Saturday, May 24, 2025

 This morning I drove the rest of the way to Cleburne, Texas, and dropped my trailer where I'm delivering Tuesday morning.  Daily paid for a hotel room until Tuesday so at 3 PM CDT I went to it and checked in.  I got a suite!  I settled in for the weekend.

Friday, May 23, 2025

 I left at midnight.  Good day on the road.  Drove about 630 miles today to the TA truck stop in Kilgore, Texas for the night.

Thursday, May 22, 2025

 This morning, I drove to Brunswick, Georgia to load.  Had to wait an hour and a half for them to fix a very small paint chip on the machine I was getting.  Finally loaded a Caterpillar 315 Excavator that is going to Cleburne, Texas.

Left there and drove to the TA truck stop in Marianna, Florida for my 10 hours.

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

 I left at 2 AM EDT and drove the rest of the way to West Palm Beach. Had no issues with traffic.  Delivered the wheel loader.  My next load is tomorrow morning in Brunswick, Georgia.  I drove to the Daily yard in Jacksonville for the night.

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

 Yesterday, while driving through parts of Kentucky, I passed through areas where one of the tornadoes crossed over I-24. Quite a mess!!!

This morning I left at about 2 AM CDT.  Had no traffic problems in Nashville or Chattanooga.  But Atlanta was a different story!!  The bumper-to-bumper and slow-n'-go traffic started about 15 miles north of Atlanta and stayed that way all the way to Atlanta.  Took a while to get through all that. Continued on to the TA truck stop in Lake City, Florida for my 10 hours.  653 miles today.

Monday, May 19, 2025

 This morning I drove to Davenport and loaded a John Deere 924P Wheel Loader that is going to West Palm Beach, Florida.

Left there and drove to the Pilot truck stop in Kuttawa, Kentucky for my 10 hours.

Saturday, May 17, 2025

 At about 2 AM CDT, I left and drove to the world-famous Iowa 80 truck stop in Walcott, Iowa.  Got the truck washed then settled in for the rest of the weekend.

Friday, May 16, 2025

 I left at about 5 AM CDT and drove to Elgin, Illinois, and delivered another box. I left there and drove up to Minneapolis (Bloomington, actually), Minnesota, and delivered the last box. My next load is in Davenport, Iowa, on Monday morning. I started off that way. I stopped for the night at the TA truck stop in Albert Lea, Minnesota.  The truck was due for an oil change, so I got that done when I got there.  549 miles today. 

Thursday, May 15, 2025

 At about 2 AM EDT, I left this morning.  Started off the morning with a bright rainbow.  

Drove all the way to Grand Rapids, Michigan, and dropped off one of the boxes.  I started toward Elgin, Illinois, where my next stop is.  Had to stop at the Petro truck stop in Gary, Indiana, because I ran out of hours.  679 miles today.  Only had 28 minutes left when I stopped.

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

 I left at sunrise this morning. There was a lot of heavy traffic all day!!! I drove the rest of the way to Warrenton, VA, and delivered the track loader. My next load was at the Port of Baltimore in Dundalk, Maryland. I drove over there. I hit Washington, DC, at rush hour and had a lot of bumper-to-bumper traffic along the way.  Finally made it to the Port.  Had to wait for their lunch hour to get over in order for them to load the three boxes I was getting.  One box is going to Grand Rapids, Michigan.  Another is going to Elgin, Illinois, and the last one is going to Minneapolis, Minnesota.

I left there and had a lot more very heavy traffic getting out of Baltimore all the way west to I-81.  I stopped for my 10 hours at the TA truck stop in Breezewood, Pennsylvania.

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

 I left this morning a half hour after sunrise.  I-95 wasn't too bad today.  Drove 559 miles to the TA truck stop in Ashland, Virginia for the night.

Monday, May 12, 2025

 I left a half hour after sunrise this morning and drove the two and a half hour drive to Hazleton, Georgia.  Delivered the dozer in the mud!!!  Got mud all over everything!!  After that, I drove to the Port in Brunswick, GA and loaded a Caterpillar 963 Track Loader that is going to Warrenton, Virginia.

I left there and drove down the street to the TA truck stop in Brunswick, GA, for the night.

Sunday, May 11, 2025

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Saturday, May 10, 2025

 I left at sunrise this morning.  Very uneventful day on the road.  Stopped for the rest of the weekend at a small convenience store with truck parking in Butler, Georgia.

Friday, May 9, 2025

 Had a rough night last night.  Was sick all night and got very little sleep.  I was a little later than I wanted to get loaded because of it.  As the day wore on, I felt a lot better.  I loaded a John Deere 750K Dozer that is going to Hazlehurst, Georgia.

I left there and headed east.  Heavy rain from the Texas/Louisiana state line all the way through Baton Rouge.  Lots of bumper-to-bumper, stop-'n-go traffic from west of Baton Rouge all the way through and almost to the I-12 split. Stopped for the night at the Petro truck stop in Hammond, Louisiana. Hope tonight is better than last night.

Thursday, May 8, 2025

 I left at sunrise this morning.  Drove the rest of the way to Houston and delivered the wheel loader.  My next load is also in Houston.  I tried to get there before they closed, but traffic wouldn't let me.  I stopped for the night at a convenience store that had a couple of parking places.  I'll load in the morning a couple of miles from here.  491 miles today.

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

 At about 12:45 AM EDT, when my 10 hours were up, I left.  Had a pretty good night/day on the road.  Had to stop and take a nap 'cus I got sleepy.  A Couple of places with bumper-to-bumper traffic from a few crashes.  Stopped for the night after 613 miles at the Petro truck stop in North Little Rock, Arkansas.

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

 I left at sunrise this morning.  Had a few bumper-to-bumper areas from construction.  Drive nonstop 456 miles to the TA truck stop in Greenville, Tennessee.  I'll be here for my 10 hours.

Monday, May 5, 2025

 Friday evening, I got an email that said my truck was due for service and that it had to be done in Carlisle.  This morning I went to Shippensburg, PA and loaded a Volvo L120H Wheel Loader that is going to Houston, Texas.

Then I drove back to Carlisle to the Daily yard and had the service work done on my truck.  They finished it this afternoon.  I'll head for Houston in the morning.

Friday, May 2, 2025

 I left at sunrise this morning and drove the rest of the way to Broadview Heights, Ohio, and delivered the dozer.  My next load is Monday morning in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.  I drove to the "home office" in Carlisle, PA for the weekend.  469 miles today.