The golden days of trucking, and I was there! Drove from 69 to 89 until doctors pulled me out of my truck & off the road. That day was one of the worst days of my life but I've got enough memories to last a lifetime. They called me High-Gear...
The Average Quiz : I have a feeling you would've loved it. To be sure, driving back then had it's ups & downs but for the most part the good outweighed the bad by a long shot. Sadly you young drivers today will never understand the freedom & independence we had..it was a different world back then, and lord did we have fun...
One of my favorite past times were watching all the different paint schemes. Now? Shoot. Boring. Bland Invisible. Kenworth. Peterbilt. Freightliner. My favorite in that order. 70-80s only.
Awesome story,I love watching about peoples lifestyles on the other side of the planet,and being about truckers made it even better,,to yo yo and all truckers,my love and respect,best wishes to all,from,Auckland,New Zealand.❤😍🙂😉😉
Long nose Pete with a 60 inch bunk, she was not running coast to coast with all the 55 ft 73,280 lb states down the middle of the country unless she was pulling a pretty short trailer. I was out there back then and I would have loved having a truck like that but I was stuck with a cab over with a 45 ft trailer to meet the overall length limits.
That was back in the day whenever you’d get close to a truck stop you’d hear someone on the CB hollering for “Cowboy” or “Outlaw”, are you in the truck stop? Yo-Yo reminds me of the gal “Sissy” in the movie “ Urban Cowboy” with John Travolta. She probably would’ve handled herself well on the Bull at Gilleys!
What ever happened to YO YO. It was rare in those days to see women driving trucks And I tell you what they took a lot of shit. From the so called good ol boys In the late 80’s when I first started it was then end of the true free truck driver My first five years were the best Then all the laws CDL and the DOT cracking down ALSO THERE WASNT 1/2 the trucks on the road At night you could go an hour or two before you’d pass another truck in some areas I could write a book. Some of the guys I made friends with were still friends today the few that are still with us
Yep,Transport City is just a parking lot and a body dump now. I retired from trucking last year,the trucking business has become unrecognizable from when I started in 79.
I used to buy log books 6 at the time at truck stops @ 25C a book and no one ever check them. We drove till we got tired, had 4hrs nap and went again. No fcucking stress, no cameras or aircon, just bloody mosquitoes ( Canadian North) and permits for every State or Province. @#&&%$@, other than that, no comment :-)
We are a dying breed and no one respects what we do out here. I am a widow of a trucker and I drive. I am reminded about the hard work we do. To all my brothers and sisters you are making me proud to call you FAMILY
Haven't bought DEF in over 5 years. W9 glider w/6nz. Started driving in 75, I remember the old days. Some of it was kinda rough, but we had a good time.
I remember growing up through the 80s and talking with truckers on the CB while we were driving on family trips... some of the best people out there, and they still are
@@olvinyldude I collect TH-cam music artist from around the World on my channel for a number of years. One YT uploader from the UK uploaded his vinyl record collections that are very rare. Some are first pressing albums. I listen to many genres of music even in other languages. Some are one of a kind found nowhere else including some concerts.
@@davidfromamerica1871 That is awesome! I have several of those also, some of only pressings known... I have a few up on the channel, & I do indeed love all genre music as well! Music is the great healer & soother.. I have the Original "Tombstone Every Mile" up on the channel, you may enjoy that one..it is so different, from the one we heard on Radio back in the day.. Happy Trails!
What an awesome video ! The golden age of trucking for sure , I sent this to my uncle and he got quite a kick out of it! He said in ‘79 he was hauling steel to New York in a ‘72 White Freightliner coe with no power steering, and if he could go back to them days it’d be only for that gal and her truck 😂😂😂
Hi-jacked by the fringe, lunatics running the asylum, we was to polite for our own damn good, quiet when we should’ve been yelling, sleeping when we should’ve been fighting......... Complacency rolled this great nation on her side but it was you and me who kicked her into the grave! -poem by Adam Banta
The good old days are gone an we the old school are fading away I'm proud I was way back when we there trucker had respect, morals and values God bless you all an keep the sunny side up
You’ve got that right, driver. Some young drivers I know enjoy sitting for hours and listening to my stories of those good old days. Others think I’m lying and look at me like I’ve got a third eye in the middle of my forehead. Drivers like you and I were members of the privileged few who got to experience a rare time in history when drivers had true freedom & independence,......and lord did we have fun doing a job we loved...
