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{ "forumId": 42925, "postTypeId": 1, "postType": "Forum", "forumTitle": "Craziest Truck Story", "forumContent": "Hey, while we are struggling financially, i figured it would be fun to discuss the craziest thing we've seen while in our trucks. Mine was actually seeing another truck driver that had a pet monkey in his cab. It had a little hammock and everything in the passenger window. That was in Eau Claire, WI back in the 80's. Things were a bit different back then. Certainly there was a bit of drugs in that time, but i swear i saw a monkey in a hammock. \n \n What's the craziest thing you guys have seen, and what state was it in?", "forumContentHtml": "Hey, while we are struggling financially, i figured it would be fun to discuss the craziest thing we've seen while in our trucks. Mine was actually seeing another truck driver that had a pet monkey in his cab. It had a little hammock and everything in the passenger window. That was in Eau Claire, WI back in the 80's. Things were a bit different back then. Certainly there was a bit of drugs in that time, but i swear i saw a monkey in a hammock. \r\n \r\nWhat's the craziest thing you guys have seen, and what state was it in?", "thumbUrl": "", "dateAdded": "2016-04-06T19:58:34Z", "lastPost": "2016-05-20T02:56:40Z", "views": 13515, "likes": 3, "dislikes": 0, "messageCount": 35, "premiumOnly": 0, "isfeatured": 0, "showInDays": -100, "showDate": "", "forumLink": "", "youtubeVideoId": "", "approved": 1, "active": 1, "alias": "craziest-truck-story", "forumUrl": "https://www.bulkloads.com/forum/craziest-truck-story/", "userId": 86190, "firstName": "RUSS", "lastName": "ANDERSON", "companyName": "STEEL WHEELS TRUCKING", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "Lincoln", "state": "NE", "userCommentCount": 37, "userLikes": 0, "replies": [ { "replyId": 35912, "content": "I saw a guy who had a parrot. He also had bird poop on Hi back because he let the parrot perch on his shoulder!", "contentHtml": "I saw a guy who had a parrot. He also had bird poop on Hi back because he let the parrot perch on his shoulder!", "parentReplyId": null, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2010-05-22", "dateAdded": "2016-04-07T13:24:18Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 1569, "firstName": "MIKE", "lastName": "HORSTMAN", "companyName": "MICHAEL A HORSTMAN", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "MINSTER", "state": "OH", "userCommentCount": 21, "userLikes": 1, "userDislikes": 0, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 35913, "content": "Driver kn flattop Pete had 3 full grown gray wolves in truck with him. I asked did each one have a logbook? He said they did,till they ate them. He has fun with DOT.. Back in the 90s.\n \n", "contentHtml": "Driver kn flattop Pete had 3 full grown gray wolves in truck with him. I asked did each one have a logbook? He said they did,till they ate them. He has fun with DOT.. Back in the 90s. \r\n ", "parentReplyId": null, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2015-02-27", "dateAdded": "2016-04-07T14:30:23Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 47522, "firstName": "JOHN", "lastName": "TENNENT", "companyName": "CRUNCHTIME EXPRESS LLC.", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "Tallahassee", "state": "FL", "userCommentCount": 10, "userLikes": 0, "userDislikes": 2, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 35914, "content": "I've seen 5 Indian guys in a single truck pulling containers from Elwood to the rail yard 20ish miles away\n they were all drivers\n \n was in a shop in Indiana 3 non English speaking guys came in they were all in the same truck\n the mechanic finally figured out they wanted him to look at something under it\n he was under there about a minute and came out mad and made them\n leave they had sawed a hole in the floor of the sleeper and made a road commode \n \n \n", "contentHtml": "I've seen 5 Indian guys in a single truck pulling containers from Elwood to the rail yard 20ish miles away \r\nthey were all drivers \r\n \r\nwas in a shop in Indiana 3 non English speaking guys came in they were all in the same truck \r\nthe mechanic finally figured out they wanted him to look at something under it \r\nhe was under there about a minute and came out mad and made them \r\nleave they had sawed a hole in the floor of the sleeper and made a road commode \r\n \r\n ", "parentReplyId": null, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2014-04-06", "dateAdded": "2016-04-07T14:54:50Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 14388, "firstName": "JASON", "lastName": "SEARCY", "companyName": "BULK COMMODITIES LLC", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "PITTSBORO", "state": "IN", "userCommentCount": 17, "userLikes": 0, "userDislikes": 0, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 35916, "content": "I once