Doubleclutcher
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Nothing like listening to the low air buzzer screaming as you ran low on air hooking a set in a tight spot with that great air assist power steering.:TR10driving03:
Yellow | YRCW Fleet Age: Dinosaur Trucking And Results Of No CAPEX Spending!
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Nothing like listening to the low air buzzer screaming as you ran low on air hooking a set in a tight spot with that great air assist power steering.:TR10driving03:
Wow, "McLean Lane", haven't heard that in a long time!! Then there's the lane we could only dream about, the "Montfort Lane".
Thanks for the memory jog!! 
Wow, "McLean Lane", haven't heard that in a long time!! Then there's the lane we could only dream about, the "Montfort Lane".
At Big R, the left or "Monfort Lane" was considered "off route"!:smilie93C_peelout::LMAO:
Water running all over the floor from the Kysor!
SuperCourse
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How bout that beautiful Vivilon clearcoat they put on them with a mop.
The only thing that is more old and broke down than our road fleet are the guys who drive them. Talk about dinosaurs! Some of these guys are so out of shape climbing into the cab is a major event. YRC lets the tractor fleet fall to ruins, but our drivers are doing it to themselves. Beer and McDonalds are not health foods. Just a random thought, sorry if I offended anyone.
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Sad as it may be, the Brigadier hasn't been bulit since 1989. I drove a brand new one out of the finishing plant in December 1988. By that time, GM Heavy Truck had been acquired and merged into VolvoGM Heavy Truck Corporation. You can't even get parts for them anymore, which is why Yellow started cannibalizing them in the early 2000s. As I recall, the last one left the fleet in about 2005. They did a newsletter article about it. The tractor was a city unit in Rockford, IL.
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SuperCourse
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Get back to us when you're 65, we'll see what you look like.
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Congratulations on your very accurate observation. Think about this, guys. You put in a lot of years in this industry; certainly not a 9 to 5 office job. You take your retirement, supposedly to enjoy the rest of your life. Some of you knowingly curtail your life through bad living. You're grossly overweight, and/or smoke like a chimney, and/or drink like a fish. In the process, you incur significantly higher healthcare costs that our collective insurance is paying for. To add insult to injury, much of this is preventable!
This certainly isn't everybody, just too many of you. So.......take better care of yourselves for you, for your loved ones who really do want Grandpa to read a story to them, for our health insurance fund that could be reduced markedly. Don't want to sound like a Mom, but the post I'm responding to is a good one.
Good stuff the rest of that just finally wore off my hands last year...........................
I think the "Monfort" has moved to the right lane recently, with the speeds out there today in the left lane.
Yes, the trucks & trailers are a safety hazard , the tow truck & repair bills are very high !!! if you every look in them truck sales mags. , you see alot of NICE day cab trucks for sale $20-$30k. with low miles on them ,buy some of them or LEASE some newer trucks the cost of the lease prolly less than the cost of repairs & tow trucks ???
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I don't deny what you're saying. I used to do that job with an out-sized truck (wasn't doubles). Along many Interstates, particularly I-80. there are exits that have a supermarket with a big lot right near the highway. I would get a quart of milk, some lunch meat, a roll from the bakery, some fruit; things like that. I remember well Exit 102 Dewar Drive in Rock Springs, WY. There was a Smith's Food King right there; had a really good deli. It can be done-just takes some creativity.
It's sort of like dating the nice girl next door - good for you but not nearly as much fun as the gal with the shady reputation.
I had to explain how to make a tuna melt on whole wheat and that it was okay to make a salad out of other than iceberg and tomatoes.
I did not have a regular route, so educating new waitresses and cooks was an experience. Most thought I was looney.
Once I could afford one of the DC (lighter plug-in) refrigerators, I was in heaven.
I wouldn't trade any of it.
Is that where you put tuna and cheese on whole wheat wrap it in tin foil and tie it to the exhaust manifold with coat hangers?
Is that where you put tuna and cheese on whole wheat wrap it in tin foil and tie it to the exhaust manifold with coat hangers?
Tin Foil makes it soggy.
(Sorry, jimi!!)
