Lear Wanna Be
Presidentin' is hard
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- Feb 11, 2006
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Ok freight dogs, lets hear it....what is the smallest, weirdest, or just something worth talking about that you have had in the back?
There was once a broker/operator that had a a section on their website called the "odd ball haul of the month". I remember they once had a 727 full of Barney the Dinosaur costumes going to or from central america.
For me, I showed up at 2:00 a.m. one morning in Northeast MI. I pulled up to the gate, close to where the truck was located. As I got out the guy said "hi" and mentioned the gate was locked. I was not very happy as it was too late/early to work hard loading and unloading. From under the drivers clipboard, he hands me a roll of something and says, "here ya go, please sign here and have a nice flight." Turned out to be a roll of stickers about the size of a roll of duct tape. The stickers were the ones they put on visors that say "caution airbag". Not sure how these were going to shut a line down. But if they were willing to pay the big bucks to get them to AL, then who am I to complain.
Coolest thing....Brian Urlacher #54, Chicago Bears. But as freight goes, prototype fuel tanks going straight to a Detroit area proving track. Close second, some gaskets to some Honda plant in Winchester, TN. Only because the plant opened its doors for the first time on Monday and I hauled in Tuesday early a.m. and was the first to bring freight to this particular plant.
There was once a broker/operator that had a a section on their website called the "odd ball haul of the month". I remember they once had a 727 full of Barney the Dinosaur costumes going to or from central america.
For me, I showed up at 2:00 a.m. one morning in Northeast MI. I pulled up to the gate, close to where the truck was located. As I got out the guy said "hi" and mentioned the gate was locked. I was not very happy as it was too late/early to work hard loading and unloading. From under the drivers clipboard, he hands me a roll of something and says, "here ya go, please sign here and have a nice flight." Turned out to be a roll of stickers about the size of a roll of duct tape. The stickers were the ones they put on visors that say "caution airbag". Not sure how these were going to shut a line down. But if they were willing to pay the big bucks to get them to AL, then who am I to complain.
Coolest thing....Brian Urlacher #54, Chicago Bears. But as freight goes, prototype fuel tanks going straight to a Detroit area proving track. Close second, some gaskets to some Honda plant in Winchester, TN. Only because the plant opened its doors for the first time on Monday and I hauled in Tuesday early a.m. and was the first to bring freight to this particular plant.
