Saturday, April 8, 2023

 As soon as my 10 hours were up I drove home to Jacksonville for the weekend.

Friday, April 7, 2023

 I left this morning to time it so that I got to Georgia a half hour after sunrise.  Had no problems going around Atlanta.  Some slow n' go traffic south of Atlanta though.  Continued on down to Chiefland, FL, and delivered the tractor.  From there I went to the TA truck stop in Lake City, FL for the night.  Another 600 miles today.  

Thursday, April 6, 2023

 Left about an hour before sunrise this morning. Had a pretty good day.  Got another 605 miles behind me.  In Kentucky, I got stuck in a bit of a traffic backup caused by a semi-truck crash that they were cleaning up.

Don't know how anyone could survive that.  Made it through Nashville with minimal traffic problems.  WHEW!!!!  Continued to the Love's truck stop in Christiana, Tennessee for the night.

Wednesday, April 5, 2023

 When I left at 11 PM CDT from Concordia it was 76 degrees Fahrenheit (24.4 Celsius).  We didn't get any more weather, it just got very windy.  I drove through the cold front on my way.  When I got to Waterloo it was 38 F (3.3 C).  I was 18th in line to load this morning.  When it was finally my turn, I loaded a John Deere 8R 280 tractor and four tires that are going to Chiefland, Florida.

I only had enough time left to drive to Iowa 80 truck stop in Walcot, Iowa.  Will be here until tomorrow morning.

Tuesday, April 4, 2023

 As soon as my 10 hours were up I left.  Drove the rest of the way to Sedalia, Missouri, and delivered the track loader.  From there I went to the TA truck stop in Concordia, Missouri.  668 miles today.  I had only 8 minutes left on my driving clock when I stopped.  My next load is tomorrow morning in Waterloo, Iowa.  Supposed to get some really bad weather tonight.  Right now, as I'm writing this, we are under a severe thunderstorm warning.  It rained some and we had some pea-sized hail but it has since stopped - for now. The rest of the night should be interesting.

Here are last month's adventures.

Monday, April 3, 2023

 This morning I drove over to Ephrata, PA, getting the truck washed on the way.  Loaded a Caterpillar 963K Track Loader that is going to Sedalia, Missouri.

This was supposed to be a permit load but it turned out not to be.  I like that!!!  Left there and had a good day on the road.  Stopped for the night at the Flying J truck stop in Millersport, Ohio.  Glad to be here.  My back is a mess tonight.  Hope it is better tomorrow.