Friday, January 2, 2026

 I left at 3 AM EST this morning.  Drove to Fenton, Missouri, and delivered the excavator.  Don't have another load yet, so I headed for the most likely area to get one.  I went to the Iowa 80 truck stop in Walcott, Iowa.  That puts me in the middle of Caterpillar and John Deere. 577 miles today.   While doing my post-trip inspection, I found a hole with the cords showing in my right front tire.

I also found a coolant leak.  Had to add a half gallon of coolant.  There was coolant all over the back of the truck.

I checked in at the repair shop and waited for them to call me to bring the truck in to the shop.

At 5:15, they brought my truck into the shop to start working on it.  At 7:15 they were finished.  

Thursday, January 1, 2026

 

Wednesday, December 31, 2025

 

I left the Daily terminal at 7 PM EST and drove all night.  No traffic problems anywhere.  Went passed a fatal crash just south (or east) of Nashville on I-24.  It was on the other side of the interstate, so it didn't affect me.  They had that side shut down and were diverting all traffic over there off the interstate.  I stopped at the Flying J truck stop after driving 640 miles.

Monday, December 29, 2025

 Time to go back to work after all the Christmas celebrations.  This morning, I went to the Port in Brunswick, Georgia, and loaded a Caterpillar 317 Excavator that is going to Fenton, Missouri.

From there, I went back to the Daily Terminal in Jacksonville.  I'll be there for a couple more days before I head out again.