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Windwalker 11-05-2009 01:59 PM


Originally Posted by GMAN (Post 466839)
I used to haul Jack Daniels whiskey back when I pulled a box around. I NEVER, EVER used to tell anyone what I had on the trailer. If someone asked I would tell them rolls of paper or not say anything. Any time you haul freight such as whiskey, beer, cigarettes, etc., you need to keep a low profile. This type of freight is high risk. When you haul this type of freight you need to be very watchful of your surroundings.

And, along with what GMAN listed, include computers, TVs, and motorcycles. I used to haul Harley Davidsons just above the Mexican boarder. I've seen locks cut, the bars that lock the trailer doors cut, and even a hole in the side of the trailer. They'll even cut down a tree behind the trailer to get inside in they want what you've got.

LightsChromeHorsepower 11-05-2009 07:01 PM

For all the beer we haul in curtain vans I'm surprised none has disappeared (yet)

jd112488 11-06-2009 05:40 AM

who do you drive for? and what are some of your routes?

cdswans 11-06-2009 02:18 PM

Case . . Closed?
 
We got the truck. We got the perps. The booze? We ain't so sure about the booze . .

"It was not clear whether the alcohol was still in the vehicle, and the names of the two suspects were not immediately available."

Cops recover truck with 1,250 cases of stolen liquor :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Chicago Crime

freebirdrfd 11-06-2009 11:34 PM


Originally Posted by cdswans (Post 466999)
We got the truck. We got the perps. The booze? We ain't so sure about the booze . .

"It was not clear whether the alcohol was still in the vehicle, and the names of the two suspects were not immediately available."

Cops recover truck with 1,250 cases of stolen liquor :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Chicago Crime

Good luck Rev. and Hobo, i hope you have good lawyers. :smokin:

1catfish 11-07-2009 01:38 PM


Originally Posted by GMAN (Post 466839)
I used to haul Jack Daniels whiskey back when I pulled a box around. I NEVER, EVER used to tell anyone what I had on the trailer. If someone asked I would tell them rolls of paper or not say anything. Any time you haul freight such as whiskey, beer, cigarettes, etc., you need to keep a low profile. This type of freight is high risk. When you haul this type of freight you need to be very watchful of your surroundings.

i remember hauling cigs. out of phillip morris in concord,nc. the way they put those long cable seals on the back doors any trained eye would know what the load was. they had a couple of roadway loads hijacked, the company i worked for was to cheap to pay the lumper company they used in the warehouse to load the trucks, they made us do it by the hour.:hellno: just don't stand on the boxes to get to the top levels in the trailer, they would freak out! my bad. but i don't miss those days.:roll:

b00m 11-07-2009 03:05 PM

I had a few loads like this of whyskey from KY to AZ. Up to a million bottles in it. Did not stop anyhwere except for fueling and little sleep. Made it home with it in about a day and a half of driving. With loads like this it is very wise to keep your mouth shut and keep watch around.

Windwalker 11-07-2009 03:06 PM


Two people were arrested and the truck was being held at the South Chicago District police station.
Don't you have to wonder... The truck was moved to a district police station... By whom? Another truck driver? A cop? Or a big wrecker??? No matter who or how it was moved there, someone had to know what they were doing. I have yet to see any police district that is set up to have a truck that size brought in. And, if moved by a wrecker, that adds even more length. The average cop is not going to get in there without hitting something. Wonder how many tree branches they had to cut off in order to get that trailer in there.

Colin 11-07-2009 05:50 PM


Originally Posted by b00m (Post 467067)
I had a few loads like this of whyskey from KY to AZ. Up to a million bottles in it. Did not stop anyhwere except for fueling and little sleep. Made it home with it in about a day and a half of driving. With loads like this it is very wise to keep your mouth shut and keep watch around.

Less than .8 ounces (by weight) per bottle?

geeshock 11-07-2009 06:58 PM

someone beat me to it. I used to haul RJR out of winsten/salem and the seals on the back of the trailers were dead giveaways to what was in the trailer. When I started I drove almost as far as my endurance would take me b4 I stoped. When I did stop I stayed in the truck mostly and when I did talk to a driver I never talked about the load. If something about loads did come up I pulled a g-man and lied about it, lol. I wasn't about to lose 5 million+ dollors of cigs if I could help it.


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