Shipping Trees in MIchigan’s UP!

Nov 13, 2018

Uploaded by : Keith Alexander
1992 Pete 379 with a 51′ Doonan Step Deck loading Trees in the Upper Peninusula of Michigan. In the background, another load of trees is nearly complete during May of 2017. The carrier is Wholesale Tree Inc of Oxford, MI. Running two trucks and moving our own product only, owner Keith Alexander has owned and operated trucks as part of his nursery operation since 1981. Loading over 600 loads a year on their own trucks and on commercial carriers, shipping nursery stock in and out of Michigan.

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