I picked up a load heading back near my home…supposed to leave today, but didn’t.  Sooo, I got to stay two additional nights here.

I sat all day in the yard with my driver waiting to get him loaded.  The latest word we have is that he will be loaded by about midday on Wednesday.  Then we will head to the OK/CO state line on US 287.

One of the biggest space users is our safety cones.  Three eighteen inch cones occupy 1.54 cubic feet.  Three twenty-eight inch cones occupy over 7 cubic feet.  I have found an alternative that takes up much less space:  collapsible traffic cones.   I purchased a set of four 28 inch collapsible cones that take up a little over 1/2 of a cubic foot.  That is a HUGE space savings, and yet the price per cone is comparable with the non-collapsible types.  Those of you who carry enough cones to conduct night moves in Utah, for example, could reduce the cubic footage needed for all your cones dramatically.  That equates to a savings in fuel economy, because they are not as heavy as the stiff cones, or the ability to carry more “stuff”.

Prices vary.  When i bought mine more than a year ago, they cost me about $140 for a set of four with a carrying case and no lights.  Today, when I googled “collapsible traffic cones”, I found more than 10 pages with some listings as low as about $12 each, including the LED lights.  Here is a word of caution, though:  be careful NOT to buy the inflatable cones.  In an emergency situation where you need the cones quickly, you will not be able to inflate them fast enough.