Saturday, March 1, 2025

 I left when my 10 hours were up and drove 538 miles to the Pilot truck stop in Temple, Georgia. I'll be here until Monday morning.  Stopped here because I didn't want to spend the weekend in Atlanta. Yuck!!  I'm about an hour from delivery.

Friday, February 28, 2025

 I finally got my next load.  It was in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  I drove over there and was there at 7:30 AM CST and loaded an air cooler that is going to Fairburn, Georgia.  

Just as I was ready to get my paperwork they came out and said that it needed to be traped.  I called Daily and raised my objection.  They made a bunch of phone calls while I waited for them to make a decision.  I sat there for two hours waiting for a decision.  Finally, they said yes, it had to be tarped.  So I got the tarp up and spread out, and the wind blew it off.  THEN they said to pull it inside and do it.  So I backed inside the building, folded the tarp up again, and started over.

I got the stupid thing tarped and left.

I left there and drove to the TA truck stop in Atkins, Arkansas for my 10 hours.

Thursday, February 27, 2025

 I left early this morning and drove the rest of the way to Springdale, AR, and delivered the motorgrader.  Didn't have another load so I went to a small truck stop two miles away and waited.  Had a real good breakfast there.  

Sat there all day and......nothing.  Hope I'm outa here tomorrow.

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

 I left at about 1:30 AM CST.  Didn't get very far.  At about 2 AM CST, one of my trailer tires blew.  

I was able to limp to the closest truck stop, which was the TA in Earle, Arkansas.  The repair shop closed at midnight.  Our after-hours roadside service people couldn't get anyone to come out and replace the tire so I had to wait for the TA shop to open at 6 AM CST.  The service tech that was supposed to come in at 6 did not show up until after 7.  At 8:15 I was finally pulled into the shop bay to get started. I was due for a DOT inspection so they did that first. They didn't start on the tire until 9:30.  They finished at noon and I was back on the road, but again, not for long.  I ran out of hours for today and stopped at the TA truck stop in Atkins, Arkansas.  If nothing else goes wrong, I will deliver in the morning. 

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

 I left Jacksonville, FL at 9 PM EST last night.  Drove 692 miles to the Love's truck stop in Hope Springs, Mississippi. That is about 30 miles south of Memphis, TN.

Monday, February 24, 2025

 Finally back to work.  This morning I went up to Brunswick, Georgia, and loaded a Caterpillar 120 Motorgrader that is going to Springdale, Arkansas.

I left there and went back to Jacksonville.  Had an appointment to attend there.  I'll leave Jax at about 9 PM tonight.