saw a guy in wi driving a international that built an ol flabbergasted syborg plasma filter insulater out of ol socks, Vaseline and tv parts....", "contentHtml": "I once saw a guy in wi driving a international that built an ol flabbergasted syborg plasma filter insulater out of ol socks, Vaseline and tv parts....", "parentReplyId": null, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2013-01-29", "dateAdded": "2016-04-07T19:16:13Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 9967, "firstName": "T", "lastName": "J", "companyName": "BONJO ENTERPRISES LLC", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "North Platte", "state": "NE", "userCommentCount": 261, "userLikes": 32, "userDislikes": 13, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 35917, "content": "For some reason someone was carrying a pallet of 20 oz. plastic bottles of soda pop on a flatbed trailer behind a pick-up. The pallet tipped over at an intersection and the bottles were shooting off like missiles as they were being run over. (Memphis).\n \n A dumb-ass driver on e-logs was parked in the end spot at a rest area, legitimate spot, but not enough room to get past him. He wouldn't move because he was out of hours. I swear! I backed out and the cops were confronting him as I went by. ( I/74 Indiana).\n \n A used machinery hauler must have missed the warning signs about width in some bridge construction and wedged his combine (tires) between the concrete barrier walls. I watched as he jacked and blocked and jacked and blocked until it was free. Then back out. Probably 200-300 yards. No kidding. I was impressed. Made me wonder if he had done it before. (PA Turnpike).\n", "contentHtml": "For some reason someone was carrying a pallet of 20 oz. plastic bottles of soda pop on a flatbed trailer behind a pick-up. The pallet tipped over at an intersection and the bottles were shooting off like missiles as they were being run over. (Memphis). \r\n \r\nA dumb-ass driver on e-logs was parked in the end spot at a rest area, legitimate spot, but not enough room to get past him. He wouldn't move because he was out of hours. I swear! I backed out and the cops were confronting him as I went by. ( I/74 Indiana). \r\n \r\nA used machinery hauler must have missed the warning signs about width in some bridge construction and wedged his combine (tires) between the concrete barrier walls. I watched as he jacked and blocked and jacked and blocked until it was free. Then back out. Probably 200-300 yards. No kidding. I was impressed. Made me wonder if he had done it before. (PA Turnpike). ", "parentReplyId": null, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2013-05-01", "dateAdded": "2016-04-07T21:18:19Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 10962, "firstName": "DEAN", "lastName": "HUGHSON", "companyName": "WALK-WAY TRANSPORT", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "WINTHROP", "state": "IA", "userCommentCount": 438, "userLikes": 122, "userDislikes": 61, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 35920, "content": "Had a shop in Wi. had a truck towed in for what ever reason and took the guy to a motel. Next morning we where working on it and a mechanic jumped up in cab. He says you have to see this. This guy had cat food cans on the dash and he didn't have a cat. Whats with all the Wi stories?", "contentHtml": "Had a shop in Wi. had a truck towed in for what ever reason and took the guy to a motel. Next morning we where working on it and a mechanic jumped up in cab. He says you have to see this. This guy had cat food cans on the dash and he didn't have a cat. Whats with all the Wi stories?", "parentReplyId": null, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2014-12-20", "dateAdded": "2016-04-08T14:21:16Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 41019, "firstName": "Jon", "lastName": "Lingo", "companyName": "JON LINGO", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "Hixton", "state": "WI", "userCommentCount": 14, "userLikes": 10, "userDislikes": 0, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 35921, "content": "We may all be eating catfood soon if the market keeps going down.", "contentHtml": "We may all be eating catfood soon if the market keeps going down. ", "parentReplyId": 35920, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2016-03-24", "dateAdded": "2016-04-08T15:41:36Z", "likes": 1, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 86190, "firstName": "RUSS", "lastName": "ANDERSON", "companyName": "STEEL WHEELS TRUCKING", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "Lincoln", "state": "NE", "userCommentCount": 37, "userLikes": 0, "userDislikes": 0, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 35929, "content": "Here's one but not the craziest. I was at truck wash. Guy had a Volvo. There was a line of Barbie dolls on the dash. Asked the guy what's up. He said that each one represented a past girl friend including ethnic background. I asked then why is it that some didn't have a head. He got real scary looking and said they were the ones that made him mad and woke up the voices in his head. He luckily walked away.