer, also did a few other things too.  This morning I drove up to the TA truck stop in Richmond Hill, Georgia so tha I can load in Pooler tomorrow morning.