Saturday, April 22, 2023

 Had no traffic issues in Chattanooga or Atlanta today.  Drove to the Love's truck stop in Garden City, Georgia for the rest of the weekend.  Deliver a couple miles from here Monday.

Friday, April 21, 2023

 Left a half hour before sunrise this morning.  Drove through the weather system we had last night.  Shortly after I got to Tennessee the rain stopped.  I have a feeling it will catch up to me again tonight.  Passed what looked like another fatal car crash this morning.  Had a little bumper-to-bumper traffic in Nashville, but not too bad.  Stopped a little earlier than I wanted.  Chattanooga traffic was backed up most of the way through Chattanooga.  Didn't feel like dealing with that.  Stopped at a very small One 9 Fuel Network (Pilot) truck stop in Wildwood, Georgia for the night.

Thursday, April 20, 2023

 Drove the rest of the way to Mokena, Illinois, and delivered the wheel loader.  I like it when they have a ramp.  I can drive it right off the back and not have to detach the trailer.  It is so much faster that way.  From there I drove down to Decatur, Illinois to the Caterpillar plant and loaded a rear axle for a Caterpillar 789 Mining Dump Truck that is going to Savannah, Georgia.

This is what one looks like all put together.

Just the rear axle weighs 44,520 pounds.  Just imagine how much the entire truck weighs!!  Left there and drove to the Petro truck stop in Effingham, Illinois for the night.  Another 525 miles today.  It got really windy this afternoon.  As I am writing this we are under a severe thunderstorm watch.  I love a good thunderstorm.

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

 I left Baltimore at 2:30 AM EDT.  Real good day on the road.  Passed a real bad crash on the eastbound side of I-70 in Indiana.  The eastbound side was completely shut down.  We were stopped briefly while the helicopter landed, picked up someone, and took off again.  

Stopped for the night with 41 minutes left on my clock today at the Love's truck stop in Knightstown, Indiana.  586 miles today.

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

 Got a lot done while I was in Carlisle.  My truck got fixed this morning.  I left there and drove to the Port of Baltimore and loaded Caterpillar 950 Wheel Loader that is going to Mokena, Illinois.  

Didn't have any permits so I went to the TA in Baltimore for the night.