\n \n Art Pfluger", "contentHtml": "Here's one but not the craziest. I was at truck wash. Guy had a Volvo. There was a line of Barbie dolls on the dash. Asked the guy what's up. He said that each one represented a past girl friend including ethnic background. I asked then why is it that some didn't have a head. He got real scary looking and said they were the ones that made him mad and woke up the voices in his head. He luckily walked away. \r\n \r\nArt Pfluger", "parentReplyId": null, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2010-12-05", "dateAdded": "2016-04-09T05:27:05Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 3266, "firstName": "ROSE", "lastName": "PFLUGER", "companyName": "ROAD WARRIORS TRANSPORTATION INC", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "MORRISTOWN", "state": "AZ", "userCommentCount": 804, "userLikes": 10, "userDislikes": 4, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 35931, "content": "When Hwy 5 finally opened.. There wasnt much out there.. .actually very little. At the Collinga turn off there was a gas station and a roach coach.. Where you could get something to eat and drink.. One day a bunch of drivers came in not saying hi or anything as they walked past.. Right to the bathroom at the gas station.. When they came back and got a cup of coffee they started to talk... About the camel caravan going along near the freeway.. Started to compaire notes.. And they all ran back to the garbage can in the bathroom where they thought they got some bad stuuff and were hallucinating about the camels.. And had thrown their stash in the garbage... In reality there was a movie set shooting a desert movie... And they had a bunch of camels on the set.. Camels in California?", "contentHtml": "When Hwy 5 finally opened.. There wasnt much out there.. .actually very little. At the Collinga turn off there was a gas station and a roach coach.. Where you could get something to eat and drink.. One day a bunch of drivers came in not saying hi or anything as they walked past.. Right to the bathroom at the gas station.. When they came back and got a cup of coffee they started to talk... About the camel caravan going along near the freeway.. Started to compaire notes.. And they all ran back to the garbage can in the bathroom where they thought they got some bad stuuff and were hallucinating about the camels.. And had thrown their stash in the garbage... In reality there was a movie set shooting a desert movie... And they had a bunch of camels on the set.. Camels in California? ", "parentReplyId": null, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2010-11-12", "dateAdded": "2016-04-09T16:42:50Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 3078, "firstName": "JEFF", "lastName": "PEARSON", "companyName": "C & R TRUCKING INC", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "PAYSON", "state": "UT", "userCommentCount": 927, "userLikes": 225, "userDislikes": 94, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 35946, "content": "Art- I kinda wonder if you have to be half crazy to drive a Volvo....", "contentHtml": "Art- I kinda wonder if you have to be half crazy to drive a Volvo....", "parentReplyId": 35929, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2014-03-14", "dateAdded": "2016-04-10T17:23:50Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 14074, "firstName": "JOSH", "lastName": "BUSTER", "companyName": "JERCE FARMS", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "MUSCATINE", "state": "IA", "userCommentCount": 84, "userLikes": 24, "userDislikes": 4, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 35948, "content": "Sure sounds like it..", "contentHtml": "Sure sounds like it.. ", "parentReplyId": 35946, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2010-11-12", "dateAdded": "2016-04-10T17:32:46Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 3078, "firstName": "JEFF", "lastName": "PEARSON", "companyName": "C & R TRUCKING INC", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "PAYSON", "state": "UT", "userCommentCount": 927, "userLikes": 225, "userDislikes": 94, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 35949, "content": "Josh you know it, I am more than half crazy, I am full crazy like a fox.\n \n I think that guy Art was talking about must have believed the Volvo nickname VooDoo. I wonder if he had a poo hole cut out in the back.