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Sunday, December 22, 2024

 Last night when my 10 hours were up I left.  That was at about 10 PM EST.  Drove the rest of the way to Jacksonville, Florida.  Will be home for the Holidays.

Saturday, December 21, 2024

 Yesterday afternoon was the Gators last game until September. 😒

I left at midnight last night.  Nice drive today.  629 miles to the TA truck stop in Mariana, Florida for my 10 hours.   Now it is time for three games of the College Football Playoffs.

Friday, December 20, 2024

 I left early this morning and arrived in Grand Prairie, Texas just before they opened.  Once they finished unloading the tank, I left and headed toward Jacksonville, Florida.  Ran out of hours and stopped at the Petro truck stop in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Thursday, December 19, 2024

 It was not a great day today. I left at sunrise this morning and did just fine until mile marker 23 on I-30 in Arkansas. A mile and a half ahead, a very serious crash happened, and traffic was totally stopped.  It had just occurred before I got there.  I couldn't see it.  Radio reports said that 2 semi trucks and 2 cars were involved and the entire westbound lanes were blocked.  A total of 6 cop cars, several fire trucks, and an ambulance went past on the shoulder.  Two helicopters landed and transported several from the scene.  After two and a half hours of sitting there, they finally opened the Interstate.  Unfortunately, that made delivery today impossible.  I continued on to the TA truck stop in Rockwall, Texas for the night. Only 404 miles today.

Wednesday, December 18, 2024

 I left at about 12:30 AM EST.  Pretty good day.  Lots of heavy rain in Tennessee.  Drove 668 miles to the TA truck stop in Earle, Arkansas.  Had only 10 minutes left on my clock when I stopped.

Tuesday, December 17, 2024

 At 2:30 AM EST, my 10 hours were up and I left.  Drove the rest of the way to Sandusky, Ohio and loaded an empty asphalt tank that is going to Grand Prairie, Texas.

I was ready to go at about 7:30 AM but had to sit there and wait for my permits to come in.  They came in at about 9:15 AM.  I left.  Drove to the TA truck stop in Walton, Kentucky for the night.  495 miles today.

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Monday, December 16, 2024

 We got a nice little layer of snow yesterday.  Just after lunch, they took my truck into the shop to fix a few minor things.  Then I attached to my next trailer and headed toward Sandusky, Ohio for my next load.  Stopped for my 10 hours at the service plaza in New Stanton, Pennsylvania.

Sunday, December 15, 2024

 I left a little after midnight and drove the rest of the way to Carlisle, PA.  Unloaded the truck, parked it, and parked the trailer.  I was done and in bed just after 5 AM EST.  I did good.  There is weather on the way and I beat it, as I had hoped to do.

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Saturday, December 14, 2024

 At about 2 AM EST I left and headed toward Carlisle.  No issues on the road today, just the way I like it.  I stopped for 10 hours at the TA truck stop in Ashland, Virginia.  602 miles today. I did 628 yesterday.

Friday, December 13, 2024

 When my 10 hours were up, I left.  That was a little after 1 AM EST.  Drove to Claxton, Georgia, and delivered the rollers.  It took a while to get the dead one off the trailer, but they finally did it.  My next load is at the Daily Terminal in Jacksonville, Florida.  I headed that way.  At mile marker 12 in Georgia, traffic came to a stop because of a wreck ahead.  Took 45 minutes to get to exit 3.  Made my way to the terminal.  A driver had brought his company truck to the terminal and quit.  The truck and trailer needed to go to Carlisle.  I dropped the step deck trailer and hooked up to the other trailer, Loaded the truck on it, and settled in for my 10 hours.  That truck is an automatic transmission.  I didn't know we had any of those.  It was weird to drive, don't like it.  I kept trying to step on the clutch pedal that wasn't there.

I'll get started when my 10 hours are up.

Thursday, December 12, 2024

 This morning I went back to the Port.  Fortunately, the sun was out today!! We, myself and the guys from the Port, tried to get the machine started.  It wouldn't start no matter what they did.  They brought over a big fork lift, picked it up, and sat it down on my trailer.  I secured it and left. Don't ever buy one of these thing.  Apparently, they always have problems with them. Both of them are going to Claxton, Georgia.

Left there and drove to the TA truck stop in Stony Creek, Virginia for my 10 hours.

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Wednesday, December 11, 2024

 Last night after sleeping for about 5 hours I got up and went back to continue working on my truck.  That was at about 11 PM.  Worked on it until 2 AM and went back to the hotel and slept until 7 AM.  All of that was in the rain. Went back and finished.  It is a new International but the color is horrible!!!!

Got a step deck trailer and left for the Port of Baltimore. I was supposed to load two rollers.  I loaded the first one, no problem. 

Still raining, but now the heavens opened up!!  The second one wouldn't start.  The guys from the Port came over and after an hour of trying to get it to run, they gave up.  It was now quitting time for them.  So I left and went to the TA truck stop in Baltimore.  Told Daily about the problems.  They said to go back in the morning and have them put it on the trailer with a forklift.  After a while at the truck stop my APU, my brand new APU, was not working properly.  The perfect ending to a really crappy day.

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

 Went over to the Daily yard and started swapping into my new truck.  Worked on it all day in the rain.  Still not done.  Going back early in the morning to finish it.

Monday, December 9, 2024

 Not a good day today.  Didn't feel very well.  Aches and pains all over.  Stayed in bed most of the day. My replacement truck was ready this afternoon and I'll start moving into it tomorrow.

Sunday, December 8, 2024

 This morning I drove back to West Alexander, PA to get my truck.  I couldn't load the truck until payment was made to the wrecker company.  That took several hours.  Not easy to get someone on a Sunday during hunting season.  But payment was finally made and I loaded the truck on the trailer.  Had a lot of difficulty reattaching the trailer.  It is so old !!  After 45 minutes of struggling with it, I got it and left.  I drove back to Carlisle and unloaded the truck.  Had more difficulty reattaching but it didn't take as long this time.  I parked both trucks, got in my rental car, got dinner, and returned to the hotel.  I'm exhausted!!!  Good night.