8. A certain cargo yard has 2005 vehicles waiting in line to be loaded, with the requirement that the first vehicle must load 9 boxes of cargo, and every 4 adjacent vehicles must load a total of 34 boxes. To meet the above requirements, the minimum number of boxes of cargo should be ( ).
(A) 17043
(B) 17044
(C) 17045
(D) 17046
8. A.

Except for the first vehicle which carries 9 boxes, among the remaining 2004 vehicles, every 4 vehicles carry 34 boxes, so there are $\frac{2004}{4} \times 34+9=17043$ boxes.