I married a truck driver and notice far more than I had before and it's very sad to me. Often I have to close my eyes or turn my head because there is nothing I can do about it.
30 years ago my very first delivery as a brand new truck driver was to the caves in Kansas City, Kansas...it was much, much more dark and much, much more narrow than these Springfield caves...i remember the intructions on the qualcomm saying watch out for this, watch out for that, and wondering just what i had gotten myself into...i only went to the caves twice more over the years but it was an eye opening experience as a brand new driver...
That was the funniest thing, that this is one of the more open caves! I tend to err on the side of caution, i've seen too many bonehead truckers get themselves in a mess by charging forward like a bull. I'm a lot more confident these days but will still get out and walk rather than head around a blind corner in a tight spot.
This place is HUGE compared to some of the KC caves..been in all of them in a truck. This Springfield facility was a breeze delivering to compared to some of the ones in KC.
@@mlgauss60435 Yes, in the 1980s some of the cheese was moved from Springfield to Kansas City. No idea if that's because of a storage space issue or something else but the vast majority of it is still in Springfield.
This is not really cool. When all the stores close down and alllll the food supply is locked up in caves. One World Govt, One World Religion is coming soon. Control the food supply and they can control the people.
My nephew lives in Springfield and drives long haul reefer loads. He was describing these caves in Missouri. They are all over. Thanks for the visual!! God bless and safe travels.
I used to work at a Kraft cheese plant in Northern NY prior to 2004 where we put 600+ lbs in wooden boxes... I had heard they were transfered to caves in Missouri, but had never seen one....That trailer would have been a crumpled mess if I were driving....thanks for an interesting video....
I had a similar situation at Sams Club in SLC my first year OTR, the FLD120 i was driving just couldn't make the swing and i was having a problem with my lift axle on the tractor dropping while backing up which is the EXACT opposite of what supposed to happen lol.... a yard dog told me to just drop it and he'd whip it in there and he sure enough did. Hats off to that man! Made a stressful night a little easier haha
I've been in the caves... Amazing how small the tractor trailers look. These installations are all over the country there's probably one in your own back yard
Really cool! These are old limestone quarries or mines. The rock is super stable, and a great use of space. Conserves surgace space, conserves energy because the temperature probably stays a constant 65 degrees. They've done a great job of lighting and road building.
I've been there many times and to that exact location and door. It's not difficult to back in but it does take a bit of getting used to. Your initial setup to back into the door has to in most cases be spot on or you make another lap around and try again. There is another older cave system to the west/north of there about and hour and a half away that is a nightmare!!! Very tight and way darker than that one. Seemed like when went to the older cave system i always got the blind side back in position. Nothing like fighting for half hour or more just to back in without tearing something up!
I went out to KC years ago when I was driving 18’s. Living in NC, we have no such things like this. Pretty cool engineering. And of course, my power steering went out as I was backing into the dock. That was a pain in the sitting spot to get out of with no power steering. Much love from North Carolina and be careful out there.
Been there several times over the years. Owner operator here that was dispatched out of Waterville Maine to pick up for grocery houses. Thanks for the video
So glad I found your channel! My father (RIP) was a trucker all his life doing short and long haul as well as picking up any overturned semi trailers and moving them from the crash scene; we lived in a rural area. I do miss seeing the road, various locations and of course the language🤭. Keep up the great content! Congrats on your first visit to the caves in Spfld, MO. There are also caves in Quincy, IL (right along the Mississippi River) that houses a bevy of products such as Pepsi, frozen foods for Kohls Warehouse and so very much more. The caves are very intricate indeed and are amazing to see. I hope someday your travels take you there!
OMG I have been in those caves in a big truck from 2000 to 2010.... Those caves are so awesome and what they have down there is so cool right I used to live in Strafford off of exit 88 on interstate 44.... I also lived in Ozark so this was awesome to see brought back some awesome memories and awesome friends cuz I'm no longer in that state
Took a ride with a trucker friend of mine to KC a few years ago and was amazed that these exited. They had ( don't remember if they were propane or electric) carts that pulled 8 or ten trailers at a time in these caves. Thanks for sharing.
