Thursday, May 6, 2021

 At around noon today, the shop called and said that International had all the parts to fix my truck and to bring the truck up there.  On my way to Harrisburg, I stopped at the hotel and checked in.  After dropping the truck off at International, one of the guys from the shop picked me up and brought me back to the hotel.  Looks like I'll be here through the weekend. Goodie!!!   

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

 Left a half-hour before sunrise this morning.  Drove straight to the Port of Baltimore in Dundalk, Maryland, and delivered the tractor.  Then drove up to the home office in Carlisle, PA. They want to look at the truck.    While there I was able to get my new computer.  Now comes the fun part of getting everything back into it.

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

 Left about a half-hour before sunrise this morning.  Had an uneventful day on the road today.  Drove to the Flying J truck stop in Millersport, Ohio for the night.

Monday, May 3, 2021

 Sorry that I'm late with this posting but my computer totally crashed this morning. Couldn't do anything with it.  When I went to use my backup computer it was messing up too. Finally got it working enough to do a few things on it.  Anyway, I delivered the wheel loader and was out of there before 7 AM.  I think that is record time!!!  My next load was in Waterloo, Iowa.  I drove down there and loaded a John Deere 9520RX Tractor that is going to the Port of Baltimore.  My favorite tractor!!

Left there and drove to the Daily yard in Bettendorf, Iowa for the night.  Tried to get a new computer while there but was unable.  Will keep trying.

Sunday Evening, May 2, 2021

 I was laying in bed watching TV when there was a loud crunching noise as my truck was bouncing around. I knew immediately what had happened.  I got up and looked out to see a Landstar truck in front of my truck.  He had stopped.  What he did was while swinging his truck around to line up to back into a parking spot two places down from me, the tail of his trailer struck my truck causing damage.  I started taking lots of photos immediately.  The local sheriff's office was called and a deputy was sent out to make a report.  Here is what he did to my truck.  Crunched the bumper, took off the hood mirror and damaged the hood & grill.

Here is the damage to his trailer.

The mechanic in the TA shop came over and helped me get the bumper off my tire so that the truck was driveable. Here is the end result of that.

After the commotion was over I went back to bed.

Sunday, May 2, 2021

 They took my truck and trailer into the shop at about 9:30 this morning.  While they worked on my truck, I took a shower and did a few loads of laundry.  We both finished at about the same time.  Hopefully, everything is fixed now.  I will deliver tomorrow morning.

Saturday, May 1, 2021

 Left as soon as my 10 hours were up.  That was at 11 pm.  Drove all night to the TA in Hudson, Wisconsin.  I still have more problems with the truck and trailer so I checked in at the repair shop.  Got there right at 8 AM when they opened.  They are so backed up that They won't get to me until tomorrow morning. Goodie!!!!  The repair saga continues!!

Friday, April 30, 2021

 Left at about 2 AM this morning.  Nice day on the road.  No problems.  Drove 608 miles to the TA truck stop in Whitestown, Indiana. I'll start back again at about midnight.  But for now, the phone is off, The Godfather Part 1 followed by Part 2 is on the TV, and I'm going to sleep.  

Thursday, April 29, 2021

 The crane was supposed to be here at 7 this morning.  It was an hour late.  Then it took about 2 hours to get it set up.  The owner was there and shot video from his drone.  He sent me the videos.

First, they moved the main building.

The next section to be flown into place was the drive-thru window.

Then it was my turn.  They flew in the bathrooms.

Once everything was off my trailer, I left and headed to Clayton, NC for my next load.  Once there loaded a Caterpillar 926M Wheel Loader that is going up to Hugo, Minnesota.

Left there but didn't go very far.  Stopped at the Petro truck stop in Mebane, NC. When my 10 hours are up, I'll hit the road. That should be about 2 AM. 

Thursday, April 28, 2021

 Left at sunrise this morning.  Short day.  Drove to the job site in Durham, NC where they are building a Checkers. I have the bathroom and air conditioning unit. 

