When I was 18, I worked in a sawmill.Truck came in,they loaded him. Then in my infinite 18 year old wisdom,I asked truck driver if he wanted me to “Hand” him his tarps. He smiled and said,” If you can pick them up,your welcome to”. Forklift lifted them up.
Thanks Dan I am a uk lorry driver and love your videos .they gives a insight has to your life .they are very interesting and informative.thank you and keep your self safe
May 31, 2013, the largest tornado ever recorded, which was 2 ½ miles wide and a F5, crossed the spot where the Loves you were at is currently located. Also, bit of trivia, the husband and wife that started Loves Country Stores, still live in Oklahoma City where the business began. Tom & Judy Love started the business in 1964 and it is still privately held by them.
March of 1984, had tornadoes in the Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C. area at night. Could hear them, but not see them. Used Two Men and a Truck on my last move. Good service.
When I was a youngster, my dad hauled copper out of the San Manuel mines to Phoenix metro area every day. Brings back memories. Thanks for the video, Dan and Bailey!
Hello Dan I used to work in morenci as a contractor for the gas company sooo happy to be done with those neck of the woods lol. You have alot net worth on your truck you and Bailey have a blessed trip and be safe and keep the videos rolling.
i live in the Finger Lakes are of upstate NY and i saw a company truck running south on Route 54 almost in Hammondsport, NY, i said I know that company!!
Picked up raw copper ingot's from AZ to Montreal. Nobody told us to tarp it (2 other trucks) so we took it all the way there, we got there to a huge foundry, word made it pretty high up the chain and their safety director came down and told us to tarp it next time because they've had several trucks stollen. He said the ingot's also had a few other metals in it including gold.
I don't know why but I find your videos really interesting and your presentation style and voice are relaxing, like Scandinavian slow-TV. Also, what a cute pupper partner!
I know the abandoned weigh station you were parked at.. Just east of there is the 191 turn off to go north to 3way, Clifton, Morenci or continue north into NM. We used to stop at the weigh station on bike rides coming from the White Mountains areas a couple of decades ago when it was open and manned. They let us get water, and use the restrooms. The last time I was there they had closed it and it looked like it does today. It was kind of interesting to see you way out there with your truck. It's not one of the main routes. Nice farmlands west of there into Safford.
Just came across this video. Fuel seemed cheap back in the good old days! Hard to believe some drivers would be so impolite to leave their truck in the road.
Zinc copper lead i liked my side kit. Especially on those short 400-500 no scale trips 🤣 80k on the deck sunday.... Nice vids Dan... another 3 weeks i hang it up after 43 years flat, step deck and oversized... last year pulled into Charlotte paid 1.88 last week same day almost a year later 3.22... sad. Good luck my friend..
I spoke to a truck driver friend of mine who hauls the same plates from a Florida port. Once loaded, they are not allowed to leave their trucks with the exception of fuel. They are required to be top offed before loading. If the driver does not have enough time, a 9 hour run, he must park his truck in the company guarded yard till the next day. Big money in those plates. According Rumor is a driver and his load disappeared but the tractor was found
G'day Dan, love your video's, watching Bailey grab hold of the straps, my dog does the same. Here in Australia a dust devil is also called a willy- willy. Stay safe and thank you for your service.
You do know that Bailey is becoming the star of the show here? Don't want you to feel threatened in any fashion but this isn't politics the truth matters here. Being the slick trucker you are I am sure you tied her up in a tight employment contract. LOL She is a very nice addition to your channel.
Thanks mister Dan for sharing another great video with us! Sure glad you put the old 379 back into service, really like seeing on the road and it looks real sharp pulling that Dorsey trailer.😎✌️
Hey Dan !!! Great job with the copper !!! It's a wonder the Shipper didn't require you to tarp it ??? Bailey has energy rebounds like when we were kids !! Wish I had some of that left ,,but ""MOTHER NATURE"" takes over & BANG !!! Have a good weekend & waiting for another ADVENTURE !!! ""KEEP IT SAFE ""!!!
There was a big one that went through Joplin in 2009 and did major damage to the Flying J. I went through there a few days later. Went to a small town in Alabama to pick up Tyson chickens a couple days after a huge tornado went through. I was told by a local that the town had been hit by a tornado 100 years to the day previously.
Hi Dan. At the 10 minute mark when the 2 Men and a Truck Moving passed you , it brought something to mind that I had forgotten about. We have a company here in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada called 2 Small Men with Big Hearts. If I remember right it was a couple guys who had worked for an Atlas agent here who started with 1 or 2 straight trucks like the one in your video. They eventually became an agent for Atlas Van Lines. I worked for United Van Lines when they started so some of the boys knew them. You have mentioned you also worked for one of the van lines , but I don't know which one for sure. Allied maybe ? It was a great idea to cover your load Dan. You never know these days. A fellow at Olympic Building Materials on Friday told me a load of lumber had been hijacked in Quebec Canada. I haven't heard any more about it , but that copper is worth a lot of money. You and Bailey stay safe out on the road and at your nightly stops. Thanks for the videos. Wally
Dude you picked up in Morenci AZ copper plate is the only thing you could have picked up there! I think any junky who tried to run off with one of those copper plate might be surprised at how heavy they were. I wonder if anyone has tried to put a pressure switch in the airbag line so if someone trys to steal your load while your a sleep and alarm would ring in the cab?
Bailey is a real trucker’s dog. She knows how to act like one. if she was a human she would be driving Dan’s truck. They love copper and they will take it.
Don't ever let that copper get rained on, it's covered in acid and will do a number to an aluminum trailer. I loaded some in the rain in Morenci one day and my trailer got eaten up man.
back in '08 or '09 in Nebraska, near Grand Island, you could see a path a tornado took on both side of the road. (I-80), didn't hit Grand Island, but it was close. i came thru there afterwards and it had torn up a few farms and fences.
Good to see Bailey enjoying her time on the road she is very playful. I was wondering how you prevented the copper sheets from cutting your straps and tarps. We used to haul a lot of this by rail years ago but most of it goes overseas and then we buy it back from them after value adding . Truck and trailer still looking good Dan. Best wishes from Sydney Australia
One little quirk/difference between US and UK is we always fold tarps in thirds so you can run them along the middle of the load before unfolding. Just an oddity/difference.
Cool load! copper is 559# a cubic foot or 15,093# a yard so you had on about 3yds of copper. Does that aluminum trailer act different with that kind of concentrated weight?
Hauled a lot of loads. I for sure did not want anyone to know what it was. Gun powder, Silver, even 46K lbs of old money. Went to a burn place. Backed up they opened the doors. Got it out with a bobcat. Went into the incinerator, man that scared me to know I had that on the trailer. Also hauled a 20,000 lb lead box years ago. Hauled it from the east Coast to AZ. When I got it where it was going. They told me it was a spent rod out of a Nuclear sub. He could have just been telling me a lie. But did not make it feel good knowing I had hauled that thing from Norfolk Va to Az. Sat 22 hours at Franks with it in the trailer. I had to wait for a permit to leave there with that one.
Used to be that the railroads hauled most of the Copper produced in Arizona was shipped by rail, the Southern Pacific even had double door BOX CARS designed to haul sheet copper used in manufacturing batteries. Doubt the UPRR has gone out for this business, as much as the SP used to. :-)
SX/EW Cathode copper. Heap leach process where acid leaches the copper out of the processed ore. The pregnant leach solution is then run through the electrowinning process where the copper is plated to a starter sheet on an anode. Cathode is then stripped off the reusable anode and sent out for further processing.