In 30 years otr 3 countries 50 states but the first time I went here it was and still is one of the coolest places to drop, tks for the flashback! As for tight places try parallel parking in NYC that'll pucker you.
Try the caves in independence, Mo. Worked in different ones for a few years. Entrances and exits are shared openings with corners that use mirrors to see around. Rather easy once you work in them but people that have never seen them tend to never come back lol. Have fun making a wrong turn or trying to back into certain docks 😂. Seen plenty of drivers hit or scrape pillars.. Definitely a a change of scenery for most.
I worked for Stevens for a few years and when I had the Kraft dedicated route and I remember the first time I went in the cave I was amazed but I'd gone so many more times after that of course and the amazement never faltered I loved that route too
Just think as you go north up near chicago and all the old salt mines under Lake Michigan. Living in Grand Rapids we have old Gypsum mines that they use to grow mushrooms
Very cool video! Must have one heck of a ventilation system in there with all those Big Rigs, wouldn’t take long for it to look like Los Angeles in the 80’s 😁, what keeps the ceiling from falling or crumbling??
Went there a few years ago, it was 105 degrees that day and the line to get in there was a mile long. I was lucky and ignorant and jumped the line by mistake. Cool place.
I left Fleming in 1998, they were sold in 2003 www.supermarketnews.com/archive/fleming-collapses-reemerges-core-mark#:~:text=In%20mid%2DJune%2C%20Fleming%20disclosed,wholesale%20grocery%20business%20and%20assets.
Tire companies have the same thing. Humidity and temp controlled year around. Bridgestone/Firestone have a massive cave system in Marengo caves in Indiana
I just watched a TH-cam video about Marengo in Indiana. I didn't know about Bridgestone and Firestone. Interesting. The video was hosted by a real estate agent selling the Marengo warehouse space. He pointed out a huge storage room loaded full of shrink wrapped pallets of FEMA emergency meals for the state of Texas.
@@guymorris6596 it's was cool. I never knew about it but got into competitive paintball several years ago. Come to find out they had a really nice paintball course in the cave as well. You had to drive through the cave past the tire storage areas to get to the course. The parking area was one of the man made unused storage tunnels meant for tires.
Hey Joe, why go and ruin Scott's fear-driven existence by informing him that only one of his essential food groups could be stashed away where he can't get to it. You've probably ruined a gallant attempt at a garden alongside his mobile home instead of sitting in his underwear watching Fox News after another grueling day at the speedymart. Shame on you.
Theres one in Kansas City,KS on whats known as Strawberry Hill, right down near the Kansas River. The entrance is in the old diary on the corner of Fifth and Barnett. It was Orion Fittings when i worked there in the mid 90's and we found the entrance in the basement on Friday night. After an hour or so of walik around down there, we found a speakeasy and a vault belonging to MGM down there. We got freaked out after hearin some fuked up sounds and ran back to the plant! We got a foklift and moved heavy molds and blocked the basement doors!
This is so cool. I want to go tour one of these underground facilities. I’ve heard there are Underground Malls, too. Can’t wait to see these in person.
Somewhere I have a VHS tape of me going into this complex back in the late 90s. They were still mining out parts of the cave,then and OCCASIONALLY it got a little dusty
When I was there I was surprised at how organized things were. You do have to get pretty kinky backing in. I can't remember where they are but there's another cave that's limestone-bright white! These facilities are great!
Been there a few times. Really cool to be inside and I mean literally cool lol. Took a while to load so my codriver and I ended up sleeping there with the vent/windows open and it has comfortable airflow for a perfect nap👍🏽. 8/10 would go again lol.
Been in there many times as a old trucker. I was out of Missoula, Mt. Back in the 80s it was hard to get around and back up with the 389 long nose Peterbilts. Just not ment for west coast trucks.
I had to go to SSA Atlantic at the Jacksonville FL port of entry last week & boy was it tight in there too. Had to slide your tandems all the way forward to get into your spot, then SLIDE em back when you got in there
Half the people commenting probably never back up a trailer in there life just keyboard warriors crying about something...thank you sir for your hard work and dedication ,,truck on my friend
Do you drop the trailer and pick up an empty outside or do they unload you? Do you leave empty or with a new load going out? Heard you mention picking up an empty near the end? Seems like what goes in must come back out. A coordinated system, in which no truck leaves empty if possible.
