Gone to Texas

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  1. Flat Earth Trucker

    Flat Earth Trucker Road Train Member

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    I don't. Who then? At least I know it isn't Donut Operator on YouTube.
     
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  3. SmallPackage

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    He lives down in the Alamo basement. That is why they do not let anyone see the basement. Legend has it the Wolfe howls at night. I have said to much i will most likely disappear over night like the Hemisphere Arena
     
  4. kemosabi49

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    I ran chemical tank for Quality Carriers out of Ft Worth/Saginaw there for about 3 years. Only had to suit up a couple times. If the milk doesn't work out give them a call.
     
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    I know next to nothing about Quality Carriers. What commodity do they/did you haul for them?
     
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    Hauled a lot of non Hazmat paint out of Valspar in Garland Tx. But they were bought out by Sherwin Williams who also has a Garland Tx. plant just down the road. We hauled what was considered paint out of there. Actually was a coating that the beverage can makers spray inside of aluminum cans to keep the contents from tasting like aluminum. Went to the midwest and Carolinas a lot. Always out and back as the trailers were dedicated to that one product only.
    They also transloaded products from railcars at the terminal for mainly local deliveries.

    What they haul now I don't have a clue. But if you are interested, go to the terminal and talk to the terminal manager in person. It's at the end of Minden Rd off of N Saginaw Blvd north I I-820 in Saginaw.

    Also in Saginaw, there are a couple flour mills that have dry bulk tankers running day cabs out out the plants.
     
  7. REO6205

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    The things you learn on TTR. :) Is it just beverages or do other types of cans get sprayed too?
     
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    Tin food cans too, but with a slightly different coating. And because the coatings go inside food and beverage cans, the trailers that haul them are considered the same as food grade trailers. Shipper inspects trailers and also delivery hoses and seals all of it.
     
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  9. RockinChair

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    Exactly.
     
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    Saw one of these little guys on the porch during the rain tonight. Who knew there was the Texas Toad. Purty darn durable creatures to be living in this desert.
     
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    Those little guys can get as big as a kitten in the right environment. They will also croak at night as loud as a coyote. Once you get used to that it peacefully puts you to sleep.
     
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