Saturday, November 22, 2014

Easy day today.  Drove to the TA truck stop in Spartanburg, SC.

 Last Gator home game this season.  Can't believe how fast this season went by.  Only one more game left.

Raining in the Swamp today.

Florida Gators

6-4, 3rd in East Division

Today, 12:00 PM

Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field, Gainesville, Florida

Eastern Kentucky Colonels (9-3)

3 - 52

Final

Florida Gators (6-4)

	1	2	3	4		Total
Eastern Kentucky	3	0	0	0		3
Florida	17	14	7	14		52

Here is a time lapse video of what is going on outside my truck.

Friday, November 21, 2014

Very early this morning I drove in to Prairieville, LA and delivered the wheel loader.  Then went back to Hammond, LA and loaded another Caterpillar 930K wheel loader that is going to Simpsonville, SC.

Got on the road in good time.  

BOY, the crazies were out today!!  In the video below you will see two that happened only two minutes apart.  The first one is pretty obvious.   In the second one watch the little blue car that passes me.  It is easier to see if you blow it up to full screen.

And here is another short one.

Stopped for the night at at truck stop in Fairburn, GA.

Thursday, November 20, 2014

Got on the road real early this morning.  Left Florence, SC and pushed it hard all day.  Stopped for the night, 732 miles later, at the TA truck stop in Slidel, LA. Deliver tomorrow morning about 100 miles from here.  While I was eating dinner, saw one of the Monday Night Football production trucks pull into the truck stop for fuel.  Must be playing in the Superdome Monday.  The photo below was pulled from the internet but that is the truck I saw.

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Was at the unloading location at 7 am, as requested.  Unfortunately the crane didn't get there until 10:30.  Then backed into the unloading area and waited for the crane to get set up.  That takes a while!

Then it was finally my turn.

After that was off I went over to Clayton, NC and loaded a Caterpillar 930K wheel loader that is going to Prairieville, LA.

Left there and drove to the Petro truck stop in Florence, SC for the night.

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Got started a half hour after sunrise this morning.  Very nice, uneventful day on the road.   Drove up to a small truck stop in Greenville, NC.  Deliver in the morning a few miles from here.

Monday, November 17, 2014

Drove to Thomasville, GA this morning to load.  They weren't ready.  At 11:30 they finally were ready to load.  Loaded a boiler that is going to Greenville, NC.

Didn't get very far today.  Stopped for the night at a truck stop in Waycross, GA.

Sunday, November 16, 2014

My truck is all fixed now and I'm back on the road after a few great days off.  Drove a short hop over to the TA truck stop in Lake Park, Georgia.  I load tomorrow morning in Thomasville, GA.

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

I left Jacksonville at 1:30 this morning and drove down to West Palm Beach and delivered the skid steer.  Turned right around and drove back to the Daily yard in Jacksonville.  Will be here for the rest of the week.  Going to have some work done on the truck and trailer.  Ordered the parts yesterday.  They will be in tomorrow. Just parts $750.  And I got a deal on them, normally over $900.

Monday, November 10, 2014

Had to wait for paperwork so I could deliver this morning.  It finally arrived and I went to deliver.  Found out after I got there that it was the wrong paperwork.  So I waited some more.  When it got there I was able to unload.  After unloading I had a bunch of trailer problems getting hooked back up.  That took another hour and a half.  Still had to wait for someone to show up and sign off on the paperwork.  Of course, they were all at lunch.  Had to wait some more.  A little while after they were supposed to be back from lunch someone showed up and signed off on the paperwork.  Left there and drove straight to the Daily yard in Jacksonville for the night.  Total waste of a day!! 

Saturday, November 8, 2014

Easy day today.  Drove to the Love's truck stop in Brunswick, GA.  Got the truck washed when I got here.  Now I'll relax with a weekend full of football!!!

Florida Gators (5-3)

34 - 10

Final

Vanderbilt Commodores (3-7)

	1	2	3	4		Total
Florida	7	10	0	17		34
Vanderbilt	7	0	0	3		10

This was the game of the day!!!  WOW !!!  What a game!!!!

1. Alabama Crimson Tide

   Yesterday, 8:00 PM

   Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

   4Alabama Crimson Tide (8-1)

    

   20 - 13

   Final

   LSU14 Tigers (7-3)

   	1	2	3	4	OT		Total
   Alabama	0	10	0	3	7		20
   LSU	7	0	3	3	0		13

   All times are in Eastern Time

Friday, November 7, 2014

This morning delivered the building.  Then went down to Sanford, North Carolina and loaded two Caterpillar skid steers.  One is going to the port in Brunswick, GA and the other is going to West Palm Beach, FL.

Was in heavy traffic all day!!  Very tiring.  Passed another Google Street View car today.

Stopped for the night at the Petro in Florence, SC.  This is high on the "Most Favored" places to stop.  Had another great steak for dinner.

Thursday, November 6, 2014

Left Niota, Tennessee just before sunrise this morning.  Good day on the road.  Nothing exciting. Pushed it hard and made it to where I deliver in the morning in Frederick, Maryland.  Parked out front for the night.

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Left at sunrise this morning.  Stayed ahead of the rain all day again.  That slow moving front is right behind me.  Overcast all day, but no rain.  Stopped for the night at the Wilco truck stop in Niota, Tennessee.  That's where the rain finally caught up with me.