Car hauler’s ‘load of snowbirds’

Feb 27, 2015

Car hauler Jim Shaw runs this ‘01 Pete 379 with the Cottrell C-12 trailer for his namesake Shaw Auto Carriers, a two-truck operation. The Florida-based owner-operator describes the picture as “a load of snowbirds going to Florida to escape the winter.”

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