Hey GT

It seemed like the 9370 International cab over was a real popular fleet truck, but don't forget the old tried and true FLD freightliner there were a million of those on the road I think ever fleet had some.


Gully transport of Quincy ILL
http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/js_gully.htm
In my owner operator thread I started in the lounge I said if I was going to be an O/O the FLD would be one of my choices.

Real quick look at this meat truck what an old school rig!
http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/p..._haulers/b_and_b_packing_co_of_chicago_il.jpg
 
Gully transport of Quincy ILL
http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/js_gully.htm
In my owner operator thread I started in the lounge I said if I was going to be an O/O the FLD would be one of my choices.

Real quick look at this meat truck what an old school rig!
http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/p..._haulers/b_and_b_packing_co_of_chicago_il.jpg


Gully still uses those FLD's!! They deliver to the Dr. Pepper plant in Irving, tx where I worked last year. Somebody said they keep them running with glider kits and refurbs. Those things are nice!
 
They sure do I guess to Gully Transport the old school FLDs were the best truck ever and when Freightliner discontinued the FLD Gully was ticked absolutely ticked. I think they wrote Freightliner a very strongly worded letter about there discontent. I guess Gully around the late 1990s early 2000s was an all Freightliner FLD fleet 100% I guess they tried to be 100% FLD forever, but in the mid 1990s the Freightliner FLD was on back order and Gully bought a couple Internationals and some Ford Aeromaxes. I guess the Internationals had lots of electrical trouble. The Fords though they said were fine.

Here's the post this is really a good page about Gully:
http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/df_gully.htm
 
It does my heart good to see a working cabover on the road, I just love them, so much history. Today I saw a Peterbilt with the big sleeper hauling pipe, I also saw a set back axle Freightliner cabover with the big flat top sleeper hauling cars, that is so neat to see!
 
There's some steel hauler around here that has a black Kenworth cab over Aerodyne. I tell you what I can count the number of times on one hand I've seen an old school cab over Kenworth out on the road today. Those cab over Kenworth Aerodyne's that was the predecessor to W900.
 
There's some steel hauler around here that has a black Kenworth cab over Aerodyne. I tell you what I can count the number of times on one hand I've seen an old school cab over Kenworth out on the road today. Those cab over Kenworth Aerodyne's that was the predecessor to W900.
That would be sweet to see, my Dad worked for Werner for a spell and he had a sweet Peterbilt cabover, big sleeper with a king size bed, man, I remember sitting in that thing, it was a tall truck!
 
It does my heart good to see a working cabover on the road, I just love them, so much history. Today I saw a Peterbilt with the big sleeper hauling pipe, I also saw a set back axle Freightliner cabover with the big flat top sleeper hauling cars, that is so neat to see!

I agree 100% i always love seeing them. With the huge truck population here in houston I see quite a few. Some days I don't see any, while another day I saw 11 in one day, yes I counted! I want an old freightliner coe one day. I dont know what I'd do with it, but it would be so cool to have a nice one to myself.
 
That would be sweet to see, my Dad worked for Werner for a spell and he had a sweet Peterbilt cabover, big sleeper with a king size bed, man, I remember sitting in that thing, it was a tall truck!
Yes those Petes were huge! A day cab one for Basic energy pulled up next to me at the light. That driver had to be sitting atleast a foot and a half above me.
 
Gosh all this cabover and old school truck talk makes me almost want to hang up the two wheeler and go out and haul freight.
I've got an interview at GFS tomorrow, but after this thread I'm ready to call Gully up and see if I can me one of those old school FLDs to drive.

I can hang up my beer drivers uniform, put on my blue jeans and black Penn Central Tee Shirt and get a cowboy hat and hop in the old FLD knock that thing into 10th gear and keep it rolling. Now that's trucking!
 
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I just want this. Is that too much to ask? I will settle for that argosy though :1036316054:
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You know one of those cab overs probably isn't outrageously expensive. Commercial trucks lose value fairly quickly I mean seriously you could probably get that white Freightliner for $9-$10 grand cash.

Figure those cab overs while cool to us the bean counters just look at them as depreciating assets and the company just looks at them as tools well technology marches on and the big companies go "All that stuff that's just old technology from 20-30 years ago get rid of it it's all economically and environmentally obsolete now."
 
I remember seeing the Schneider and Yellowish light brown JB Hunt cab overs in the 1990's as well. Around what year did they start to phase those out? I'm thinking what 1998ish the Freightliner Centuries started to show up in both fleets. It seems for a while JB and Schneider ran like the exact same trucks and trailers. International Cab Overs and Wabash Trailers.
Werner though always ran a mix of stuff and I don't remember any Werner Cab Overs I remember Werner having the Freightliner Classic and Kenworth W-900s which is quite the truck for a big massive fleet to have. However Werner is the same Wabash Trailers.

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I tell you what people can say what they want about Werner, but Werner has always had a very sharp fleet of trucks and trailers. I love there blue and I'm digging that Dorsey trailer. That Freightliner and those aluminum rims are real sharp.

For a while it never happened, but when I was considering OTR Werner was at the top of my choices. Decker Truck Line and US Xpress were also at the top. Decker though isn't really a starter company so they were out and even now I couldn't work at Decker because I don't have any OTR experience. However I ended up in this crazy food service game ha-ha!

E="MikeJ, post: 898575, member: 34707"]I tell you what people can say what they want about Werner, but Werner has always had a very sharp fleet of trucks and trailers. I love there blue and I'm digging that Dorsey trailer. That Freightliner and those aluminum rims are real sharp.

For a while it never happened, but when I was considering OTR Werner was at the top of my choices. Decker Truck Line and US Xpress were also at the top. Decker though isn't really a starter company
I tell you what people can say what they want about Werner, but Werner has always had a very sharp fleet of trucks and trailers. I love there blue and I'm digging that Dorsey trailer. That Freightliner and those aluminum rims are real sharp.

For a while it never happened, but when I was considering OTR Werner was at the top of my choices. Decker Truck Line and US Xpress were also at the top. Decker though isn't really a starter company so they were out and even now I couldn't work at Decker because I don't have any OTR experience. However I ended up in this crazy food service game ha-ha!
I agree with you Mike that Werner has had some sharp rigs. I saw this one in the American History Museum in Washington DC.
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