Saturday, January 27, 2024

 I left last night at 11:30 pm EST.  Very nice, uneventful night on the road.  Drove 562 miles to the Flying J truck stop in Ruther Glen, Virginia for my 10 hours.

Friday, January 26, 2024

 Drove the rest of the way to Lake City, FL, and delivered the dozer this morning.  From there I drove to the Jacksonville terminal to get my trainer lights fixed.  I also need a new printer.  I had to order it.  This afternoon my printer arrived and works great!  The mechanic fixed my trailer lights, so I'm good to go.

This evening I loaded a Daily truck on my trailer.  The driver that had it quit and the truck needed to go back to Carlisle.

I'll get a bit of sleep then leave in the middle of the night.

Thursday, January 25, 2024

 I left very early this morning so that I would arrive in Trussville, AL just before they opened.  Started off in heavy fog.  After a little while it changed to rain.  Of course, it was raining hard when I was loading a John Deere 650K Dozer that is going to Lake City, Florida.  

I was soaked through to the skin everywhere.  Even my jacket soaked through.  Left there and headed south.  Had a very good day, even though it rained most of it.  By the time I stopped for the night at the Pilot truck stop in Valdosta, Georgia it had stopped raining.  I thought I would be able to deliver today but I was a little too short on hours.  552 miles today

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

 Yesterday on I-294 in Chicago, about 20 miles from where the car crashed into me last August, I Had another "episode".  I was in the far right lane (the construction zone used the shoulder as the lane), there was a truck 2 lanes over from me.  He decided to change lanes without looking and almost hit the truck that was passing me.  Fortunately, no one got hit.  Enjoy the video.

That was yesterday.

This morning I left a half hour before sunrise.  Rained all day.  Made very good time and drove all the way to Greenwood, Mississippi, and delivered the tractor.  My next load is in Trussville, Alabama.  I started off that way.  Stopped at the Pilot truck stop in Winona, Mississippi for the night.

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

 We got the ice storm that was predicted.  That meant I couldn't leave.  The pink in the radar picture below is ice.  The green is rain. I was where the blue dot is.

The Illinois website for traffic conditions looked like this.

Things got better by 11:30 AM CST.  That's when I left. Once I got on the road I had no problems.  Drove to the TA truck stop in Effingham, Illinois for the night.

Monday, January 22, 2024

 This morning I checked out of the hotel, returned the rental car, and was dropped off at my truck at the International dealer.  My truck was fixed!!!  I left there and drove to the Petro truck stop in Racine, WI to wait for my next load.  I didn't have to wait long.  My next load was in Sturtevant, WI, about 10 miles away. I went there and loaded a Case Magnum 380 tractor, 4 tires, and 2 boxes of stuff.  All that is going to Greenwood, Mississippi.  

As I'm ready to leave I see that half of my trailer lights had stopped working. Just great!!!  I left there and drove to the Love's truck stop in Wadsworth, Illinois.  That is right at the Wisconsin / Illinois state line.  Spent over 5 hours there getting them fixed.  I stayed there for the night since it was after sunset when it was finally fixed.  The weather is not supposed to be very good tomorrow morning so I may be here a little longer than I want to be.  We shall see.