Weirdest place to deliver?

Discussion in 'Shippers & Receivers - Good or Bad' started by mtdewr, Apr 20, 2009.

  1. skibum_63

    skibum_63 Road Train Member

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    I have a friend that pulls for GTI, she sent me a pic of her truck 'up in the air' at a paper recycling plant. I'll see if i can find it. And post it.

    I would be a bit nervous as the driver , and being the one who operates the controls to raise it up.

    What if something mechanical/ elcetrcial failed,,, your stuck in the UP poistion. lol
     
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  3. wsyrob

    wsyrob Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    Delivered a tank load of water treatment polymer to a gold mine in Carlin Nevada. Once you get inside the gate you are required to drive on the left side of the road like they do in Europe. You are also sharing the road with dump trucks that make an 18 wheeler look like a 4 wheeler they are so big.
     
  4. Red Fox

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    My wife has one of those corneas in her eye. It's the only one she can see out of and is hoping to get the other one done. I'm gonna tell her she's back on the bus!
     
  5. OntheRoad2

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    i pulled in a huge barn like where there was about 15 people there watching me.. as soon as i got signed off on my reciept they were gone (no it wasnt lunch time) i mean its crazy..its one of my favorite places to go.i try to see,but i guess they wait for the right moment. then.. boom.GONE! lol..
     
  6. trailmaker

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    been to the caves, very interesting place.
     
  7. Lonesome

    Lonesome Mr. Sarcasm

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    One time, as an O/O, I picked up a load of scrap paper, in Port Huron, Michigan. It went across the border to a paper mill on the east side of Toronto. Then I deadheaded to the west side of Toronto, picked up load of scrap paper, and delivered it to a paper mill in Port Huron, Michigan.

    I've seen trucks at the Jays Potatoe Chip plant, in Chicago, and the old Seyferts plant, in Fort Wayne, unload reefer loads of potatoes that way. Quick and easy! A little unnerving, though, seeing a trailer way up in the air like that.
     
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  8. ordinaryguy

    ordinaryguy Light Load Member

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    i once hauled 55 gallon drums of laundry soap into Menard State Prison, in Menard, IL....place was built in 1873 and not made for a 53'...but it was kinda cool, convicts unloaded me heh cheap labor!
     
  9. Red Fox

    Red Fox Road Train Member

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    Looking at the bruises on the potatoes at the store, I wonder...
     
  10. barrier12

    barrier12 Light Load Member

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    Like they do in England. Europe itself is "normal":biggrin_25519:
     
  11. Rat Fink

    Rat Fink Light Load Member

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    When I was in the oilfield I had to drive to a wellsite. As usual, the first part of the directions were typical backroads type directions (drive 1.2km, then turn left, drive 3.5 more kms, turn right, etc.).

    It got wierd when they told me to "turn right at the bull". They explained it further and told me there's a farm field there with a bull that lives on that property. They said "don't worry, he's always there!"

    Sure enough, I got down that road and there was a bull standing at the corner of the field looking at me, right at the intersection I was supposed to turn at. Go figure.

    Not the strangest place I've been to, but definately the strangest directions!
     
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