Travel Bug Dog Tag HEAVY TRUCK

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Owner:
Iowa Tom Send Message to Owner Message this owner
Released:
Monday, July 3, 2006
Origin:
Iowa, United States
Recently Spotted:
In the hands of hancaban.

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The mission of this little truck is to survive as many households as possible! I hope his mechanism lasts and he doesn’t get crushed when being placed back into his tubular garage. See the picture of how he gets pushed back home.

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When I was a kid I played with trucks in the dirt where new hosing was being built near us. I really like toy trucks even to this day. When I worked for the City Forestry Department I drove a dump truck and operated what we called a “grapple loader.” Using the mighty hydraulics I lifted heavy tree trunks and the like and placed them in the back of the loader. Once I picked up a BIG rock and dropped it onto another one to see what would happen. That made the characteristic powerful rock colliding with a rock sound!

When I took tree brush down to the local dumping ground for that stuff here in my town I discovered that that same grapple loader! It’s been 28 years since I operated it. I’d recognize it anywhere.

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Tracking History (6356.3mi) View Map

Retrieve It from a Cache 4/29/2007 CraigOhio retrieved it from Close To Home Ohio   Visit Log

I retrieved Heavy Truck from Close To Home cache from a western suburb of Cleveland and plan to take this weighty cargo with me to Baltimore or Philadelphia. Maybe I'll deposit it south of the Mason Dixon Line. Thanks!

  • Bugs & Coins on Maryland & Pennsylvania Adventure! Top LToR: Daisy Chain TB & HEAVY TRUCK TB. Bottom LToR: Michigan Geocoin, Shebear & Storminn's 2006 Utah Geocoin, and Merkman's Smoky Mtn USA Geocoin Racer
Dropped Off 4/21/2007 Chris K in Geauga placed it in Close To Home Ohio - 169.43 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 4/19/2007 Chris K in Geauga retrieved it from Gates of Troy Along the Spirit Trail Ohio   Visit Log

I picked up this cool little truck packed in its own garage at a cemetery cache in Troy, Ohio. I'll move it along to another cache ASAP.
Dropped Off 4/18/2007 Dash-ers placed it in Gates of Troy Along the Spirit Trail Ohio - 39.2 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 3/25/2007 Dash-ers retrieved it from Silver Creek Ohio   Visit Log

Well, when I was a kid, I played with little stick boats in puddles in the driveway...(same concept)...but none had a cool garage! We'll take good care of Heavy Truck and will make sure he doesn't scrape his fenders on the way back into his parking space!
Discovered It 2/10/2007 buckeyealum discovered it   Visit Log

Discovered in Silver Creek. Very ingenious container!
Discovered It 2/10/2007 TTSpeedy discovered it   Visit Log

Discovered at Silver Creek.
Dropped Off 1/6/2007 Geo Caver placed it in Silver Creek Ohio - 245.66 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 1/1/2007 Geo Caver retrieved it from Park and Ride Ohio   Visit Log

Ok... pulling it back out so I can log it as dropped the next time I go caching. This will put your bug back in circulation once again.

This is a really cool bug. I like the "garage" idea.
Dropped Off 1/1/2007 Geo Caver placed it in Park and Ride Ohio - 74.99 miles  Visit Log
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