Weirdest place to deliver?

I've never been to that one, but I've been to the storage cave on the south side of Quincy, IL a few times. I guess you'd call it a man-made cave that's been carved out by mining the minerals in it. The ceiling is maybe 15 or 20 feet high and has a lot rock columns left to support the ceiling. Sort of a strange feeling, not really claustrophobic, but its not very well lit and nothing is straight or square. Makes turning with the trailer or backing into the dock interesting- no painted lines to go by. And then of course you feel like a mole when you get back out into the daylight.

 

Not really weird, more like creepy. When I was younger I used to deliver propane, I had to go to a place that burned medical waste, it was right on the outskirts of a military base and had the funkiest smell. It always gave me the creeps, made me think about The Night Of The Living Dead movies lol.

 

So far, in my limited experience, a bakery in Kennewick, WA. You have to have a side door trailer to deliver there; to set up for the drop, you have to drive around to the back of the place through what looks like someones backyard where you have to hug a fenceline to get your 53' trailer straightened out while also maneuvering around a parked car and a dumpster. You actually have to aim for the dumpster then crank the wheel to the right, barely missing it, then steer back to the left to continue along the fence line. Even then, you barely get your trailer straight enough to go down the side dock without catching your already opened side door on the corner of the building. Then you have to keep your steers away from the concrete sidewalls of the dock, while watching your right mirror to see if you're lined up with the side door to the dock roll-up door. The only good thing about this is you don't have to do any backing, unless you screwed up on the entry and are about to hit the building. Oh, yeah I forgot to mention that most of the fenceline has trees growing along that, so you'll get some branch scrapes on your rig!

 

They have a few of those caves in KC an 1 here in springfield KC is the biggest I believe. they stayh the same temperture yr round, an by the way were you were it is Carthage, Mo.

 

I recall a dairy somewhere in Ohio I think, back in '88 that I had to pull partway around the building but lacking enough room to jack it back in, so I had to drop the wagon there, bobtail around the building and hook up from the other side to finish the docking. It was very strange but there was no other way; place was designed for horse and buggies.
And I was pulling a 48/102.

 

For me it was a delivery of seeds to a farm in Indiana somewhere. I called the farmer the night before and got directions from him. I can't remember the roads exactly, but it went something along the lines of " Turn off the US Highway, go to BFE road and turn left, go to the 23rd telephone pole, there is a driveway on the right, turn in there and go to the back. Problem was it was the back of the field!!! Literally had to meet his planting equipment and spend all day there while they loaded a tractors with the seeds off the truck one bag at a time.

 

What is so scary about the caves in Carthege. Well lit, paved, plenty of room to drive in

 

12 years of driving and I never made it to the "caves". Thanks for the pics. Seems like everyone else expect me has been in them.

 

I don't think the caves are that bad at all. Now try driving a 379 Pete pulling a 48ft flat and going in and out of golf courses...now thats weird. I ran about 5 loads for the LPGA, PGA, and the seniors tour hauling A/C units and generators. Most of the courses weren't to bad to get into, but the worst was up in Newport, RI. What made it really bad was I was picking up on the day after the tournment ended (most of the fans were still in town) and they got rain everyday of the show. The ground was just mush and we slid everywhere we went trying to load. I do miss all the offroad driving I did when I was pulling my flats, step, and rgn.