Saturday, July 13, 2024

 I left a half hour before sunrise this morning.  Lots and lots of dust devils today in West Texas.  Some of them were really big!

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Drove 578 miles today to the Petro truck stop in El Paso, Texas for the night.

Friday, July 12, 2024

 I left this morning and drove to the Love's truck stop in Seguin, TX.  That is the staging area for where we load.  A few other trucks were loading this morning too. Waited there until they called us in to load. Got called in just before noon.  Got there in time for them to go on lunch break.  When they got back from lunch, it started to rain.  Loaded, secured, and tarped in the rain.  This generator is another one going out to that huge data center project in Phoenix, Arizona.

Just as I finished and was ready to leave, the rain stopped.  I drove back to the Love's truck stop to stay there for the night.

Thursday, July 11, 2024

I checked out of the hotel at about 1:30 AM CDT.  Drove the rest of the way to Odessa and delivered the compactor.  From there I went to Thermoking in Odessa.  It didn't take too long for them to pull the truck in to start working on it.  Fortunately, it was a minor problem and easy to fix.  I left there at about noon.  My next load is in Seguin, Texas.  It loads tomorrow morning.  I started in that direction and stopped for the night at the Pilot truck stop in Junction, TX.  516 miles today.

Wednesday, July 10, 2024

 As soon as my 10 hours were up I left.  Drove to Amarillo, Texas.  When I got there I got fuel, then drove over to The Big Texan to get a good steak.  When I got there I was backing into a parking spot and sunk in the mud.  Had to get a wrecker to pull me out.

THEN my APU quit working!! While waiting on the wrecker I made hotel arrangements.

When I got unstuck, I parked and went in and ate. Had another good rib eye steak.

After dinner, I drove to the Best Western and checked in.  Brand new hotel. Very nice!! 667 miles today.  I'm tired. Good night.

Tuesday, July 9, 2024

 This morning I went over to Elk River, MN, and loaded a Caterpillar CS12 Compactor that is going to Odessa, Texas.

Left there and drove to the Love's truck stop in Cameron, Missouri for my 10 hours.

Monday, July 8, 2024

 I went over to the Caterpillar dealer first thing this morning and delivered the wheel loader. Then went back to the Petro truck stop so they could finish working on my trailer.  I dropped the trailer in the bay and parked the truck in the lot. Then took a nap.  They finished my trailer at 3 PM CDT.  I hooked up to it and drove to the Petro truck stop in Clearwater, Minnesota for the night.  I had the prime rib again tonight.  It was so darn good!!!!!  I'll load not too far from here tomorrow.

Sunday, July 7, 2024

 I left at about 11 PM CDT last night and drove 480 miles to the Petro truck stop in Fargo, North Dakota.  My trailer was due for an inspection so I had that done when I arrived.  They found a bunch of things wrong and fixed all but one problem.  They can't get parts until tomorrow.  After I deliver in the morning I'll come back and get the rest fixed. It's always something!!!