Maybe this has been covered but the SAIA logo is awesome. And tentacle shaped.
(http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/4605/dscn0470cq2.th.jpg) (http://img266.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn0470cq2.jpg)
I recently got an email from someone with a picture of one of these. Pretty nifty.
Totally a coincidence! Honest! :3
Nupe I know nothing about it...*ajusts trucker cap*
http://www.saia.com
They have a web site
I see 'em almost every day in the area I work in.
(I lie, more like once a week, and not so often recently)
I've seen a bunch driving around where I live. They make me smile. :)
I've seen those trucks before! :O
They have an office near where I live. I pass it every day on my way home from work.
I note that their stock price took a big fall in August.
Mind you, I also noted that their website investor relations section didn't work too well. Heh.
ah, the SAIA trucks. My friends think I'm weird when I say that I can't apply that acronym to anything but "Succubus And Incubus Academy."
I saw them about a year ago, but haven't seen them much, lately.
They're shipping cubi all around the world, preparing for the mass Cubi invasion of 2008! :mwaha
But perhaps I've said too much already... :shifty
Quote from: Alondro on November 07, 2007, 02:04:42 PM
They're shipping cubi all around the world, preparing for the mass Cubi invasion of 2008! :mwaha
But perhaps I've said too much already... :shifty
they won't be invading the UK, we are all 'Cubi already.
<_<
Quote from: dannysaysnoo on November 07, 2007, 02:23:11 PM
they won't be invading the UK, we are all 'Cubi already.
We are? When did that happen?
When you weren't looking.
That was actually all my fault, sorry.
I've seen several of them out west, they deliver food or something...
Quote from: GabrielsThoughts on November 07, 2007, 03:01:28 PM
I've seen several of them out west, they deliver food or something...
'Cubi deliver food? thats a big jump...
Quote from: Alondro on November 07, 2007, 02:04:42 PM
They're shipping cubi all around the world, preparing for the mass Cubi invasion of 2008! :mwaha
But perhaps I've said too much already... :shifty
*tackles Charline*
<whisper> Shh! They must not know too much of the plan! We must stay on course! </whisper>
Don't listen to Charline, she's a bit high on souls right now.
:paranoid
Quote from: dannysaysnoo on November 07, 2007, 03:47:28 PM
Quote from: GabrielsThoughts on November 07, 2007, 03:01:28 PM
I've seen several of them out west, they deliver food or something...
'Cubi deliver food? thats a big jump...
It depends on what type of food they are delivering. (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_482.php)
Our town is infested with SAIA trucks.
Also trucks apparently carrying England.
Quote from: Kenji on November 07, 2007, 09:03:37 PM
Our town is infested with SAIA trucks.
Also trucks apparently carrying England.
Wow, England eh? Maybe I should high-jack one of those.......
(http://www.saia.com/v2/images/flash-holder.gif)
XTREME!!!
Quote from: AnizInDisguise on November 07, 2007, 09:18:08 PM
Quote from: Kenji on November 07, 2007, 09:03:37 PM
Our town is infested with SAIA trucks.
Also trucks apparently carrying England.
Wow, England eh? Maybe I should high-jack one of those.......
The firm has its headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. The founder was Chester R. England.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._R._England_Trucking
http://www.crengland.com/
In Pennsylvania (USA), the automobile license plates had "You have a friend in" at the top and "Pennsylvania" at the bottom with the license number in the middle. Some of the combinations of letters in the license numbers made for interesting viewing, especially the plates beginning with CIA and NSA.
Quote from: Naldru on November 07, 2007, 10:11:16 PM
The firm has its headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. The founder was Chester R. England.
The irony. >:3
I never noticed them, before. Now I'm seeing them all over the place. Thanks. :B
All we get is JB Hunt trucks. :<
J.B. Hunt, Schneider, Yellow, Swift, all those big intermodal companies. I see those all the time, but mostly on trains. Mile-long walls of orange Schneider 53' intermodal trailers. :mowdizzy
I hate Swift trucks for some reason. They bore me.
Lots of Estes trucks here too.
I don't get why the Yellow trucks have orange logos. :B
Quote from: xHaZxMaTx on November 08, 2007, 03:37:33 PM
I don't get why the Yellow trucks have orange logos. :B
It's safety orange, so the trucks are visible to motorists. :tmyk
Quote from: xHaZxMaTx on November 08, 2007, 03:37:33 PM
I don't get why the Yellow trucks have orange logos. :B
Yeah, that one always bothered me too.
Wiki!
