Underdog Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Thanks for the comeback carlotpilot! I hated all the b.s. looking for a motel myself much preferred a sleeper.Never got into any shenanigans on the road,but many did! There used to be a motel in New Jersey,same exit as Perth Amboy,called the Swan handed you the room key and a beer! Ya readin' my mind?lol the reason I remembered the exit one night I went the wrong way,ended up in Perth Amboy! 11pm,7 shiny new Mercedes on the rack! Talk about your life hanging by a thin thread!Got directions from two drunken Portuguese seaman! Invited me for a drink! Politely declined! Whew! The Swan is in our book of preferred accommodation! Lol it is a standing joke my buddy stays there all the time! They have 2 porno channels, black or white! I know the Swan well, because I grew up in Linden NJ where it is located. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46452-highway-job-coming-together/page/2/#findComment-344290 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Horse Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 2 hours ago, Underdog said: The Swan is in our book of preferred accommodation! Lol it is a standing joke my buddy stays there all the time! They have 2 porno channels, black or white! I know the Swan well, because I grew up in Linden NJ where it is located. The Swan? Is that the joint southbound across from the trash to energy plant? No clue but one of my terminals was up the road on Marshes Dock rd. good troops in Linden-when I retired they gave me a gold Bulldog with an inscription. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46452-highway-job-coming-together/page/2/#findComment-344327 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyT Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 On 9/1/2016 at 10:00 PM, Red Horse said: The Swan? Is that the joint southbound across from the trash to energy plant? No clue but one of my terminals was up the road on Marshes Dock rd. good troops in Linden-when I retired they gave me a gold Bulldog with an inscription. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46452-highway-job-coming-together/page/2/#findComment-344479 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyT Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 I remember when I first started hauling cars the union was strong,you could stay anywhere you wanted. There was a promotion at Holiday Inns in the late 70's if you stayed so many times you got a vacation for two in Hawaii! The whole darn terminal took their wives to Hawaii! Then I quit for seven yrs,went back in87,you got a list of dumps like the swan where you had to stay! Only exception was if you were out of hrs and there was no dump nearby! Of course the guys carefully planned to run out of hrs near a decent hotel! Lol The trip I was on that caused me to quit Leaseway went to upper New England,Vermont,New Hampshire,and possibly Maine. Left Dundalk on Friday,Used half My advance on tolls was the weekend so I couldn't deliver til Monday.The days of subject to inspection drops were long over.The dealers were getting over by writing up damage that didn't exist! The only other load went to the Bronx,wasn't spending a weekend there! I was so broke I lived all weekend on a loaf of bread,a jar of peanut butter, and a bunch of bananas!Went back to Dundalk and quit! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46452-highway-job-coming-together/page/2/#findComment-344483 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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