Semi Trucks for Movie

You will have no problem finding empty, idle trucks in Denver. Just put a flyer in one of the truck stops and you will have 30 semi trucks.

 

I seem to recall an instance where I was driving down Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs in a Pioneer Sand Company truck, and there was a truck in the middle lane, following a camera crew on the back of a pickup... was that your organization? This would have been back in September or October, I think.
Is there any specifics for the kinds of configurations of trucks you're looking for? I can think of a small fleet owner in Elbert, a drilling company owner in Colorado Springs, and a rancher/fleet owner in Lamar who might be willing to make a little extra revenue with their trucks.

 

Just like Hal Needham did for Smokey and The Bandit. Hire on truckers as extras. Pay them boys good Mitch!

[Though filming was grueling, the truckers were treated like royalty. "They got $200 per day in cash, plus some of the best meals ever to fill a plate," which included crab legs and sirloin, the story reported.]

That was $200 in 1976 money. Probably equal to $600 a day today.

 

You worked for pioneer sands? Pulled a brokered load and they were the company you ever deal with a Lenny?

 

Several years ago I supplied 2 trucks for a segment of " AMERICA'S MOST WANTED". Lots of fun. Got to play a truck driver.

 

Maybe.. there's a lot of people from there I don't remember. I was on the transfer side at first, but they're supervised by a woman named Ilene, and she's extremely confrontational... I've never hit a woman in my life, but ###### if she didn't almost become the first. I asked for a transfer to the tandems after that, and stayed there, aside from a brief stint filling in on the lowboy while they were between drivers after the lowboy driver wrecked an aluminum dump somewhere down towards Pueblo.. I agreed to fill in, but refused to take the gig permanently, as the pay wasn't worth it, and dealing with Ilene definitely wasn't worth it. Once I was on the tandem side, I didn't deal with people on the transfer side, and I didn't go north of Castle Rock... south, I got out to Pueblo West from time to time, as I was the secondary flat & fork driver.

 

Sounds like some of the great rates I get from brokers