Remembering Consolidated Freightways
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ย. 2024
- This film was made up of several short video clips from various CF promotional and safety VHS tape videos that my friend had collected while working briefly at CF. Most of the clips were very short and nearly all of them were used to make this film. I had to transfer those videos onto my computer and then try to make something out of them. Anyway for those who had worked at CF, or fans like me who just wanted to see some images of the Red, White, and Green running again here you go.
Music:
Artist: Vincent Bernay
Song: Road Trip
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CORN FLAKES! My earliest memories are of my grandfather driving these. Sometimes he would stop in our town and meet us for lunch and I would get to sit in the drivers seat as he would press the accelerator down with his hand. That beast was loud and for sure was a "shaker" He drove out of Richfield, Ohio. His last route was the Indy turn. He retired in 1979. He passed in 2010. He adopted me in 1971. I was raised by him and he is easily the greatest man I have ever known. 10-4 Cautious Coyote. You are forever in my memories Gramps!
When I started at CF in 1984 at the age of 24, I was the youngest guy in our 7-man barn by at least 10 years. I really wish I would have had the foresight to get a picture of the 7 of us when I was a rookie. It would be a cherished possession to this day.
What was the official reason for Corn Flakes shutting down?
I remember CF, that's when truck drivers were truck drivers. They were always courteous and top notch guys.
Daddy still ironed his jeans and button up shirt, always polished his boots
In many of my dreams I still drive for CF. They sold us down the river and I never got over it
Darn shame it was.
Damn Shame. And a crime!
What was the official reason for shutting down?
Gotta move on brother. Can’t live in the past, gotta live in the present and future. I’ve gotten burned twice , CF and Roadway, I’ve always found my way through. Stay positive and healthy!
Worked for CF for 25 years in Great Falls Mt. Starting 1975. We used to cross dock Canadian freight here. 6 linehaul drivers would make 2 trips to the Canadian border at Sweetgrass Montana everyday. The best job I ever had. Worked for Yellow after CF shutdown until I retired in 2014.
I grew up around consolidated freight way!! My grandfather had 35 years of service. He retired back in 1994. I have so much CF collectible stuff it’s unbelievable. I even have a sign from a pup trailer. I’ve been driving myself for 18 years now. I run the roads for Saia motor freight. My grandfather had an excellent retirement from consolidated freightways! He passed away in 2012. I used to ride around the yard in a CF truck with him as a little boy. Im very fortunate to have a lot of memories from him and his days at CF!
I rode in one of these old freight Shaker’s as my grandfather called them! I have ALL of his CF stuff still to this day! Huge CF signs jackets hats gloves pins you name it! Thats what 35 years will get you! He Retired back in 1994. And got to enjoy 18 years of retirement before passing away! I’ve been driving 18 years myself now! I drive for SAIA. It’s a Great job! I followed him in his footsteps! He always told me get your CDL keep it clean and you’ll always have a job! I remember riding around the CF yard in the old school conventional! Keep trucking!!! I know I still am!!!
I drove 6 years for Saia, it was no comparison to the 22 years driving for CF where you were treated with real respect.
C F was the best company i ever worked for.i drove for them almost making 10 years and then they were closing the doors.i really miss this place all my friends fellow drivers all the places i would stop at on my runs.truly a great place to work they dont have jobs like this anymore and they never will.
Must have been cool trucking back then. So the doubles and triples were for linehaul. You guys didn't use 40,45,48 or 53s back then for city work or exclusively pups?
@@invnine5140 We would use whatever was needed, but the longest trailers we had in the CF fleet at the end were 48 footers. We all drove single pups, double pups or the 48 footers. Can't believe it's been 19 years since they ran the company into the ground. What a shame.
God is punishing America for abortion and feminism.
I remember my brother and I were fueling in Greensboro NC and one of the drivers said it was the last week they would be in business. I really hated that. It bothers me to see old companies go under.
PNY and NNY terminals, 1986-1988. Every pay stub had a safety saying, “The match you toss can cause great loss!” Worked with some real good people at CF.
I remember seeing CF trucks everywhere as a kid in the mid-nineties. I always called them "toothpaste trucks"; their logo looked a little like the Colgate-Palmolive "CP" logo to me, and the red and green stripes looked like Aquafresh 😂. I never knew they went out of business as I was only 14 and didn't pay attention to such things at the time, but I did realize once a number of years later that I hadn't seen any toothpaste trucks in awhile. By the time I learned what happened, CF was long gone.
