Monday, December 10, 2018

The trailer that I was waiting for came back and I swapped all my stuff into it.

But the load that I am picking up tomorrow requires a little more stuff.  Put all that stuff up on the trailer and tied it down.

Now I'm ready to head down to Decatur in the morning to load.

Friday, December 7, 2018

Went to the Caterpillar Proving Grounds in Washington, Illinois first thing this morning and delivered the dozer.  Don't have another load yet so I went to the Daily terminal in Morton to wait.

I will be here for a while.  There is a trailer here that I want.  It is scheduled to do a local run on Monday.  When it comes back Monday night I can have it.  So I'll wait.  Working on a load for Tuesday that should be a challenge.  Interesting.  We will see if it happens.

Thursday, December 6, 2018

Left a half hour before sunrise.  No snow (yet), just overcast.  Started snowing just before Indianapolis. Like yesterday, it didn't stick to the roads.  By the time I got to Illinois the snow had stopped.  I stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Bloomington, Illinois.  Will deliver tomorrow morning.

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Left North Canton, Ohio at 3 am this morning in the snow.  It snowed all day. Fortunately it only stuck to the grass and not the roads.  Drove down to Sand Fork, West Virginia and loaded a Caterpillar D8T Dozer that is going to the Caterpillar Proving Ground in Washington, Illinois.  That is near Peoria. 

Left there and had a good day on the road in spite of the snow. Here is my view today.

Stopped for the night at the Pilot truck stop in Hebron, Ohio. Drove 555 miles through the West Virginia mountains and loaded today!!  I'm exhausted!!!  Good night!!

Tuesday, December 4, 2018

The trailer lights are still working!! Hooray!!!!  I left the Petro in Gary, Indiana at midnight CST and headed for Cleveland.  Had a stretch of about 20 miles of heavy lake effect snow. Several inches deep.

When it was time for my 30 minute break, I took a nap.  It lasted an hour and a half!!  Oh well.  Continued on into Cleveland to the job site to deliver.

 Here is where I had to back in and up to the crane.

Delivered the TBM with no problems.  Left there and started off toward West Virginia for my next load.  Stopped for the day at the TA truck stop in North Canton, Ohio because I was close to running out of hours and I was exhausted. 

Monday, December 3, 2018

The trailer lights went out again so I spent all morning in the shop getting them fixed. Hopefully the fourth time is a charm!!  Got my Ohio permit late this afternoon.  Still no Cleveland city permit.

Sunday, December 2, 2018

More trailer gremlins!!  Half of my trailer lights decided to stop working.  At 3 am went over to the shop here at the Petro to get them fixed. The only guy they had working at that hour was unable to figure it out.  Had to wait for a different mechanic to come in.  To make a long story short, the other guy was able to fix it and I was out of the shop at 1 pm.  At least it is fixed, hopefully for the last time.

Saturday, December 1, 2018

Here is a little time lapse video from yesterday backing in to load.  All blind side backing. Hope you like it.

Here is a short time lapse video going down the road after being loaded.

Today I'll enjoy a bunch of football.

And...

Friday, November 30, 2018

Went over to Menomonee Falls first thing this morning and loaded a Tunnel Boring Machine that is going to Cleveland, Ohio. 

Left there in great time.  I had all my permits except Ohio.  Found out, while on the way, that Ohio's permit computer crashed yesterday.  It was back up today but they were back logged.  Also found out that I needed a Cleveland City permit.  That one takes three days to process BUT they will not even start the process until they get my Ohio State permit.  All that means is that instead of delivering tomorrow as planned, I may not be able to deliver until Tuesday, Wednesday, or even Thursday!!  I stopped at the Petro truck stop in Gary, Indiana until I get my Ohio permits.  Happy, happy, joy joy!!

Thursday, November 29, 2018

Had some snow last night.  About an inch.  Left real early this morning and drove the rest of the way up to Eau Claire, Wisconsin and delivered the dump truck.  After that drove over to the Daily terminal in Lannon, Wisconsin.  It is the Milwaukee terminal.  Had a bunch more things to fix on the trailer.  When he finished that, I found out that my printer took a dump.  Went to Wal Mart and bought a new one, then installed it.  Now I'm settled in for the evening.  I load very close to here in the morning.

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Left a half hour before sunrise this morning.  Another great day on the road. Snow was on the ground in northern Illinois from a dusting to about a foot thick.  No snow on the ground in Wisconsin. It was sunny and the roads were clear and dry all day.  Stopped for the night at the Petro truck stop in Portage, Wisconsin.  Will deliver tomorrow morning.

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Left a half hour after sunrise this morning.  A great day on the road. No traffic problems going through Nashville.  Continued on up to the TA truck stop in Mt. Vernon, Illinois where I'll spend the night.  No snow yet, but it is c-o-l-d !!!!

Monday, November 26, 2018

Went overt to the Port of Savannah first thing this morning and loaded a Caterpillar 745 Articulating Dump Truck that is going up to Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

Got out of there in real good time this morning.  Went through Atlanta with no traffic problems.  That's amazing!!!!  Stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Cartersville, Georgia.  Feels GREAT to be back on the road again!!!!!!!!!!!

Sunday, November 25, 2018

Hard to believe...

Left early this morning and drove to the TA truck stop in Richmond Hill, Georgia.  Wanted to (and did) beat all the "going home" traffic.  Load tomorrow morning over at the Port of Savannah.

Saturday, November 24, 2018

Another great day for SEC football!!!!

Florida Gators vs. Florida State Seminoles.  Rivalry Weekend in College football. Last game of the regular season.  Can't believe how fast it went!!!!

Gators did a great job of destroying the Seminoles!!!

Back to work tomorrow.  Load Monday.  It will be great to get back to work.  Been off way too long.

Thursday, November 22, 2018

Saturday, November 17, 2018

A great day for SEC football!!

 

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Here is the trailer I picked up last night.

Monday, November 12, 2018

This afternoon drove down to Eustis, Florida to another Daily driver's house and picked up a trailer.  Was raining when I left and heard the traffic report on the radio, it was not good.  I went the back roads all the way down to avoid all the traffic back ups.  Even so, it took three hours to get there.  Once I got the trailer I went back to Jacksonville. Too dark for pictures.  I'll post them tomorrow.

Sunday, November 11, 2018

Drove the rest of the way back to Jacksonville, Florida this morning.  We will see what next week brings.