Well, not exactly. They're a lot easier to open than a padlock. As you have seen in the photo, they are only thin metal; many nowadays are plastic. You can break them by hand, a hard yank will usually do it (don't try this on metal seals without gloves!!). There are also cable seals, which you need a bolt cutter to open, usually found on higher value loads-cigarettes, electronics, clothing, etc. Some loads were not sealed at all. I would pick up loads of linerboard, six rolls would add up to 43,000 lbs. I'd ask the shipping office for a seal, and they'd say, "We don't care. Nobody's going to walk away with one of those things." Randy is correct about them not being rare. We had boxes and boxes-maybe 10,000 to a box. You always carried 100 or so on the truck. Tom B - ----- Original Message ----- From: "david heckman" <boots93_@_brinet.com> Cc: "elhs" <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net> Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 6:02 AM Subject: (erielack) seale > list, those seals on any box car trailer are the same as putting pad locks > on . Jerry H. > > The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List > Sponsored by the ELH&TS > http://www.elhts.org The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org ------------------------------
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