I would loved to have PS in my days, but in my 35 years, it didn't happen.
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I think things started going downhill when they started to install power steering in tractors, when they eliminated the low air pressure wig-wag signal above the driver's side windshield, and took away the front axle limiter valve. Heck, now anybody could drive!
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I get that....but what was up with wearing a sailer suit? No company uniforms back then?
I recall when they removed the brakes off the steering axle.I think things started going downhill when they started to install power steering in tractors, when they eliminated the low air pressure wig-wag signal above the driver's side windshield, and took away the front axle limiter valve. Heck, now anybody could drive!
About a year later the law required them again, Ryder spent a small fortune replacing them before they could be traded.
Showing off our muscles!I get that....but what was up with wearing a sailer suit? No company uniforms back then?
Or our Musk-els as that Sailor used to say!
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You should ask for a show of hands to see who amongst us knows exactly what you're talking about Tri. Those Low Air Warning drop downs, wow, they went away even when I was young. How about the air windshield wipers, yikes!I think things started going downhill when they started to install power steering in tractors, when they eliminated the low air pressure wig-wag signal above the driver's side windshield, and took away the front axle limiter valve. Heck, now anybody could drive!
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Ive had the wipers which were terrible but haven't seen the drop down warning.
Most of my right pants legs had oil spots from WSW on A 50 Mack leaking.
Don't forget to see if your smudge pot
flares were filled with kerosene, and drain your air tanks.
They had their main, East - West breakbulk in Van Orin, IL. YRC still uses that lot for turns out of 309 for all Iowa freight.
The Wig Wag device question still shows up in the air brake section of the Illinois CDL study book.
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One of my first jobs was hauling cement tanks.
One guy asked an old timer how they unloaded them before the PTO.
He said they turned a screw and cranked it out.
He did have the Popeye forearms.
When Ryder bought Miller Motor Lines ( a tanker outfit) they had B&S engines on the rear of the tankers to pump off chemicals.
They worked on them more than the trucks.
But did he have Olive Oyl waiting for him at home?
hay seabreeze remember when ryder had white roadboss tractors . i allways thought that was a cool name for a tractor . .
But it’s pronounced Vig Vag…..
Yes, the Moldowa version. They use them on their forklifts in the warehouse. They go in a circle and smack the driver upside his head of an impending pallet crash in coming.