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Message:: [QUOTE="Gary, post: 30966, member: 1889"]Back years ago, when I worked for a trucking company, It was common for loads of cents and nickels to be hauled by truck. Our company had only single drivers. I can remember 45ft trailers with $58,000 worth of cents in $50 dollar bags coming thru our terminal. These were always exclusive use loads. That means they are picked up at a source and delivered to the destination with out the trailer being opened or going across a dock to a different trailer . It is not uncommon for trucks to haul hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of items. The hauling of coins from place to place is not that big a deal and happens quite often. In all my years (25) of working at that company, I personally only saw 2 or 3 loads come thru that had guards accompaning the truck. This was always one or two cars leading or following the truck. The trailer never was out of sight of the guards. I remember one trailer had unembossed credit cards on it and it was escorted to its destination. None of the escourted trucks had coins as a cargo. Most of the large company rigs do not have GPS monitoring yet or didn't have it when I retired in 2003. Have a good day, Gary[/QUOTE]