Old Pittsburgh Company

[B MACK]

I'll have to ask my dad about some others.  I remember him talk of Lightning,  some others in the western Pa. area too, were B&P, Bell Lines, 3C's or CCC  (not Crouse Cartage though).

[james j neiweem]

B&P used to come out to Chicago.

[BillyT]

James J, the first big truck I ever rode in was a B&P Brockway 358 I think ,my ,buddy drove for them, we took a load of sheets to Chicago, 1968, a year later I was running team with an an Allied Van Lines contractor in a "crackerbox Jimmy" what a small world!

[james j neiweem]

As I remember B&P back then had B's maybe some H's

[VaPatentman]

Billy T,   -----My family left PA in 1960. but I vacationed in West View until about 1966 1fter I got my drivers lic.

 

Edited October 10, 2017 by VaPatentman

[VaPatentman]

Billy T, Sorry for the delayed response. Were Ed W Texter trucking  color scheme red cab, gray body and yellow lettering on black background? I remember someone in Pittsburgh that ran trucks with that color in the 60's and it may have been him.

[220cummins]

I grew up hearing the names of the fallen local outfits. Lightning, Eazor, W.J. Dillner, Lake Shore, Aero, Hammel's Express, D. Ali Trucking, Point Transfer, Mike Schaefer (Elizabeth,Pa) Johnstown -Pittsburgh Express, Etc. I'm currently in IBT 249 as a shop steward. My Dad was in 249 when he hauled most of the steel for JPX since the road men didn't want anything to do with steel and his cousin was terminal manager. Our family goes way back in the Trucking industry in Pittsburgh. My grandfather drove for Rockenstein and Bradley Trucking out Ingram part-time in 40s and 50s. My father started hauling coal in a single axle White dump for Norsey Trucking out of Oakdale in the late 50's. He then went to the Army came back and drove for Schaefer hauling slag and asphalt which was Teamster 341. He eventually bought his first truck (pictured below) and started as a steelhauler. Once the mills started closing and deregulation started he went into being a Mechanic for Silhol Builder in Bridgeville. He would rebuild their Mack and Brockway Concrete Mixers and Dumps for a good number of years then essentially retired/disability at age 61. He just turned 76 and still works on trucks (mostly Macks). My oldest brother is involved with the Vintage Grand Prix and Pittsburgh Power (Cummins). Myself,  I'm currently working for a local Mack Dealer and messing around with my Macks. 

Edited October 28, 2017 by 220cummins

[220cummins]

My "newest" one approximately 50' north of where the H-Model was pictured 50 years ago this past summer. 

[james j neiweem]

Ex R&l. They seem to keep their Macks looking nice. I think they have some newer Pinnacles, Prostars and Petes. Nice Vision.

Edited October 28, 2017 by james j neiweem

[BillyT]

220, you're blowing my mind! Two buddies of mine went to school with Jimmy Ali who hauled precast concrete "slab" for his dad D.Ali, with a conventional Brockway out of Bridgeville Pa!.Remember the old stone tavern in the west end, well one of those two was killed when he ran into it one night, they were twin brothers. Bruce and Craig. Ed W Texter ran green B models but some may have been red! Some were gas burners.His terminal was on the north side. Do you work for mack on Beaver Ave? Was the only Mack dealer in Pittsburgh when I lived there! The first big truck I rode in was a B and P Brockway! We hauled a load of steel sheets to Chicago. Was a 220 Cummins with an Eaton 3 speed "bogie" remember them? The driver also drove for Texter! I remember Silhol lumber weren't they on the end of Painters run rd by 50? I was in 249 for several years, drove for A T I out of the railhead  at Rook Station also New Car Carriers out of the same location when they bought AT I! Lake Shore and B and P were both based on Rt 51 near each other. I also hauled steel for JV McNicolas out of their West Mifflin terminal on Rt 51 by Eatn Park! We loaded a lot out of Homestead Works, I'll bet you are familiar with where Mifflin Road dead ended down in Hays and the drivers used to take the turn too fast and drop their coils in the used car lot there! The owner used to put his oldest cars in the front so he would get more money for them than they were worth! Lol! That H model your dad owned was set up to haul some weight! The single axle with a three on the trailer was fairly common before deregulation! There used to be a guy on rte 51 on the Ohio.line had a single axle Chevy gas job with 3 9s on the trailer, obviously ran Ohio which was an axle state,hauled the big coils! Didn't Schaefer have the slag contract out of Homestead Works? I recall his Autocar dump trucks in an out of there a lot! Lot of memories huh?

[Truckit56]

Came across this 6x6 Eazor sign in WI.  Thinking it was on side on trailer and flew off 

[j hancock]

New decoration for the man cave.