@@tsimmons1974ts Hi ya, No I just looked her up, Lesa Worley/Yo Yo, shes not very well, last drove bout 10yrs ago, she has multiple sclerosis, her family are trying to raise money for her, she had a loada Rigs turn up to take her for a spin last year, Bless her. Check it out, via Google Lesa Michelle Hughes GoFundMe,see the news coverage 👍🏻 Keep on Truckin 🇺🇸🇬🇧
Everyone holding a cigarette, a guy who shines shoes in an industry where everyone wears Crocks, and everyone is under 200 lbs. What planet is this on?
This was before every truck stop had a fast food joint in it. This was in a time when people looked up to truckers. When drivers had some self respect and gave common courtesy. Something todays steering wheel holders know nothing about.
When trucking was awesome with awesome trucks! Shes got the best one ever made Pete Ex hood 359 with Airplane dash!!! Better food at truck stops too they were mom n pop shops mostly!
Back when parking at the truck stops was free whether it was for an hour or a weekend on a 1st come - 1st serve basis. My only complaints were that 1) the vegetables were always over cooked, mushy, & tasteless, and, 2) fresh fruit was a rarity.
When you could actually tell what kind of truck it was coming from a mile away.....and what was under the hood between the air cleaners when it went past. Great video!!!!
I have 31+ years. Growing tired. I long for the day when I can afford to drive my truck down that last mile to where "They" like Yo yo and all of the Truckers are waiting for me and welcome me home.
This is the era i was born in, but still remember enough to know that I was born too late. I am the last generation that didn't have cellphones, Internet, or did much else on a computer than use it as a glorified type writer.
@@jasmineduran6731 if enough young people felt like you do and stuck together with that state of mind I believe things could be like that again. Don’t change your self we need more young people like you. 👍🇺🇸
I've often thought about all these regulations they put truckers through these days. I say if over 90% of truckers could band together and give the department of transportation an ultimatum, it might make things easier on them. Here it is: (1) Get rid of these log books. All of them, both paper and electronic, and (2) get rid of these DEF tanks, or All truckers will shut their trucks down for a week straight, and you'll see how going without us will affect the economy. And that can include others, too. Bus drivers, train engineers. Anybody having to deal with log books and DEF garbage.
I couldn't agree with you more, @@TheBostonTrucker! I'm absolutely certain Lesa "Yo-Yo" Worley's still wearing her oversized, ten-gallon cowboy hat, tight jeans, and cowboy boots to this very day while still looking beautiful, elegant, and sophisticated! Thanks for commenting, bro!
Lesa is one beautiful lady, inside and out. Soooo very glad to have met her years ago. A straight up gal, that I'm proud to call my friend. Just killin' me that her health is goin' down the tubes. "Eagle Claw" on the flip.
What an interesting story! I'm so delighted (not to mention a little bit envious) you got to meet Lesa "Yo-Yo" Worley many years ago! Despite her health woes, I'll definitely continue to pray for "Yo-Yo'"! Thanks for commenting, @@tombeyer375!
Just get that load there and head back for another the owner would say, I'll pay the tickets.I got the horses just load that wagon. Yes sir them were the days.
Log books what are they. I worked for a wrecker company that had seven wrecker on the road. The boss know everybody in town getting a license was easy also drove over the road for him also. Stay away from the scales and get back home. Never used a log book until I moved to a different state and drove for a different company. Now every thing is e-log no thank you.
