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What is the strangest load that you did as an expediter?

wellarmed

wellarmed

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Some freinds of ours recently hauled two rideing mowers from s.c.to burbank ca.for the jay leno show.The mowers were supposed to be on lastnight,I was driveing I didn't get to see what it was all about.Shure hope they met ca.emission standards,Jay could get hisself in trouble with the governator.
 
aileron

aileron

Expert Expediter
marty6731 said:
Well this is an easy one for me. I had to p/u at a hospital in youngstown, ohio and just bring back to the cleveland ohio airport. I got to the shipping clerk and he and I went to the lab for the p/u. When we got to the lab the shipping clerk said to the lab tech, " HEY THE GUY IS HERE TO P/U THE HEADS " yep human heads. YIKESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
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I suspect they were packed in some stuff, not just shrink wrapped. :eek:
 
inkasnana

inkasnana

Expert Expediter
DougTravels said:
Were the heads singing "I aint got nobody"
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They collectively tried to sue, but the judge said they didn't have a leg to stand on. They were heard singing "I left my heart in San Fransisco".

(Ok, yeah, I'm bored and that wasn't that funny.) :D
 
1roaddog

1roaddog

Seasoned Expediter
Two loveseats and a barstool. They were samples for Toby Keiths resturaunt in the Reo in Vegas. Told everyone I hauled Toby Keiths " Stool sample ".
 
P51bombay

P51bombay

Expert Expediter
1roaddog said:
Two loveseats and a barstool. They were samples for Toby Keiths resturaunt in the Reo in Vegas. Told everyone I hauled Toby Keiths " Stool sample ".
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One time I had under floor heating mats for Nicole Kidman's NYC condo - or so they told me.
 
TJ959

TJ959

Veteran Expediter
2 mounted aircraft tires to under the concourse at the Philly airport. Had to go out on the runway (escorted) to deliver them. I think it was the Delta concourse but I don't remember so good.

A small jet engine to an aircraft dealer in the Jackson TN area.

An auger attachment for a tractor to a huge ranch in New Mexico. Had to travel an unimproved road 5 miles back in to the delivery point and had to ford a fairly large but shallow stream to get there. I was so far off the beaten track they had to pump in daylight and it looked like a scene from an old western. This load was probably the most fun I'd had on the job in a long time.
 
CharlesD

CharlesD

Expert Expediter
marty6731 said:
Well this is an easy one for me. I had to p/u at a hospital in youngstown, ohio and just bring back to the cleveland ohio airport. I got to the shipping clerk and he and I went to the lab for the p/u. When we got to the lab the shipping clerk said to the lab tech, " HEY THE GUY IS HERE TO P/U THE HEADS " yep human heads. YIKESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
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Who says you can't get ahead in expediting.
 
XTeam

XTeam

Seasoned Expediter
Brought passports from Reno, Nevada to Long Beach, California to a couple that had forgotten to bring them for their cruise that left a few hours after we delivered them. We figured it cost them approx. $1,400. They were very happy to get the passports.
 
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dieseldoctor1

Expert Expediter
People are always asking me what we haul. I tell them we have hauled everything from a van full of one hour old baby chickens to a tombstone.

Buggerist looking load was the cutting rotor for a coal mining machine. About seven feet long, three feet in diamemter and had teeth all around it. Was on a pallet and every now and then when I hit a bad bump a board would break on the pallet and that would loosen my straps. Had to haul that sucker way back into the hills of PA on a pig trail LOL.

Oh almost forgot the 1200 lbs of Girl Scout cookies we delivered to a private home in MN and the 1100 lbs of cigarettes to a private home in RI.

And the 10 rolls of wallpaper to a cruise ship so they could rewallpaper some rooms while sailing back to their home port.


Dieseldoctor
 
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finbar73

Seasoned Expediter
this thread was awesome you should do this every month or something.Just to stay a head of the game.Sorry I had to throw one too.
 
Freightdawg

Freightdawg

Expert Expediter
I've hauled some strange things in airplanes.
A 1400# pallet of lead wheels weights from Smyrna, Tn to Oshawa Ontario for Chrysler.
A cruise missle guidance system with an engineer from Camden, AR to Tucson AZ, then back the nexy day.
A dolphin with handlers from Galveston, TX to Destin, FL.
6 five gallon buckets of adhesive from Dayton, OH to Modesto, CA.
Golf clubs from Memphis to Chicago in time for an 8am tee time.
DC-!0 tires and wheels from Memphis to Miami for FED EX,
One small bolt and nut from Memphis to North Carolina.
Baby Turkeys from West Virginia to Waco.
Day old chickens from Iowa to Mexico.
I'm sure I'll think of more later!
 
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geo

Veteran Expediter
Charter Member
Retired Expediter
US Navy
one of best loads i had with fedexcc was from lyons falls ny to cathages new york, all one week they couldn't get anyone to cover it , they ask me if l would and said yes
as i stayed at my mom's and dad's all week
one load in morning and one in afternoon
and enjoy it all week , 34 miles round trip each day
 
arkjarhead

arkjarhead

Veteran Expediter
jaminjim said:
Thats an easy one for me. I took a full load of Empty toilet paper rolls to a company. As a side note they were some of the first scented ones in the butt wipe industry. My truck smelled like lilac for over a week. Guess it was a better smell than used toilet brushes.
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I wasn't expediting when I did this, but I did haul a load of human manure one from Stuttgart, AR to Winter Park, FL for about 950 miles.
 
bluejaybee

bluejaybee

Veteran Expediter
Once carried a pair of matching caskets from Manchester, Tn to East Butler, Pa. Good ole American made name brand top of the line caskets.

A month ago, carried 39 caskets from Indy to Gulfport, Ms. All made in China. Nothing is sacred anymore.
 
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