You walk through a supermarket and just have no idea all the different journeys various foods took from farms to store shelves... incredible.
Wtf there storage for the rich.. notice how the driver never seen that place that should be a sign
I married a truck driver and notice far more than I had before and it's very sad to me. Often I have to close my eyes or turn my head because there is nothing I can do about it.
@@ELDELPUEBLUnot at all lol that's kraft cheese most likely heading to walmart
30 years ago my very first delivery as a brand new truck driver was to the caves in Kansas City, Kansas...it was much, much more dark and much, much more narrow than these Springfield caves...i remember the intructions on the qualcomm saying watch out for this, watch out for that, and wondering just what i had gotten myself into...i only went to the caves twice more over the years but it was an eye opening experience as a brand new driver...
That was the funniest thing, that this is one of the more open caves! I tend to err on the side of caution, i've seen too many bonehead truckers get themselves in a mess by charging forward like a bull. I'm a lot more confident these days but will still get out and walk rather than head around a blind corner in a tight spot.
Been to both.
I don't understand why they have these caves
@@marylee5293 climate control
I was there back in 1997 and you are correct, much more narrow.
If we have facilities like this known to the public what does the government have we don't know about🤔
A lot this government can't and shouldn't be trusted
Yeah exactly. This place is just got cheese lmao.
100%
You don't need to know
Scary shit 😬
I've been fascinated by the caves in Kansas city but never seen the inside of caves until this video. I'm having a wow moment going on for me.
This place is HUGE compared to some of the KC caves..been in all of them in a truck. This Springfield facility was a breeze delivering to compared to some of the ones in KC.
@@aaronpatterson2369 there are MORE of caves!!?? I'm going to do some research! I've lived my whole life in the midwest and never knew about this!
I got vids like this 2,, utube only promotes certain people
@clash has pegging videos
@@mlgauss60435 Yes, in the 1980s some of the cheese was moved from Springfield to Kansas City. No idea if that's because of a storage space issue or something else but the vast majority of it is still in Springfield.
My first trip with my trainer was the Springfield caves. I've long since moved on from stevens but still amazes me driving through the caves.
Do you drop the trailer and pick up an empty outside or do they unload you? Do you leave empty or with a new load going out? How does that work?
@@richardcallihan9746 i dropped an empty and picked it up after they loaded me.
Holy crap! Imagine the actual complex on the other side of the walls…..
This is really cool. Never knew a facility like this existed. Thanks.
There's 5( ? ) cave systems in the Kansas City area. Mostly all separate businesses. Kinda sucks goin in the with a rig.
There are caves like this in Kansas City, too.
ALEX where have been for the last 20 years?????
This is not really cool.
When all the stores close down and alllll the food supply is locked up in caves.
One World Govt, One World Religion is coming soon.
Control the food supply and they can control the people.
@@elayneel-adly949 should be practicing, fasting there are reasons its mentioned so often....
My nephew lives in Springfield and drives long haul reefer loads. He was describing these caves in Missouri. They are all over. Thanks for the visual!! God bless and safe travels.
Yep. My husband is OTR reefer and goes to "the caves" all the time.
I used to work at a Kraft cheese plant in Northern NY prior to 2004 where we put 600+ lbs in wooden boxes... I had heard they were transfered to caves in Missouri, but had never seen one....That trailer would have been a crumpled mess if I were driving....thanks for an interesting video....
And these are the 'caves' you've allowed to see and know about.....
I had a similar situation at Sams Club in SLC my first year OTR, the FLD120 i was driving just couldn't make the swing and i was having a problem with my lift axle on the tractor dropping while backing up which is the EXACT opposite of what supposed to happen lol.... a yard dog told me to just drop it and he'd whip it in there and he sure enough did. Hats off to that man! Made a stressful night a little easier haha
anytime I’ve been down there I always thank the good Lord to see sunlight👍
Me and my husband got to go in yesterday, it was fascinating and phenomenal. I took recordings too. Super fun driving through in a big rig.
I've been in the caves... Amazing how small the tractor trailers look. These installations are all over the country there's probably one in your own back yard
Think they will get mad if I drill and use my rights?