68!? Why if I were to go that fast my nose my start a bleedin!! Outfit I'm with don't want ya goin no more than 65 well least that's the yard mgr saying that course he ain't never set foot behind the wheel
Man I have 21 years under my belt I came in at the end of the golden era of Big Rigging I remember those old school guys they taught me the ropes, those days are long gone 😥😥😥😥😥😥😥😥😥
Right along with ya I've been out 21 years myself and was taught old school to far cry from today from the nit wits sterring wheel holders and weenies of today and the flip flop freddys u gotta look at over the summer there's very few of u and I out here anymore were the last of the real truckers
22 yrs out here pulling a skateboard, don't let the good times die fellas. Trucking is what we make it. Still gear jamming with my paper logs, no emissions, straight pipes and big hammer cb. Roll on brothers.
Oh Carolina flash a good ol boy. Drove with that man for 3 year's unfortunately never had the privilege to drive with yo yo. Thanks for sharing Mike really appreciate it the good old days
@@Dajuggernaut74 yes, I seen the link video. Thanks. She should know, there are a lot of us old CBers who remember her. And her story. My heart and prayers go out to her and her family. God bless. 🙏💝
@DC if you're referring to the cigarettes just a quick fyi not all smokers get lung cancer or cancer of any kind and people that have literally never even touched a cigarette get lung cancer for example my aunt who passed from lung cancer and complications stemming from the disease never smoked a cigarette in her life
359. Vs kw A hood. Yep many a story bout those 2. Spiecal k. Ran around with Eddie Gant ( southern shaker ) malone. Granny Moses. Big Iron. Runnig refer from Carolina to cali straight through. When we would break up your 8 hr. And you could pull out of the 76 or rip off Griffen in texas hit 20. In the 80s or 80 in the 70s. Or 67. 30. I40. And within hr you see some one you knew and go strollin. Now days guys work for same place and won't even say hello to each other.
Rip Griffin in Big Spring Tx?? Side note Lesa Worley YoYo is not doing well. After 39 years on the road MS took her off the road. Her daughter set up a GoFundMe page there is only 850.00 on it. I tried to share link but TH-cam blocked me. We all talk about the good old days let's show it and help YoYo out!!!!!!
Outlaw means you're running 2 logbooks and keeping n eye out for the Full grown bears and popping pills to stay awake and put the Hammer down. I'm under a High rate of fuel consumption. Whoop whoop
Boy this video sure brought back memories. Even the truck stop. (been there, done that).started in the 70's until last year. Started with a 67 COE International coe 4000 with a 238 Detroit with a 10. No power steering , no air ride , not even seat. vacuum power windows wipers. Back then truck stops had great food, free coffee, some had full service fuel . Also truckers were more friendly to each other and would help each other. ON a side note saw a Midwest trailer. remember home of the 1 dollar down truck to become a o/o
I know an old man who's been trucking over 40 years, still going. He remembers back when very few of the truck stops had showers. It was nothing for a trucker to stop his truck on a bridge over a river or creek, get down in the water underneath and take a bath. Those guys were tough as nails!
She was a fine looking woman! I noticed she pulled one of them walkin sticks out of her hat! Any bull hauler will know what I'm talking about Com'on. ;) ;) I started trailer trucking in '83. Man those were the days! I loved it! Bought my own truck and trailer in October of '88. Long nose Petercar with a shiny hiney. I miss that ride to this day. Had a bad motorcycle wreck in '94 and got stuck in a wheelchair for a while. Ahhh bygone days for the memory bank Lol.
when people were oppressed by society and told what to think and how to act.... not saying that there isnt that in todays world, but i just want an excuse to say how much i fucking hate america. no matter what time period
@@yeoldeseawitch Sorry you hate American so much, maybe travels to other countries you could find one to meet your standards. As a veteran I have seen enough others to know this is home for me and the 80's was a better period of time, less people offended and political correctness was at a minimum.
@@cobramike13bravo63 well when im old enough too and have the right amount of money, i do in fact plan to move to somewhere else. ive been considering italy or japan but i havent decided.
