Houston, TX to Greenville, SC – Day 2 Crossing Louisiana on I-10

Yesterday we picked up this load to Greenville, South Carolina in Houston, Texas and made it as far as the Flying J in Baytown, Texas after dealing with road construction and rush hour Houston traffic. If you haven't watched that video yet, I recommend you watch that video first: Hooking the Loaded Trailer in Houston Today, we'll only cover 290 miles to the Petro Travel Center in Hammond, Louisiana after slow downs due to a couple … [Read more...]

Houston, TX to Greenville, SC – Day 1 Hooking the Loaded Trailer

After making the five deliveries to Kroger grocery stores in the Houston area, I logged on to the load board to find a new load. I settled on a load that was ready to go and already sitting in Schneider's Houston drop yard. This load delivers in Greenville, South Carolina Wednesday night at 10 pm. It's about 3:30 pm on Monday; so, with about 950 miles with the deadhead to the yard and then on to Greenville, it'll be an easy two … [Read more...]