Popular Post B MACK Posted February 21, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted February 21, 2016 Got this from Mack Museum. I see Watts has a couple Eazor tractors in the bone yard. 3 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44094-old-pittsburgh-company/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Ditchkus Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Eazor Express also had a Special commodities Division back in the 70's. Quite a few Union outfits had Special Commodities Divisions for owner operators. Some also had a 2 check system drivers pay and equipment check union benefits. It was a good deal while it lasted. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44094-old-pittsburgh-company/#findComment-325137 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog13407 Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 isnt there a color pic somewhere in one of the Mack books of some Eazor trucks at a truck stop? turquois green? nice pic, i see it has a Ny tmt tag but strange it looks like it also has a Ny plate Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44094-old-pittsburgh-company/#findComment-325169 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Ditchkus Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 All trucks running thru New York back then no matter what State registered required a TMT Plate. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44094-old-pittsburgh-company/#findComment-325192 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCR Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Not much has changed in New York. An HUT (Heavy Use Tax) registration and sticker is still required for any truck over 13,000 lbs. Then you have to pay a tax based on the miles driven in NY State. Quote Denny330-550-6020A "Mack Pack" Charter Member Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44094-old-pittsburgh-company/#findComment-325199 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mackdaddy Posted February 21, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted February 21, 2016 I remember them well being from New Castle,, PA. I was just a little guy and can remember thinking the name was the same stuff my Dad would spray in the air cleaner of the old Macks to get them going on a cold day. 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44094-old-pittsburgh-company/#findComment-325200 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Green Dash Posted February 21, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted February 21, 2016 They were based in Pittsburgh's Strip District. There are a few buildings still there that look like former truck terminals, but I'm not sure of the actual location.I remember them well being from New Castle,, PA. I was just a little guy and can remember thinking the name was the same stuff my Dad would spray in the air cleaner of the old Macks to get them going on a cold day.I remember that stuff. It made the trucks Eazor to start. 3 1 1 Quote Jim Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44094-old-pittsburgh-company/#findComment-325206 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Here's the former terminal (and HQ I believe) at Railroad and 30th Sts. The side street from Railroad to the river is still known as Eazor Sq.From Google Street View.The dock plates are still visible behind the white pickups. 1 Quote Jim Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44094-old-pittsburgh-company/#findComment-325211 Share on other sites More sharing options...
james j neiweem Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 I remember as a kid the newspapers and radio would advertise that something big was coming to Chicago. One time it was Folgers coffee and the next tie it was Eazor Express Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44094-old-pittsburgh-company/#findComment-325212 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog13407 Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 I saw the TMT plate. was mentioning the regular license plate. Ny was black with yellow letters in the 50's and early 60's, this looks like a Ny tag unless Pa had similar colors? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44094-old-pittsburgh-company/#findComment-325260 Share on other sites More sharing options...
B MACK Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 I have an other pict from the museum, it's basically the same but has one of the owners in it. I was born in Pittsburgh in '61'. My dad drove for Eazor for a short time after he got out of the navy. He says that is the main Pittsburgh terminal. He said that when he was there in '62 or 63' most of their tractors were B61's or B67's. Said they also had some H model "cherrypickers". If there is a color pict out there, that would be great to see... Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44094-old-pittsburgh-company/#findComment-325296 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog13407 Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 there is a color pic somewhere in one of the Mack books. ill dig it out Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44094-old-pittsburgh-company/#findComment-325301 Share on other sites More sharing options...
james j neiweem Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Dark green and pale green as I remember. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44094-old-pittsburgh-company/#findComment-325335 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Maddog13407 Posted February 23, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted February 23, 2016 nice colors 2 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44094-old-pittsburgh-company/#findComment-325408 Share on other sites More sharing options...