I had been infatuated with big trucks since I was 3 years old and was 15 years old when I watched this! I figured if she could drive those big rigs so could I and in 1991 my dream came true. Yo Yo was this little girl's inspiration! If she's still around I hope she's doing alright and I'd thank her if I could!
@@ivecodaddy4817 hey fellow trucker, unfortunately i cant say what a dirka dirka is because youtube will block my comments but i can tell you they like owing gas stations and moving to the united states and buying a bunch of semis and undercutting the freight in the trucking industry. you cant miss them. also they usually have a tiger or sword logo on their trucks. also here in the usa they go into truck stop bathrooms and wash their feet inside the restroom sinks we use to wash our hands.i hope that helps you bud but unfortunately i cant say exactly what they are because the political correct unicorn police (youtube) will flag my comment.
@@hondasaregay100 totally understand what you are saying.. an absolute disgrace to what was once a great and enjoyable job. To be honest it is not much different to here in the UK. 10/4 big buddy... Keep the hammer down and may god keep you safe.
@@ivecodaddy4817 I started driving back in the late seventies, for me the eighties were the best as far as trucking goes. I only drive part time anymore, but I sure did love it back in the day. Good luck to anybody starting out today, I sure don’t envy you.
This video made my eyes swell up. I really miss those old trucks. That was the best time to be truckin. I started in 1985 and drove some of those old trucks...memories.
I did too. 1989. My first truck. 1985 International coe. Short stick. Super 10. You and I are the last of a generation of Truckers. Now. There are just people who drive trucks. I know you understand exactly what I mean. I have 31+ years. Growing tired. I long for the day when I can afford to drive my truck down that last mile to where "They" like Yo yo and all of the Truckers are waiting for me and welcome me home.
I started in 1981, The first machine I drove was a 73 freightliner with an old 290 cummins air over hydraulic wedge brakes, no power steering, no horses , and you had to drag your feet if you want to stop,, had a road Ranger 13 speed, I cursed that truck almost every day I was in it but when I look back at it that’s the truck that made me a driver machanic,, still working on diesel today, 59 years young,,
An older friend of mine was a cross-country trucker from about the late 70's to the early 90's and said it was the best job and best time of his life. Only gave it up due to health issues
Miss the old days now it is all flip flop wearing cat house curtain third world steering wheel holders with no skill driving at 80mph with one foot on the dash and the transmission in drive.
Back when the government didn't dictate everything. Now days they control everything you do. And what your allowed and not allowed on your truck. And you knew how to drive. No automatic transmissions back then
Thank you for sharing this. I really appreciate watching drivers from previous generations. As a 4th generation driver i wouldn't be here now without them.
Miles long convoys were my favorite parts of childhood road trips in the 80s running up and down I65 and the connecting highways. We went to Michigan, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and Florida plenty from home in Louisville Kentucky
I'd like to find someone I absolutely HATE... and then have them transported back to the '70's with a modern rulebook, logbook, and tell them about the nanny controls that corporations put on their drivers... but only someone I really, REALLY hate, because these people would murder them right in the middle of the lot and then drive over them. God bless the days I grew up in.
Back when meth was cheap and strong, and truckers drove 26 hours at a time, slept 3 hours, took more meth, and drove for 36 more. They were rolling in money. Imagine how much you would today if you were able to do that. like 15,000 a week
5-6 thousand miles a week solo at 19 cents a mile..light airplane seats from north Texas to Seattle and apples from Lake Chelan or Yakima back to the Dallas market..
Very interesting. There sure were a lot of cabovers around back then. No governors on those trucks in the race. Simpler times. All ruined by people that would get punched in the face back then.
"No governors on those trucks in the race"..... yes, there was. Diesels will not only Not run right, they Will "run away"... without a governor. They just had "tall" gears, and most All trucks... especially on O/O spec'd trucks, ran on 24.5 rubber. Lesa's (YoYo) first Pete had a KT450 with 3.42 rears.
