Saturday, January 21, 2023

 Left at 1 AM EST and had an uneventful day driving to the Petro truck stop in Columbia, South Carolina.  I'll be here until Monday morning.

Friday, January 20, 2023

 Left at 1 AM EST  and drove the rest of the way to Fort Wayne, Indiana and delivered the wheel loader.  My next load was over in Lafayette, IN.  Drove over there.  Loaded a Caterpillar engine and six parts boxes.  They are all going to Savannah, Georgia.

Left there and drove to the Flying J truck stop in Lebanon, Indiana for the night.

Thursday, January 19, 2023

 Went over to Clayton first thing this morning and loaded a Caterpillar 930M Wheel Loader that is going to Ft. Wayne, Indiana.

Left there in real good time.  Drove to the TA truck stop in Hurricane, West Virginia for the night.

Wednesday, January 18, 2023

 Went back over to the Port of Savannah first thing this morning and loaded a Caterpillar 926 Excavator that was going to West Columbia, South Carolina.  Loading a machine like this is very tricky.  There is a counterweight on the back but no boom or bucket on the other side to balance the machine.  There is no weight on the front.  Getting it on the trailer is tricky.  Have to back it on the trailer, otherwise, it will summersault over backward.  That would be a bad thing.

Left there and drove to West Columbia, SC, and delivered the machine.  Getting it off is a lot easier.  My next load is in Clayton, NC.  Drove to the Petro truck stop in Kenly, NC for the night.

Tuesday, January 17, 2023

 I left at 3:30 AM EST and drove to Clayton, North Carolina for my next load.  Loaded a Caterpillar 930M Wheel Loader that is going to the Port of Savannah, Georgia.

Left there at about 8:30 AM EST and drove to the Port of Savannah and delivered the wheel loader. From there I went to the TA truck stop in Richmond Hill, GA for the night.  I'll load tomorrow morning back at the Port.

Monday, January 16, 2023

 As soon as the shop guys came in I got unloaded.  Then went down to Shippensburg again and loaded another Volvo L90H wheel loader that was going to Concord, North Carolina.

Left there at 9 AM EST.  Drove down to Concord, NC, and delivered the wheel loader.  Stayed there for the night.  

Haven't posted one of these in a while.  I remembered to get it out of the camera for a change.  This happens almost every day in one way or another. This was on I-81 in southern Pennsylvania. 

Saturday, January 14, 2023

 Left at about 1 AM EST.  Had a good day until Fredericksburg, Virginia.  There I got in stop-and-go traffic.  Lost about a half hour because of it.  After I got out of that mess I continued the rest of the way to the Daily yard in Carlisle, PA.  I got there with 1 minute left on my 11-hour clock.  692 miles today.