Saturday, October 18, 2014

Left a half hour before sunrise this morning.  Another nice day on the road.  Stopped and got the truck washed.  Then continued on down to the TA truck stop in Big Spring, Texas.  Then did some serious cleaning.  Cleaned and vacuumed the cab and bunk area. Scrubbed the floor, the walls, the air conditioner, and the windows.  Did some minor repairs outside too.  After that was all done, took a shower and settled in for a nice weekend of football.  I love football season!!!!!

Friday, October 17, 2014

Hit the road right at sunrise this morning.  Pushed it hard today.  Was a great day to be on the road!!  Perfect weather and very little traffic problems.  In Tennessee passed another fatal crash.  A Ford mini van left the road and into the wide median and slammed into a tree head on.  It burst into flames.  The commotion was pretty much over with when I went by but the Highway Patrol homicide team was hard at work.  Arkansas detoured me all over the place.  But in spite of all that still made it 676 miles and stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Rockwall, Texas.  That is about 35 miles east of Dallas.

Thursday, October 16, 2014

This morning drove to Randleman, NC and delivered the engine.  Then on up to Kernersville, NC and loaded a Hitachi Z250G Excavator that is going to Odessa, Texas.  I am at 103,000 pounds.

Left there and headed west.  It was overcast all day so the autumn colors didn't "pop" out.  But I still took some photos for you of I-40 in North Carolina west of Asheville.

Stopped for the night at the Petro truck stop in Kingston Springs, TN.  That is west of Nashville.

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

This morning to Newberry and loaded a Caterpillar C-9 Engine that is going to Randleman, NC. 

 After that drove down to Summerville, SC and delivered the mini excavator.  After that drove to Florence, SC to the Petro and ate dinner and got a shower.  Had the best steak dinner I have ever had at a TA/Petro truck stop.  Wish they all did this.

Then drove to the Wilco/Hess truck stop in Candor, NC for the night.

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Drove over to Athens, GA this morning and loaded a Caterpillar 305E2 Mini Excavator.  That is going to Summerville, South Carolina.  

Left there and drove over to the Love's truck stop in Newberry, SC for the night.

Monday, October 13, 2014

This morning went over to Griffin, GA and loaded a Caterpillar 3516 Genset and took it 12 miles to the other side of Griffin to a dealer and unloaded there.

After I dropped that one off went back and did another one.

After that was done I went back to the TA truck stop in Jackson, took a shower, did some laundry, and settled in for some Monday Night Football.

Saturday, October 11, 2014

Left at sunrise this morning and drove in to Austel, GA.  The place I delivered was across from Six Flags Atlanta.  Delivered the compactor.  Then went down to the TA truck stop in Jackson, GA.  Look who was here.

I don't give a hoot about wrestling, but for those of you that do, there ya go.

Friday, October 10, 2014

It's a good thing that I washed my truck yesterday.  Haven't seen rain for over two weeks, but today I drove 600 miles in the rain!!  Heavy at times.  Took forever to get through Nashville.  Got there right at rush hour and in the rain.  There were little wrecks all over the place.  Bumper to bumper from north of Nashville all the way through to the south side.  Stopped for the night at the Love's truck stop in Jasper, Kentucky.

Thursday, October 9, 2014

Delivered the excavator first thing this morning.  Then drove down to Morris, Illinois for my next load.  Loaded a Caterpillar 815F compactor at Richie Brothers that is going to Austell, Georgia.  Here is a video of me loading the machine.

Left there and drove to the TA truck stop in Bloomington, Illinois for the night.

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Got started this morning.  Took a few photos of sunrise and the start of fall colors in northern Tennessee, north of Knoxville.

Coming into Cincinnati, Ohio on I-75.

Stopped for the night at  the TA truck stop in Monroe, Michigan.

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Finally got another load this morning.  Drove over to Athens, Georgia and loaded two Caterpillar 305E Mini Excavators.  The first one gets dropped off in Knoxville, Tennessee.  The other one goes to Novi, Michigan.

Left there and got back to Atlanta right at rush hour.  You know what that means...  Yup, and there was plenty of it too.  Finally got through it all and made it up to the TA truck stop on the west side of Knoxville for the night.

Monday, October 6, 2014

No load yet.  Got my 90 day inspection done and out of the way.  Had a leaking air valve replaced.  Other than that, pretty dull day.

Sunday, October 5, 2014

Saturday, October 4, 2014

Florida 10
Tennessee 9

Friday, October 3, 2014

Hit the road as soon as my 10 hours was up.  Passed a fatal crash going through Tuscaloosa, Alabama.  A car, a mini van, and a semi truck. The south bound side was shut down.  

Went in to Birmingham, AL and delivered.  Don't have another load yet so I headed back to the Petro truck stop in Bucksville, AL.  Birmingham was a mess!!  Passed a five car crash on my side of the interstate.  Traffic was four lanes down to one right as rush hour was starting.  Made it passed that mess only to come up to another just past the first one.  Two cars in that one.  Four lanes down to two.  Made it passed that one and came across another.  This time it was on the other side.  Two cars.  Screwed up traffic over there.  Finally got out of there and down to the truck stop.  Will be here for the rest of the weekend.  Go Gators!!!

Thursday, October 2, 2014

Left this morning and drove up to a quary just south of Realitos, Texas and loaded some parts taken off a Caterpillar 773G Dump Truck. They are going up to Birmingham, Alabama.

Left there and drove for a little while.  Hit Houston right at rush hour and, of course, had a lot of bumper to bumper traffic.  Went past the Lakewood Church, the home base for Joel Osteen.

Stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Baytown, TX.  Under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch here until 3 am local time.

Tuesday, October 1, 2014

Drove the rest of the way to Progreso, TX and delivered the excavator.  Progreso in on the USA / Mexico border about 30 miles from Brownsville.  Where I delivered was only two miles from the border.  Next load is tomorrow up in Realitos, TX.  Drove to a small truck stop in Falfurrias, TX for the night.

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Left Hammond, LA this morning at sunrise.  My computer decided to act up again so when I got to Baytown, Texas I stopped at the TA truck stop, dropped my trailer and high tailed it over to Best Buy and got a replacement.  Then back on the road.  Stopped for the night at a small truck stop in Refugio, Texas.

Monday, September 29, 2014

Went over to Peachtree City, GA this morning and loaded a Sany SY215C Excavator that is going down to Progreso, Texas.

Got on the road and drove down to the Petro truck stop in Hammond, Louisiana for the night.

Sunday, September 28, 2014

This morning I had routine maintenance done on my truck.  While I was waiting for them to finish another driver came in to have his truck worked on.  He had a female Capuchin monkey with him.  The staff gave him some popcorn, which she promptly devoured.  She climbed all over everyone, including me.  She was so cute and friendly.

When the service department was finished I went to Wal-Mart and restocked some stuff.  Then settled in for a great afternoon of football on TV.