Old School Truckin

[41chevy]

 

[Marcel67]

Those times never come back where you could build something and make money!

 

[41chevy]

53 minutes ago, Marcel67 said:

Those times never come back where you could build something and make money!

 

Or when drivers had pride, cutesy and were considered knights of the road. I feel like an enemy of everyone one the road  including LEO and DOT.

[Apple dog]

A very good friend of mine who was a World War II veteran used to tell me stories of what trucking was like back in the good ole days. He always said I would have enjoyed it.

[other dog]

On 3/2/2016 at 4:23 AM, Apple dog said:

A very good friend of mine who was a World War II veteran used to tell me stories of what trucking was like back in the good ole days. He always said I would have enjoyed it.

I started driving in 1979, and I remember enjoying it and even having some fun at first, but I enjoyed it less and less as time went on, now there's very little enjoyment and not much fun at all. Even in that time span normal traffic is now about like rush hour used to be, plus all the rules, regulations, HOS,  DOT, GPS tracking,etc. that you have to worry about now didn't used to be much of an issue. 

Shoot, in '79 if they were checking log books at the scales in say, Tennessee, that's all you heard on the CB, and you might still be two states away, because it was a pretty big deal then. Now you hear nothing on the CB about anything, and you can be driving along most anywhere and a cop will pull you over just because he feels like it and check your log book, paperwork, or do an inspection. And not just the DOT, a lot of local county and township cops are doing that now. It has nothing to do with safety, it was because they found out they could make money doing it.

[Apple dog]

4 hours ago, other dog said:

I started driving in 1979, and I remember enjoying it and even having some fun at first, but I enjoyed it less and less as time went on, now there's very little enjoyment and not much fun at all. Even in that time span normal traffic is now about like rush hour used to be, plus all the rules, regulations, HOS,  DOT, GPS tracking,etc. that you have to worry about now didn't used to be much of an issue. 

Shoot, in '79 if they were checking log books at the scales in say, Tennessee, that's all you heard on the CB, and you might still be two states away, because it was a pretty big deal then. Now you hear nothing on the CB about anything, and you can be driving along most anywhere and a cop will pull you over just because he feels like it and check your log book, paperwork, or do an inspection. And not just the DOT, a lot of local county and township cops are doing that now. It has nothing to do with safety, it was because they found out they could make money doing it.

My friend started trucking in the early 50's. He drove a lot of different trucks and always said his favorite was a LJ Mack. He said when he would stop at a truck stop it was a long table and for a nickel there were plates full of eggs, bacon, ham, fried tators. Help your self. One big bunk house like is in the video.

[james j neiweem]

Like trying to cool off when pulling a hard hill by standing on the running board with the door open. I would imagine those White 9000 small cabs were brutal in the summer. B-67's also.

[PeterMack]

16 hours ago, other dog said:

I started driving in 1979, and I remember enjoying it and even having some fun at first, but I enjoyed it less and less as time went on, now there's very little enjoyment and not much fun at all. Even in that time span normal traffic is now about like rush hour used to be, plus all the rules, regulations, HOS,  DOT, GPS tracking,etc. that you have to worry about now didn't used to be much of an issue. 

Shoot, in '79 if they were checking log books at the scales in say, Tennessee, that's all you heard on the CB, and you might still be two states away, because it was a pretty big deal then. Now you hear nothing on the CB about anything, and you can be driving along most anywhere and a cop will pull you over just because he feels like it and check your log book, paperwork, or do an inspection. And not just the DOT, a lot of local county and township cops are doing that now. It has nothing to do with safety, it was because they found out they could make money doing it.

I hear stuff on the CB all the time. Like, I ain't got no panties on, f-you, go F yourself, shut up n-word, stupid mf-err, hey you got it on (20 times) with no reply, are the scales open (with 20 different answers for some reason). Oh yeah, all sorts of classy professional chatter out there.

[tjc transport]

i run channel 1 on the CB since the asphalt plant i deal with is on 1.

usually nice and quiet. 19 here in joisey is nothing but "can i get a radio check" every 15 seconds, mixed with people bitching about swift, schneider, jbhunt, and werner trucks doing something stupid.

[Underdog]

i run channel 1 on the CB since the asphalt plant i deal with is on 1.

usually nice and quiet. 19 here in joisey is nothing but "can i get a radio check" every 15 seconds, mixed with people bitching about swift, schneider, jbhunt, and werner trucks doing something stupid.

You forgot "BA-BA BOOEY"

[HarryS]

Cool video. I guess the B Models are almost modern in comparison to those trucks. It is always fun to have younger drivers of today's trucks compare them to the Bs at the shows. I always invite them to climb in for a test fit.