When you're in there driving them trucks they look huge in some of those caves.
Really cool! These are old limestone quarries or mines. The rock is super stable, and a great use of space. Conserves surgace space, conserves energy because the temperature probably stays a constant 65 degrees. They've done a great job of lighting and road building.
SUPER!!! Stable. Git.
Would be good for radiation waste 🤔
I've been there many times and to that exact location and door. It's not difficult to back in but it does take a bit of getting used to. Your initial setup to back into the door has to in most cases be spot on or you make another lap around and try again. There is another older cave system to the west/north of there about and hour and a half away that is a nightmare!!! Very tight and way darker than that one. Seemed like when went to the older cave system i always got the blind side back in position. Nothing like fighting for half hour or more just to back in without tearing something up!
I went out to KC years ago when I was driving 18’s. Living in NC, we have no such things like this. Pretty cool engineering. And of course, my power steering went out as I was backing into the dock. That was a pain in the sitting spot to get out of with no power steering. Much love from North Carolina and be careful out there.
This is awesome!!! Thanks for the video
Thank you for the memories.
Overwhelming. Thanks for sharing.
Been there several times over the years. Owner operator here that was dispatched out of Waterville Maine to pick up for grocery houses. Thanks for the video
So glad I found your channel! My father (RIP) was a trucker all his life doing short and long haul as well as picking up any overturned semi trailers and moving them from the crash scene; we lived in a rural area. I do miss seeing the road, various locations and of course the language🤭. Keep up the great content!
Congrats on your first visit to the caves in Spfld, MO. There are also caves in Quincy, IL (right along the Mississippi River) that houses a bevy of products such as Pepsi, frozen foods for Kohls Warehouse and so very much more. The caves are very intricate indeed and are amazing to see. I hope someday your travels take you there!
Kansas City has huge caves also
My dad too was a trucker, I traveled Europe with him growing up.
That is just completely out of hand wildly cool 😎
OMG I have been in those caves in a big truck from 2000 to 2010.... Those caves are so awesome and what they have down there is so cool right I used to live in Strafford off of exit 88 on interstate 44.... I also lived in Ozark so this was awesome to see brought back some awesome memories and awesome friends cuz I'm no longer in that state
I've been in there a few times myself.
Running at the same time you were. It was fun.
@@dochlldy email me?
I pick 2 loads here. The first time in Springfield I remember it game chills just driving in there.
I was with Stevens, it was an amazing
Experience.
Took a ride with a trucker friend of mine to KC a few years ago and was amazed that these exited. They had ( don't remember if they were propane or electric) carts that pulled 8 or ten trailers at a time in these caves. Thanks for sharing.
In 30 years otr 3 countries 50 states but the first time I went here it was and still is one of the coolest places to drop, tks for the flashback! As for tight places try parallel parking in NYC that'll pucker you.
Looking back I don't think it's too bad but I hadn't been driving that long when I made this video.
I've hauled out of there numerous times. I think it's cool everytime I go there.
There are similar caves in Independence, MO where I loaded in my flatbed a while back. So many different shippers in there.
There are like 4 more around KC just like that one.
Were those limestone? I remember bright white caves around there.
Try the caves in independence, Mo. Worked in different ones for a few years. Entrances and exits are shared openings with corners that use mirrors to see around. Rather easy once you work in them but people that have never seen them tend to never come back lol. Have fun making a wrong turn or trying to back into certain docks 😂. Seen plenty of drivers hit or scrape pillars.. Definitely a a change of scenery for most.
Wow! This should be one of the seven wonders of the world! I would love to see behind those walls! Thank you for taking us in here!
My husband was a driver and we have been there inside it is so strange can’t imagine what else is in there
My husband was a trucker and we went there and you wouldn't believe the tight spaces to maneuver a big rig ! Stay safe Drivers !
i come here often and load at schrieber in carthage missouri which is also in caves.
the caves are really cool
Delivered there scary but awesome. Some drivers refuse to go in.
