Saturday, May 15, 2021

 I was up at 11 pm last night.  Wet back over to the fuel pumps and filled the fuel tanks up the rest of the way.  When my 10 hours were up at 12:30 AM, I left and drove to the Daily yard in Jacksonville, Florida.  Will deliver first thing Monday morning.  

Friday, May 14, 2021

 Left real early this morning and drove t McConnellsburg, PA to the JLG plant.  Was the first one there.  Loaded a Caterpillar forklift that is going to St. Augustine, Florida.  

Was out of there by 7 am.  Good day on the road.  Drove to the Petro truck stop in Kenly, North Carolina.  They were only allowing us to pump 60 gallons of fuel, so that's what I got. When my 10 hours are up, I'll go finish filling my tanks.  Ya just have to work the system.

Thursday, May 13, 2021

 A little before noon today I went to Harrisburg and picked up my truck.  Most of it was done.  They put a bumper on it from another truck so that I could get out of here.  When the rest of the parts come in I'll go back for them to install.  Finally got out of that hotel room!!!!!!  While loading up the truck at the hotel found the left front tire was low on air.  Also found a flat tire on the right rear.  Just great!!!!!!  I went back to the Daily yard and they told me to go over to Bosselmans at the Flying J truck stop to get them fixed.  After that was fixed, at about 8:30 pm, I went back to the Daily yard, hooked up to my trailer, and settled in for the night.  I load tomorrow morning in McConnellsburg, PA.

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

 

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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.