Friday, June 30, 2023

 Left early and drove to Orlando and delivered the rest of the stuff.  After that drove to the Daily Yard in Jacksonville.  Will be here for about a week.

Thursday, June 29, 2023

 Left a half hour after sunrise this morning.  Drove to Bainbridge, Georgia, and delivered the tractor.  Then headed toward Orlando to deliver the rest.  Stopped at the Pilot truck stop in Wildwood, Florida for the night.  523 miles today.

Wednesday, June 28, 2023

 Left a half hour before sunrise this morning.  The smoke was still very thick.  Only about a mile of visibility.  The farther south I went the better it got.  Passed a really bad crash about 15 miles before I stopped for the night in Cartersville, Georgia.  It was so bad I couldn't tell what was crashed, a car, truck or something else.  There was a blue tarp covering part of it which indicates to me that there was at least one fatality.  Fortunately, it was on the other side of I-75.  There was a 5 mile back up from it.  590 miles today.

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

 Drove the three-hour trip over to Waterloo, IA this morning.  Got there an hour before they open.  There were 18 trucks ahead of me to load.  The smoke from the Canadian forest fires is very heavy here today.  You can sort of see it in the photos. When it was finally my turn, I loaded a John Deere 8R 250 Tractor with tires and hubs that are going to Bainbridge, Georgia.  Also loaded two weights that are going to Orlando, Florida.

Left there and drove to the Love's truck stop in Williamsville, Illinois for the night.  Only 474 miles today.

Thought you might like to see how the John Deere plant in Waterloo, Iowa looks. All the following photos were from Google Maps.

Here is the entire plant...

Here is where all the trucks check in and get entered into the computer system for loading.  Then we wait in the staging area to be called in to load.  They call us on the CB radio or call on the phone if you don't have a CB.

This is the loading area.  If your machine permits it, you can back inside the building and they will drive the machine on your trailer.  If the machine is too big and you have to separate your trailer, that has to be done outside in the parking lot.  Most of the time, for the machines I have been getting lately, they can back the machine on the trailer from inside the building.

Thought you might find that interesting.

Monday, June 26, 2023

 With my reset out of the way, I left at 11:30 PM CDT and drove the rest of the way to Schofield, Wisconsin.  Delivered the wheel loader.  The next load is tomorrow in Waterloo, Iowa.  Started off that way but ran out of hours so I stopped at the Love's truck stop in Rockford, Illinois. 598 miles today.