My dad drove for a smaller truck line, Knaus Trucklines, that was absorbed by CF in the late 50s. He drove sleepers out of Kansas City mainly to the west coast and east on a run that was called "around the horn" - KC to Indianapolis to Chicago, back to KC. The Freightliners were cramped and slow. They weren't air conditioned at first. Mom told me later that when dispatch called him in the middle of the night for a west coast run he would go into the bathroom and throw up. We kids were blissfully unaware of that as we enjoyed the comfortable middle-class life Dad provided. Still Dad loved driving and I loved the stories he and the other drivers would tell when I went down to the terminal with him, or we gathered for a cookout.
Love this video, worked for Cf in phx. Az. Best group of people to work with , after they went under , went to yellow ( yrc ) , then retired with abf , couldn't believe after working for those other companys, c.f. went under, they had more freight ,and better people than any of the others . Great times at C.F. !!!!!
I told several CF drivers at the San Bernardino rail yard (X16) the week CF closed down, to get their butts over here at Roadway. Most drivers chuckled and said CF will outlast Big R, wasn't too many days later over at CF Mira Loma the news broke. Roadway picked up quite a few CF drivers, GREAT drivers and many became good friends.
And now? Yellow/yrc that bought out roadway, new pen, Holland as others now they are bankrupt, it's CF all over again & I wouldn't of wanted to be surprised as them who worked at CF & Yellow/yrc don't have a job anymore, many had lost out on their pensions their jobs under the new contract back in 2009 loosing the golden 80 & out replaced by retiring age of 65 regardless of years person has in had to wait till 65 to retire & taking 15% cut in wages was a disaster waiting to happen... later on not long back another contract came up that guys would get back some of their wages a whole dollar? Lol... & now the company is a goner like cf, goes to show that NO job is guaranteed union or not if company wants to pull the plug they will do it & NO UNION is going to stop it from happening..
Rest in peace CF you will be missed but, you will never be forgotten.
32 years with them...
So many of those great trucking companies gone - how sad.
The fellow who taught me to drive retired with a 3-Million Mile card from CF. He said if you ever get a chance to work there, do it.
A huge blast from the past! I would ride with my Dad during the summer cross country. California Fairy or Corn Flake trucks is what he called them. Great video with a lot of footage of old cabovers. I wish they still produced cabovers here in the US. I remember the first time I saw a set of doubles and triples was out west. Awesome video!
Vincent thank you and your friend for not letting the CF die. Those corn flake trucks are one of the bones of the backbone of America. God Bless both of you
My dad worked for this company till he passed away in 85.
I worked for CF in the seventies still have truck models of CF trucks.
Even the yard dogs had cf paint! My how times have changed. Wouldn't mind owning that ol cf001 frieghtliner fld..
My mother in law and her friends all worked for CF in Ontario California. To this day, every year they all get together in Laughlin NV.
It was the Mira loma, Ca. yard. It was near Ontario, Ca. My dad was a driver out of that yard for 27 years.
Anyone remember the CF, SANTA FE SPRINGS,CA ,reunions at Laughlin ,NV ?
I remember when I was 3 years old & one of my dad's friend gave me a 1/53 scale model of this truck. It was such a great gift but you know young kids, they destroy things & I'm still mad at myself that I smashed it to bits with a hammer. Smdh
Gone but not forgotten!
My father drove for CF in Mt Pocono PA for 25 plus years
Those freight hauler’s would come through Jonesboro Arkansas at around 5 pm in a whole heard, like cattle. About 4 AM they would pass through back towards Memphis in a big heard. If you ever saw one of the Corn Flake drivers at a truck stop, they were the best dressed people in the restaurant.
Aww brings back so many memories.
My grandpa drove for CF until he retired. From Tucumcari NM and Las Vegas NV.
Triples, man that's a driver!! No way I'd even do doubles, these guys were the real deal!!
Yes we were.
When I was an owner operator I can remember you couldn't swing a dead cat by the tail without hitting a corn flakes truck. So many of these big trucking companies are gone now.
That s funny but true today.
Thanks to deregulation. This is y the trying industry sucks
My Dad worked as a Teamster with them from 1985 - 2002 in Oregon. He won many awards and was a great worker. Still remember sitting on his lap in the older cabover that he let me steer around the yard when I was 3 years old. Also remember going camping and fishing with many of the CF families from Oregon growing up in the 1990s. Great people and memories
Thank You! 25 years at CF - Portland Oregon, LJC and Adtech 2
Frank Nimeth Jr. I wonder how many sets I built while I was there? I did CF1 twice and 10-1 right after it's refurb. Good times, good people, good company. I remember Labor Day weekend of 2002 like it was yesterday... :(
I was young when they went under but I have one clear memory sitting in the car with my mom in a drive-thru and a CF truck is parked across the street at a hotel.
Great video. Loved seeing those triples rolling down the interstate in the Midwest way back when.
