John,
Up here we also had Sisco Farms and Augusta farms. However we never borrowed theirs, we always "purchased" crates from other places. I too had a fully loaded truck with shelves gratis from a dealer. Most of the trucks I had, I had to build my own shelves. This one was complete with the metal ones. It too was very heavy and noisy. The tow trucks hated to pick up one of my trucks. However I bought AAA extra duty membership and they had to take any van up to 1 ton and tow it for a max of 50 miles, I believe. That was one insurance policy that paid off for me.
