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Laurel Grocery Company
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Updated April 29, 2003
The Laurel
Grocery Company is a London, Kentucky, based grocery wholesaler,
distributor and store franchiser. They have a fleet of new Volvo
tractors and refridgerated trailers. Sometime in the mid 90's (or
earlier) they switched paint schemes, probably related to the same time
they switched truck brands. Most of the older trucks were non-sleeper
cab-over GMC's, while the newer trucks are Volvos, and some of them have
sleepers.
Old Trucks and Trailers
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Truck Number
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Truck Make and Details
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Current Location and details
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20
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GMC Cab-over, no sleeper
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Just south of London, normally pulling
a low-boy trailer |
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22
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GMC Cab-over, no sleeper
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At Milepost 32 of the Mountain Parkway, west of the Slade exit. Truck is sitting behind a building and partially hidden from view. Truck is painted in the newer solid-green scheme. |
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Trailer Number
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Trailer Make and Details
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Current Location and details
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31
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all silver w/ green stripe
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Just north of London, on private property |
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44
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white w/ green stripe
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Just south of London, located at a trailer
repair company |
Old trucks are defined by their paint scheme
- white with green stripe and a logo on the door. The green stripe
on these trucks is 15 inches tall, with a 10 inch tall number.
The trailers were white with the same green
stripe running down the side. The rear doors are silver (chrome)
and have the laurel leaf and company name on the doors. Some trailers
were all silver with the same green stripe. The numbers are located
on the front corners.
These things are getting very hard to find,
so if you see one (or even better, get a photo of one), please email us
with the truck's number and any details.
New Truck Numbers
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Truck Number
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Truck Make and Details
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11
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Volvo |
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20
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Volvo |
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21
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Volvo, "Top Gun" text on cab |
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23
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Volvo |
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24
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Kenworth T-600 w/ Dump Bed
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27
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Volvo |
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28
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Volvo |
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30
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Volvo with extra text |
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46
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Volvo |
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??
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Kenworth T-2000 w/ sleeper |
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??
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Kenworth T-600 w/ sleeper |
New trucks have a solid green paint scheme,
with the white laurel leaf logo on the door. These can be seen frequently
on the local interstates.
-On July 13, 2001, I saw the Kenworth
T-2000 on I-75 at Clays Ferry headed southbound. I could not get
either it's number nor the trailers' number. It too was green but
the white "leaf" logo was up high on the sleeper.
-In late August, I also saw a T-600 "Anteater"
lettered for Laurel Grocery, but I did not get the number from it.... this
truck and the T-2000 were headed east from Louisville on I-64.
Trailer Numbers
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Trailer Number
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Trailer Make and Details
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4
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Full side graphics, new herald |
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6
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Full side graphics, new herald |
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17
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Full side graphics, new herald |
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22
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Plain, older style |
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29
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Full side graphics, new herald |
New trailers have a full-side graphic on
both sides and the new laurel leaf logo on the rear doors. Older trailers
had the laurel leaf and "Laurel Grocery" on the sides in green and a large
laurel leaf on the rear doors. We have seen new trucks pulling older
trailers, as well, however they are disappearing quickly.
Oddballs
I saw the new paint-schemed
#24 sitting across the road from sister company Institutional Distributors.
This was a Kenworth T-600 with a dump bed. Why Laurel Grocery needed
a dump truck for, I'm not sure.
It appears as though
Laurel Grocery has a small fleet of long-haul trucks, the two I've seen
so far have both been Kenworth's, one T-2000 and one T-600. They
have the standard green with white graphics schemes, (the T-600 was not
"LGGreen" like the Volvos) but the graphics are located in different places
on the cabs.
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