\n \n I went to buy a Volvo one time and was looking it over and back between the desk under the carpet somebody had cut out a hole. I told the dealer to knock off $10,000 and I would buy the truck and reline the sleeper. I don't know what person bought that truck but I sure as heck would not. \n \n The Volvo is a great boner truck with the D12 engine in them. It is hard for a boner to tear them up. The way I got it figured is if they can take care of a Volvo and make money with it. I will go and buy them the kind of truck they want. So far I have not had to buy anybody a truck and the Volvo's that I own have had 20 driver run through them in the past five years. It amazes me how these people think they have what it takes to make it as an Owner Operator but they can't even make it work in a Volvo.\n \n The look at the picture of my old W-9 and they ask why I don't own those anymore? I tell them that it takes a real trucker to operate one of those, and when I find one I will buy one again. I personally like the Pete 379 with a 6NZ and a 13-18 spd, but I can not afford to have those wonderful trucks with the type of driver that are out there today. I am crazy but also smart to stick with the boner proof trucks, not had one of those VooDoos blow up yet.\n", "contentHtml": "Josh you know it, I am more than half crazy, I am full crazy like a fox. \r\n \r\nI think that guy Art was talking about must have believed the Volvo nickname VooDoo. I wonder if he had a poo hole cut out in the back. \r\n \r\nI went to buy a Volvo one time and was looking it over and back between the desk under the carpet somebody had cut out a hole. I told the dealer to knock off $10,000 and I would buy the truck and reline the sleeper. I don't know what person bought that truck but I sure as heck would not. \r\n \r\nThe Volvo is a great boner truck with the D12 engine in them. It is hard for a boner to tear them up. The way I got it figured is if they can take care of a Volvo and make money with it. I will go and buy them the kind of truck they want. So far I have not had to buy anybody a truck and the Volvo's that I own have had 20 driver run through them in the past five years. It amazes me how these people think they have what it takes to make it as an Owner Operator but they can't even make it work in a Volvo. \r\n \r\nThe look at the picture of my old W-9 and they ask why I don't own those anymore? I tell them that it takes a real trucker to operate one of those, and when I find one I will buy one again. I personally like the Pete 379 with a 6NZ and a 13-18 spd, but I can not afford to have those wonderful trucks with the type of driver that are out there today. I am crazy but also smart to stick with the boner proof trucks, not had one of those VooDoos blow up yet. ", "parentReplyId": 35946, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2013-06-26", "dateAdded": "2016-04-10T17:57:34Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 11426, "firstName": "ALFRED", "lastName": "JORDAN", "companyName": "POWERHOUSE TRANSPORTATION, LLC ", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "PECULIAR", "state": "MO", "userCommentCount": 1182, "userLikes": 206, "userDislikes": 6, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 35950, "content": "I drove an old B Mack a few trips with hot mix asphalt. The truck wouldn't go fast enough on the route to outrun the heat from the hot mix. It would fry you, obviously pre A/C. One of the trips I took off from a stop light in the middle of nowhere and a hitchhiker walked along side of me and asked for a ride. I said no and he replied that he could probably out run me anyway.\n \n Art Pfluger\n \n Trucks I wish I could find\n Early 70's 4300 IH\n Early 70's 4070B cab\n Early 70's KW\n Seeing how we are wishin I would like them to have either a 3408 Cat or a KTA motor or a V12 detroit.\n \n One last wish a Mack Superliner with a V8 Mack", "contentHtml": "I drove an old B Mack a few trips with hot mix asphalt. The truck wouldn't go fast enough on the route to outrun the heat from the hot mix. It would fry you, obviously pre A/C. One of the trips I took off from a stop light in the middle of nowhere and a hitchhiker walked along side of me and asked for a ride. I said no and he replied that he could probably out run me anyway. \r\n \r\nArt Pfluger \r\n \r\nTrucks I wish I could find \r\nEarly 70's 4300 IH \r\nEarly 70's 4070B cab \r\nEarly 70's KW \r\nSeeing how we are wishin I would like them to have either a 3408 Cat or a KTA motor or a V12 detroit. \r\n \r\nOne last wish a Mack Superliner with a V8 Mack", "parentReplyId": null, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2010-12-05", "dateAdded": "2016-04-10T18:29:43Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 3266, "firstName": "ROSE", "lastName": "PFLUGER", "companyName": "ROAD WARRIORS TRANSPORTATION INC", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "MORRISTOWN", "state": "AZ", "userCommentCount": 804, "userLikes": 10, "userDislikes": 4, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 35951, "content": "I keep eyeballing an old B model Mack, the guy keeps trying to get me to buy it every year. He knows I love the truck, but my wife always ask me will it make me money? If he still has it I am going to buy it next year, it has pretty much everything original to include the tachograph, this way I can tell the FMCSA to screw off, I am on ELDS the old school way. LOL\n \n \n Would love to get one of those Superliners as well, they are hard to find. I have been looking for one for years.