Friday, December 5, 2014

This morning drove down to Shady Grove, PA and loaded a Grove 4409 Industrial Crane that is going for a short ride down to Dulles, Virginia.

Left there and drove down to Dulles and delivered the crane.  Don't have another load yet so I went up to the TA truck stop in Jessup, Maryland for the rest of the weekend.

North of Washington DC on I-95, check out this idiot.  In the video you will see 3 dark SUV's in front of me.  Watch the fool in the far right lane.  He flies up behind a car and has to hit the brakes hard to keep from hitting it. Then jumps over into the middle lane.  Then he decides he want to get in front of me so he cuts me off and, with a nice hand gesture, tells me that I'm number 1.  He also keeps stepping on his breaks.  Notice that the left lane is totally open but he chooses not to use it.  IDIOT!!!!

Thursday, December 4, 2014

Well, got a lot done while I was here in Carlisle.  

Yesterday got, and installed an Electronic Log Book.  I am trial testing the unit for Daily.  I'm the first one to have one.  There will be another driver testing one too.  By 2017 these things will be required by law so Daily wants to be ahead of the game and find a model that works best for us. I will be evaluating this thing for a while.  If you want to learn about the model I'm evaluating click here and it will take you to the web page,

Today I went over to Kenworth and had a transmission problem fixed.  Then went to Walmart and restocked a few things.  Tomorrow morning I'll go down to Shady Grove, PA and load a small crane.

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Left Columbus, Ohio just before sunrise this morning in freezing rain.  Fortunately it only lasted about 45 minutes then it cleared up for a while.  Shortly after I got into Pennsylvania I started seeing a lot of road department trucks with plows on, and beds full of road salt.  

I had not heard the weather report but after seeing that I knew they were expecting something.  Not too long after that the snow started.

And the weather got worse.  A lot worse.

And the trucks got busy.

Really?  Ya think I need a sign to tell me that??

Here is a short video of how bad it got.

After a while it slowly got better.  It turned back into rain.  Stayed that way the rest of the day.

Made it all the way in to Lebanon, PA and delivered the dump truck.  Didn't think I was going to get there in time, but I just barely made it!!   Then went over to the "home office" in Carlisle, PA for a couple days.  By the time I got to Carlisle the rain had changed to freezing rain.  Rough day today.  I'm exhausted!!  Gonna sleep well tonight!!

Monday, December 1, 2014

Left the Daily yard just before sunrise this morning.  Nice day on the road.  Drove to the north bound rest area on I-71 just north of Columbus, Ohio for the night.

Saturday, November 29, 2014

Last regular season game this year.  It went by so darned fast!!!!

Sunset in Bettendorf, Iowa.

They put up a bigger fight than I thought they would.

Florida Gators

6-4, 3rd in East Division

Live on ESPN

Bobby Bowden Field at Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee, Florida

Florida Gators (6-4)

 

19 - 24

Live - 1:30 4Q

Florida State1 Seminoles (11-0)

	1	2	3	4		Total
Florida	9	7	3	0		19
Florida State	7	14	0	3		24

Friday, November 28, 2014

Left Paducah, KY just before sunrise this morning.  Drove up to the John Deere plant in Davenport, Iowa and delivered the excavator.  Then reloaded with a John Deere 300D Dump Truck that is going over to Lebanon, Pennsylvania. 

My permits for this load don't start until Monday so I went over to the Daily yard in Bettendorf, IA for the rest of the weekend.  I can plug in there so I don't have to run the generator.

GO GATORS !!!!

Thursday, November 27, 2014

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Another easy day.  Left Knoxville at sunrise and drove to a truck stop in Paducah, KY where I stopped until Friday morning.  Got there, dropped my trailer and did some errands before the weather set in.  Made it just in time.  Started raining as I was hooking back up to my trailer.  Might see a few snow flurries, not sure.  On the border as to weather we'll see rain, or snow, or both.  It doesn't matter.  I'm gonna watch football all day tomorrow anyway.

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Left early this morning and delivered the generator first thing.  Then went up to Kernersville, NC and loaded a Hitachi Z250G Excavator that is going out to Davenport, Iowa.

Had a nice afternoon on the road except I went through Knoxville, TN at rush hour.  Had a bit of bumper to bumper there.  Stopped for the night at the Petro truck stop west of Knoxville.

Monday, November 24, 2014

Easy day.  Went to Simpsonville, SC first thing this morning and delivered the wheel loader.  Then drove over to Newberry, SC and loaded a Caterpillar 3512 Generator that is going up to Randleman, NC.

They have a crane scheduled for tomorrow morning to unload.  I stopped for the rest of the day at a truck stop in Linwood, NC.

Saturday, November 22, 2014

Easy day today.  Drove to the TA truck stop in Spartanburg, SC.

 Last Gator home game this season.  Can't believe how fast this season went by.  Only one more game left.

Raining in the Swamp today.

Florida Gators

6-4, 3rd in East Division

Today, 12:00 PM

Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field, Gainesville, Florida

Eastern Kentucky Colonels (9-3)

3 - 52

Final

Florida Gators (6-4)

	1	2	3	4		Total
Eastern Kentucky	3	0	0	0		3
Florida	17	14	7	14		52

Here is a time lapse video of what is going on outside my truck.

Friday, November 21, 2014

Very early this morning I drove in to Prairieville, LA and delivered the wheel loader.  Then went back to Hammond, LA and loaded another Caterpillar 930K wheel loader that is going to Simpsonville, SC.

Got on the road in good time.  

BOY, the crazies were out today!!  In the video below you will see two that happened only two minutes apart.  The first one is pretty obvious.   In the second one watch the little blue car that passes me.  It is easier to see if you blow it up to full screen.

And here is another short one.

Stopped for the night at at truck stop in Fairburn, GA.

Thursday, November 20, 2014

Got on the road real early this morning.  Left Florence, SC and pushed it hard all day.  Stopped for the night, 732 miles later, at the TA truck stop in Slidel, LA. Deliver tomorrow morning about 100 miles from here.  While I was eating dinner, saw one of the Monday Night Football production trucks pull into the truck stop for fuel.  Must be playing in the Superdome Monday.  The photo below was pulled from the internet but that is the truck I saw.