Internet Photo

There are four trucks coming here with the rest of the building.  All loaded and left before me and I was still the first one here.  Had to parallel park to get in here to give the other trucks room to get in too.  Tomorrow we unload next door in the construction area.  Crane has to go in and set up first in the morning.  Have no idea what order they will unload us so I have no idea when I'll get unloaded. But I'm here for the night.

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

 I decided that I didn't want to sit for a day so I went down to Ormond Beach and loaded.  There were several other Daily trucks there that were also loading parts of this building that is going to Durham, North Carolina.  The section I got was the bathroom and air conditioning unit. I also got a parts crate.  It isn't heavy, just tall.  

Once all these things are put together it will be a Checkers restaurant. I left there and drove to the Flying J truck stop in St. George, South Carolina for the night.

Monday, April 26, 2021

 My trailer is all fixed.  This morning I went over to the Port of Jacksonville and loaded two Caterpillar 310 Excavators that are going to Ocala, Florida.  Was supposed to take one today and one tomorrow but I decided to take both today.  Was a bit overweight but there were no scales between here and there so I was not worried.  

Left there and drove to Ocala and delivered them.  Then drove back to the Daily yard in Jacksonville.  Now I get an unexpected day off tomorrow.  Next load is Wednesday in Ormond Beach, Florida.

Thursday, April 22, 2021

 I left at about 11 PM and drove home to Jacksonville, Florida.  I'll be here through the weekend.  There are still major problems with my trailer.  Hopefully, they will get it fixed this time.

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

 Left at about 2:30 this morning.  Arrived at my first stop in Austell, Georgia at about 7 am.  After unloading the yellow thing at the front of the trailer I went to Griffin, Georgia, and unloaded the rest of the stuff.  From there went to the TA truck stop in Jackson, GA.  After my 10 hours is up I'll be heading to Jacksonville.  My trailer still needs work.

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

 Got started around 2:30 AM CDT.  Drove another 666 miles today up to the Love's truck stop in Sandersville, Mississippi.  I'll get started again at about that same time and deliver when they open in the morning in Austell, GA. That's my first stop.  Then on to Griffen, GA for my last stop.

Monday, April 19, 2021

 Left this morning at about 3:30 AM CDT.  Drove to Lorenzo, Texas, and delivered the mini excavator.  Then on to Lubbock and delivered the wheel loader.  Next load was in Seguin, Texas.  That was a 6 hour drive.  I went there and loaded a Caterpillar C-18 Genset that is going to Austel, Georgia.

I was totally out of hours so I went back to the TA truck stop in San Antonio for the night.  678 miles today.

Sunday, April 18, 2021

 Got started at 12:30 AM CDT.  Drove 664 miles to a small truck stop at the Oklahoma / Texas state line, on the Oklahoma side.  I'll get another early start in the morning.  Good night.

Saturday, April 17, 2021

 Left early this morning and arrived in East Peoria before they opened at 8.  The gate was open, so I went in and unloaded before they even knew I was there.  Then I drove up to the Daily yard in Bettendorf, Iowa where my next load was there waiting for me.  I loaded two machines.  The Smaller one is going to Lorenzo, Texas and the bigger one is going to Lubbock, Texas.

Left there and drove to the Love's truck stop in Des Moines, Iowa for the night.  I'll get started at about 12:30 AM CDT so I'm going to sleep now. Good night.

Friday, April 16, 2021

 After getting a few hours of sleep, I left Carlisle, PA at 10:30 pm.  It is so nice driving at night!! Stopped at the Pilot truck stop in Oakwood, Illinois after driving 637 miles.  I can deliver in the morning. I'm only about 2 hours away.

Thursday, April 15, 2021

 I was at Thermo King at 6:30 this morning. They didn't take my truck in until 9:30.  At noon they said that they had to order parts but they should be here around 3 pm.  At 4:30 I ask how it was going?  By this time the people at the service desk had changed shifts.  They said that the parts usually don't get here until between 5 and 6 pm. The part finally arrived and I was out of there at 6:30.  Went back to Daily, connected to my trailer, and settled in for some sleep. Good night.