Jessup, Md

Well I delivered this morning over in Rockville, Md, actually it turned into this afternoon. It took them forever to unload me. It was a highrise hotel construction site, no fun, big mess. Anyways, I came here to the TA and just got another load. Baltimore to Decatur, Alabama. I will go home for the weekend after I deliver. I usually stay out much longer than 3 weeks but I have some business to attend to at home before the 10th of the month. The best part is I will be home for the first weekend of college football. Auburn plays La Tech saturday. La Tech is no pushover, they won like 9 games last year and went to a bowl game. Auburn is a 14 point favorite but I dont see it. I will be satisfied with a 1 point victory, lol...Mmmmk, I'm out

Hagerstown, Md

Just chillin at the Hagerstown Pilot with another driver from my company. We both deliver in Rockville (60 miles) in the morning. We are planning to leave here tonight and head on in. Our company was unable to get us directions so we are hoping that Google Earth and Mapquest have found the correct address for us. Its a beautiful day, showered, bout to do laundry and maybe watch a movie or maybe shoot a video...Yall be good

Later days
Jimmy

Somewheres East of Lexington, Ky

Well I got my truck fixed today. They got me a load for the weekend, not a great load but its better than sitting. I feared that it would take Peterbilt all day to fix my truck and then it would be too late to get a weekend load....Frankfort, Ky to Rockville, Md (DC)....185 empty miles, 550 loaded miles.....not bad

Later
Jimmy

Columbus, Oh

Sorry I havent been around much lately. I had to sign up for a different wireless interne plan with AT&T and I now only have 5gb of wireless internet per month. I was averaging 10gb per month up to now. So now I am trying to cut back until I can figure out just how much 5gb is.

I am in Columbus. I delivered a load from NJ to Dayton this morning and had some truck problems. Actually it was a major problem. Last night at about around 9pm I pulled into the London, Oh TA for fuel and another driver noticed that my rear drive axle was sitting crooked on the frame. Big problem!!! I was only about 50 miles from my delivery so I drove it on to make my delivery. This morning I contacted my company and told them of the problem and they sent me here to the Grove City (Columbus) Peterbilt dealer. There are 2 big U bolts that hold the axle in place and these U bolts have a housing that hold them. That housing is broken and my axle had shifted. Scary stuff considering I had just pulled 47, 640 lbs of steel from NJ through the PA mountains and curves. They had to order the part, it will be in tomorrow and they will hopefully be done in time so I can get a load for the weekend.

The first thing my company asked me is "what did you hit"? I didnt hit shyt!!!! I have never put a sctratch on a truck. When I got to the Pete dealer, I asked them if they could tell that I hadnt hit anything. The 2 guys looking at it said they saw no evidence that I hit anything. I knew I hadnt but was still relieved and was even more relieved when I overheard him telling my people that there was no evidence that I hit anything. So its a warranty thing and wont cost my company so all iz gud, lol

Later
Jimmy

Rockaway, NJ

Man, I am way back off the road in a residential area, very tight. I have one drop off here in the morning and the rest of this load comes off a few miles away in Caldwell, NJ. This was a great load, only 6000 lbs, no tarp, great weather. I was thinking I may hit a lot of hurricane rain but I didnt hit any at all. I'm ready to go back out west, I think I will ask to go out there

Later days
Jimmy

Effingham, Illinois

Well I delivered that load up to KC and then deadheaded to Tulsa to pick up this load going to New Jersey. I guess i get to play in the hurricane. Sorry this one is so short, I tired and have to get up at 3am to drive...night night

Jonesboro, Ark

On the road again...Muscle Shoals, Alabama to Harrisonville, Mo (Kansas City)...Shes a big ole lumber load, about 48,100 lbs worth. I weighed 79, 960 with a half tank of fuel so I am having to watch how much fuel I put in. Deisel weighs about 7 lbs a gallon so if I would have stopped and filled the rest of the way up that would have been about an extra 700 lbs. So I have to run my fuel down and then only replace what I used. I put in 40 gallons in West Memphis a while ago.

I feel really bad that I finagled my way out of watching Lord Of The Rings with Starla. I am such an azzhole, forreal. She drives all the way up from Montgomery to see me (3 hrs) and always is up for doing anything I want to do. She is always up for any movie I want to go see, any restaurant I want to eat at. She asked me to take her to the Botannical Gardens almost 4 years ago and I finagled my way out of it for over 3 years. I told her this past weekend that watching LOTR with her was the least i could do but then I didnt do it. Whata dck I am!!!!!!!!!

Yall be good
Jimmy