\n", "contentHtml": "I keep eyeballing an old B model Mack, the guy keeps trying to get me to buy it every year. He knows I love the truck, but my wife always ask me will it make me money? If he still has it I am going to buy it next year, it has pretty much everything original to include the tachograph, this way I can tell the FMCSA to screw off, I am on ELDS the old school way. LOL \r\n \r\n \r\nWould love to get one of those Superliners as well, they are hard to find. I have been looking for one for years. ", "parentReplyId": null, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2013-06-26", "dateAdded": "2016-04-10T18:41:58Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 11426, "firstName": "ALFRED", "lastName": "JORDAN", "companyName": "POWERHOUSE TRANSPORTATION, LLC ", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "PECULIAR", "state": "MO", "userCommentCount": 1182, "userLikes": 206, "userDislikes": 6, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 35952, "content": "Lmao! I was wondering how long it would take you to fire back on my Volvo trashing! I agree 100% with why you run them. Same reason I'm so hesitant to stick a hired driver in anything of mine, I try to take a little pride in my ride, fix everything in house when things break(it has moving parts- it has to break/wear out at some point) but when stuff gets torn up or broke from a lack of caring I would struggle with maintaining my composure.", "contentHtml": "Lmao! I was wondering how long it would take you to fire back on my Volvo trashing! I agree 100% with why you run them. Same reason I'm so hesitant to stick a hired driver in anything of mine, I try to take a little pride in my ride, fix everything in house when things break(it has moving parts- it has to break/wear out at some point) but when stuff gets torn up or broke from a lack of caring I would struggle with maintaining my composure.", "parentReplyId": null, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2014-03-14", "dateAdded": "2016-04-10T18:49:57Z", "likes": 1, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 14074, "firstName": "JOSH", "lastName": "BUSTER", "companyName": "JERCE FARMS", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "MUSCATINE", "state": "IA", "userCommentCount": 84, "userLikes": 24, "userDislikes": 4, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 35953, "content": "I think Jason Searcy must have saw those guys in the Volvo that I was looking at.\n", "contentHtml": "I think Jason Searcy must have saw those guys in the Volvo that I was looking at. ", "parentReplyId": 35952, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2013-06-26", "dateAdded": "2016-04-10T19:02:32Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 11426, "firstName": "ALFRED", "lastName": "JORDAN", "companyName": "POWERHOUSE TRANSPORTATION, LLC ", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "PECULIAR", "state": "MO", "userCommentCount": 1182, "userLikes": 206, "userDislikes": 6, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 36083, "content": "my son-in-law has a superliner v8 blown motor.i think he will sell it for the rite price. also there is a few early int.4070's in the weeds in md. pa.& nj. i will talk to my son-in-law if any body is interested.", "contentHtml": "my son-in-law has a superliner v8 blown motor.i think he will sell it for the rite price. also there is a few early int.4070's in the weeds in md. pa.& nj. i will talk to my son-in-law if any body is interested.", "parentReplyId": null, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2013-10-18", "dateAdded": "2016-04-20T00:14:21Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 12451, "firstName": "Daniel", "lastName": "Mcelwain", "companyName": "MCELWAIN FARMS", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "New Park", "state": "PA", "userCommentCount": 23, "userLikes": 12, "userDislikes": 6, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 36088, "content": "I'm looking for a 4070B. Cummins engine, ac and power steering. If he has one let me know.", "contentHtml": "I'm looking for a 4070B. Cummins engine, ac and power steering. If he has one let me know. ", "parentReplyId": 36083, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2015-02-18", "dateAdded": "2016-04-20T13:32:32Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 46643, "firstName": "SCOTT", "lastName": "BARRAZA", "companyName": "BARRAZA TRUCKING", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "Corpus Christi", "state": "TX", "userCommentCount": 56, "userLikes": 3, "userDislikes": 1, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 