Yes, they still own the majority of the terminals. They do lease some though.
Yellow | Yellow lawsuit against Teamsters
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I drove the 8V's. They were decent. These old 2 stack Macks were my favorite Roadway tractor of all the years I worked there.
Ah, the good old days of trucking.I drove the 8V's. They were decent. These old 2 stack Macks were my favorite Roadway tractor of all the years I worked there.
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Ah, the good old days of trucking.
Manual steering, no AC, they still ran bias ply tires that under a heavy load would sing you a song all night. Had the air powered wipers, the regulators were always worn out, they were either going so fast the blades would fly off or they would just stall.
When I started the RB1 shake and bakes were still around but nearing the end of their lives, we had new RB2's and day cab cabovers then the long nose WCL Whites.I drove the 8V's. They were decent. These old 2 stack Macks were my favorite Roadway tractor of all the years I worked there.
Maislin Ford Louisville's, summertime when the doghouse didn't always attach right and there was a little gap at the floor and the engine heat from those 290 Cummins engines blew right on your throttle foot the whole trip. Pure joy! But hey, we were exempted from road tractor contractual A/C because we didn't run that far south.
PS - Spoke wheels also.
Hey just think about how good that heat would feel on your foot in the cold winter months ;)Maislin Ford Louisville's, summertime when the doghouse didn't always attach right and there was a little gap at the floor and the engine heat from those 290 Cummins engines blew right on your throttle foot the whole trip. Pure joy! But hey, we were exempted from road tractor contractual A/C because we didn't run that far south.
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Somehow it always turned into a cold draft in the winter.
And it sure did get cold heading north of the border all those times.
jimbobillybob
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Slowly but surely getting off topic
I once owned an airplane that had 4 5h.p. Briggs and Stratton engines.
I once owned an airplane that had 4 5h.p. Briggs and Stratton engines.
Yep, we'll be talking baseball and about that closed Yellow terminal in Chicago before long.
This usually happens when there really isn't anything left to be said. Still better than a CB radio though.
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The good ole Shake and Bakes, you guys used to weld plates up in the cab corners on the inside to hold the cabs together. I drove a couple that were so bad that if you opened both doors at the same time the cab might have folded up.
I always enjoy reading about how tough you old timers had it back in the old days.
DFL_driver
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They had to walk 5 miles to work also
That was the A/C you asked for it just took a bit to get working then you guys started complaining about the heater................
But that's what we do best isn't it?
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They’ll probably stiff the lawyers… hopefully they found a cheap firm… probably did for them to take on this
heap of a suit…
Where you been, Wayne? Car haulin’ yet? Can’t remember? Or you at Coop now?They’ll probably stiff the lawyers… hopefully they found a cheap firm… probably did for them to take on this ::