QuoteIn 1929, A.J. Harrell enlisted the help of the E.I. Dupont Company to improve highway safety by determining the vehicle color that would be the most visible on the nation's highways. After the review was completed, it was determined that the color of the swamp holly berry would be most visible from the greatest distance. Swamp Holly Orange became the color used on all company tractors.
Because lights aren't noticeable enough, apparently.
Quote from: xHaZxMaTx on November 08, 2007, 04:12:51 PM
Because lights aren't noticeable enough, apparently.
In the year 1929.
All I've seen lately are trucks full of god
Quote from: thegayhare on November 08, 2007, 05:00:53 PM
All I've seen lately are trucks full of god
For some reason, that scares me.
Quote from: thegayhare on November 08, 2007, 05:00:53 PM
All I've seen lately are trucks full of god
Wait, how can something be full of a unseen deity?
Quote from: dannysaysnoo on November 08, 2007, 06:02:30 PM
Wait, how can something be full of a unseen deity?
God is omnipresent, therefore part of Him must be in the truck?
He probably is talking about (http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/pix/trucks/dfaust/god/god_ford_binghamton_ny_aug2001a.jpg)
Quote from: BillBuckner on November 08, 2007, 06:31:02 PM
He probably is talking about -image of G.O.D truck-
I would've loved witnessing the meeting when they came up with that. XD
Quote from: BillBuckner on November 08, 2007, 04:14:05 PM
Quote from: xHaZxMaTx on November 08, 2007, 04:12:51 PM
Because lights aren't noticeable enough, apparently.
In the year 1929.
Oh, right, lights weren't invented, yet, in 1929, how silly of me.
Quote from: xHaZxMaTx on November 08, 2007, 07:45:20 PM
Quote from: BillBuckner on November 08, 2007, 04:14:05 PM
Quote from: xHaZxMaTx on November 08, 2007, 04:12:51 PM
Because lights aren't noticeable enough, apparently.
In the year 1929.
Oh, right, lights weren't invented, yet, in 1929, how silly of me.
First off, the headlights point forward, so they only provide limited help to cars approaching from the side. What if the truck is disabled by the side of the road, and the lights aren't working. You would be absolutely amazed at what people overlook at night. (The proverbial car that came out of nowhere.)
My personal feeling is that anything that increases visibility is good.
Then why don't they just put reflective tape on the whole thing? :P
'Cuz then they'd blind passing motorists at night?
Quote from: xHaZxMaTx on November 08, 2007, 09:58:10 PM
Then why don't they just put reflective tape on the whole thing? :P
Actually, I have seen a number of trucks with reflective tape.
A big user of reflective devices is the United States military since their trucks are painted in camouflage colors. When running them in convoys in the United States, they have reflective strips that they can attach to the trucks to make them more visible.
There are many things that can be done to increase visibility. Why not do all of them to increase it even further.
You're taking this too seriously. :C
Sorry, I guess it comes from being an engineer. I also have a little "hot button" when it comes to safety devices and signage.
Safety orange (and it's retarded cousin, chartreuse yellow) are pretty much as close as you can get to having the entire truck be reflective. I believe Allied Van Lines and Schneider also have orange trucks.
I'd completely forgotten about Allied, but I did remember United. What does that say about your 'safety' orange? :P
Quote from: xHaZxMaTx on November 09, 2007, 08:20:06 AM
I'd completely forgotten about Allied, but I did remember United. What does that say about your 'safety' orange? :P
United Van Lines is putting the safety of our children in jeopardy. :cry
They have yellow reflective tape/paint. United trucks are some of the biggest, flashiest trucks I've seen, anyway.
This isn't even close to being the biggest cab I've seen. (http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i213/xXHaZxMaTXx/movers_and_california.jpg)
Lookit all the lights! :3
My favorite van livery is this one.
(http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/pix/trucks/macneil/p5a/navl_kw.jpg)
Freaking beautiful. Mayflower has good ones too.
I wonder if Bill watches Trick My Truck. :.
I love to see the Simon Transportation inc. trucks with "Sweet Simon" on the side of the trailers. To bad they where bought out. :mowsad
Sweet Simon was a skunk similar to Flower holding a sign that said "sweet Simon", and the trucks where all black and chrome. :mowhappy
I never was able to get a picture of them, and now that there gone I miss them. Before they where bought out you could get jackets, caps and keychains with the image.
I miss him. :grave
:edit:
found a die cast of the trucks. http://www.littlebigtrucks.com/index.cfm/fa/items.main/parentcat/10653/subcatid/24282/id/276501 (http://www.littlebigtrucks.com/index.cfm/fa/items.main/parentcat/10653/subcatid/24282/id/276501)
This topic has gotten very oddly scary, and I don't get why. 0_o
Maybe it's because you people have so much interest in trucks.....