I worked for Stevens for a few years and when I had the Kraft dedicated route and I remember the first time I went in the cave I was amazed but I'd gone so many more times after that of course and the amazement never faltered I loved that route too
Just think as you go north up near chicago and all the old salt mines under Lake Michigan. Living in Grand Rapids we have old Gypsum mines that they use to grow mushrooms
I lived in south Haven
Very cool video! Must have one heck of a ventilation system in there with all those Big Rigs, wouldn’t take long for it to look like Los Angeles in the 80’s 😁, what keeps the ceiling from falling or crumbling??
Went there a few years ago, it was 105 degrees that day and the line to get in there was a mile long. I was lucky and ignorant and jumped the line by mistake. Cool place.
It’s good to know these caves exist when we need to go underground like we did in Capadocia.
Very cool. Thanks for posting.
I’d love to be able to see inside the refrigerators/caves ,one day will get the chance to see was really inside inside
I worked forc Fleming Foods through the 80's, they had an underground distribution facility in a abandoned salt mine in Kansas City.
Fleming Foods, used to service all the vending machines at their Phoenix facility back in the 90's. Don't even know if they still exist?
I left Fleming in 1998, they were sold in 2003 www.supermarketnews.com/archive/fleming-collapses-reemerges-core-mark#:~:text=In%20mid%2DJune%2C%20Fleming%20disclosed,wholesale%20grocery%20business%20and%20assets.
Tire companies have the same thing. Humidity and temp controlled year around. Bridgestone/Firestone have a massive cave system in Marengo caves in Indiana
I just watched a TH-cam video about Marengo in Indiana. I didn't know about Bridgestone and Firestone. Interesting. The video was hosted by a real estate agent selling the Marengo warehouse space. He pointed out a huge storage room loaded full of shrink wrapped pallets of FEMA emergency meals for the state of Texas.
@@guymorris6596 it's was cool. I never knew about it but got into competitive paintball several years ago. Come to find out they had a really nice paintball course in the cave as well. You had to drive through the cave past the tire storage areas to get to the course. The parking area was one of the man made unused storage tunnels meant for tires.
Just had my first visit there yesterday to building 19. Was so cool!
When the food is all gone, you know where it went now.
It's just cheese and other Kraft foods products.
@@josephbennett3482 ok.
Hey Joe, why go and ruin Scott's fear-driven existence by informing him that only one of his essential food groups could be stashed away where he can't get to it. You've probably ruined a gallant attempt at a garden alongside his mobile home instead of sitting in his underwear watching Fox News after another grueling day at the speedymart. Shame on you.
@@kingboagart899 you got me fucked up with your Mom.
@josephbennett3482 it's do much more than that.
Ask why these tunnels are "necessary". 😠🙄🙄
I almost thought this was Carthage Missouri we have caves down here also where the truckers load and unload different foods ..drive safely ✌️☺️
That is called the "Springfield Underground". There is a lot more room there than at Carthage.
I watched a video about Subtropolis cave complex that Lamar Hunt had built.
Was amazed how big those caves were
Caves like this all over Missouri. They got a salt mine in Kansas that's storing old film stock.
Theres one in Kansas City,KS on whats known as Strawberry Hill, right down near the Kansas River. The entrance is in the old diary on the corner of Fifth and Barnett. It was Orion Fittings when i worked there in the mid 90's and we found the entrance in the basement on Friday night. After an hour or so of walik around down there, we found a speakeasy and a vault belonging to MGM down there. We got freaked out after hearin some fuked up sounds and ran back to the plant! We got a foklift and moved heavy molds and blocked the basement doors!
This facility is cool. Confusing but cool.
I've lived my whole life here in the Midwest, and never even heard of this place!
The limestone caves are all over in that area.
WOW Spooky and Awesome. That's a hell of a lot of cheese
This is so cool. I want to go tour one of these underground facilities. I’ve heard there are Underground Malls, too. Can’t wait to see these in person.
You're not going to see them. These are storage sites for the elite as THEY STARVE US..... 🙋🏼♀️☺️🤬🤬🤬
❤love to see.
Somewhere I have a VHS tape of me going into this complex back in the late 90s. They were still mining out parts of the cave,then and OCCASIONALLY it got a little dusty
Thanks for posting! I'd like to know how many people get lost and simply disappear in those caves... This is crazy!
