Tight Fit

Drove to Barbour's Cut Terminal in LaPorte, Texas to pick up 4 tractors bound for Sulphur Springs, Texas. It was an interesting production, since we had to find and load our particular tractors ourselves.  I thought the guy was joking at first, but it was indeed up to us. We had to find our four out of about 30 blue tractors on the dock by looking at serial numbers, then get them loaded. The ramp they had available was a good foot shy of the height of the trailer, but we were able to climb them up with only a little difficulty.

Collin did all the loading, but I did get to drive one of the tractors up to the ramp. That was fun! We almost couldn't fit all four on the trailer. It was a very close fit, maybe an inch between tractors, and the front one's tires overhung the front of the trailer, and the back ones overhung the back. Chaining them down was a chore, too. Collin had to climb around under the tractors fussing with the chains, plus we were one chain short of doing a truly appropriate job, and had to use a strap in place of a chain on one axle. But we got it done.