36542, "content": "well there is 5 on truckpaper right now", "contentHtml": "well there is 5 on truckpaper right now", "parentReplyId": null, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2015-11-04", "dateAdded": "2016-05-14T03:22:58Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 73698, "firstName": "Frank", "lastName": "Poer", "companyName": "PASZEK FARMS", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "Seymour", "state": "TX", "userCommentCount": 3, "userLikes": 0, "userDislikes": 0, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 36543, "content": "go look on truckpaper they have 5 or 6 on there i think", "contentHtml": "go look on truckpaper they have 5 or 6 on there i think", "parentReplyId": 35951, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2015-11-04", "dateAdded": "2016-05-14T03:24:40Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 73698, "firstName": "Frank", "lastName": "Poer", "companyName": "PASZEK FARMS", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "Seymour", "state": "TX", "userCommentCount": 3, "userLikes": 0, "userDislikes": 0, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 36547, "content": "scott ya'll have some old hay balers in your yard now don't you , I know ya'll used to have a couple.", "contentHtml": "scott ya'll have some old hay balers in your yard now don't you , I know ya'll used to have a couple.", "parentReplyId": null, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2015-09-21", "dateAdded": "2016-05-14T04:28:40Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 69406, "firstName": "KEVIN", "lastName": "SINGLETARY", "companyName": "SINGLETARY TRUCKING", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "Livingston", "state": "TX", "userCommentCount": 404, "userLikes": 0, "userDislikes": 3, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 36624, "content": "Yes sir we used to have some old round balers out front. They're gone now but I hope to have my fences fixed and switch to cattle soon and sell my wore out square baler. Trying to put up square bales by yourself is punishment. Especially when you need to be in the truck and in the field hauling grain.", "contentHtml": "Yes sir we used to have some old round balers out front. They're gone now but I hope to have my fences fixed and switch to cattle soon and sell my wore out square baler. Trying to put up square bales by yourself is punishment. Especially when you need to be in the truck and in the field hauling grain. ", "parentReplyId": null, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2015-02-18", "dateAdded": "2016-05-16T13:56:37Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 46643, "firstName": "SCOTT", "lastName": "BARRAZA", "companyName": "BARRAZA TRUCKING", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "Corpus Christi", "state": "TX", "userCommentCount": 56, "userLikes": 3, "userDislikes": 1, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 36625, "content": "lol , i call internationals hay balers, actually high speed hay balers or cornfield corvettes , or 13 letter shit slingers. all in fun though , i made many miles in a 4070 , a 4300 , and a 9670", "contentHtml": "lol , i call internationals hay balers, actually high speed hay balers or cornfield corvettes , or 13 letter shit slingers. all in fun though , i made many miles in a 4070 , a 4300 , and a 9670", "parentReplyId": null, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2015-09-21", "dateAdded": "2016-05-16T14:02:45Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 69406, "firstName": "KEVIN", "lastName": "SINGLETARY", "companyName": "SINGLETARY TRUCKING", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "Livingston", "state": "TX", "userCommentCount": 404, "userLikes": 0, "userDislikes": 3, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 36626, "content": "All we run is Internationals. Been an all International fleet since day one. Started out with cab overs and around the early to mid 90's we converted over to conventials. I figured you seen ou", "contentHtml": "All we run is Internationals. Been an all International fleet since day one. Started out with cab overs and around the early to mid 90's we converted over to conventials. I figured you seen ou", "parentReplyId": null, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2015-02-18", "dateAdded": "2016-05-16T14:19:44Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 46643, "firstName": "SCOTT", "lastName": "BARRAZA", "companyName": "BARRAZA TRUCKING", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "Corpus Christi", "state": "TX", "userCommentCount": 56, "userLikes": 3, "userDislikes": 1, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 36654, "content": "You asked for a crazy truck story: It was 1980 something and I was hauling office furniture to an insurance company in Colorado Springs. I was scheduled to arrive at the end of the workday when the building was nearly vacant and meet a crew who would off-load my truck and carry the desks, file cabinets and chairs all inside while at the same time removing the old stuff. This meant a lot of labor and a crew of 10 or 12 men. The wages for this crew were to be paid in cash by me. The hourly rate according to the contract was $15.60 per hour, paid to the hauler.