Saturday, September 17, 2022

 I forgot to do the blog yesterday.  Friday I drove to a "mom & pop" truck stop in Tillatoba, Mississippi for the night.  

This morning I drove to the Petro in Hammond, Louisiana.  I'll be here until Monday morning.

Thursday, September 15, 2022

 Left early this morning to be at the Grove crane plant first thing this morning.  Loaded two metal things that I have no idea what they are for or what they do.  They are going down to Belle Chasse, Louisianna.

Left there and drove down to the TA truck stop in Greeneville, Tennessee for my 10 hours.

Wednesday, September 14, 2022

 I left at sunrise this morning.  Had some stop-n-go traffic going around Washington DC but no problems going around Baltimore or Philidelphia.  Made it to Bensalem, PA, and delivered the dozer.  Those little dozers are still fun to drive. Left there and headed toward my next load which is in Shady Grove, PA.  I stopped for the night at the "home office" in Carlisle.

Monday, September 12, 2022

 As soon as my 10 hours were up, I left.  That was about 4 AM EDT.  Had another good uneventful day on the road.  After driving 655 miles I stopped at the Petro truck stop n Raphine, Virginia.  I am out of hours so I'll have to do a reset here until Wednesday morning.

Sunday, September 11, 2022

Left a half hour before sunrise this morning.  Had a very good day on the road.  Passed the "Heisman House" today.

Stopped for my 10 hours at the TA truck stop in Denmark, Tennessee. 611 miles today.

Saturday, September 10, 2022

 As soon as my 10 hours were up I left and headed to my next load.  That was in Copperas Cove, Texas.  That was about a 6-hour drive to get there.  I was lucky and able to load today.  Loaded a Caterpillar D6 Dozer that is going to Bensalem, Pennsylvania.

Left there and drove to the TA truck stop in Hillsboro, Texas for the night.  Now it is time to settle in for some football!!

Friday, September 9, 2022

 Left at sunrise this morning.  Pushed it hard today and made it to Lubbock, Texas and delivered the wheel loader a half hour before they closed.  Then went to the Flying J truck stop in Lubbock for the night.  599 miles today.

Thursday, September 8, 2022

 Left at 2 AM EDT.  Can drive at night in Tennessee.  Passed a bad semi-wreck that had the eastbound side of I-40 totally blocked.  Glad it was on the other side.  Stopped at the TA truck stop in Denmark, Tennessee to wait for my Arkansas permit.  Took a nap while there.  Two hours later my permit arrived and I left.  Drove to a "mom & pop" truck stop in Gurdon, Arkansas for the night.  645 miles today. 

Wednesday, September 7, 2022

 Left at sunrise this morning.  Nothing interesting at all today.  Stopped for the night at the Petro truck stop in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Tuesday, September 6, 2022

 First thing this morning I was at the truck shop to get the recall issue addressed.  The recall was for the steering box.  It only applied to certain serial numbers.  I was very lucky, it did not apply to mine.  The trailer shop took my trailer in and fixed the problem with it.  When all that was done, I went down to the Volvo plant and loaded a Volvo L110H Wheel Loader that is going down to Lubbock, Texas.

From there I drove to the Flying J truck stop in Winchester, Virginia for the night.

Sunday, September 4, 2022

 WOW, what a game!!!!

Saturday, September 3, 2022

 

Friday, September 2, 2022

 Left at about 8 AM EDT this morning.  Drove up to Bensalem, PA, and delivered the wheel loader.  From there I drove to the "home office" in Carlisle, PA.  My truck has a manufacturer's recall on it and my trailer needs to have a small problem fixed.  Unfortunately, I'll be here until at least Tuesday because of the long holiday weekend.

Thursday, September 1, 2022

 Left a half hour before sunrise this morning and drove the rest of the way to the Port of Baltimore in Dundalk, Maryland.  When I got there I didn't have the correct paperwork.  I had told daily that I didn't several days ago but they said what I had would be fine.  It wasn't.  Had to wait an hour for them to get the correct paperwork to me.  Then I unloaded the tractor.  Reloaded, right there, a Caterpillar 950M wheel loader that is going to Bensalem, Pennsylvania.

Left there and went over to the TA truck stop in Baltimore for the night.

Wednesday, August 31, 2022

 Left this morning a half hour before sunrise.  Didn't get very far.  There was a bad wreck in Dayton, OOhio that had I-70 east bound shut down.  I stopped at the TA truck stop in Eaton, Ohio for fuel and to wait it out.  I took a nap.

Several hours later, when I woke up, the Interstate was open again.  I got back on the road.  When I passed the wreck site they still had a lane closed and were still cleaning up the haz-mat stuff.  I stopped for the night at the Flying J truck stop in Millersport, Ohio.  Hope tomorrow is better!!

Tuesday, August 30, 2022

 All the rest of my permits had come in except Illinois.  At about 11:30 AM CDT I sent an email asking when they thought I might get it.  About 5 minutes later they replied that I didn't need an Illinois permit because farm equipment was exempt. It sure would have been nice if they had told me that yesterday!!!!! So, I left.  Drove to a truck stop in Crawsfordsville, Indiana for the night.

Monday, August 29, 2022

 Went over to Caterpillar in South Milwaukee, WI first thing this morning and delivered the rack.  Then drove back to Sturtevant to the Case plant and loaded a Case 340 Tractor that is going to the Port of Baltimore so it can go on an ocean voyage to Australia. 

Left there and drove to a small truck stop in Poplar Grove, Illinois to wait for my Illinois permit to come in. Hopefully, it will come in early tomorrow morning.

Saturday, August 27, 2022

 I left at about 11 PM EDT last night.  Drove all night to the Petro truck stop in Sturtevant (Racine), Wisconsin.  I'll be here until Monday morning.

Friday, August 26, 2022

 I left at about 1 AM EDT.  Drove 570 miles to the Flying J truck stop in Waddy, Kentucky.

Thursday, August 25, 2022

 They finally got the paperwork straightened out with the Port, so at noon I drove back there and loaded a rack that is going to South Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Left there and drove to the Love's truck stop in Yemassee, South Carolina for my 10 hours.