I’ll tell you who the King of Middle TN is, his name is Shorty Crawford.
He didn’t get out much, but he moved some big loads back in the day with McCord Heavy and Specialized Haulers out of Nashville. He can tell you the height from memory on just about every bridge in Middle TN.
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There weren’t many places for things like showers or even hot food, so we carried groceries and ways to cook in the truck. You know how you always see these guys crying about the food in the truck stops and the parking situations and whatnot? There was no crying about anything. Had to book a motel room to get a shower. And motel rooms were almost all booked out every weekend. The locals would book motel rooms on the weekends so their kids would be able to go swimming.
There were lots of guys who after a week or two would want to go home. Thing is, there was a line to get back on those jobs up there. It was definitely as rugged a people up there as anywhere else on earth. And yes, the money was simply obscene. And with rugged people, there’s less depression and alcoholism.
“What did you all do for recreation, Six?”
Get out of the truck, check into a motel, get a shower, find some hot food, enjoy that food, find some live music venue, trade DVDs, use the motel’s WiFi, go hang out with the friends you made on the job. It’s like any other place and any other job...you get used to it.
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Sounds a lot like Fallujah, minus the obscene money...
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I heard he was an old guy from the boot, with long dreads, and gold teeth.
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