And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Yes, I do. I remember Monfort Trucking out of Colorado in particular. They used to run three drivers and guaranteed delivery within 24 hours anywhere in the continental US. Ran the left lane exclusively.
I worked for the Monfort plants out of the HQ. IT ops. The trucking yard was next door out there off of OO street. Their trucks were on every hi-way in the country. I never knew about the Monfort lane thing. Thanks for that tidbit.
No recollection of "swinging beef" but it does bring to mind a long ago friend telling me of flying sides of beef into La Paz, Bolivia. Up until the 1970's-1980's, insufficient highways and lack of refrigerated trucks made delivery of perishables to La Paz by aircraft a necessity. Surrounded by the Andes, El Alto International is located at 13K feet. Landing there may be akin to landing in the bottom of a punch-bowl with approach involving a corkscrew series of turns. All the while prayerfully confident that the cargo of beef is securely lashed down and not dancing about. Then there's the weather.... A range of piston-driven aircraft including C-46, C-47, DC-4&6 and even a few B-17's were used as "Flying Meatwagons" by "Carniceros - Meat Haulers". To an unknown extent, old aircraft remain derelict due to lack of parts & service or crash damage.
I spent a good bit of time on a hog farm, and I've been to a couple of fish meal plants on the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Miz-sippi. If you think hog farms stink, fish meal plants take wretched to a whole new level.
Oh boy, do they smell! There was one along the causeway into Wildwood, NJ, in the 60's-70's. Visited the town a couple time with a buddy who drove a '68 Chevelle SS396. As it got close, he would open that thing up, and we would go by at about 120.
That is rather impressive. You don't see the box ripped right off the truck like that every day.
ReplyDeleteJust another day on the Tunapike.
ReplyDeleteSpanish mackerel maybe. Lots of cat food & fertilizer.
ReplyDelete"Live load", takes happy hands and feet to keep from overturning. Anyone remember "swinging beef" trucks?
ReplyDeleteYes, I do. I remember Monfort Trucking out of Colorado in particular. They used to run three drivers and guaranteed delivery within 24 hours anywhere in the continental US. Ran the left lane exclusively.
DeleteMonfort paid their tickets. Old timers still call it the "Monfort Lane".
DeleteI worked for the Monfort plants out of the HQ. IT ops. The trucking yard was next door out there off of OO street. Their trucks were on every hi-way in the country. I never knew about the Monfort lane thing. Thanks for that tidbit.
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No recollection of "swinging beef" but it does bring to mind a long ago friend telling me of flying sides of beef into La Paz, Bolivia.
ReplyDeleteUp until the 1970's-1980's, insufficient highways and lack of refrigerated trucks made delivery of perishables to La Paz by aircraft a necessity. Surrounded by the Andes, El Alto International is located at 13K feet. Landing there may be akin to landing in the bottom of a punch-bowl with approach involving a corkscrew series of turns. All the while prayerfully confident that the cargo of beef is securely lashed down and not dancing about. Then there's the weather....
A range of piston-driven aircraft including C-46, C-47, DC-4&6 and even a few B-17's were used as "Flying Meatwagons" by "Carniceros - Meat Haulers". To an unknown extent, old aircraft remain derelict due to lack of parts & service or crash damage.
http://www.michaelprophet.com/News_articles/News_articles2020/ElAlto2020.php
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/guest-bloggers/bolivian-boneyards-revisited-el-alto-airport.html?chrome=1
I spent a good bit of time on a hog farm, and I've been to a couple of fish meal plants on the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Miz-sippi. If you think hog farms stink, fish meal plants take wretched to a whole new level.
ReplyDeleteOh boy, do they smell! There was one along the causeway into Wildwood, NJ, in the 60's-70's. Visited the town a couple time with a buddy who drove a '68 Chevelle SS396. As it got close, he would open that thing up, and we would go by at about 120.
DeleteNo experience with hog farms or fish meal. But way back when frequently had to pass near a rendering plant. Smell was bad enough to gag a maggot.
ReplyDeleteI'll bet it "smelt" terrible!
ReplyDeleteYou can tell you are flying into Pine Bluff, AR on an IFR day by the smell of the paper mill.
ReplyDeleteWouldn't be surprised to find that the bed mounts had rotted from salt water leaking from the load, and/or working around a dockside.
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