\n I was carrying too much cash to feel comfortable, I know that. I had every intention of paying those guys $15.60 an hour. But it didnt turn out that way. Seems they had decided in advance to demand what they thought was fair. The guys all arrived together and were from the same moving agency. Before I had a chance to say much of anything, the apparent leader of the group, a broad-shouldered, bald-headed man who looked like he might be a wrestler in his other job squared off in front of me, with the rest of the crew fanned out behind him like that old football formation they called the Flying Wedge.\n If only he had started with a polite question. Instead the man looked me straight in the eye and said, Driver, youre going to pay us $10 an hour. He waited for my response which took me a few moments. Dropping my eyes in submission and strangling my smile, I mumbled weakly, all right.\n I could see the nods and pats-on-the-back the guys gave him as they set to work.\n Those guys worked hard and the work went smoothly. I guess because they felt like they owed it to me after pushing me around the way they did. Like I said there were a dozen guys and so I cleared around $400 on the labor that evening.\n \n", "contentHtml": "You asked for a crazy truck story: It was 1980 something and I was hauling office furniture to an insurance company in Colorado Springs. I was scheduled to arrive at the end of the workday when the building was nearly vacant and meet a crew who would off-load my truck and carry the desks, file cabinets and chairs all inside while at the same time removing the old stuff. This meant a lot of labor and a crew of 10 or 12 men. The wages for this crew were to be paid in cash by me. The hourly rate according to the contract was $15.60 per hour, paid to the hauler. \r\nI was carrying too much cash to feel comfortable, I know that. I had every intention of paying those guys $15.60 an hour. But it didn’t turn out that way. Seems they had decided in advance to demand what they thought was fair. The guys all arrived together and were from the same moving agency. Before I had a chance to say much of anything, the apparent leader of the group, a broad-shouldered, bald-headed man who looked like he might be a wrestler in his other job squared off in front of me, with the rest of the crew fanned out behind him like that old football formation they called the Flying Wedge. \r\nIf only he had started with a polite question. Instead the man looked me straight in the eye and said, “Driver, you’re going to pay us $10 an hour. He waited for my response which took me a few moments. Dropping my eyes in submission and strangling my smile, I mumbled weakly, “all right.” \r\nI could see the nods and pats-on-the-back the guys gave him as they set to work. \r\nThose guys worked hard and the work went smoothly. I guess because they felt like they owed it to me after pushing me around the way they did. Like I said there were a dozen guys and so I cleared around $400 on the labor that evening. \r\n ", "parentReplyId": null, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2015-02-07", "dateAdded": "2016-05-18T00:20:45Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 45201, "firstName": "HOWARD", "lastName": "GLASS", "companyName": "EXPRESS IMAGE TRANSPORT, INC.", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "Grove City", "state": "PA", "userCommentCount": 25, "userLikes": 3, "userDislikes": 0, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 36664, "content": "So that's the moment you decided to be a broker ????", "contentHtml": "So that's the moment you decided to be a broker ????", "parentReplyId": 36654, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2012-06-18", "dateAdded": "2016-05-19T00:11:29Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 7792, "firstName": "JERRY", "lastName": "BECK", "companyName": "BECK BULK", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "HANKAMER", "state": "TX", "userCommentCount": 517, "userLikes": 48, "userDislikes": 5, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 36665, "content": "That's a good one! I can picture the biker bunch from the movie \"Every Which Way But Loose\".