[hatcity]

at 3:37 was some of the original "lot lizards"

 

That one station must have had a lot of DDDDDDetroit diesel customers

[alleghneyag]

I started in 1976 with a F700, 237, 5 speed.  30 ton of potash on a 30 ft bathtub in the hills of wv, praying she would not run out of power in 1st gear at 1200 rpm.  A kid with nerves shot, i was.

      Tremendous good video.  I loved the picture of 200 lb burlap bags.  I can remember them filled with fertilizer, but that is all. Could not even side one, much less carry my end!

     I dont drive anymore.  Quit in the late 80's.  I would not, could not, drive now days.  Back then you didnt have to worry about breaking down or being lost.  You knew you could count on other truck drivers to help you.  The cb only had professional language, well most of the time.  Some would be pissed at the truck that blew his doors off with that big ENDT 676!

        I wish we could go back, but that aint possible.

[other dog]

1 hour ago, alleghneyag said:

I started in 1976 with a F700, 237, 5 speed.  30 ton of potash on a 30 ft bathtub in the hills of wv, praying she would not run out of power in 1st gear at 1200 rpm.  A kid with nerves shot, i was.

      Tremendous good video.  I loved the picture of 200 lb burlap bags.  I can remember them filled with fertilizer, but that is all. Could not even side one, much less carry my end!

     I dont drive anymore.  Quit in the late 80's.  I would not, could not, drive now days.  Back then you didnt have to worry about breaking down or being lost.  You knew you could count on other truck drivers to help you.  The cb only had professional language, well most of the time.  Some would be pissed at the truck that blew his doors off with that big ENDT 676!

        I wish we could go back, but that aint possible.

I loaded 25 tons of fertilizer at Royster in Lynchburg, Va. in '80 or '81 and took it to Union, W.V.  I took rt. 460 to rt. 219 and went north to Union, driving a '77 F model with a 300 ,5 speed.

It was loaded on the floor, as most loads of fertilizer was then, and unloaded by hand.

[alleghneyag]

Yep, that was my Dad's fertilizer plant.  Good thing you had a 300.  And yeah, all of the fertilizer in bags was on the floor.  10 bags at a time on the hand truck, but we had a lot of help then.  No body was afraid of hard work.  Probably had 4 or 5 guys to help unload.

I made a many trip to Lynchburg with my Dad in a 1970 single axle 500 dodge with a 361, 5&2.  We would go over after work and get 8 tons on a set out order.  Wow!  You could actually make money with a single axle then.

[other dog]

On 3/6/2016 at 9:41 PM, alleghneyag said:

Yep, that was my Dad's fertilizer plant.  Good thing you had a 300.  And yeah, all of the fertilizer in bags was on the floor.  10 bags at a time on the hand truck, but we had a lot of help then.  No body was afraid of hard work.  Probably had 4 or 5 guys to help unload.

I made a many trip to Lynchburg with my Dad in a 1970 single axle 500 dodge with a 361, 5&2.  We would go over after work and get 8 tons on a set out order.  Wow!  You could actually make money with a single axle then.

I took fertilizer to Sam's Market in Lookout, which was mainly a grocery store, but they had a little of everything, and they unloaded it - by hand of course- in a little shed beside the store. I always had fake bills that said I had a load of Kyanite when I went to W.V. with fertilizer because we couldn't haul fertilizer in W.V. but we could haul ground ore. I never got checked anywhere anyway, but if I had and they looked under the tarp and saw it was fertilizer they would probably have been in even bigger trouble with the false documentation!

[other dog]

On 3/3/2016 at 1:25 PM, james j neiweem said:

Like trying to cool off when pulling a hard hill by standing on the running board with the door open. I would imagine those White 9000 small cabs were brutal in the summer. B-67's also.

H.H.Moore had a guy from Covington that had an old green and white Transtar with a 318  leased on with him. It was really weak, even for a 318. His uncle used to ride with him sometimes and when we were hauling chips from Ivy, Va. to Covington for Westvaco one summer you would see him climbing Afton Mountain about as fast as you could run- he had his foot holding the driver side door open and his uncle would be holding the other door open with his foot.

[Marcel67]

This make my laugh! When I start driving a truck I went north, south any where there was a road or some times not.  So Friday I got a guy come in looking for a truck driving job. So looked up his licens and all ok, agreed with my pay off  $0.50 pm and then he said. I don't go to California, New York , New Jersey  and  Chicago.  These are the routes we run and make me a little money.  Where are the good old times people are happy to do the job where ever you send them🙄

[Mike]

This stuff is fantastic. I do remember some of those times. Drivers were tuff especally those that slept inside those small cab's. I like the rounded off trailers and I remember those motors running on top of the trailers. Those were the good ole days for me as a kid, but I don't know what the drivers thought about it. My dad worked for Mason Dixon Line here in Nashville on the dock's. He turned me away from trucking and anything else. I never knew why. Thanks for posting Paul. 

[Outbehindthebarn]

When "GAS" was King .