Left at about 4 AM CDT and drove the rest of the way to Irving, Texas, and delivered the Genset. As you can see from the photos below, the shrink wrap didn't make it.
My next load is at the Port of Galveston. I headed that way. Stopped at the Daily terminal in Houston, had to have a little work done to the truck and trailer. Once that was finished I stayed there for the night. Will get an early start in the morning.
I left at about 12:30 AM CDT. Had a very good uneventful day on the road. The shrink wrap on the genset started to shred, as I expected it would. Had to stop four different times and cut the shredded parts off. There isn't much of it left. After driving 620 miles today, I stopped at the Pilot truck stop in Sulphur Springs, Texas.
Went to Lafayette, IN this morning and loaded a Caterpillar 3516 Genset and a parts box going to Irving, Texas.
I left at 3 AM EDT and drove over to New Philidelphia, Ohio. I timed it perfectly and got there as they opened. Loaded a Gradall XL4100 Excavator that was going to Indianapolis, Indiana.
Left at sunrise this morning and drove to Indianapolis, IN, and delivered the excavator. Next load is back in New Philadelphia, Ohio. Stopped for the night at the Petro truck stop in New Paris, Ohio. Fall colors are looking good up here. Nice to see all the farmers out in the fields working their combines.
Left the Daily yard at 5 AM this morning and drove over to the Port of Baltimore and got in line to get in. Glad I left when I did. The container traffic into the port was backed up for over a mile. It only got worse as the morning progressed. At 7 AM they opened and I was able to unload in pretty good time. Then went to the other area of the Port to check in to get my next load. The line was all the way out the door and wrapped around the building. So I waited. Once I got checked in, I loaded a caterpillar 320 Excavator that is going to Indianapolis, Indiana.
At about 1 AM EDT I left and drove to the Daily terminal in Baltimore, Maryland. Can't deliver this thing until Tuesday because of the holiday, so here I'll sit.
As soon as my ten hours were up I left. That was about 1 AM EDT. Nothing interesting on the road today. Stopped at the Petro truck stop in Raphine, Virginia. I'll be here until Sunday morning.
Left at about 1 AM CDT and drove the rest of the way to North Little Rock, Arkansas, and loaded a ripper for a motor grader that is going to the Port of Baltimore in Dundalk, Maryland.
Talk about an easy load!!!! I love it!!! Left there and drove to a "mom & pop" truck stop in Lebanon, Tennessee. I try to stop in these kinds of places when I can find them. The food is usually better in them, and it was here. I ate in their restaurant and it was pretty good. 670 miles today.
I left at about 12:30 AM CDT and drove to Irvine, TX, and delivered the Engines. After getting two of them off the fork lift broke. After a while they brought over another fork lift and unloaded the rest of it. What normally would have taken 30 minutes took an hour and a half.
My next load is in North Little Rock, Arkansas. I started off that way but didn't get very far. Stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Rockwall, Texas. Had some good Texas BBQ ribs for dinner. 562 miles today.
Felt a lot better today. This morning I drove over to Griffin, GA, and loaded five Caterpillar engines and five parts boxes. They are all going to Irvine, Texas.
Left there and had a pretty good day on the road. No traffic issues going around Atlanta. There was a big traffic back-up in Alabama but I was able to go around it and didn't lose any time. Stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Meridian, Mississippi.
In the middle of the night last night I woke up very sick. Started at about 2 AM. This morning I changed my loading appointment until tomorrow morning. I have been sick all day but, I think I'm getting better. Will try to load tomorrow. Not taking any phone calls.
I have a loading appointment for 8 AM Monday morning in Griffin, Georgia. This morning I drove to the TA truck stop in Jackson, GA. Got the truck washed (finally) when I got here.
We have had daily thunderstorms worse than this storm. Thats a very good thing!! Other parts of the state were not so lucky. We had wind and periods of rain, but that's all. Here is what it looks like right now.
So far not much impact from the hurricane. It was windy all day with some light rain, that's all. The track has changed again. Now they say it is going to be east of me when it gets here. Thats a good thing. This is what it looks like now.
My trailer has more problems and it is taking longer to fix them. Instead of loading tomorrow somewhere, I decided to stay here and ride out the storm. Plus I don't want to be on the road with all the evacuation traffic. We shouldn't get much here. I expect that we will get a lot of rain and a good breeze with occasional gusts. This is what it looks like as of right now. The eye is forecast to go right over me as a tropical storm. That will probably change, it usually does.
Left a half hour before sunrise this morning and drove the rest of the way to Chiefland and delivered the tractor. After that, drove to the Daily terminal in Jacksonville. My trailer needed more repairs. I'll be here until Wednesday morning. Getting ready for the "big blow" heading this way. Passed dozens and dozens of power truck convoys heading into Florida today.
