Saturday, March 11, 2023

 At about 9:30 PM CST Friday night, I left and drove to the Daily yard in Houston.  Going back to sleep.

Friday, March 10, 2023

 As soon as my 10 hours were up, I left.  That was at about 9:30 PM CST.  Drove to San Antonio, Texas stopping only once for that required 30-minute break.  727 miles today.  When I finished I had 1 minute left on my clock today.  I'm exhausted. Going to sleep.  Good night.

Thursday, March 9, 2023

 As soon as my 10 hours were up, I left.  Drove 700.2 miles today and stopped with 8 minutes left on my clock at the TA truck stop in Meridian, Mississippi.  The delivery location was changed from Houston to San Antonio.

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

 First thing this morning I got my trailer lights fixed.  Then drove to Shippensburg, PA, and loaded a Volvo L90H Wheel Loader that is going to Houston, Texas.  While loading I ripped out my air lines and electric line to the trailer.  I did good!!!

Daily sent a service truck from Carlisle and he repaired my screw-up.  While he was fixing my trailer the truck next to me did the same thing!!  I didn't feel so bad anymore.  When he finished I left.  Drove to the TA truck stop in Lexington, Virginia for my 10 hours.

Tuesday, March 7, 2023

 The International dealer in Harrisburg was sending a service truck here to do the warranty work on my truck. He was supposed to be here early this morning.  He didn't arrive until 1 PM EST.  I was lucky to get a car from Daily so I spent most of the day driving around Carlisle bored out of my mind!!  He finished at about 5:30 PM.  I hooked back to my trailer and now half my trailer lights don't work!!!!   I'll have to get that fixed in the morning before I go.  It's always something!!!!

Monday, March 6, 2023

 This morning I drove the rest of the way to the Port of Baltimore in Dundalk, MD.  Got there and was 27th in line to check in.  Once I got checked in I went and unloaded the tractor.  A forklift from the Port came over and unloaded the tires.  I was reloading right there so I went and found the machine, a Chinese wheel loader that is going to Shippensburg, PA.  The Port people that unloaded it from the ship left the batteries on and the batteries were dead.  Had to wait for a guy to come around and jump-start the machine.  Once we got it running, he left.  I let it run for a bit to charge the very dead batteries.  When I started to move it, it stalled.  GREAT!!!  The batteries charged enough to light up the dash but not enough to start it.  Had to wait for the guy to come back and jump it again.  He came and we got it running again. This time it didn't stall when I moved it.  It was surrounded by a lot of other machines so I had to "wiggle" it out of there to get it over to my trailer.  Got it loaded on my trailer but didn't shut it off until I was ready to leave.  The Port forklift brought over two small boxes and placed them on the front upper deck.  They weren't heavy.

I finally got out of there and drove to Shippensburg, PA, and delivered it.  After that went up to Carlisle, PA to the "home office".  They have to do some warranty work on the truck.