220cummins Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Here are some pictures (credit to the copywrite holder) of Eazors R and F models they ran. At one time they were a big outfit and a big Mack user. I've heard many, not so nice, stories about Eazor. They ran during a couple steel hauler strikes moving steel and were not taken fondly of. Carrying around a rebar for poking radiators or a bottle of Clorox for dumping in fuel tanks was not unheard of and was practiced. I knew some old timers who took part in these activities. I also knew the a driver/mechanic who's task was to go around in Eazor's territory picking up vandalized tractors during that era and pulling them back to Pittsburgh on a lowboy. He always said they could never figure out what seized up those Detriots. The Clorox that's what haha. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44094-old-pittsburgh-company/#findComment-325415 Share on other sites More sharing options...
220cummins Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Here's a link to the Eazor terminal getting built in the 50s.https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19510703&id=q2IbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dE0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=1590,924207&hl=en 1 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44094-old-pittsburgh-company/#findComment-325416 Share on other sites More sharing options...
B MACK Posted February 24, 2016 Author Share Posted February 24, 2016 The color photos are great. They were eye catching trucks. I'm sure my dad will enjoy seeing them, thanks guys.. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44094-old-pittsburgh-company/#findComment-325524 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cb7t7 Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 Any of you guys around from Eazor still? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44094-old-pittsburgh-company/#findComment-378083 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarnall Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 isnt there a color pic somewhere in one of the Mack books of some Eazor trucks at a truck stop? turquois green? nice pic, i see it has a Ny tmt tag but strange it looks like it also has a Ny plate If it was from a NY terminal it would have had a NY commercial plate and a TMT plate. I have been told they need both no matter what state they were from if they ran through NY but not sure if that is true. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44094-old-pittsburgh-company/#findComment-378097 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 i remember nissens bakery and beacon fast freight also used owner ops from time to time.i drove for nissens my pop drove for beacon...bob.. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44094-old-pittsburgh-company/#findComment-378145 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 thanks for sharing those old photos guys,,,,pretty cool ...bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44094-old-pittsburgh-company/#findComment-378146 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyT Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 I remember Eazor well! My wife's sister's boyfriend was a dock superviser for them! He got me a job on the extra list for Wilson Freight, in Mckees Rocks bottoms,had to drive one of those gawdawful compact cornbinder Cabover with the 5speed column shift! Wilson was another old Pittsburgh trucking company that closed after deregulation! They were very nice people. I seem to recall them being based in Cincinnati Oh. Just found my old local 249 card a couple days ago! lotta memories! There is still a Wilson trucking company, but it isn't the same one. 220, do you remember Waite Inc, used to haul us mail? We're based in the strip district too. I drove for them briefly before they went under! They had a division called Joy Don also named after the owner and his wife. We're out of Akron Oh. I hauled steel for J V Mcnicholas too out of their west Mifflin terminal.they were an all mack fleet too! 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44094-old-pittsburgh-company/#findComment-378169 Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaPatentman Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 I grew up in the North Hills of Pittsburgh in Longview Acres which was built above McNight Rd which was the main road heading north out of Pittsburgh pre-interstate days. My best friend and I would spend countless hours watching EAZOR trucks both coming and going from US Rt 19 just north toward Wexford. There was a hill just north of Cumberland Road and they would whistle going down and labor going up slamming gears ---the sights and sounds still resonate in my mind. The google newspaper article was interesting—thanks for posting! Another old Pittsburgh company the ran north to I think Erie was Lightning Express. Their colors were cream and red, and I think the ran Internationals—Anybody else out there remember Lightning Express? 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44094-old-pittsburgh-company/#findComment-378173 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyT Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Va Patentman, I sure do remember Lightning ! They went out of business before I was old enough to drive a truck I recall them as a mixed fleet. They definitely ran White conventionals, I recall a picture of one of their trucks a White 5000 I think! Also remember their ad under trucking in the yellow pages when I was a kid! When I hauled mail for Waite Inc.( hurry up and wait)😁 I used to pick up at the bulk mail center off exit 3 on the PA tnpke. I believe it was rte 65 up your way! When did you leave north hills? 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44094-old-pittsburgh-company/#findComment-378215 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyT Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Va Patentman, Do you remember Ed W Texter trucking? Were on Brighton Rd north of Pittsburgh, ran tandem dumps B models,possibly some Rs and Dms! The friend who taught me how to drive a compound mack drove for them. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44094-old-pittsburgh-company/#findComment-378219 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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