Saturday, November 30, 2013

The end of a horrible season!!

Final

#2 Florida State

(12-0, 8-0 ACC)

Florida

(4-8, 3-5 SEC)

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		1	2	3	4		T
FSU		3	14	10	10		37
FLA		0	0	0	7		7

Saturday, November 23, 2013

The "Muskrat" has got to go!!  No excuse for this!!!!!

Final

G Southern

(7-4, 4-4 Southern)

Florida

(4-7, 3-5 SEC)

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		1	2	3	4		T
GASO		0	7	13	6		26
FLA		3	7	0	10		20

Friday, November 22, 2013

This morning loaded a Terex RT230 crane.  Didn't go very far with it.  Took it form a job site in North Charleston, SC over to another job site at the Air Force base in North Charleston.  A whopping 10 miles!!

Delivered the crane.  Didn't have another load so I drove home.  Will be home through the Thanksgiving holiday.

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Very easy day today.  Drive in to Columbia, SC and delivered the dozer.  Next Load is not until Friday in Charleston, SC.  Drove down to the Kangaroo Express truck stop in Summerville, SC.  I'll be here until Friday morning.

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Got a late start this morning.  Could not enter Louisville, KY this morning until after 9 am.  Timed it perfectly.  Crossed the river into Louisville exactly at 9 am.  The rest of the day was very nice.  Stopped for the night at a truck stop in Inman, South Carolina.

Monday, November 19, 2013

This morning went to Davenport and delivered the excavator.  My next load was at the Daily yard in Morton, Illinois.  Went down there and loaded a Caterpillar D6 Dozer that is going to Columbia, South Carolina.  

Aint it purdy!!!

Nice pleasant day on the road.  Stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Seymour, Indiana.

Saturday, November 16, 2013

Left the rest area just before sunrise this morning.  Great day on the road.  Traffic was not bad, most of the scales were closed, and I saw only two cops all day.  I like Saturdays!!  Had a little rain, nothing heavy, in Illinois.  Stopped for the weekend at the Bettendorf, Iowa Daily terminal.  Deliver a few miles from here Monday in Davenport.  It is very windy here.  Truck is rockin' real good!!!

It wasn't as bad as I expected.

Final

Florida

(4-6, 3-5 SEC)

#10 South Carolina

(8-2, 6-2 SEC)

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		1	2	3	4		T
FLA		7	7	0	0		14
SCAR		3	3	7	6		19

Friday, November 15, 2013

This morning left the TA very early and went to the Port of Baltimore and was one of the first in line.  Loaded a Caterpillar 329LE Excavator that is going to Davenport, Iowa.  I really enjoy driving these things!!

After securing it I had to wait for the Baltimore curfew to get over.  9 am arrived and off I went.  Great day battling the mountains along I-70, I-68, I-79, and I-70 again through Maryland, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania.  The truck worked hard but performed wonderfully.  Stopped for the night at the west bound rest area on I-70 in Zanesville, Ohio.

Thursday, November 14, 2013

Got started right at sunrise this morning and drove to Bensalem, PA to deliver.  The stupid state of Pennsylvania routed me all over the place.  Went down and around the south side of Philadelphia only to go back up through Philly to Bensalem which is north of Philly.  Through a lot of small towns and a zillion traffic lights!! Went right past the entrance to Longwood Gardens.   Just dumb!!  Added an hour to the trip.  But I finally made it and delivered the thing.  Next load is down at the Port of Baltimore in Dundalk tomorrow morning.  Stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Elkton, MD.

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Got a bit of a late start today because I had to wait for my Ohio permit.  Once it arrived I got started.  Very uneventful day.  Stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Brooksville, PA.

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

The weather cooperated last night.  The snow stayed to the east of where I was.  Didn't get anything!!  

First thing this morning went over to load a Sandvik crusher.  Backed in off the road into a small sandy area and detached the trailer.  There were two guys there and neither one knew how to run the machine. I didn't either, and wasn't going to.  The one guy figured it out and, to make a long story short, he loaded the thing on my trailer.  But the way it was on there the machine hung over and I could not reattach.  He called someone that knew something about the machine and was told that the machine was on the trailer backwards.  He took it back off.  By now it had warmed up a bit and the once frozen ground had thawed.  Decided not to try to load again there because it was too soft.  The front of the trailer had sunk in the sand and I was unable to reattach.  Fortunately there was a wheel loader there and they lifted the trailer up enough for me to reattach.  Then I needed a push from the wheel loader to get out.  I decided that trying to load in there was not a good idea.  By now it is noon.  There was a place in there that was gravel and not sand.  Moved the trailer over there and tried it again.  (there is a lot more to this, but I won't go in to all the details)  Finally it worked!!  Got the thing up on the trailer.  Notice that there is no cab or place for a driver?  It is operated by remote control, there is no cab.