[mackdaddy]

On ‎10‎/‎28‎/‎2017 at 10:06 AM, BillyT said:

220, you're blowing my mind! Two buddies of mine went to school with Jimmy Ali who hauled precast concrete "slab" for his dad D.Ali, with a conventional Brockway out of Bridgeville Pa!.Remember the old stone tavern in the west end, well one of those two was killed when he ran into it one night, they were twin brothers. Bruce and Craig. Ed W Texter ran green B models but some may have been red! Some were gas burners.His terminal was on the north side. Do you work for mack on Beaver Ave? Was the only Mack dealer in Pittsburgh when I lived there! The first big truck I rode in was a B and P Brockway! We hauled a load of steel sheets to Chicago. Was a 220 Cummins with an Eaton 3 speed "bogie" remember them? The driver also drove for Texter! I remember Silhol lumber weren't they on the end of Painters run rd by 50? I was in 249 for several years, drove for A T I out of the railhead  at Rook Station also New Car Carriers out of the same location when they bought AT I! Lake Shore and B and P were both based on Rt 51 near each other. I also hauled steel for JV McNicolas out of their West Mifflin terminal on Rt 51 by Eatn Park! We loaded a lot out of Homestead Works, I'll bet you are familiar with where Mifflin Road dead ended down in Hays and the drivers used to take the turn too fast and drop their coils in the used car lot there! The owner used to put his oldest cars in the front so he would get more money for them than they were worth! Lol! That H model your dad owned was set up to haul some weight! The single axle with a three on the trailer was fairly common before deregulation! There used to be a guy on rte 51 on the Ohio.line had a single axle Chevy gas job with 3 9s on the trailer, obviously ran Ohio which was an axle state,hauled the big coils! Didn't Schaefer have the slag contract out of Homestead Works? I recall his Autocar dump trucks in an out of there a lot! Lot of memories huh?

Wish there were more pictures of the PA Steel haulers with the 3 axle 32Ft trailers and a big coil. See very few??

[yarnall]

Billy T.  Neat story.  What are 3 9’s?  

[Outbehindthebarn]

26 minutes ago, yarnall said:

Billy T.  Neat story.  What are 3 9’s?  

I believe he's talking about 9 foot spreads on a three axle trailer. Allowed him to scale the weight with a single axle tractor.

[Gail]

My dad drove for Eazor Express for over 20 years. Gail Sloan

[jackebegood@yahoo.com]

eazor had a dock in the mckees rocks by the pepsi plant  ltl trucking and warner in the mid 60's

 

[B MACK]

Dad and I were sitting by the wood stove in the shop last weekend BS ing about old trucks and trucking companies that are no more. He always remembers the two-tone green green EAZOR Macks and some of the other freight companies. He worked in the HUMBLE OIL grease plant in Pittsburgh and talked of the bulk oil tank trucks that would come, Matlack, Coastal, Leman Chemical. 

[tjc transport]

Matlack was big back in the 80's. same with Chemical Leman. Leman had a very large terminal out on the highway about 1/4 mile from the farm i grew up on. 

[70mackMB]

Wasn't there some young guy looking for a Matlack tractor on here not long ago? Think his dad drove for them, wonder how he made out?    .....Hippy

[B MACK]

Dad was telling me of a small fleet of dump trucks that were "eye catchers". He thinks they were B models, painted red or maroon & black. They hauled coal in the Elizabeth, Pa. area in the 1960's. Rathway was the name on the door. Do any of you western Pa. guys or gals know or remember of those trucks? 

[mechohaulic]

these "remember when" topics really get the brain cells going. the east coast had it's share of regional fleets:Lombard, Wilson, St. Johnsbury and an endless list of time gone by. when the topic starts with Matlack,Chemical Leman, and other major fleets no longer  times have changed. being an ole Bast---- like i am LOL the gone to memory fleets list gets longer. was a major deal in the day to see the fancy yellow Monfort fleet fly through CT. don't know if they still run or not.

[mechohaulic]

many years ago i started putting together the first gear B61 T&T sets based on the east coast fleets, had quite a few ; Adley Express, Yellow, Wilson, ETC, still have the St Johnsbury, and Lombard. 

[timm45]

On 1/30/2022 at 5:36 PM, mechohaulic said:

these "remember when" topics really get the brain cells going. the east coast had it's share of regional fleets:Lombard, Wilson, St. Johnsbury and an endless list of time gone by. when the topic starts with Matlack,Chemical Leman, and other major fleets no longer  times have changed. being an ole Bast---- like i am LOL the gone to memory fleets list gets longer. was a major deal in the day to see the fancy yellow Monfort fleet fly through CT. don't know if they still run or not.

Yeah. They called Monfort trucks,"monfort circus wagons"