Vehicle Delivery

Recreational Vehicles

Samsons in Kingston

Kingston had a ramp at the end of the team track just west of Park Rd next to the Co-op Store. Tri-levels and bi-levels were left near the ramp just east of Park Rd but in the run-around. Both car type were unloaded from the east end by a payloader with extended forks. Coleman tent trailers were light enough once the one at the end were forked off the car a couple of men would then roll the next one to the end to be removed. Extensions were used on the forks for unloading boats from the bi-levels but in much the same manner. Boats were shipped in wooden cribs, the end boat was removed, the a toe chain was used to drag the next boat to the end of the car by the payloader, then it was removed.

Watched this one morning on the way to school, then seen the same car in the evening while coming back from Middleton, the car was heading south and still had half the boats on board. I'd have to think Sampson had another dealer south of Middleton and part of the load was for that dealership. Seen this same shared load thing for farm tractors being delivered to Kentville in the '75 consists, part of the load was for Kentville and part for Lawrencetown.

GW Sampson had their own loading dock at the east end of there building, saw a boxcar being unloaded with boxed ski-doos one fall. Our bus route returning home usually went the back road to Greenwood and it was only on rare occasions that we went home through Kingston or I might have seen more cars at Sampsons.

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  A Vehicle Carrier in Truro bringing campers into the Valley.