Yeah I remember the pre-power steering,and no radio days.
We had the radio boxes,to load,and unload in our cabs.
But I can go one better then these issues BusterNite.
When I started in the trucking business it was long before the pallets were invented.
There was skids but they were to haul paper mainly.
They were short with boards,and no space on top,with two large runners on either side.
Almost all the other freight was loaded loose.
High,and tight,floor to the roof.
These were truely the bad old days.
Also there was no such thing as hours of service regulations.
You came in to unload the inbound trailers load your city route.
Make deliveries,and pickups,then unload your route trailer at our docks,then load all the outbound.
This type of work really seperated the men from the boys.
You never seen any women truckers back in the day.
But to make a long story short.
It really makes me laugh at the youngsters now days that always squawk on how hard everything is.
They will never know how good they've got it now days.