Our favorite load broker has hooked
us up with a pretty odd load.
It's a huge replica of a King Cake.
The King Cake is a Mardi Gras tradition,
especially in Louisiana.
It served at parties and there's a baby Jesus in it.
And whoever receives the slice with the baby in it,
they have to host the next party.
So it's a fun tradition and now we just have to ship
this replica to the parade.
EDDIE SELLER: One of the big infestations for Mardi Gras
is the King Cake.
So I started making big King Cake sculptures,
and it's about 440 pounds and 10 feet by 6 feet.
It's just a beast.
The King Cake has found a home.
It's going to be on a float in Gulfport for Mardi Gras
and get the ride down and have its moment of glory.
We are an all ladies Mardi Gras crew.
Mardi Gras is huge here.
And I discovered that this artist had
created this King Cake statue.
We said, we need to get this and we need
to like put it in our parade.
So we don't have too far to go about 130 miles
and picking up right outside of New Orleans,
and we're going to take it to D'lberville, Mississippi.
All right.
Let's see what this cake is about.
I can't wait to see how big it is.
All right, babe.
Let's do it.
- Hello. - Hello.
Hey, hey. How you doing?
How's it going, man?
All right.
We're here for the birthday cake.
A birthday cake with a King Cake?
The King Cake.
Oh, you want to check it out?
Yeah, let's check it out.
EDDIE SELLER: Yeah.
Here it is.
This is the King Cake.
OK.
Well, I am the King of transport.
So I guess, it's fitting to have a King Cake on the trailer
of the King of transport.
So--
Hey.
Hey, let's do it.
EDDIE SELLER: That's rule.
Hey, how you doing?
Um--
Hey.
If I had some beads, I would give her.
- Not here. - OK.
Not here.
Are you ready?
Yeah.
Boy, you are the King.
All right.
Oh.
Boy, last time I moved this thing took six people.
How we doing it?
Let me do this.
Have a rest it on here.
OK, good.
We're going to put the frame on.
Yeah.
I haven't eaten the day yet, so this thing is looking
pretty good to me right now.
Don't be ridiculous.
I'm just messing around, even if I could eat it.
I'm not going to eat something that's
going to cost me over $1,000.
All right, one more time.
Down.
There you go.
Good.
[music playing]
[laughs]
EDDIE SELLER: Oh.
Oh, you still got it.
Look at that.
I've been to the Mardi Gras before.
EDDIE SELLER: Special throw, so much you had that.
Oh Wow.
Thank you.
EDDIE SELLER: Oh, wait.
I got something for you.
What?
It's a golden baby.
That baby goes inside of the King Cake.
It usually have a car seat for it, but--
I can handle the baby.
Just be very careful.
I'm not sure how you ship baby Jesus.
In a manger?
We made it to the drop off for this King Cake,
but the buyer for the King Cake called us yesterday and told us
that they couldn't do the drop off like they planned
and that they needed to do it tomorrow, so we got to town
and called it a day.
But now, that this run is taking us another day,
it's important that we get this drop off quickly, because we
need to get going on another load
since we're not making enough profit from this to cover
multiple days, and we had to pay for the hotel
to add to the cost of this run.
And I'm just hoping this drop off
is problem free, so we can get it in fast
and get our full-rate.
Hello.
How are you?
Hi, Tyesha.
And yes.
Thank you so much for bringing this to us.
Thank you. Thank you.
So you all want to show it to us?
We want to show it, so let's do it.
That's it.
This has been a very eventful transport for us.
- Yes. - Yes.
Did it make you hungry thinking
a King Cake every time?
It did.
[laughs]
I'll tell you what, I'm going to go on the other side,
unstrap it. Unstrap it.
Absolutely. Let's do this.
We've got some people to help us.
Come on over.
Help them unload the-- - Yeah.
--King Cake.
Be careful.
[music playing]
Looks gorgeous in here.
That's beautiful.
It is everything that I thought it was going to be.
I mean, this is Mardi Gras.
This is a King Cake.
A few little nicks here and there, but that's OK.
Mr. Eddie will come fix it.
Oh, my gosh.
Are you kidding? The baby.
And I am not the father.
The baby.
Oh, thank you so much.
Well, I am so excited about this.
Ben, will you hold this for me?
Absolutely, I will hold the baby.
I bet now.
You want to get paid. - Definitely.
OK. There we go.
Thank you so much.
[music playing]
[laughs]