Sunday, September 23, 2018

Last night was a very pleasant surprise!!

Saturday, September 22, 2018

As soon as my 10 hours was up I left and continued on toward Victoria.  There is one truck stop in Victoria and it is crap so I do not go there.  Instead, I go to the TA truck stop in Ganado, TX.  Drove seven hours and fifty nine minutes.  Had to stop along the side of the road for 30 minutes only 12 miles from the truck stop.  Why did I have to stop, you might be asking? Because some jackass that sits behind a desk thinks that I am not able to drive after 8 hours without a 30 minute break.  If I do, it is considered an "EGREGIOUS" violation and I would be fined... are you ready for this?  $2700!!!  Tell me something, at your job, if you decide to continue working through your break or lunch, is the Government going to fine you $2700????   It does mine!  How freekin' stupid!!!  Thank God I live in a "free" country. 

Anyway, now it is time for an afternoon and evening of SEC football!!!!!!

Friday, September 21, 2018

Left Shreveport, LA at sunrise this morning.  Another great day on the road.  Absolutely no problems going through Dallas or Ft. Worth, Texas.  Made it all the way to Odessa, another 565 miles (909 km), and delivered the excavator in the rain.  Had a hard time finding a place to park tonight.  Had to go back to the Love's truck stop in Midland, Texas.   Next load is in Victoria, Texas Monday morning.  Will go there tomorrow morning.

Thursday, September 20, 2018

Left a half hour before sunrise this morning.  Great day on the road. No problems anywhere.  Drove non-stop 7 1/2 hours before I had to stop for that stupid required 30 minute break. Then finished the day after driving 596 miles (959 km), stopping at the Petro truck stop in Shreveport, Louisiana for the night.

Wednesday, September 19, 2018

My permit finally came in about 9 am this morning and I left.  Just inside Florida I passed a semi truck that burned up.  The driver did good and detached from his trailer so the truck didn't burn too. Sure had north bound traffic messed up.

That was the only "excitement" for the day.  Stopped for the night at the Love's truck stop in Defuniak Springs, Florida.

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Late this morning I finally got my next load.  Went up to the Keen yard in Pooler, Georgia and loaded a Link Belt 350X4 Excavator that is going to Odessa, Texas.

I don't have any permits yet so I went back to the TA truck stop in Richmond Hill, GA for the night and until they come in.

Monday, September 17, 2018

I moved up to the TA truck stop in Richmond Hill, Georgia.  Have a better chance of getting a load from here.  Unfortunately, nothing came through today.

Sunday, September 16, 2018

Finished up with my trailer this morning.  I'm good to go again.  Also ran a few errands and did three loads of laundry.  Now I'll settle in for an afternoon of football.

I have a hitch hiker on my truck !!!!

Saturday, September 15, 2018

While the mechanic worked on my trailer I settled in for another afternoon of SEC Football!!  I really love this time of year!!!!!!!!!!

 The Gators did good today too.

Next week could be a different story.  Next few games don't look too good for them.  Oh well, enjoy this win.  It may be the last for a while.

Tomorrow will be a little more work on the trailer.  Hopefully it will be all better.

Friday, September 14, 2018

This morning drove to the Port of Jacksonville in Blount Island, Florida.  Delivered the dump truck.  Then went to the Daily terminal in Jacksonville to have our mechanic fix my trailer.  

Thursday, September 13, 2018

Left real early this morning. Another good day on the road.  Lost about 30 minutes in bumper to bumper traffic in Atlanta because of a wreck.  Other than that, no other problems.  Stopped for the night at the Flying J truck stop in Brunswick, Georgia when I ran out of hours. 

Wednesday, September 12, 2018

As soon as it was legal for me to drive I left the Daily terminal in Bettendorf, Iowa and drove to the Flying J truck stop in Oak Grove, Kentucky. Good day on the road, no problems.

Tuesday, September 11, 2018

My trailer got fixed late this afternoon.  Well, fixed enough to get back to Jacksonville.  Will need more work there.  I went back over to the Bettendorf terminal and hooked back to my trailer.  I'll leave first thing in the morning.

Monday, September 10, 2018

My next load came in late this morning.  It was up i Davenport, Iowa.  I left the TA and drove up there and loaded a John Deere 310E Articulating Dump Truck that is going to Jacksonville, Florida.  Got the thing on but the trailer broke and had difficulty getting it reconnected.  Had the mechanic come out from the Bettendorf terminal.  He saw the problem but was not able to fix it there.  Was able to get it reconnected enough to get back to the terminal.  So I secured the truck to the trailer and drove over to the Bettendorf terminal.

I got there at quitting time so I dropped the trailer there.  He will start on it in the morning.  I drove out to the Iowa 80 truck stop for the night.  

Sunday, September 9, 2018

Last night didn't go as well as hoped. 

Saturday, September 8, 2018

Got on the road real early this morning and drove over to the TA truck stop in Bloomington, Illinois.  Wanted to get here early enough to watch ESPN College Game Day.  I love this time of year!!!!!!!!! So glad football is back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now it's time to settle in for an afternoon of SEC Football.

And then tonight.

Friday, September 7, 2018

Got an early start this morning.  Was doing pretty good until an idiot driving a Jeep SUV bounced off a couple guard rails and came to a stop blocking half the bridge.  No emergency vehicles on scene when I went by.

Met up with my two pilot escort cars at I-75 exit 41 in Kentucky.  Had to have them for the re-route.

After that I continued on up to Cincinnati, Ohio and delivered the drill.  Next load will probably be in either Decatur or Morton, Illinois so I started off in that direction.  Stopped for the night at the Petro truck stop in Greensburg, Indiana.

Thursday, September 6, 2018

Went back over to Pembroke, GA this morning and picked up my trailer.

Left there a half hour after sunrise.  Amazingly had absolutely no problems going through Atlanta!!  Continued up to the Petro truck stop in Knoxville, Tennessee for the night.  I'll get an early start in the morning.  Will have 2 pilot escort cars through a portion of Kentucky that they have routed me off I-75.

Wednesday, September 5, 2018

It sure was nice to be off for a while.  Had a fantastic vacation.  But now it is time to come back to reality. 

 I left the yard in Jacksonville this morning at 5 am EDT and drove up to Pembroke, Georgia.  That is about 25 miles west of the Savannah exit off I-95.  To start my triumphant return to work off just right, the machine was not ready.  They said it wouldn't be ready until this afternoon sometime. So I took a long nap.  At 5 pm it still was not ready, but I was well rested!!  At about 5:30 they were ready.  Loaded a CZM Drill Rig.  It was not easy.  Finally got it on, but it is not centered real well so it leans a little.  Oh well, I'll deal with it.  Once I finished securing it to the trailer, I dropped the trailer there and drove bobtail to the TA truck stop 32 miles away in Richmond Hill, GA for the night.  I'll have photos tomorrow for you.

Saturday, September 1, 2018

FINALLY !!!!!!!!!!!!!

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