This is why I was concerned with loading in the sand.

Stopped for the night, when I ran out of daylight, at the Pilot truck stop in Ft. Wayne, Indiana.

Monday, November 11, 2013

Drove up to Milwaukee and delivered the wheel loader in the rain.  After that drove down to Sturtevant and loaded a Case 315 tractor and wheels.  Just as I finished securing it the rain changed to snow.

Since I was soaked and filthy I went back to the Petro in Racine (only one exit north) scaled and showered.  After scaling found out that I was too heavy.  Permits were only for width, not weight.  So I took the tractor up to the Daily yard in Lannon and dropped it off there.  Someone else will have to take it to Texas. My next load is tomorrow morning back down in Gary, Indiana.  I headed down to Gary.  Of course I hit Chicago right at rush hour.  Not a fun thing to do in the heavy snow.  Took two hours just to get through Chicago.

Here is Chicago on Friday.

Here is Chicago today

Finally made it down to the Petro truck stop in Gary, IN.  Weather report for Gary is up to 5 inches of lake effect snow tonight.  Not supposed to stop until noon tomorrow.

Saturday, November 9, 2013

Left Mineral Wells, West Virginia before sunrise this morning and drove another 574 miles, stopping only twice. Finished the day at the Petro truck stop in Racine, Wisconsin.  Took a while getting through Chicago. Even on a Saturday had a lot of bumper to bumper traffic.  

Listened to the Gator game on the radio. The Gators are getting worse every week!!  Next week will be even worse when they play South Carolina in Columbia.  I really think that after this disaster of a season is over the "Muskrat" has to go!!  First loosing season in 25 years!!

Final

Vanderbilt

(5-4, 2-4 SEC)

Florida

(4-5, 3-4 SEC)

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		1	2	3	4		T
VAN		10	7	7	10		34
FLA		0	3	7	7		17

Friday, November 8, 2013

Went to the John Deere plant in Kernersville, NC and delivered the excavator this morning.  Next load was down in Clayton, NC.  Went down there to the Caterpillar plant and loaded a Caterpillar 924K wheel loader and bucket.  They are going to Milwaukee, WI.

After that drove up to Mineral Wells, West Virginia to a truck stop for the night.  Drove 610 miles today.  Not too shabby!

Thursday, November 7, 2013

This morning loaded a John Deere 245G excavator.  It is going to Kernersville, NC.

Left there and drove down to one of my favorite Petro truck stops in Mebane, North Carolina for the night.  They had a delicious prime rib buffet tonight in the restaurant.  Will deliver tomorrow morning.

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Trying something new.  As you may have seen already in the "Where Am I?" section there is a new item.  Click on "Live Tracking" and you can see where I am and where I've been.  So far it is seems to be VERY accurate.

First thing this morning went in to Linville, VA and delivered the dumpsters.  After that went up to the "home office" in Carlisle, PA and got rid of the step deck trailer and got my low boy trailer back.  While it was there they put a GPS trailer tracker on it.  It is totally separate from the new thing I am trying.

After finishing in Carlisle I drove down to the Daily yard in Baltimore, MD where I am loading an excavator in the morning.

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Went in to Odum, GA this morning and loaded a couple of dumpsters that are going up to Linville, Virginia.  Was able to get loaded real fast and out there.  

Drove, only stopping once, up to the Pilot truck stop in Harrisonburg, Virginia for the night.  Deliver a few miles from here in the morning.  

Monday, November 4, 2013

After some really great home time, I'm back at it again.  My next load is tomorrow morning in Odum, Georgia.  Swapped out of my 48 foot step deck trailer to a 53 foot step deck for this load.  Drove to a small gas station that has some truck parking in Jesup, GA.  Load about 15 minutes from here tomorrow.

Saturday, November 2, 2013

All I can say is they did better than I expected.

AT JACKSONVILLE FL

Georgia

(5-3, 4-2 SEC)

Florida

(4-4, 3-3 SEC)

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		1	2	3	4		T
UGA		17	6	0	0		23
FLA		0	3	9	8		20

Monday, October 28, 2013

Drove down to Orlando and delivered the stuff.  Then drove back to Jacksonville.  Will be home for the rest of the week.