Saturday, February 1, 2025

 Didn't do too much today, just two loads of wash.  

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Friday, January 31, 2025

 Last night I left Mercedes, TX at about 9 PM CST.  I drove to the Daily Terminal in Houston, TX.  Will be here for the weekend.

Thursday, January 30, 2025

 Last night I left Hammond, LA at about 9 PM CST.  Drove the rest of the way to Mercedes, Texas, and delivered the wheel loader.  I went to the closest truck stop with very little time left on my clock.  I stopped at the Pilot truck stop in Mercedes, TX.  656 miles today.

Wednesday, January 29, 2025

 When my 10 hours were up, I left.  That was about 10:45 PM EST.  It was nice to have a full day on the road without any interruptions, although I did stop and get the truck washed.  Boy! did it need it!!  It was also nice to get back down south where I don't need a jacket or coat.  Drove to the Petro truck stop in Hammond, Louisiana for my next 10 hours.  597 miles today.

Tuesday, January 28, 2025

 As soon as my 10 hours were up I left.  That was about 12:30 AM EST.  I was doing good until about 2:55 AM when I ran over some road debris.  

In the process, it broke the muffler to my APU, and then it wedged in tight under my trailer. 

I limped to the next exit, pulled into a small convenience store, and parked there.  Had to get road service to come out to remove it.  The first to arrive was a wrecker that had to lift the trailer up in the air to get the thing out from under the trailer.  It turned out to be a road sign.

Just after the wrecker left, the road service guy arrived and fixed the APU muffler.  Then I was back on the road again.  I'm startin' to think that this trailer is bad luck!  I drove to the Petro truck stop in Knoxville, Tennessee.  My truck was due for an oil change so I had it done when I got there. Only 455 miles today.

Monday, January 27, 2025

 This morning I drove to Harrisburg, PA, and delivered the parts boxes.  Then, I went back to Daily in Carlisle.  The new trailer that I had when I was involved in that bad crash in December was repaired and ready to go.  The shop was holding it there for me. So I swapped back into that trailer.  Glad to get it back.  From there I went to Shippensburg, PA to the Volvo plant and loaded a Volvo L110H Wheel Loader that is going to Mercedes, Texas.  Mercedes is way down near Brownsville at the US/Mexican border.

I left there but didn't go very far.  I was tired and getting a headache, so I stopped at the Flying J truck stop in Winchester, Virginia.