Loaded a different colour and size pipe in Vestal, New York on Wednesday, 4 April. Delivered it in Franklin, Kentucky on Friday. Up to Owensboro, Kentucky and loaded fabricated steel in the afternoon. It was Easter weekend, we stayed in a truckstop in Ohio for Saturday. There were no truckstops anywhere near where we had to deliver, and we were scheduled to pick up 32 miles (51 kms) from there on Monday afternoon. It was more convenient and cost effective to wait.Delivered to Veola Greentree Landfill in Kersey, Pennsylvania: from Internet:
The challenge is to develop a landfill gas to high BTU energy program to provide a clean energy source that reduces the local community’s dependence on fossil fuels.
This project is one of the largest landfill gas to high BTU operations in the USA. The gas cleaning plant removes carbon dioxide, oxygen, and nitrogen from the raw landfill gas resulting in the production of pure methane gas. It is piped seven miles underground to National Fuel - 2 billion cubic feet of methane gas is delivered annually, it provides enough energy to supply 75,000 homes.
Delivered the wood in Louisville, Kentucky the next morning and reloaded in Louisville. Supplies for small cargo trailers, several kits of steel, wood, diamond plate - all cut to size to be assembled. This was a hard tarp because so many sharp edges and odd shapes, we usually try to avoid ones like this because they are very time consuming, frustrating and cut the straps and tarps. We have lots of carpet pieces, furniture pads, old rugs, plastic edges and corners to protect as much as we can, but there is usually a few cuts/tears to repair. We had space on the end of the trailer and picked up a steel coil north of Atlanta late the next morning. Delivered the trailer kits in Tampa, Florida on Thursday morning and the coil to Deland in the afternoon, patched the tarps - then to the house in Daytona Beach.
We had a week at the house. The builder had repainted most of the interior of the upstairs apartment and started fixing the kitchen floor, but he didn’t want to replace three windows and had to call in a window specialist (still waiting on them).
Jim did some concreting and repaired the broken tiles and filled in where tiles were missing on the front stair case entrance to the apartment. After he finished there was a tropical downpour and washed most of the concrete away, so that will have to be redone next time we are at the house. I had more painting to do. Some inside and the stairwell - more outside to be done at a later date. The new floor covering went in on the Friday.
Website: CST Covers provide custom designed aluminum structures and covers for industrial, commercial, recreational, environmental, transportation and many other application. CST Covers offers multiple structural, high strength aluminum design solutions including domes, vaults, extruded flat covers, formed flat panel covers, truss supported covers, space frames as well as custom products specifically designed for customers unique vertical and overhead applications.It took the company four hours to load us and three hours for us to tarp. We were tired and dirty when we got out of there! An hour up the highway we blew a trailer tyre and had to get it replaced at a truckstop.
The next morning another trailer tyre was starting to come apart. Tyres don’t last long on the spread axle trailer, they drag sideways on every turn. Got that one replaced.
Hurried over to Cambridge, Ontario to load at Tigercat. They wanted us there at 11am, but it took us a long time to deliver in Toronto. We arrived at Tigercat 12 noon. and they loaded two wheels/tyres on the trailer deck. The machines are shipped without wheels/tyres. It would cost a lot more to ship them with the big tyres as a double drop trailer would be required to be within the legal height. With no tyres, they are legal height on a step deck. Double drop and RGN (float) freight shipping rates are much higher. We sat in the yard for another two hours before we were told that a wrong part had been put on our machine and it would be 9am the next day before we could load. They suggested we sit in their yard over night - it was freezing rain, mixed with snow and extremely windy! No restrooms or anything to eat. We dropped the trailer in their yard and got a motel. Less than two hours later they phoned and said the machine was ready to load! We told them we would get it in the morning.
We were there early and were loaded by 10am, (Still snowing and windy and cold, snow wasn‘t sticking or accumulating because the ground was too warm.) Had to change all our customs paperwork because we were scheduled at the border at 7pm the night before. Then the broker had a wrong number on the paperwork, so we spent two hours at the border getting that sorted out.We had a Tigercat Feller Buncher: Website:
Tigercat designs and builds premium quality, purpose-built forestry equipment for felling, transporting, processing and loading tree-length and cut-to-length timber. In addition, Tigercat engineers and builds specialized machinery for severe duty off road industrial applications.
Delivered to Tejas Equipment sales company in Hillister, Texas on Thursday morning, 26 April.
Headed to Lafayette, Louisiana that afternoon and had some time at the truckstop, Jim worked around the truck and trailer and I did laundry and were ready to load the next morning at Catalyst Recovery of Louisiana, a hazmat load - bins of corrosive.Internet: The facility regenerates spent catalysts (which have been rendered inactive by water, hydrocarbons, and sulfur during use at petroleum refineries and petrochemical plants).
The facility uses a thermal process, which removes the hydrocarbons, carbon, sulphur, dust and fines to return the catalyst to near its original activity. The regenerated catalyst can be sold on the open market or returned to the customer who benefits by reducing the disposal burden of the spent catalyst and a significant savings over the purchase of new catalyst. Catalyst Recovery of LA also provides catalyst presulfiding services to the refining industry.
Jim and I arrived in Nashville, Tennessee Saturday afternoon and met with Joe at the truckstop near downtown. Joe had been in in Nashville since the day before. We walked over the bridge to downtown. Went for a walk along Printer’s Alley and stopped in at a karaoke bar - that was entertaining. Lots of talent in Nashville! Stopped at San Antonio Taco Co for dinner. This is a fun place and great Mexican food, very casual. Before going to order cafeteria style, there are pencils and order pads for each group to have their order ready at the cashier. I took a photo - it is the only place I have been to like that.
Saturday evening in Nashville and there were buskers at intervals down the streets. “Free Dirt” was the one we watched and listened to on the way to and from Broadway Street. Abby the Spoon Lady is very talented and the focus of the band. The wash tub bass had a unique sound and with the banjo and acoustic guitar, they drew a good crowd. Bluegrass with a twist! I did some research on them - they travel from city to city freight train hopping with their instruments and a suitcase.
We went right to Roberts Western World - and we found ourselves at a wedding! The wedding party had the upstairs area and Roberts catered - the ceremony was near the stage. Interesting. The regular program started at 7pm with The Don Kelley Band, we have heard them before - awesome musicians and entertainers. We whooped and hollered there for three hours and headed back to the truck. It was a fun night.
The next morning we saw trucker friend, Bob Stanton and had a catch up over breakfast. We couldn’t stay long - Joe was on his way to Florida and us to Detroit, Michigan for Monday deliveries.We delivered the hazmat bins at a refinery on Monday morning and headed up to Owosso, Michigan ready to load there Tuesday morning.
Photo is of downtown Nashville from the truckstop.
