Left at about 1 AM EST. Had a good day until Fredericksburg, Virginia. There I got in stop-and-go traffic. Lost about a half hour because of it. After I got out of that mess I continued the rest of the way to the Daily yard in Carlisle, PA. I got there with 1 minute left on my 11-hour clock. 692 miles today.
Got to Jacksonville at 6:30 to deliver the wheel loader. Once that was done I went to the Daily yard and loaded a couple trailers that are going to the Daily yard in Carlisle, PA.
As soon as my 10 hours were up I left. That was about 12:30 bAM EST. Very uneventful day. Stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Richmond Hill, Georgia. 692 miles today.
Left Scranton at 2:30 AM EST and drove to Carlisle, PA. Got the truck washed then went to the "home office". My truck was due for B maintenance. They took my truck in first thing and got to work on it. While they were doing that I went to "IT" and got a new printer. Yesterday my printer finally took a dump. Everything was finished around noon. I went to Shippensburg, PA, and loaded a Volvo L90H Wheel Loader that is going to Jacksonville, Florida.
Left there and headed south. Didn't get very far. Stopped for the night at the Flying J truck stop in Winchester, Virginia.
Left as soon as my 10 hours were up. That was about 3 AM EST. Drove to Dunmore, PA, and delivered the wheel loader. Was almost out of hours so I high-tailed it over to the closest truck stop, the Petro in Scranton, PA. I'll be here for the night. 695 miles today. When I stopped I had 10 minutes left on my clock for today. Going to sleep now. Good night.
Went over to Caterpillar in East Peoria and delivered the engines. Then drove over to Davenport, Iowa, and loaded a John Deere 624 Wheel Loader that is going to Dunmore, Pennsylvania.
Left there and drove to the Love's truck stop in Pittsboro, Indiana. I'll start as soon as my 10 hours are up.
Here is one more interesting stat. Places I've been to last year.
As soon as my 10 hours were up I left. Drove the rest of the way to the Daily terminal in Morton, Illinois. Will be here until Monday morning.
Here is where I went last month.
Here is where I went in 2022.
The past 3 years.
Drove the rest of the way to Griffin, GA this morning and loaded five Caterpillar engines that are going to East Peoria, Illinois.
Left there in good time. Saw that there was a huge traffic back up starting on I-75 about 5 miles from the Atlanta beltway (I-285) so I was able to go around it. Didn't lose any time because of it. Didn't have any traffic problems in Chattanooga or Nashville. Stopped for the night in Kuttawa, Kentucky at the Pilot truck stop. Drove 524 miles today.
Spent my time off having a great time with family and friends. But now it is back to reality. I load tomorrow morning in Griffin, Georgia. This afternoon I left Jacksonville and headed that way. On the way my GPS unit decided to quit working so I stopped for the night at the Pilot truck stop in Cordell, GA. I had the most points on their "frequent flyer" card so that is where I decided to buy a new GPS unit. Using those points cut the price in half. While setting up the new one, it decided to quit working so I had to take it back and exchange it for another one. I can't ever do anything just once!!! Unbelievable!!!!
Well, we got the rain. Went to Clayton, NC this morning and loaded a Caterpillar 966M Wheel Loader that is going to Savannah, GA. It will eventually end up in Yokahama, Japan.
As you can see, it was pouring rain. Left there and drove down to the Port in Savannah and delivered the wheel loader. From there I drove to the Daily yard in Jacksonville, Florida. I'll be home for a couple week to enjoy the holidays with famiy and friends. I'm exhausted and glad to be here!!
My permit route had me going around the north side of Baltimore on the beltway. Within 10 minutes of getting on the beltway, I was in bumper-to-bumper traffic. It stayed that way almost all the way around Baltimore. Cleared up between Baltimore and Washington DC. Much more going around DC. Finally got out of that mess and continued on to Raleigh, NC, and delivered the wheel loader. Spent the night in a parking lot just down the road. It used to be a K-Mart. Tomorrow morning I will load in Clayton, NC. Supposed to get a lot of rain tonight and tomorrow morning.
Got a little bit later start than I wanted because of the Washington DC curfew. But I finally made it to Chantilly, VA, and delivered the tank and stuff. From there I drove up to the Port of Baltimore and loaded a Caterpillar 966 Wheel Loader that is going down to Raleigh, North Carolina.
Left there and went over to the TA truck stop in Baltimore for the night.
I left a half hour before sunrise this morning. Had a good day on the road except I got a flat tire on the truck in Virginia.
Stopped and got it fixed, but that made delivery today impossible. I stopped for the night at the Love's truck stop in Tom's Brook, Virginia. I'm a little over an hour away from delivery in the morning.
I decided not to do a reset there. There are several other trucks delivering with me in Virginia. They were leaving when I was arriving to load in Texas, so they had a good half-day head start. We are supposed to deliver Monday. After checking how many hours I had left this week I decided to keep going and try to catch up or at least get close to the others. My load should be the first to be unloaded since everything else sets on top of the tank. Having them wait for me would not be a good thing, plus the crane is expensive to have sitting around doing nothing. So at 1:30 AM CST, I left. Had light rain all the way. Drove to the TA truck stop in Greenville, Tennessee. Couldn't go any further because permit loads can't move in Virginia on Sunday. I think I made the right decision. Looks like a couple of the other trucks are here too. Lots of other oversize loads here waiting to go into Virginia tomorrow. Now its time to sleep.
Left at sunrise this morning. Light rain all day. Had some bumper-to-bumper traffic in West Memphis, Arkansas. Other than that, an uneventful day. Stopped at the Love's in Dickson, Tennessee. Will do a reset here. Start again Monday morning.
Got up early this morning and drove the 2-hour drive to Denison, Texas. I was early enough that I beat all the rush hour traffic in Fort Worth and Dallas. Arrived to load at 6:30 AM CST. They loaded the fuel tank.
I secured it to the trailer while the workers attached the foot grates on the top. They had to cut each section to fit. That took over an hour. THEN they said that they had more things to be transported. That was not listed on my paperwork, only the fuel tank. I called Carlise and cleared it with them, that way the rate increases. It took forever to get it all on. They are all going to Chantilly, Virginia. I didn't get out of there until 12:15 PM CST.
I drove to the Flying J truck stop in Texarkana, Arkansas for the night. Didn't get anywhere near where I wanted to today.
Left a half hour before sunrise this morning. Drove the rest of the way to Midland, TX, and delivered the excavator. My next load is back in Denison, TX. That is 6 1/2 hours away. I started off in that direction. Stopped for the night at the Petro truck stop in Weatherford, TX. That is about 30 miles west of Fort Worth.
