imported_OleGuy
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WOW OleGuy.
Here I thought I was an old guy on this here (TB).
You make me feel a little younger,as I got my start in trucking around mid 1963,which gave me 45 years when I retired in April of 2008.
You say you remember the teflon fifth wheels as far back as 1959?
However around the late 90's,I was delivering those sheets of teflon to the guy who claimed he was the inventor.
I'm pretty sure he told me they were for the high end Pete's,and Kenny whoopers.
Like I say I never saw any teflon fifth wheels.
I did see him putting sheets in dump truck boxes,I guess it was supposed to keep asphalt from sticking to the bottom of the boxes.
When they were bringing the tar,stone mixture to road projects.
I drove weekend's 1951 (sophomore in high school) to 5/1953 graduation.
Then went meat packer till 6/54, flatbed to 8/55, bulls (produce in season)56-57. Teamed MS to LA/FRISCO some Seattle till March 59, and JOINED US ARMY...
Came out with wife and daughter and got off road. Got in equipment business as employee and owner till 94. Used my tandem roll back in it and rented semi's for hauling auction purchases. Sold it and semi retired. Kept my hand in with friends. Some are nice. Will let me make the trip if I pay my own expenses and a few will LET ME DRIVE.....
The pieces I saw were thin tore up things. Probably the forerunners of later designs. Teflon was not real tuff when it first came out. In 1990 Pallet Mule
Pallet jack began using it as the load bearing under the jack to cross piece.
So later it was more prevalent. Tuff stuff for rip rap to slide down and it stay in the truck.
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