In the days before CDL schools...

RickyRicardo

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Isaac learned to pilot a tractor-trailer when he was eighteen years old by hijacking an old White Road Commander out of Knoxville, Tennessee. He held an unloaded .32 caliber revolver to the driver's head as the man was unlocking his door at the old K-Town Truck Plaza east of the city. It just so happened to be a load of whiskey on board destined for Montgomery, Alabama.

After observing everything the driver did for a few hours, Isaac felt confident he could handle the rig as good as anybody. He put out the unfortunate driver along a barren stretch of US Highway 41 south of Chattanooga, Tennessee, down on the Georgia state line, leaving the man enough money for a meal and keeping the rest for fuel.
 
An excerpt from a great short story written by a soon to be famous trucker/writer.
 
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