That’ll be $5, driver
A young officer on hand “proceeded to write him up a livestock permit,” McConnell added, an older officer letting him do it just until he was ready to collect the $5 fee. The older officer then let the newbie in on what “bedbugs,” common slang for household goods, referred to in this case. “My friend was bummed,” said McConnell, “because he was going to take the permit home and have it framed.”
Other weigh station stories involved “livestock” as well — namely, a load of pachyderms who showed their displeasure at being unloaded from an overweight rig by leaving various gifts at the scale house for officers.
And how about this treasure: “Heard a father ask his son to run out and grab his log book. Son asked him, ‘Which one?'”…
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Whimsicality in advertising
Rowe sent this shot out with information on the brand-new Big Orange Autohauler Strap — the company “took 18,000-lb. strap material and sewed on the strongest hooks we could find,” Rowe says. “When we tested these at the tensile strength lab, an 11,000-lb. swivel J hook straightened out, and the stitching and webbing held like a champ.”