Flatbed Variety

I think Pat's internet got frozen in Montana, or I would wait to post more in his thread. I love the crazy stuff in his photos.

LOL.. Nah just been hauling dirt lately to finish up the road construction season. When it gets late like this they get desperate. For one week, my take home was nearly 2k but that is not the norm but nice to get once in a while.

The other day I hauled 27 24"x8'6" pipes. Did not get a photo of that one because I had a leaking break can and had to get that fixed before I could roll and I was running late but the next day I hauled 65k of scrap metal grossing 103k.

Then I had to drop my trailer and bobtail 250 miles to grab this monster. Before I left I asked if it was oversized and was told no. Well as you can see it is. 10'3" wide and 67' long. Oh and I got there just before dark and that trailer has no lights at all. So I bobtailed 40 miles to the store and bought some magnetic tail lights and a plug for the trailer and wired her up. Then I got a hotel for the night (I don't have a sleeper) as you can not move anything over 10' after dark.

This is an awesome thread. I love the photos!

Hey Bud, good to hear from ya! I laughed when I saw that tubing that you picked up in Chicago - been there many times - gotta love some of those places. I don't go there anymore now that I'm running a dedicated account for SAPA. I'm staying real busy at this new job.

Yeah, every driver said the same thing about the security guard's pleasant disposition, and the guys at the tarping station just laughed.

Glad to hear you're busy and still enjoying it!

LOL.. Nah just been hauling dirt lately to finish up the road construction season. When it gets late like this they get desperate. For one week, my take home was nearly 2k but that is not the norm but nice to get once in a while.

The other day I hauled 27 24"x8'6" pipes. Did not get a photo of that one because I had a leaking break can and had to get that fixed before I could roll and I was running late but the next day I hauled 65k of scrap metal grossing 103k.

Then I had to drop my trailer and bobtail 250 miles to grab this monster. Before I left I asked if it was oversized and was told no. Well as you can see it is. 10'3" wide and 67' long. Oh and I got there just before dark and that trailer has no lights at all. So I bobtailed 40 miles to the store and bought some magnetic tail lights and a plug for the trailer and wired her up. Then I got a hotel for the night (I don't have a sleeper) as you can not move anything over 10' after dark.

No lights on the trailer!? Not oversized!?

Well, today was a bit different for me... My truck was in the shop to determine why the headlights were flashing from high to low and back when driving down the road. Really irritated the people coming at me.

Well I got to play pilot car today for 3 different loads of ours... Unfortunately the loads were ready to move when I got there.

Load 1. 2 rock crushers Pilot front and rear for the 2 trucks. We can bunch up to 5 trucks with 2 pilot cars.

Load 2. 16' wide haul truck. I don't know what size cat it was because as I pulled into the parking lot they were already starting to roll so I only saw the back of the truck. I had to turn around right away when we got to our destination to flag for load 3 of the day.

Load 3. These are always cool to see going down the road but I was front pilot on this one and it was pointed right at me.... We were moving an Abrams Tank.

Overall it was a pretty cool and interesting day for me.

PS. We only had to flag on the 2 lanes with 2 pilot cars and that is why picked up so many different loads today.

BTW they did find the problem with my headlights. The wires in the column were grounding out.

I've been really getting after it on this new job. This week I went from Louisianan to Connecticut and back - twice! It was a trip to the same customer and the guy that unloads the truck looked at me with big wide eyes and says in his "Bronx-style Italian accent" - "Hey buddy, you were just here the other day, how you do that so fast? You need to go home and take a break - let somebody else have some of that mileage!"

Most of my loads are lighter than what I'm accustomed to pulling - here's what 32,000 pounds of 2.5 inch diameter solid aluminum round bar stock looks like.

I've been really getting after it on this new job. This week I went from Louisianan to Connecticut and back - twice! It was a trip to the same customer and the guy that unloads the truck looked at me with big wide eyes and says in his "Bronx-style Italian accent" - "Hey buddy, you were just here the other day, how you do that so fast? You need to go home and take a break - let somebody else have some of that mileage!"

Most of my loads are lighter than what I'm accustomed to pulling - here's what 32,000 pounds of 2.5 inch diameter solid aluminum round bar stock looks like.

Man, I bet that tarping just kills you inside that building with all those rollers....

Good to see that you are liking the new job. Pretty shiny trailer there too.

Well this was the first item moved today.....

Then I moved a set of hoppers that feed the belt. After that I dropped the trailer and moved 2 trailers, one was a generator trailer and the other one was a rock screen trailer. When I was done with those I picked up another conveyor that had it's own axles and a pintle hitch.

When I got done with those I grabbed the 2 axle RGN and moved a 624c loader.

Busy day and lots of stuff moved but only got one photo.lol

Last two loads of TNT phase, get my own truck and go solo next week!

Lifts from PA to Laredo...

...which are grown in the lift forest...

Then steel trusses from Laredo to Ohio.

Got off the truck and now in Denver enjoying my first real time off since starting at Prime's school on September 8! Hope everyone has a happy Thanksgiving!!

How much water does it take to grow all those?

Here is a load that I picked up today but it does not deliver until Monday. Another driver will take it to it's destination.

Have a good Thanksgiving everyone.