I started driving straights in '76 and 18's in '78....did 40 years. SO glad I got to drive real deal A-Cars and B Models and White Freightliners and cabovers. OH those cabovers! I left part of my left kidney in a Transtar 4070! Truckers today with their flip flops and sweat pants and headsets. UGH!!
The golden days of trucking, and I was there! Drove from 69 to 89 until doctors pulled me out of my truck & off the road. That day was one of the worst days of my life but I've got enough memories to last a lifetime. They called me High-Gear...
Wayward Son over here I stepped out in 08 when I lost my eye but Daddy brought me up learning how he did
Gentlemen, I wish I could have been there!!! I didn't start driving till 07. Sometimes I think I was born during the wrong time..
The Average Quiz : I have a feeling you would've loved it. To be sure, driving back then had it's ups & downs but for the most part the good outweighed the bad by a long shot. Sadly you young drivers today will never understand the freedom & independence we had..it was a different world back then, and lord did we have fun...
One of my favorite past times were watching all the different paint schemes. Now? Shoot. Boring. Bland
Invisible. Kenworth. Peterbilt. Freightliner. My favorite in that order. 70-80s only.
@@Shadowswordz71 me too brother.
Awesome story,I love watching about peoples lifestyles on the other side of the planet,and being about truckers made it even better,,to yo yo and all truckers,my love and respect,best wishes to all,from,Auckland,New Zealand.❤😍🙂😉😉
Thank you so much.
She looks so good in those jeans it makes me want to be a trucker
Gems like her are still rare today don't get too excited
Remember long lines of phone banks , getting directions over cb and phone, smoking in truck stop
I was driving a KW in 1972 6/4 Spicer from CA to Montteal Csnads. Mpt a legal thing on that rig. Triue outlaw
Long nose Pete with a 60 inch bunk, she was not running coast to coast with all the 55 ft 73,280 lb states down the middle of the country unless she was pulling a pretty short trailer. I was out there back then and I would have loved having a truck like that but I was stuck with a cab over with a 45 ft trailer to meet the overall length limits.
A long nose 359 and those jeans…… oh my!
That was back in the day whenever you’d get close to a truck stop you’d hear someone on the CB hollering for “Cowboy” or “Outlaw”, are you in the truck stop? Yo-Yo reminds me of the gal “Sissy” in the movie “ Urban Cowboy” with John Travolta. She probably would’ve handled herself well on the Bull at Gilleys!
My CB handle back when I drove was, Anytime...
Makes a guy proud
I've never missed a gear no matter how much it hurt my elbow.
What ever happened to YO YO. It was rare in those days to see women driving trucks
And I tell you what they took a lot of shit. From the so called good ol boys
In the late 80’s when I first started it was then end of the true free truck driver
My first five years were the best Then all the laws CDL and the DOT cracking down
ALSO THERE WASNT 1/2 the trucks on the road At night you could go an hour or two
before you’d pass another truck in some areas I could write a book.
Some of the guys I made friends with were still friends today the few that are still with us
www.tenfourmagazine.com/2020/07/trucker-talk/fun-with-yoyo/
I'm was know as southern comfort n I was there for years ran with the best
Yo yo had a nice rig
Lotta people don’t have a clue about what we mean when we say “ the good ole days,” here’s to the ones that do.
Sure don't thats when trucking was trucking
Yep,Transport City is just a parking lot and a body dump now. I retired from trucking last year,the trucking business has become unrecognizable from when I started in 79.
You got that right driver!
@@nutmagnet22 1979 haha year I was born. Just turned 42. My dad was a trucker. I have my CDL-A but only use it for local runs for road construction.
All hail,yes sir
Back in them days we'd have 4 or 5 licenses from different states. Run out of points on one license just use another.
😄👍🤠 I miss those days.