Quote from: AnizInDisguise on November 09, 2007, 10:28:41 PM
This topic has gotten very oddly scary, and I don't get why. 0_o
Maybe it's because you people have so much interest in trucks.....
Yep Truck's and Monster Truck destroying those import cars my fave is Truckzilla with flames and all *YEHAWWWWW*
Quote from: Tigerskunk on November 09, 2007, 09:35:29 PM
I love to see the Simon Transportation inc. trucks with "Sweet Simon" on the side of the trailers.
Oh yeah, I remember those.
I mostly see England and G.O.D. trucks around here. However, for the people outside the United States, I don't know if you have ever seen the Wienermobile (http://www.kraftfoods.com/om/omm_whatsawienermobile.htm). I saw it near my house about a year ago. Now there's an unusually decorated truck. Here are some more pictures (http://www.reedberry.com/wienermobile.html).
Oh my god, the Wienermobile...
*shudders*
There was no candy in that thing.....
I mostly see Albertsons trucks, because thier Orange County distribution center is just down the street from my office... more often there's generic trucks and trailers, or box-trucks from "local" farms entering the complex, and thier liveried trucks leaving, and very few long-haul trucks (ie: those with an extended cab with sleeping compartment) to be seen.
It's in the middle of an area with lots of office and warehouse stuff (Wester Digital and Kyocera are also within a block of my office :3 ) so there's always a certain amount of that sort of traffic
ah yes... the Wienermobile, kind of scary if you ask me (although this summer I saw some 'Hershey Kisses-mobiles'one
Can't say as that I've ever seen any of those trucks, but then again, we're not a major trucking route and we have a lot of shipping. We've got trains :B
That SAIA thing is cool, but looking at their website... what do they do? From this thread they ship foods, but what does it stand for?
We have a lot of non-descript trucks though, Canadian Tire truckers and some PC trucks, covered in food-side paneling (chocolate chip cookies, soda pop, etcetera)
So to answer the question, no.
On our way to the Anthrocon before last, I had to drive Amber to see this, just down the road from my place:
(http://24.106.113.210/otown/SAIAm.jpg)
Everyone's favorite though, was probably this one, close to Jouster's:
(http://24.106.113.210/otown/RacoonChurchM.jpg)
Quote from: Sienna Maiu - M T on November 12, 2007, 02:07:53 AM
ah yes... the Wienermobile, kind of scary if you ask me (although this summer I saw some 'Hershey Kisses-mobiles'one
Can't say as that I've ever seen any of those trucks, but then again, we're not a major trucking route and we have a lot of shipping. We've got trains :B
That SAIA thing is cool, but looking at their website... what do they do? From this thread they ship foods, but what does it stand for?
We have a lot of non-descript trucks though, Canadian Tire truckers and some PC trucks, covered in food-side paneling (chocolate chip cookies, soda pop, etcetera)
So to answer the question, no.
They ship a wide variety of things. You might want to think of it as being like UPS only shipping items in the tons instead of many smaller shipments under a hundred pounds. By less-than-truckload, they mean that they take multiple shipments on a single truck. They ship whatever they're paid to ship.
As to what it stands for, one of the websites indicates that Saia was the name of the family that started the company.
Ah yes, I remember what I had been going to say. In my grandmother's town, there is a doctor('s clinic) there with the name Janus, it makes me snicker.
Quote from: Naldru on November 12, 2007, 10:44:54 PM
As to what it stands for, one of the websites indicates that Saia was the name of the family that started the company.
Ah. Thank-you for explaining their function as well.
If you live in my part of North America (Indiana, Ohio and surrounding states) you see Mab stores everywhere. They sell paint:
(http://www.mabpaints.com/images/Features/StoreFront.gif)
They seem to infest strip-malls across the eastern midwest. Amber told me she saw one next to a Pip store (Postal Instant Printing - a copy and packaging place, also all over around here).
Quote from: Rafe on November 13, 2007, 06:46:41 PM
Amber told me she saw one next to a Pip store (Postal Instant Printing - a copy and packaging place, also all over around here).
... that's worthy of a photo.
Today I saw a poster on my way home from school advertising "KaZ Music" and it's obvious where my brain went with that. We are of course just going to ignore the HAZ MAT trucks running around.
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on November 14, 2007, 10:06:57 AM
Quote from: Rafe on November 13, 2007, 06:46:41 PM
Amber told me she saw one next to a Pip store (Postal Instant Printing - a copy and packaging place, also all over around here).
... that's worthy of a photo.
Indeed.