\n", "contentHtml": "That's a good one! I can picture the biker bunch from the movie "Every Which Way But Loose". ", "parentReplyId": 36654, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2013-05-01", "dateAdded": "2016-05-19T00:44:54Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 10962, "firstName": "DEAN", "lastName": "HUGHSON", "companyName": "WALK-WAY TRANSPORT", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "WINTHROP", "state": "IA", "userCommentCount": 438, "userLikes": 122, "userDislikes": 61, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 36668, "content": "No, I never became a broker. But now that you mention it, I might have a gift for it. Do you thing maybe I missed my calling?", "contentHtml": "No, I never became a broker. But now that you mention it, I might have a gift for it. Do you thing maybe I missed my calling?", "parentReplyId": null, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2015-02-07", "dateAdded": "2016-05-19T09:10:33Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 45201, "firstName": "HOWARD", "lastName": "GLASS", "companyName": "EXPRESS IMAGE TRANSPORT, INC.", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "Grove City", "state": "PA", "userCommentCount": 25, "userLikes": 3, "userDislikes": 0, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 36669, "content": "giggity giggity....", "contentHtml": "giggity giggity....", "parentReplyId": 36664, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2015-09-21", "dateAdded": "2016-05-19T14:33:12Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 69406, "firstName": "KEVIN", "lastName": "SINGLETARY", "companyName": "SINGLETARY TRUCKING", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "Livingston", "state": "TX", "userCommentCount": 404, "userLikes": 0, "userDislikes": 3, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 36670, "content": "I am fing it's vey hard to find Flatbed Hauler to move short loads...\nWhy?\nPlease help me find soem flatbed trucks.......\nJoanna, SC to Hinesville, GA", "contentHtml": "I am fing it's vey hard to find Flatbed Hauler to move short loads... Why? Please help me find soem flatbed trucks....... Joanna, SC to Hinesville, GA ", "parentReplyId": null, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2016-05-01", "dateAdded": "2016-05-19T19:17:15Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 89526, "firstName": "LOGISTIC", "lastName": "KINGS LLC", "companyName": "LOGISTIC KINGS LLC", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "Charlotte", "state": "NC", "userCommentCount": 1, "userLikes": 0, "userDislikes": 0, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 36671, "content": "Joanna i don't know about your loads but in general most times a short load doesn't pay enough to fool with. Too much time gets involved", "contentHtml": "Joanna i don't know about your loads but in general most times a short load doesn't pay enough to fool with. Too much time gets involved ", "parentReplyId": 36670, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2012-06-18", "dateAdded": "2016-05-19T19:42:05Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 7792, "firstName": "JERRY", "lastName": "BECK", "companyName": "BECK BULK", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "HANKAMER", "state": "TX", "userCommentCount": 517, "userLikes": 48, "userDislikes": 5, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 36672, "content": "What's the money on a Joanna to hinesville", "contentHtml": "What's the money on a Joanna to hinesville", "parentReplyId": 36671, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2012-06-18", "dateAdded": "2016-05-19T20:03:18Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 7792, "firstName": "JERRY", "lastName": "BECK", "companyName": "BECK BULK", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "HANKAMER", "state": "TX", "userCommentCount": 517, "userLikes": 48, "userDislikes": 5, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 36678, "content": "Brokers need love too, they just got to pay.", "contentHtml": "Brokers need love too, they just got to pay.", "parentReplyId": 36669, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2013-06-26", "dateAdded": "2016-05-20T01:49:35Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 11426, "firstName": "ALFRED", "lastName": "JORDAN", "companyName": "POWERHOUSE TRANSPORTATION, LLC ", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "PECULIAR", "state": "MO", "userCommentCount": 1182, "userLikes": 206, "userDislikes": 6, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 36680, "content": "In my neighborhood there are two shippers moving bagged landscape material on short moves. Vans or flats, 100-200 miles for ridiculous rates. Always a half dozen brokers posting the same loads. The lanes would work for me but I drive right them regularly.\n", "contentHtml": "In my neighborhood there are two shippers moving bagged landscape material on short moves. Vans or flats, 100-200 miles for ridiculous rates. Always a half dozen brokers posting the same loads. The lanes would work for me but I drive right them regularly. 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Posted on Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 3:58 PM CST in Lincoln, NE