So, you’re sayin’, Key West is like you’re Arctic Circle latitude?
Exactly right!
Those Fla blizzards were tough on old folks.
So, you’re sayin’, Key West is like you’re Arctic Circle latitude?
They called me Panama Hat driver, if they called for snow within 1000 miles I was sick!
If you ran further south of Greenville SC, you might of seen the signs for Four Hole Swamp or Stinking Creek. That's what I remember driving home from MCAS Beaufort in the early seventies.Back before the 45' trailers and 3 axle tractors, they ran us up old 74 through Hickory Nut Gorge and Chimney Rock to
Ashville, back down 25 to Greenville S C and back to Ashville to bed, this all night ordeal only paid an 8 hr minnie
We detoured there in the early 60s, when Barnes Food Express tore the old wooden bridges out at Kite Ga.If you ran further south of Greenville SC, you might of seen the signs for Four Hole Swamp or Stinking Creek. That's what I remember driving home from MCAS Beaufort in the early seventies.
A few years later, we had some IHC and Diamond T COE that had a Red 501 with Holly 4 brl. carb. 8 spd roadranger.
These were not used as road tractors, had the same tractors with JT Cummins for line tractors.
You could run the speedometer out of numbers downhill, but run out of gears going up hill.
Grandpa came by his house when I would spend the night with a set of wiggle wagons with that style Volvo. I wanted to drive for the Big R ever since. That damn Bill Zollars ****ed me over had to settle for Holland.I liked the trucks when they were painted orange and blue.
We still use that practice in Gville.They called me Panama Hat driver, if they called for snow within 1000 miles I was sick!
Grandpa came by his house when I would spend the night with a set of wiggle wagons with that style Volvo. I wanted to drive for the Big R ever since. That damn Bill Zollars ****ed me over had to settle for Holland.
What did you want to do when you were 13???When I was 12 or 14 yrs old, all I wanted to do was drive for Big R.
What did you want to do when you were 13???
When I was 12 or 14 yrs old, all I wanted to do was drive for Big R, ugly dark green leased Autocar, 200 Cummins,3 spd Brown & Lipe.
I would have driven for nothing, didn't thing about money, just driving that truck.
Got all my knowledge listening to truck drivers tales.
After the pumpkin, that style Volvo was my favorite Roadway tractor.Grandpa came by his house when I would spend the night with a set of wiggle wagons with that style Volvo. I wanted to drive for the Big R ever since. That damn Bill Zollars ****ed me over had to settle for Holland.
A lot of oilfields had R-190-195's with RD 450's & RD 501's. The R-190 my neighbor had went to work on a farm after he passed away. I think it is still running. People made fun of Internationals calling them corn binders. corn shuckers, Farmalls etc. but they were tough & parts were not as expensive as other trucks. A lot of farmers used them because they could buy parts & get service locally.
Bang my English teacherWhat did you want to do when you were 13???
Those elbow patches on them coats is a turn on......Bang my English teacher
Oh no......its english "collusion ".Bang my English teacher
Those elbow patches on them coats is a turn on......
A lot of oilfields had R-190-195's with RD 450's & RD 501's. The R-190 my neighbor had went to work on a farm after he passed away. I think it is still running. People made fun of Internationals calling them corn binders. corn shuckers, Farmalls etc. but they were tough & parts were not as expensive as other trucks. A lot of farmers used them because they could buy parts & get service locally.