Strangest Load Hauled

[Rev.Vassago]

Originally Posted by Mackman

When i drove a vaccum tanker i hauled 6500gals. of **** everyday

When I pulled a dump trailer, I hauled the semi-solid version.

[Orangetxguy]

I deadheaded to Pascagoula MS from Orange Tx for a load of 3, 35 gallon lever-pak drums, filled with used Tyvec garments and latex gloves. Each drum weighed about 36 pounds. That was the entire load. Had to run poison placards because of the chemicals on the gloves and garments. Hauled them to an incinerator in Grafton OH, then deadheaded back to Orange TX.

[chris1]

In the 70's used to take loaded trailers from vegas to yucca flats test site. 10'wide 16'long 7' tall and very heavy. No idea what it was but had DOE escorts both ways.

[Orangetxguy]

Originally Posted by chris1

In the 70's used to take loaded trailers from vegas to yucca flats test site. 10'wide 16'long 7' tall and very heavy. No idea what it was but had DOE escorts both ways.

Say...Do they still make things go "BOOM" deep in the ground there???

I'm wondering....did you go there in 79, 80 & 81???

I went there a hand full of times...we pumped cement on top of some things that were put in the ground, on top of those things that went boom. Wondering now if I saw you there.

[CanadianFTE]

I took this from Richmond,BC to Gurnee,IL. It was part of a new waterpark close to 6 flags north of Chicago. I saw so many people pull up beside me on the road and take a picture and then carry on and give me a wave.

[chris1]

I was there thru the late 70"s. If you were pumping concrete i may have met you.
We had 3 rules when under a load
1 do not stop unless the escort gives the okay
2 if something/someone blocks your progress see rule 1
3 if something happens you will never know

Used to be a lot of protesters at the first checkpoint. Saw Martin Sheen there quite a few times.

[mdgardner963]

I once pulled a load that was 1280 pounds total From South San Francisco to allentown pa the insured amount was 70 million found out it was some cancer drug from tree bark.

[Windwalker]

A load of "RAILROAD CROSSINGS" from CO to MD...
A load of sedative for the polar bears in Churchill, Canada...

[GatorOh]

I once pulled a load of Plastic flower flats outta toledo ohio to Dallas Tx , Via atlanta Ga! The Buyer located in Atlanta Ga had to count the flats before they could be shipped onto Dallas! Dont ask me who what where or why!!!!!!!!!! Took them 20 min in Atlanta to clear me for Dallas!!! Back before gogo juice was 4buck per gallon!!


Gator

[catalinaflyer]

I'm not the only one on here to have hauled this, chris1 has hauled it too. The strangest load I ever hauled (did it a few times) was an entire load of frozen beef pizzle. That's the male member from a bull or steer. Apparently it's a delicasy in the far east. We used to haul it from Wisconsin to the bay area in California and from there it was shipped to Japan, China and Hong Kong.

My wife who at the time was working at the fuel desk at Burns Brothers (now TA) in Ft Bridger, WY before she ran away with me and became my wife 16 years ago asked what I was hauling. I went out to the truck, got a box out and took it back in. The girls opened it and after lots of blushing, giggling and laughing they decided to keep it. I often wondered if the chef in the kitchen took the strange looking sausage rolled up in the box in the freezer and used it as sausage in omlets.

[chris1]

How about the load to NYC with the barrels of bungs? Seemed like they were anxious for them. Also remember a load of maggoty spam from FL to NYC and sold to the street vendors.

[catalinaflyer]

Somewhere I have a picture of you pushing a pallet jack in the back of my trailer with bungs and the NYC police watching. As I remember you drove as far as the Jersey line then you refused to drive any further.

Yeah, who can forget Steve's load of Maggot Spam with all the labels in spanish and as I remember the buyer was excited when Steve pulled in with it.

You might see odd loads on flatbeds but the strangest stuff travels inside reefers well out of the publics view.

[repete]

Before I got my cdl I sold auto parts and equip. , one day the Buffalo office called and was in a real jam with a customer and needed a part that we had RIGHT NOW. So we put it in the back of one of the cube vans and sent a new guy on his way, he was in such a hurry trying to make a good impression that he left his cell in the charger. He had been gone about 20 min when another driver came in and said "who took my truck".... Yep the parts still sitting here in the truck we put it in! The kid got to Buff. and had nothing but air in the back. Oh well, he made good time getting there.

[Syncrosonix]

a load that was supposed to be on a flatbed. it was a load of steel coils inside of a dry van. it wasn't fun going through mountain passes along narrow highways. got to my destination without a problem, though.

[BIG JEEP on 44's]

I hauled a load from the Werner Laraedo TX terminal that was said to contain the latests in new driver technology that would be used to help increase company profits ...the strange part was I swear I heard voices in Spanish comming from that pre sealed/loaded trailer .

[Windwalker]

How about a load of "SKINLESS HOTDOG SKINS"...

No, it's no joke. They cook the hogdogs in the skins, then cut them off. They're made of a type of paper. Picked them up in London, TN, but don't remember where I took them... Think it was Dubuque, IA...

[danske]

Originally Posted by Uturn2001

I once hauled a full load of intelligent dispatchers and honest recruiters from Chicago to Atlanta packed into a 53' van.

What did you need the 53' trailer for? That load would fit in the glove box of my truck!!

[matcat]

Once had a load going to Pueblo, CO, was labeled as air conditioner parts on the bills. Got to the destination, which was a military base, of which no one informed me I was going to a military base. Get inside they direct me to the warehouse. Stop, MP breaks the seals, I open the doors, look in, and much to my surprise I didn't know air conditioner parts where shaped like missile war heads, that clearly where labeled: US Military. Sat in the waiting area in the warehouse, which happened to have nothing but war heads. I said to the MP, "Interesting looking air conditioner parts" and he just ignored me. And this is a true story.

[ct77]

I didnt haul this but i took a picture of this movie star on a truck, brownie points for who can tell me what movie

[Windwalker]

Originally Posted by ct77

I didnt haul this but i took a picture of this movie star on a truck, brownie points for who can tell me what movie

Almost looks like it could be a "veteran" of "THE LONGEST DAY". Except it's not that kind of Sherman.

Hauled an AMC PACER once... Well, it looked like one, but they cut apart three cars to make it into a LIMO. That was a movie star too, but looking at the welding under it, I would not want to try to make it very far on the highway.