I used to buy log books 6 at the time at truck stops @ 25C a book and no one ever check them. We drove till we got tired, had 4hrs nap and went again. No fcucking stress, no cameras or aircon, just bloody mosquitoes ( Canadian North) and permits for every State or Province. @#&&%$@, other than that, no comment :-)
@@georgekusz4221 ya, the more complicated they made it, the more stressful that it got.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
lol wtf
We are a dying breed and no one respects what we do out here. I am a widow of a trucker and I drive. I am reminded about the hard work we do. To all my brothers and sisters you are making me proud to call you FAMILY
May God bless you while you're out trucking.
They never cared...
A lot of people have lost respect for EVERYTHING! I do appreciate truckers because I am a country boy and I know these things!
Keep on truckin’
That blonde interviewer said gas tank 😅😅😅😅😅😅, and she ensist its a gas tank , yo yo said well thats diesel engine 😊😅😅 im so alive now
I want to be a trucker when I’m older and I’ve always looked up to y’all
When trucks were trucks and drivers were drivers! No DEF , no shorts and sandals pure power, jeans and boots!!!
Hell yeah!
@Bedrock Miner Don diesel exhaust fluid. It’s supposed to cut back emissions expelled through the exhaust.
Last American cowboy!
Haven't bought DEF in over 5 years. W9 glider w/6nz. Started driving in 75, I remember the old days. Some of it was kinda rough, but we had a good time.
it's all foreigners now.
no stress days, freedom, no cameras, no cell phone, no computer, paper logs
And not a lot of traffic compared to today.
And them little white pills so long and round to a driver it was a west coast turn around 😄😄
Truckstop parking lots didn't smell like urine. Bags of 💩 were not all over the lot.
What logs? 🤣👍
@@Sdukes001 More like,which logs?
Yo-Yo got a bad 359
Her rear ain't bad either.
She's just altogether bad!
With an overdrive 15speed?
Corvette dash yessir
@237g BE nice. She's a really sweet lady, whose health is suffering real bad right now. Prayers goin' up, for dear Lesa "Yoyo".
When this was AMERICA
10-4 on that. Now look what we have! Sure do miss the old days.
Dang she was putting er in the wind on the racetrack!110 mph!woop woop!
You mean A.M.E.R.I.C.A
Na merica
Sticks is sticks and hicks is hicks
Wonder how many flip flop wearing steering wheel holders were insulted by this much testosterone.
Hahaha
Lol my dad brought me up to them days he drove 43 years passed away stepping out his ol W9 I have been doing it 18 years now ...
Bro, they are comfortably safe in their new automatic transmisson power steering units with company trackers and inside cab cameras facing them
LMFAO, brother, this was way the fuck over their heads !!
lol
Now try to find a truck driver that speaks English.
No kidding, i go into a truckstop and hear so many foreign languages, i think im in india.
Yeah no shit!
Lol welcome to America
nice xenophobia
@@leonardovargas5363 not prejudice at all. Just an observation.
I remember growing up through the 80s and talking with truckers on the CB while we were driving on family trips... some of the best people out there, and they still are
Me too. The cared about the others in the road back then.
A wiggle when she walks and how fast them trucks go. Classic Pete and classy driver
A fella can't sit down and eat his ham and eggs or his bread and meat with a good lookin' woman like around and on the go...
LOL...Got ALL those old albums!!! Several on my channel... ( And the ORIGINAL Dick Curliss, Tombstone Every Mile !!!
@@olvinyldude
I collect TH-cam music artist from around the World on my channel for a number of years.
One YT uploader from the UK uploaded his vinyl record collections that are very rare. Some are first pressing albums. I listen to many genres of music even in other languages.
Some are one of a kind found nowhere else including some concerts.
@@davidfromamerica1871 That is awesome! I have several of those also, some of only pressings known... I have a few up on the channel, & I do indeed love all genre music as well! Music is the great healer & soother.. I have the Original "Tombstone Every Mile" up on the channel, you may enjoy that one..it is so different, from the one we heard on Radio back in the day..
Happy Trails!
@@olvinyldude
Happy Trails.
I love it.