I started for CF in Canada Ottawa Ontario in 1986 did dock work and Lt L run up to Renfew Alan Fourney I’m now 75 keep truck
Thank you for video. Talk about a trip down memory lane.
As a young boy in the early 70's I was a truck nut. My favorite set up was Consolidated Freightways c.o.e. pulling triples.
There is a storage unit in town that has 20 plus C.F. trailers for storage. I enjoy seeing them.
...Damn company was so huge, they manufactured their own rigs! At their height, you couldn't drive on ANY freeway, tollway, or highway anywhere in the US (and Canada) without seeing a Conso truck - or three!
My father in law, Russell Larson, worked CF and drove out of the Oakland terminal with a turnaround in SLC. I think he retired somewhere around 82-84.
My dad work for them 38 yrs I work unloading trailers and my brother work with them back late 70's bob slade
Portland Oregon...My Dad remembers Mr. James loading trailers in his suit and tie along side his men
I still have a wooden ruler they gave out a long, long time ago. good drivers...
I miss seeing them old corn flake trucks on the road
Also,we miss 76 Truck Stop signs.
Impressed with the volume of multi trailer footage 👌
Thanks for the vid. A great company that should still be in business!
I drove form CF out of Chicopee Mass. and Seattle. Triples and chaining up across the top. Ran sleeper teams. Try sleeping in on of those going down the road.
I grew up on "corn flakes" - my Dad was a road driver for C/F for 35 years. I can't remember dad driving a conventional. All I remember were COE's (Internationals and then Freightliners).
Same here.....my father retired after 36 years and all I remember are cab overs......
Nothing like trying to pass a triple in the rain!
Superb job on the video Steven. Hard to believe we're coming up on 16 years since they pulled the plug on us. Still stunned at the way it went down.
My favorite part of the vid is at the 3:30 mark when CF One pulls onto the lot behind an escort vehicle. I was fortunate enough to drive that rig in the early to mid-90's when it came to our terminal.
I'd also like to compliment your choice of music to accompany the video. Couldn't imagine a better tune to view this by. Thanks for taking the time to put this together for us.
Thank you for the comments. I know when putting this together I was sort of trying to coordinate the video clips with the music as best as possible (didn't always work). Also thought it would be nice to see scenes of trucks driving down the road as opposed to just still images (not that there is anything wrong with that). I'm just lucky that a friend of mine snagged a bunch of old CF VHS tapes back then before they were thrown away, and that he let me borrow them to make this.
Why did Corn Flakes officially shut down?
The good old days; CF and don’t forget Navajo.
They were known in CB slang as “Corn Flakes”
I had great memories being part of the CF team, DPI!!
I miss seeing the Ford L9000s on the road.
I still see em once in a very rare and very blue moon. I usually get pretty excited too from the cab of my freightshaker. My co worker workerd for sysco food sevice back in the 90's he said they got brand new cabover fords to deliver in Minneapolis now its all conventional and 53' ftrs. Doesnt make a whole lot of sense places to stop trucks are getting scarce and the roads are staying the same. Plus all the weight restictions.
I miss the old trucks period, my Dad's first truck was a Ford CL9000. All the new trucks have no charter now. Just plastic and fiberglass and no chrome.
When i was kid i called these the toothpaste trucks lol the colors of them stripes reminded me of toothpaste.
Steven, You did an awesome job of preserving these old video's.. well done.. I've been CF fan for many years.. I will be adding this to my saved video's Playlist for future reference.. Dave
More damn CF rigs than a driver should have to look at.lol At least the gave the hostler some air time. That rig w/the employee's pictures
was CF ONE. It was paid for in part by employee's contributions.
Thx for taking time to post this video , brings back good times !! Thx again.
Very cool montage , I'm uploading a video as this plays on how to build a CF cabover in N scale. Lol coincidence , thank you for sharing this, Dave .
I was a receiving clerk for 27 years unloaded a bunch of CF pups ...CF stood for claim form ...never unloaded a pup without some damage...CF was a Big Dawg in LTL
Wow! How on earth did you get all this footage?
This was awesome!!!
I hauled freight from there airfreight division it was a good deal
Awesome video !!!! Thank you
In 2005 i seen some old CF trucks in Kuwait
THE LAST TIME I SAW A CF TRUCK I WAS WORKING CASUAL WITH A WRECKER COMPANY OUT OF DENVER IN THE 70!S /THE BOSS CALLED ME UP TO GO AND WORK A ROLL OVER OUT ST FRANCIS KANASE WAY /WITHOUT ANOTHER UNIT I SET UP A SET OF DOUBLES AND MANAGED TO GET IT BACK TO DENVER
I started there in Lincoln Nebraska when I was 26 years old. I hated that rough riding clapped-out truck but the money was good. And at least I didn't work for trash can...lol transcon
My Dad was 3 years from retirement when CF folded. He had to work another 7 years for Yellow to get his pension. College boys seem to always ruin a good thing.