What do you think those American cheese slices are made of after all? We all know it's not cheese.
When I was there I was surprised at how organized things were. You do have to get pretty kinky backing in. I can't remember where they are but there's another cave that's limestone-bright white! These facilities are great!
I went there in the mid 90s, still can't remember how I got to where I was going either!!
This is so REAL I love it!
I would be singing that too.. and I hope that this delivery or pick up goes way.. wish I could go there
This is one of many facilities this Johndra has been in existence for long time!
Delivered there about a month ago. Neat place!
man I drove for Prime Inc a number of years ago and i remember my first time going down into those caves..it was an adventure thats for sure :D
Mind-blowing tbh
Did my share of the caves. You definitely want to pay attention to the signs.
Been there a few times. Really cool to be inside and I mean literally cool lol. Took a while to load so my codriver and I ended up sleeping there with the vent/windows open and it has comfortable airflow for a perfect nap👍🏽. 8/10 would go again lol.
Been in there many times as a old trucker. I was out of Missoula, Mt. Back in the 80s it was hard to get around and back up with the 389 long nose Peterbilts. Just not ment for west coast trucks.
Thanks for posting! I used to work down there at 2 different jobs. That was a long time ago.
what do they have down there? i have been to kc underground
😊what did you do?
I worked at Kraft with thier cheese storage and also at a lunchmeat packaging place called Cargill. It was cool driving down there.
Wow this is fascinating!!
Wonder what the air quality is like with all that exhaust from 600 trucks a day
Awesome video
Now that’s a beast ass yard jockey
Gives a whole new meaning to having an immovable object in the way
A lot of people commenting they have delivered to here. Has anyone took a delivery from here to somewhere else?
Lived here pretty much my whole life and have never seen the Springfield underground
What are the caves being used for ?
Primarily grocery storage.
So what are these caves used for . What’s there that we don’t see and what loads are being delivered there and for what.?.
Kraft cheese cold storage cheap ac bills being underground there's alot of places like this in missouri
Been there a few times, stay safe out here
I live in MO, Columbia to be exact. Never heard of these caves lol.
Been there many times...more near Joplin and Kansas City!
It so cool to go in these caves with a big rig. You have got to be careful.
I can see this will be a challenge backing the trailer in here
That was incredible. Thank you for posting this. Have you been in the cave at Quincy Illinois?
Learn something new everyday 😊
Great big numbers on the buildings, big numbers on the docks, signage everywhere and still missed the place
They use these facilities because caves maintain a constant temperature easily. I’ve been to many of these areas.
What a place!. Would love to take a tour,so cool.
I had to go to SSA Atlantic at the Jacksonville FL port of entry last week & boy was it tight in there too. Had to slide your tandems all the way forward to get into your spot, then SLIDE em back when you got in there
I remember this place from when I used to drive for prime. No one in my family believed me when I told them I drove my truck into a cave.
My husband used to send me pictures LOL
You just received a small view on the upper level. There are 2 lower levels that go on for miles..
Hope I get a load there 1 day, looks like a cool place to go
Not too often I see my area on TH-cam. Cool :)
Half the people commenting probably never back up a trailer in there life just keyboard warriors crying about something...thank you sir for your hard work and dedication ,,truck on my friend
Wolf
U B wrong in my case anyways. 😇
At the caves in Nevada u drive to the entrance they take ur truck in and return it empty
There are mushroom caves in Beaver County Pa look something like this. They go really deep with high 12 or 14 ft ceilings.
Do you drop the trailer and pick up an empty outside or do they unload you? Do you leave empty or with a new load going out? Heard you mention picking up an empty near the end?
Seems like what goes in must come back out. A coordinated system, in which no truck leaves empty if possible.
My red Pete! Hand it over! Nice video. My husband been in as a driver but I never have. Cool, cool I'd love to see for real
My late brother Keith Hamilton used to drive for Stevens, how awesome
My hubby said it's a underground quarry used for storage like craft cheese and box containers and other items needed to be stored.
He's right
drove one of steve aaron's trucks -STEVEN'S FOODS Paris texas ,he had about six trucks then .
Try doing a blind side back in one of these docks…at a dead end. I just hate not having a phone signal and waiting hours to get unloaded.