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When businessman Jim McColl rescued Ferguson's in 2014, the workforce had dwindled to just 70, some cranes were 100 years old and the yard was hauling 20-tonne ship sections around using a Massey Ferguson tractor.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025

The driver arrived in a commercial tractor trailer just before noon on March 17 with a valid border crossing card and a shipping manifest that said he was hauling carrots, U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2024

On Sept. 4, 2022, at 3 in the morning, after a rodeo in Walla Walla, Castleberry was hauling Stormy and another horse to a rodeo in Ellensburg.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 5, 2024

The truck was hauling scrap metal, and officials say wet conditions may have caused the driver to lose control while leaving Florida State Road 91.

From Washington Times • Dec. 26, 2023

Under orders from Mayor Clarkson, a militia company from nearby Fort Mifflin was hauling a small cannon along the streets of Philadelphia, stopping every few yards to fire off another blast.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy