Weirdest place to deliver?

Delivered a load of bulk cotton seed to a farm in WI. Had to pull into a cleared area in a HUGE pile of manure to maneuver around so I could back up to the concrete slab next to the barn.
My weirdest cargo was back in my LTL days. Delivered a pig's head to a medical research facility in AR.

 

When I was a kid, my Dad delivered fossilized dinosaur eggs on his flatbed. Always thought that was pretty cool.

 

Amen! After doing the same thing, I've never eaten a hot dog again!

 

I bet you were delivering to the dairy farm where my ex-fiance manages.

 

Yep, people probably already know this but the reason is because the haulpacks (that's the buzz-word) have their cab on the left side, and with the trucks being 25+ feet wide, they can't really see where the right side of the truck is. Since they drive on haul roads around the inside of open pits, they go on the left side so they can see the edge of the road.

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I had to dock to a plane every third Saturday a few years back. Got used to it after a few times so i kinda forgot how freaky it was the first time. Sit on the tarmac, wait on the plane to land, watch the ground crew guide the plane to me, push a conveyor belt to the plane and then the same guy that spotted the plane spotted me to the belt. Still kinda freaky doing it on ice. The plane come in a little sideways on the ice with the wind blowing it around, and I'm thinking I hope my truck stops before it pushes the belt into the plane.

Weirdest place I went was the prison in Mountain City, TN. They have a motion detector that can detect a heartbeat on a loaded trailer. The catch is sometimes the wind sets it off. I sat there for over an hour waiting on the wind to die down so I could get clear to leave. It's a real tight dock too. Tight as crap with a 53 and a daycab. I did it with a 48 and a 379 with a coffin sleeper. Somebody wasn't thinking when they put a light pole 70 feet directly in front of the dock.

 

Nastiest load I have ever seen. Left over chicken parts probably going to a dog food plant coming out of Koch Food in Morristown. Driver lost it on a curve on a shortcut back road. Overturned and busted the trailer open. Threw chicken parts across the house in the curve. Blood covered yard and entrails all down the siding.

 

I did a lot of that when I was driving in-town hot shots in a van. I had a daily exchange of film/pictures for overnight picture development and met a Cessna twin engine on the cargo end of the old Austin airport. I'd drive out onto the tarmac, and the pilot would always have "fun" with me when landing (as in trying to scare the bejeezus out of me, taxiing right up to me and slamming on the brakes). He was basically a truck driver with wings...guess that's how he got his laughs in.

I had a real funny moment one day when doing this, actually. I was out on the tarmac as usual, but had to pass through some extra security/clearances which was real unusual. Turns out George Bush (TX governor at the time) was landing at the airport from some trip somewhere. There were news crews waiting for him to land, a limo for him on the tarmac, but no one else (guess there's easier security in cargo than the main passenger area). Anyways, I see the plane land, they pull up the big ladder to the plane, and he walks out on to the top of the ladder platform and starts waving all around...waving to the right, waving to the left, back to the right, smiling the whole time while the news crews took their film. I was thinking "who in Hades is he waving to??" Guess he was trying to look popular for the news or something. Kinda eerie, really.

Strangest load while doing hot shots: took a pair of eyes from a local hospital to a hospital in another town (organ donation/transplant). Had to put them in the front seat with me and keep the A/C blasting, even though they were packed in ice and styrofoam...they didn't want to take any chances. A real creepy 2 hour drive with some pair of eyes in the seat next to me.

 

...an no roll of money under them...

 

That just the money you could be saving with Geico