Roadway Express 75 Years of Service

[Jeff]

 

[chappey]

Nice

 

[seabreeze]

When I was 14 or 15 yrs old, I always wanted to drive for Roadway.
I thought Big R was the cat's meow, I guess I was lucky I never made the grade.

 

[victor93]

When I was 14 or 15 yrs old, I always wanted to drive for Roadway.
I thought Big R was the cat's meow, I guess I was lucky I never made the grade.

They had a great run until………..

 

[Jeff]

When I was a young pup in the LTL business and a Fredrickson driver, I was in awe at the size of the Kernersville terminal they had

 

[seabreeze]

When I was a young pup in the LTL business and a Fredrickson driver, I was in awe at the size of the Kernersville terminal they had

They were our next-door neighbors in Charl.
My dad had a shop back in the 50s and worked on leased trucks.
One guy had 6 big green Autocars leased to Big R, 5 had 200 Cummins, one had an a175, and all had Brown & Lipes, that's where I learned to drive.
I'd get to bobtail them back to the terminal and change 375 gears each trip.

 

[SuperCourse]

They were our next-door neighbors in Charl.
My dad had a shop back in the 50s and worked on leased trucks.
One guy had 6 big green Autocars leased to Big R, 5 had 200 Cummins, one had an a175, and all had Brown & Lipes, that's where I learned to drive.
I'd get to bobtail them back to the terminal and change 375 gears each trip.

What the hell is Brown and Lipes Breezer? I did a search and all I got was pictures of lips with brown lipstick.

 

[seabreeze]

What the hell is Brown and Lipes Breezer? I did a search and all I got was pictures of lips with brown lipstick.

That was the manufacturer's name of the aux transmission.
They were called (3 spd Brownies)
5 spd main with 3 spd aux (underdrive, direct, and overdrive.
The guy who owned the Autocars bought a 1953 or 54 405 IHC with a Roadranger, the first one I'd seen.
Not long after that Big R cut off the leases, and this guy went to work in the city for them for 40-plus years.

 

[SuperCourse]

That was the manufacturer's name of the aux transmission.
They were called (3 spd Brownies)
5 spd main with 3 spd aux (underdrive, direct, and overdrive.
The guy who owned the Autocars bought a 1953 or 54 405 IHC with a Roadranger, the first one I'd seen.
Not long after that Big R cut off the leases, and this guy went to work in the city for them for 40-plus years.

Not sure if I never heard of them or just forgot about them. lol I know I never drove one, all the two sticks I drove were Mack, duplex, triplex and quadraplex.

 

[Hookman]

Did anybody notice that one bastard with a bag over his head trying to back into a dock with his door open? Rookie.

 

[BIG R GUY]

Did anybody notice that one bastard with a bag over his head trying to back into a dock with his door open? Rookie.

Watch what you say about my grandpa Ted.

 

[mud]

They had a great run until………..

I started with Roadway as a casual in 1981. Got hired on full time in 1982.
Retired from YRC in June of 2009 and I'm glad I did.
In retrospect, the years I spent with Roadway Express were the best job I ever had.

 

[Triplex]

When I was 14 or 15 yrs old, I always wanted to drive for Roadway.
I thought Big R was the cat's meow, I guess I was lucky I never made the grade.

Holy cow, don't let Slave see that trailer or he'll have heart palpitations!!

 

[seabreeze]

I started with Roadway as a casual in 1981. Got hired on full time in 1982.
Retired from YRC in June of 2009 and I'm glad I did.
In retrospect, the years I spent with Roadway Express were the best job I ever had.

Aw Mud, you're just rubbing it in because you worked for Roadway and I didn't.
Just look where you ended up, repairing shopping carts and selling Campground Approved Firewood.
Ryder was the better job and I live on (easy street)

 

[seabreeze]

 

[LS2Silver]

Aw Mud, you're just rubbing it in because you worked for Roadway and I didn't.
Just look where you ended up, repairing shopping carts and selling Campground Approved Firewood.
Ryder was the better job and I live on (easy street)

I had a residential on Easy Street the other day, pallets of Mason jars. Had to bring it back, though, the homeowner was in Scranton on a picket line fighting to bring back cabovers with 238 Detroits and twin sticks.

 

[seabreeze]

I had a residential on Easy Street the other day, pallets of Mason jars. Had to bring it back, though, the homeowner was in Scranton on a picket line fighting to bring back cabovers with 238 Detroits and twin sticks.

We're gonna get those 238s cut back to 190 to pull 45' trailers.

 

[victor93]

I had a residential on Easy Street the other day, pallets of Mason jars. Had to bring it back, though, the homeowner was in Scranton on a picket line fighting to bring back cabovers with 238 Detroits and twin sticks.

I can't find Easy street on my GPS

 

[LS2Silver]

I can't find Easy street on my GPS

Once you pass School of Hard Knocks Lane on Been There Done That Boulevard, you will see it. Gotta warn you though, it's a No Thru Truck route.

 

[seabreeze]

Once you pass School of Hard Knocks Lane on Been There Done That Boulevard, you will see it. Gotta warn you though, it's a No Thru Truck route.

I thought it was on CD only.