Publicity Stunts
LJK FLATBED DRIVERS HAUL "WORLD'S LARGEST PENCIL" ACROSS THE U.S.
Created to honor the 76th birthday of the late writer, musician, and philosopher Sri Chinmoy, a 76-foot long pencil completed its journey from Jamaica, Queens to the City Museum in St. Louis Missouri.
KEARNY, New Jersey - January 28, 2008 - Although L.J. Kennedy Trucking drivers Scott Seymour and Robert Rubinski are used to hauling a wide range of building materials and equipment across large distances, even they never imagined having to load a 76-foot long pencil onto their flatbed trucks. Picked up from Queens, NY and delivered to L.J. Kennedy in Kearny, NJ by Scott - the gigantic cargo was then hauled halfway across the country to St. Louis by Robert in his LJK flatbed.
Split into two somewhat more manageable 38-foot segments for transport, this world record-breaking cargo is the result of the efforts of a team of dedicated individuals led by Ashrita Furman (the holder of 70 Guinness world records) at the Sri Chinmoy Center in the Jamaica, Queens neighborhood of New York City.
Weighing in at approximately 18,000 pounds, the massive pencil sports a 250-pound eraser and a 10-inch diameter lead fashioned from nuclear plant cooling rods. For those interested in seeing how this enormous object was constructed (and sharpened), there is even a video of the process on YouTube - just search for "largest pencil" on www.youtube.com.
Thinking about shipping your own 76-foot long pencil across the United States? According to L.J. Kennedy "Minister of Culture" Mitch Bookbinder, the cost to ship this behemoth from New York to St. Louis at a discounted non-profit rate was only "$2,100, C.O.D. - giant paper not included."
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE SONG PARODY "IRAN SO FAR" IS FILMED ABOARD LJK FLATBED IN NYC
Although you can't see him in the video, LJK driver Greg Gelowski is the one driving SNL star Andy Samberg around New York City on his LJK flatbed. Below are some pictures that Greg took between "takes" of this short film shoot:
