This morning, after the Jacksonville curfew was over at 9 AM EDT, my pole car and I headed to the Port in Brunswick, Georgia. Got there and delivered the De-Icer. My next load was right there at the Port. I loaded a Caterpillar M322 Wheeled Excavator that is going to Aubery, Texas.
This morning, I loaded an Oshkosh De-Icer that has been sitting in our yard for over a month. They finally got cleared to ship it. I put it on the trailer. Didn't secure it yet. I'll do that tomorrow.
This morning, when the curfew was over at 9 AM EDT, we left and drove the rest of the way to West Palm Beach. Delivered the diner. They lifted it off the trailer with a crane. Then they had to turn it and squeeze it in between two palm trees to get it to its resting place. It was quite an operation.
After that, I drove back to the Daily terminal in Jacksonville.
I left the Jacksonville Terminal at 5 AM EDT and drove down to Ormond Beach to load a diner that is going to West Palm Beach, Florida. I arrived at 6:30 AM EDT. At about 10:00 AM, they had me back in and get everything ready to load. I stretched the trailer to the appropriate length and waited.
They were finishing up shrink-wrapping the diner that I was transporting.
I was at the Port in Brunswick, Georgia, first thing this morning. Loaded a Caterpillar 140 Motorgrader. Had to jump-start it to get it running.
I left there and drove to Statesboro, Georgia, and delivered it. Then drove back to the Daily terminal in Jacksonville. Dropped my trailer and picked up the one I went to Jessup to get the other day. Then moved a bunch of my equipment over to it. I'll need all of it for tomorrow's load.
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This morning I went to the Port in Brunswick, Georgia. Loaded a Caterpillar D4 Dozer with the blade separate.
Didn't do much today. Went to another driver's home in Jesup, Georgia, got his trailer, and brought it back to the terminal in Jacksonville. He is on vacation. Will need it for a load Thursday.
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This morning I delivered the engine. Then I drove to the Jacksonville, Florida terminal. Will be here for about a week.
I left at 1 AM EDT. Drove 573 miles to the TA truck stop in Richland Hills, Georgia. Along the way stopped in Atlanta and got the truck washed. Boy, it sure needed it!!!
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I left at 3 AM CDT and drove over to Lafayette, Indiana. Loaded a small Caterpillar engine and a small parts box. They are going to Savannah, Georgia.
I left there and drove to the TA truck stop in Smiths Grove, Kentucky for my 10 hours.
Well, I sat there all day. This evening, at about 6:30 PM CDT, I was finally taken back to the job site to unload. After unloading, I went over to the Love's truck stop about 20 miles away.
I left at about 1:30 AM CDT. Drove to Charleston, Illinois, to a staging area in a corn field for another wind farm project. There are a lot of tower sections, nacelles, and hubs here.
I went over to a warehouse in Houston this morning and loaded a GE Generator that is going to a job site in Charleston, Illinois.
I left there and drove to the TA truck stop in Prescott, Arkansas, for the night. Only 374 miles today.
I left half an hour before sunrise this morning. Got stuck in severe bumper-to-bumper rush-hour traffic. It took an hour longer than it normally would to get to Cypress, Texas. I finally got there and delivered the dozer. I didn't have another load lined up yet, so I went to the Daily terminal in Houston to wait.
I left at sunrise this morning. Drove 423 miles to the Love's truck stop in Willis, Texas. I'll be here for the rest of the weekend.
I timed it perfectly this morning. I crossed the Mississippi River into St. Louis exactly at 9 AM CDT. Had a nice day on the road. Drove 434 miles nonstop to the Petro truck stop in North Little Rock, Arkansas, for the night.
I left early this morning to go to Creve Coeur, Illinois. My truck was due for an oil change, so I stopped along the way and got that done. Once I got to Creve Coeur, I loaded a Caterpillar D6 Dozer that is going to Cypress, Texas.
I left Council Bluffs, Iowa at 3 AM CDT.
I drove past Gateway Airport in Sioux City, Iowa this morning. Every time I drive past there, I remember the unbelievable story of United Airlines Flight 232. This year marks 37 years since that happened. I remember seeing it on TV. If you don't know the story of this flight and subsequent crash, it is worth looking into. What the pilots of that aircraft did that day makes the "miracle on the Hudson" look like child's play. Here is a dramatised YouTube documentary of the flight.
Here is a photo of the aircraft involved.
I made it to Sioux Falls, SD, and delivered the motor grader. My next load was in Dubuque, Iowa. I drove the 6-hour drive over there to a small truck stop in Peosta, Iowa. That's about 20 minutes from Dubuque. About an hour after I got there and settled in for the night, Daily called and said that my load in Dubuque was canceled by John Deere. So, they gave me another load, but this one is in Creve Coeur, Illinois. I'll go down there tomorrow. 578 miles today.
