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Third graders arrived at
Interstate Van Lines early one morning. The sign
out front even said,
"Welcome Kings Park School"!
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Scott, the fleet
supervisor, told the students all about taking care
of the large fleet of trucks that Interstate owns.
They were even putting new decals on a truck while
we were there. All of the trucks that work with
Kings Park will have a special "Kings Park Rolls
With Interstate" decal on the window.
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Next, Scott told the
students about the 53 foot tractor trailer. They
were very impressed that it held 200 gallons of
fuel but only got 5 miles to the gallon. He also
said that cars, boats and trailers are sometimes
loaded into the trucks.
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Of course, everyone
wanted to get into the driver's seat. We needed a
ladder to climb up to the seat. Here are Marian and
Janet enjoying the view. There are so many buttons
in the cab of the truck. But the most interesting
part was the bedroom behind the driver.
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These large trucks have
a place for the driver to sleep. This truck has a
TV, VCR and even gets cable TV via satellite. See
where the driver has hung his clothing? The driver
needs to leave his truck running while he's asleep
in order to get air conditioning or heat.
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Mrs. Rabbu is
considering another career after teaching. She
looks right at home in the cab of this
truck.
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Next, we checked out all
the packing supplies. Jennifer told us that there
are many different kinds of papers and boxes. The
king-size mattress box was impressive.
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The warehouse facility
is very large. Each of these containers is 7 feet
tall and they are stacked three containers high. On
top, there are sofas and large furniture.
Downstairs there is a vault where items like pianos
are kept at a certain temperature.
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Interstate has its own
training house for movers. The walls and sofas even
talk. Here, packers learn how to do their
job.
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One end of the training
house leads to a pretend front yard where an
Interstate truck is parked. Martin showed us how
the movers learn to stay on the sidewalk and to
load boxes into the truck properly.
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After our tour, it was
lunchtime. Pizza and drinks were provided by
Interstate for all participants.
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One group of lucky third
graders was also filmed by News Channel 8, another
business partner. A short clip was shown on the
evening news featuring our project "Kings Park
Rolls With Interstate."
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