Saturday, October 19, 2024

 I left before sunrise this morning and drove down to Davie, FL to a truck stop that I do not like to go to but it was on the other side of the Turnpike from where I'm delivering Monday.  This place is very expensive to park in and it is always very full.  Plus it is difficult to back into parking places because it is so tight in here.  I was lucky to get a spot.  466 miles today.  Even though it is on the other side of the Turnpike from me, it will still take about 30 minutes to get there.

Now I can settle in for the rest of the afternoon and watch some great SEC College Football.  GO GATORS!!!

Friday, October 18, 2024

 I left this morning and got to Washington DC at rush hour.  I was totally stunned that I made it through with no traffic problems.  All the way along I-95 I passed hundreds of power trucks all heading north.   Drove 677 miles stopping only twice along the way.  Stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Richmond Hill, Georgia.

Thursday, October 17, 2024

 I left early this morning and drove the rest of the way to Bloomingburg, NY and delivered the wheel loader when they opened.  My next load was in Shippensburg, PA.  I drove there.  My load appointment was not until tomorrow morning.  I was lucky and was able to move it up to today.  When I got there I checked in and got my trailer ready.  They went to start the machine and the batteries were dead.  To make matters worse, there was damage to the machine that they had to fix.  Three hours later the machine was loaded on my trailer, a Volvo L120H Wheel Loader that is going to Davie, Florida.

I left there but didn't go very far.  Stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Greencastle, PA.  I'm tired and have a headache.  Going to bed.  Good night.

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

 My 10 hours were up at 12:45 AM EDT and I left.  I had no traffic problems at all through Richmond, VA, Washington DC, Baltimore, MD, or Harrisburg, PA.  Made it through all of them before rush hour!!  Drove 504 miles non-stop, to the Petro truck stop in Scranton, PA.  My truck was due for an oil change and other preventative maintenance so I got that done there.

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

 I left at sunrise this morning.  Lots of heavy and bumper-to-bumper traffic in Charlotte, NC as I got there in the middle of rush hour.  Once I got through that mess I made it to Concord, NC, and delivered the dump truck.  My next load was in Clayton, NC.  I drove over there and loaded a Caterpillar 930 Wheel Loader that is going to Bloomingburg, New York.

Left there and drove to the Petro truck stop in Kenly, NC for my ten hours.

Monday, October 14, 2024

 I was at the Port of Jacksonville first thing this morning and loaded a Volvo A30G Articulating Dump Truck that is going to Concord, North Carolina.

I left there in pretty good time.  Drove to the Flying J truck stop in Rock Hill, South Carolina for the night.