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.

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Since my loading appointment wasn't until 1 pm I had a little time to kill.  Went to the shop and had my truck chassis greased.  After that was done I went over to load.  I was real early.  The Navy AWACS airplanes were doing touch-and-go's at the base close by.  They were going right over my head as they came around.  Very cool!!

Finally loaded another communications building that is going to Frederick, MD.

Left there but didn't get very far before I ran out of daylight.  Passed what was left of a semi truck roll over crash.

Stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Tallulah, LA.

Monday, November 3, 2014

This morning had my generator serviced at Cummins in Houston.  After that was done I went back to the Daily yard and got my trailer.  My next load is tomorrow afternoon up in Bossier City, LA.  Can you guess what I'm loading??   I'll bet you can!  The video below is a time lapse of the trip up US-59, US-79, I-20 and into the Petro truck stop in Shreveport, LA where I'll spend the night.

Saturday, November 1, 2014

Here is a time lapse of sunrise at the truck stop.  Sorry, it's not very exciting.

This morning I went over to Shipley and bought a box of do-nuts.  They were warn and delicious!!!!

Settled in for a day of football.

HOLY CRAP!!!!!   I can't believe this!!!!!!

Florida Gators (4-3)

38

9Georgia Bulldogs (6-2)

20

Friday, October 31, 2014

Left at sunrise this morning and drove straight to Humble, TX and delivered the dump truck.  

Last night my generator was giving me signs that I was WAY overdue for service.  After I delivered, I went over to Cummins and bought a fuel filter and scheduled an appointment for Monday morning to have it serviced.  Then I went to the Houston Daily yard and dropped off my trailer.  After that I went to the TA in Baytown, TX for the weekend.  There I changed the fuel filter on the generator.  Of course, I made a mess!!  But at least I did it.

Thursday, October 30, 2014

Left Jacksonville at sunrise this morning. Very nice day on the road until Baton Rouge, LA.  Got there at rush hour.  Here is a video of an almost crash that happened right in front of me on I-10 in Baton Rouge. The traffic was backed up from the exit ramp out on I-10.  The idiots that try to go to the front and cut in then block the travel lanes on I-10 causing more problems as you will see in the video.

Stopped for the night at a truck stop west of Baton Rouge in Port Allen, LA.

Wednesday, October 29-2014

Went the rest of the way in to North Charleston, SC and delivered the building.

Then drove over to the other side of North Charleston and loaded a Terex T300 dump truck that is going to Humble, Texas.

 Left there and drove home for the night.

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

This morning drove down to the east bound rest area on I-26 in North Charleston, SC.  Deliver tomorrow morning not too far from here.

Here's another one...

Saturday, October 25, 2014

Left at sunrise this morning.  Nice day on the road.  Georgia routed me all over the place.  But this time I know why.  They are doing a lot of construction on the Atlanta beltway and traffic is a disaster - worse than normal.  Last time I went through there they had the area of I-20 and I-285 all messed up.  4 lanes down to 2.  In Atlanta, that is a disaster even on the weekends.

Passed the Regions Bank bicycle today.  Actually, it passed me.  Have you seen it on the TV commercials?

Stopped at the TA truck stop in Madison, Georgia.  I don't deliver until Wednesday morning so I'll stay here probably until Tuesday. Plus, I don't have a South Carolina permit yet.

Friday, October 24, 2014

Went in to Bossier City, LA this morning and loaded a communications building that is going over to Charleston, South Carolina.

Left there and started driving.  Here is a video of an idiot woman in a Prius (of course!!).  This happens a lot.  She passes me, cuts in front if me even though there is plenty of open road in front of her.   Then she slows down!!  Now I have to go around her!!  I would love to know what these idiots are thinking!!  

I stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Meridian, Mississippi.

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Well, I finally got another load.  Unfortunately it is all the way over in Bossier City, Louisiana.  So I hit the road and drove over there.  Stopped for the night at the LA Welcome Center on I-20.

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Went back to Kenworth and waited for the part to arrive.  It finally got there and they installed it.  Again, it took all day!!  They had a washer and drier (both free) there so I did three loads of laundry while I waited.

Still don't have another load yet so I went back to the Love's Truck Stop to wait some more.

Monday, October 20, 2014

Drove to Odessa this morning and delivered the excavator.  In the process, ripped a mud flap off.  Then my fifth wheel broke so I had to go over to Kenworth to get all that fixed.

They didn't start on my truck until 4 pm local time.  Fortunately they are open till midnight. 

They were able to fix the mud flap but had to order the part for the fifth wheel. Won't be here until Wednesday.  So I got my truck back and went to the Love's truck stop to wait till Wednesday.

Sunday, October 19, 2014