Saturday, August 9, 2025

 Last night at 11:30 PM EDT, when my 10 hours were up, I left.  Drove 633 miles to the Petro truck stop in Gary, Indiana.  Will be here until Monday morning.

Friday, August 8, 2025

 I left Atlanta at 2 AM EDT and drove to Caterpillar in Clayton, North Carolina.  Loaded a Caterpillar 926 Wheel Loader that is going to Madison, Wisconsin.

Left there and drove to the Pilot truck stop in Mt. Airy, North Carolina, for my 10 hours.  621 miles today.

Thursday, August 7, 2025

 This morning I drove to the Port in Brunswick, Georgia, and loaded a Caterpillar 920 Excavator that is going to Austell, Georgia.

I left there and drove to Austell and delivered the excavator.  From there, I drove a couple of miles to the Petro truck stop in Atlanta for the night.  My back hurts tonight.  Feels good to lie down!!!

Wednesday, August 6, 2025

 I drove the rest of the way to Ocala, Florida, and delivered the motor grader.  My next load is tomorrow morning at the Port in Brunswick, Georgia.  I drove to the Daily yard in Jacksonville for the night.

Tuesday, August 5, 2025

 This time, I caught a bad trailer tire before it exploded.

I spent another 3 or 4 hours getting two more trailer tires put on.  When I left, I drove to the Pilot truck stop in Tifton, Georgia for the night.

Monday, August 4, 2025

 Went over to Caterpillar in North Little Rock, Arkansas, this morning and loaded a Caterpillar 140 Motor Grader that is going to Ocala, Florida.

Left there in pretty good time.  In Alabama, another trailer tire blew up.  I stopped at the next truck stop, which was in Nauvoo, Alabama.

Road service came out and replaced the tire.

When he finished, I stayed there for the night.

Saturday, August 2, 2025

 This morning, I drove to the Petro truck stop in North Little Rock, Arkansas.  I load a few miles from here Monday morning.

Friday, August 1, 2025

 I left at 2:10 AM EDT this morning.  Drove the rest of the way to Gurdon, Arkansas, to another Georgia-Pacific plant and delivered the two forklifts.  Then went to the closest truck stop. Made it there with only 19 minutes left on my drive clock.  686 miles today. I'm tired.  Good night.

Thursday, July 31, 2025

 When my 10 hours were up, I went to leave.  My trailer had other thoughts.  All of the lights along both sides of my trailer did not work.

The shop here was open 24 hours, so I checked in and waited.

At 6:30 this morning, they brought me into the shop. Here is what they found...

He spent hours working on it.  It really gave him problems. He gave up and quit working on it around 10 AM.  Another guy started on it at about 10:30 AM.  I finally got out of there at 12:15 PM EDT.  

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

Wednesday, July 30, 2025

 At 1 AM EDT, I left Carlisle and drove down to Emporia, Virginia.  I went to a Georgia-Pacific plant that had closed.  Loaded two forklifts that they are shipping to another Georgia-Pacific plant in Gurdon, Arkansas.

I left there and drove to the TA truck stop in Greenville, North Carolina, for my 10 hours.  Only 449 miles today.  This heat really sucks the life right out of me!!!  Damn, it is HOT!!!

Tuesday, July 29, 2025

 They finished my truck late this morning. Unfortunately, they didn't have anything worth a flip for me today.  So I stayed there for the night.

Monday, July 28, 2025

 They repaired the stuff on my trailer this morning.  My truck went into the shop this afternoon.  They couldn't get it fixed today, so I'm in a hotel for the night.

Sunday, July 27, 2025

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Friday, July 25, 2025

 I left at about 1:30 this morning and drove the rest of the way to Dunmore, Pennsylvania.  delivered the wheel loader.  From there, I drove to the "home office" in Carlisle, PA, for the weekend.  

Thursday, July 24, 2025

 I left at about midnight CDT.  Drove 600 miles exactly to the TA truck stop in Harrisonville, Pennsylvania, for the night.

Wednesday, July 23, 2025

 I left when my 10 hours were up.  That was about 3 AM CDT.  My next load was supposed to be in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  I was heading that way.  As I was on the north side of Minneapolis, Minnesota, dispatch called and said that he had a better load in Davenport, Iowa, and to go there.  I did.  Loaded a John Deere 524 Wheel Loader that is going to Dunmore, Pennsylvania.  

On the way to Davenport, I had another trailer tire blow out.

Had the trailer guy come out and change it.  

When he finished, I stayed there for my 10 hours.  595 miles today.

Tuesday, July 22, 2025

 I left this morning, timing it so that I wouldn't get to Omaha before 9 AM CDT.  Drove the rest of the way to Fargo, North Dakota, and delivered the motor grader.  From there, I went over to the Petro truck stop in Fargo for the night.  523 miles today.

Monday, July 21, 2025

 This morning road service came and changed the trailer tire.

Left there and drove to the Petro truck stop in York, Nebraska, for the night.  The trailer was due for service, so I got that done.  Will be getting another late start in the morning, can't get to Omaha before 9 AM CDT.

Sunday, July 20, 2025