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Back in the early 80's, I was in a truck stop, might have been in Nebraska having coffee with an ol' timer, he asked me if I knew what ruined the trucking industry, I said, deregulation, 55 mph speed limit, J B Hunt? "Nope," he said "panty hose", "nothin' to see anymore". All perspective I guess.....
Who remembers the "Truckin" Bozo"? WLW "The 50,000 watt flamethrower of the mid-west". Got me through many a night....
Who remembers the "Truckin" Bozo"? WLW "The 50,000 watt flamethrower of the mid-west". Got me through many a night....
Freightmaster1
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You mean the Bad old days.
I drove the B-Model Mack with a twin stick tranny.
Whoever designed those duplex & triplex tranny's were not thinking about safety.
Also back in the day tractors had no creature features,such as power steering,or air-conditioning.
If we wanted a radio we had to bungy strap a radio box in the cab
The young drivers coming into the trade now days would agree that trucking back in the day,were the Bad old days.
I drove the B-Model Mack with a twin stick tranny.
Whoever designed those duplex & triplex tranny's were not thinking about safety.
Also back in the day tractors had no creature features,such as power steering,or air-conditioning.
If we wanted a radio we had to bungy strap a radio box in the cab
The young drivers coming into the trade now days would agree that trucking back in the day,were the Bad old days.
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I really liked that clip. I actually met him once down in Looaahvil at the Mid America Truck Show not too long before his wife got sick, before he relocated to Florida if I recall. I'd bounce between his show and the Midnight Cowboy.
1966, H-model Macks with twin stick duplex and triplex and cable operated parking brake, no maxi-brakes.
Freightmaster1
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Remember Dale well, also Charlie Douglas, Dave nemo, WWL New Orleans Ralph Emery, WSM Nashville.
Yep, those guys made the nights a little better drive.
Forgot Lee Moore, (coffe drinking nighthawk) WWVA Wheeling W Va.
Loved the B61, B67, not so much, concave cab, belly rubbed the steering wheel.
We never had H or F models, ran KWs and 7400 White.
The nightmare we had was the W model Ford.
You can't complain unless you drove F8 Fords, A50 Macks and L200 IHC gas burners.
WHAT you didn't like the "Two story" Ford's not much worse than the GMC "Cracker Box's"
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Found this one, once talked to an Ol' Carolina freight driver who said they had a unit with the sleeper in the trailer. I had it easy compared to whoever had to deal with this.
Very fortunate, missed out on the Crackerbox and two story.
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Hopefully only a single driver, for a team you could go right to the graveyard in that thing when debris came up and skewered you. Seems like you found the origin of the "coffin box sleeper". Ol' fat man like me would have a hell of a time getting in and out. I like the portholes.
Associated Transport, sleeper under trailer, used mostly for single operation.
When driver's time was up, crawled under and took his break.
In the very early years at Coop, we had those mounted on top of the trailer..you know for safety from road debris......well BRG still suffers from PTSD from waking up on the side of the road....
Associated Transport, sleeper under trailer, used mostly for single operation.
When driver's time was up, crawled under and took his break.