Well, we got the rain. Went to Clayton, NC this morning and loaded a Caterpillar 966M Wheel Loader that is going to Savannah, GA. It will eventually end up in Yokahama, Japan.
As you can see, it was pouring rain. Left there and drove down to the Port in Savannah and delivered the wheel loader. From there I drove to the Daily yard in Jacksonville, Florida. I'll be home for a couple week to enjoy the holidays with famiy and friends. I'm exhausted and glad to be here!!
My permit route had me going around the north side of Baltimore on the beltway. Within 10 minutes of getting on the beltway, I was in bumper-to-bumper traffic. It stayed that way almost all the way around Baltimore. Cleared up between Baltimore and Washington DC. Much more going around DC. Finally got out of that mess and continued on to Raleigh, NC, and delivered the wheel loader. Spent the night in a parking lot just down the road. It used to be a K-Mart. Tomorrow morning I will load in Clayton, NC. Supposed to get a lot of rain tonight and tomorrow morning.
Got a little bit later start than I wanted because of the Washington DC curfew. But I finally made it to Chantilly, VA, and delivered the tank and stuff. From there I drove up to the Port of Baltimore and loaded a Caterpillar 966 Wheel Loader that is going down to Raleigh, North Carolina.
Left there and went over to the TA truck stop in Baltimore for the night.
I left a half hour before sunrise this morning. Had a good day on the road except I got a flat tire on the truck in Virginia.
Stopped and got it fixed, but that made delivery today impossible. I stopped for the night at the Love's truck stop in Tom's Brook, Virginia. I'm a little over an hour away from delivery in the morning.
I decided not to do a reset there. There are several other trucks delivering with me in Virginia. They were leaving when I was arriving to load in Texas, so they had a good half-day head start. We are supposed to deliver Monday. After checking how many hours I had left this week I decided to keep going and try to catch up or at least get close to the others. My load should be the first to be unloaded since everything else sets on top of the tank. Having them wait for me would not be a good thing, plus the crane is expensive to have sitting around doing nothing. So at 1:30 AM CST, I left. Had light rain all the way. Drove to the TA truck stop in Greenville, Tennessee. Couldn't go any further because permit loads can't move in Virginia on Sunday. I think I made the right decision. Looks like a couple of the other trucks are here too. Lots of other oversize loads here waiting to go into Virginia tomorrow. Now its time to sleep.