I wish I could paint a Peterbilt 389 in those colors
My uncle marv worked there . Waterloo IA.
My dad pulled 2and 3 48 to 53s too up on the NY thruway too for Howard's Howard's express too kh
I drove for CF as a TO. Shame they did what they did.
Makes me so damn mad I see red! I remember the morning dad got the call the gate was locked in Atlanta! My brother was on the dock and they told first shift not to come in... No warning, dad had been there 25 years and my brother just a few years less. I hope they rot in hell
They really worked those trucks didn't they.
Another great company that should be around, if it wasn't for mismanagement, like Yellow too, 😥
CF down fall was the CF ONE why would any one want to run line haul with a sleeper
Great video, Steven! Where did you get all these classic CF film clips from? Canadian Freightways was still using this same CF logo when I drove my semi through Calgary, Alberta, Canada, about 5 years ago with my former carrier Con-way Truckload--which itself was, ironically, an offshoot of Consolidated Freightways.
Off course, Con-way no longer exists, as it was gobbled up by XPO Logistics, which later spun off Con-way's truckload division to the Canadian mega carrier Transforce. Transforce renamed this American truckload acquisition as CFI, apparently in homage to the truckload company's pre-Con-Way days. (Years ago when Con-way decided to augment its LTL business with a truckload operation, it searched for and found an established truckload carrier to buy by the name of Contract Freighters, Inc., or CFI for short.)
Boy am I glad that I got away from all that mergers and acquisitions mess, and now work for Shaffer Trucking. Life is much better here.
-from Tom Pilling
Hi Tom. A good friend of mine had collected about half a dozen safety, promotional, and year-end CF VHS tapes from his short time driving with CF. I basically had to upload it onto my computer (and using all tapes) pick out all the short little clips of trucks that were within those films. Then try to arrange them in some sort of order that hopefully would be interesting. I had tried to sync the images with the song as really most clips weren't any longer than the beat of the song anyways. I basically exhausted all the available clips to make this film. So enjoy what's there....as there isn't much else.
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Did CF have cameras in the truck like, Saia dose ?
I worked on the yard building sets for Linehaul.... Never seen a camera in any unit
They loved wedge brakes, I don,t know why.
Wedge Brakes SUCKED !!! I drove for CF's little brother, Conway, for 9 years. I was told " Wedge Brakes are stronger than S - Cam, with two cylinders & actuators ( wedges ) per brake assembly. " Yea - and they could only be 1/16th inch out of adjustment before being red tagged at a scale inspection !!! Also, wedge brakes had to be completely disassembled and all parts cleaned before LEGAL reassembly, but few mechanics did that - just slap in new shoes and It's HAPPY TRAILS. Another problem with wedge brakes : If you blew an inside tire at speed, the flailing rubber was certain to take out the air lines on at least one cylinder, if not both. They you're " AN Inroute Breakdown. Terrific...
Just about the time they get them wagons to the point you could "steer em" and "stop em! " they shut them critters down!
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I have windows models I enjoy today of cf
The company is still around as Conway XPO logistics. I wonder why Freightliners Paccar made Kenworth and Peterbilt Trucks of the 1980s have Many Truck plates Pennsylvania Zxx Truck Plate NJ Heavy Hauler/Commerical plates
When you see these companies like this go under this country has had it .I remember I hada chance to drive for Grey Hound I turned them down didn't want to deal with drunks on a bus lol
Remember Branch,Thurston,Brownie,and Midwest Emery?
Used to be called Corn Flakes on C.B.
Is there a professional TH-cam idiot whose job is to downvote everything? Can’t believe someone honestly did this to this vid.
I miss Corn Flakes.
Steven, I would like to post this video in our CF tribute Group. Would that be alright?
That would be fine, thank you for asking.
how did you find a 5 min song that doesnt change a bit lmao
Loop
Think you squeaky wilson Charlotte nc Driver (19 Year or services )
When Men drove tractor trailers & Women had 2-5 Children.
too bad company went under
Just out of curiosity, why did they go bankrupt in the first place? Was it because of the union or was it because their customers weren’t paying the bills?
Labor costs, maintenance and fuel costs of a huge fleet, deregulation, changing customer needs, and mismanagement all go into that stew.
Was CF as big as Roadway?
Both were large companies, however which was bigger I can't really say for certain. Keep in mind both companies covered several decades of operation, and as far as where they ranked for any given year I'm sure fluctuated some. I suspect somewhere there is a historical record that ranked LTL trucking companies over the years. Thanks for watching.
Ter rye I believe they were.