What an awesome video ! The golden age of trucking for sure , I sent this to my uncle and he got quite a kick out of it! He said in ‘79 he was hauling steel to New York in a ‘72 White Freightliner coe with no power steering, and if he could go back to them days it’d be only for that gal and her truck 😂😂😂
I'm happy you found this video and shared it. I'm sure he remembers those days.
She master the art of wearing those jeans.
True story, hard to look away!
Yes she did she surely did😊
I enthusiastically concur! And her ten-gallon Stetson looks absolutely gorgeous on her!
Interesting segment from 40+ years ago. I truly wish we had a show like Real People again.
Damn I miss our country
Hi-jacked by the fringe, lunatics running the asylum, we was to polite for our own damn good, quiet when we should’ve been yelling, sleeping when we should’ve been fighting.........
Complacency rolled this great nation on her side but it was you and me who kicked her into the grave!
-poem by Adam Banta
The good old days are gone an we the old school are fading away I'm proud I was way back when we there trucker had respect, morals and values God bless you all an keep the sunny side up
You’ve got that right, driver. Some young drivers I know enjoy sitting for hours and listening to my stories of those good old days. Others think I’m lying and look at me like I’ve got a third eye in the middle of my forehead. Drivers like you and I were members of the privileged few who got to experience a rare time in history when drivers had true freedom & independence,......and lord did we have fun doing a job we loved...
Or rubber side down
I Kind of gotta a crush on Ms. Yo Yo after watching this 😏
Yeah I did too! She still looks good!
@@TheBostonTrucker Does she still drive???
You too? I was 9 and couldn’t sleep for a week.
@@tsimmons1974ts Hi ya,
No I just looked her up, Lesa Worley/Yo Yo, shes not very well, last drove bout 10yrs ago, she has multiple sclerosis, her family are trying to raise money for her, she had a loada Rigs turn up to take her for a spin last year, Bless her. Check it out, via Google Lesa Michelle Hughes GoFundMe,see the news coverage 👍🏻 Keep on Truckin 🇺🇸🇬🇧
@@slick247 💪🇺🇲
Everyone holding a cigarette, a guy who shines shoes in an industry where everyone wears Crocks, and everyone is under 200 lbs. What planet is this on?
This was before every truck stop had a fast food joint in it. This was in a time when people looked up to truckers. When drivers had some self respect and gave common courtesy. Something todays steering wheel holders know nothing about.
Apparently before your time, without being rude.
Can’t even get a thank you flash back when you let another trucker over. Probably to busy adjusting the straps on his sandals.
@@dieselwrench3621 Or updating his facebook status.
@@judgegixxer 🤣👍
When trucking was awesome with awesome trucks! Shes got the best one ever made Pete Ex hood 359 with Airplane dash!!! Better food at truck stops too they were mom n pop shops mostly!
Back when parking at the truck stops was free whether it was for an hour or a weekend on a 1st come - 1st serve basis. My only complaints were that 1) the vegetables were always over cooked, mushy, & tasteless, and, 2) fresh fruit was a rarity.
Yeah, back then trucks had 3 pedals. A lot of the new ones now only have 2 pedals. (Sissymatics)
When you could actually tell what kind of truck it was coming from a mile away.....and what was under the hood between the air cleaners when it went past. Great video!!!!
Damn ! , I was 17yr old back then , hitchhiking all over the place. YOYO I really wished you would have given me a ride lol😎
Cool video! I really miss those classic trucks from the 70's and 80's with those awesome paint jobs!
Good days gone bye. 😥
Those two tone paint jobs were the best
@@billydirt89 everything painted white nowadays
I have 31+ years. Growing tired. I long for the day when I can afford to drive my truck down that last mile to where "They" like Yo yo and all of the Truckers are waiting for me and welcome me home.
I'm on year 31 too. I'm not tired of it yet but I think about the time when I'll slow down and do this part time so as to enjoy life.
Wow that's a long haul.
I started trucking at 53. Now I'm 62 and will have to keep going till I can't pass the physical.
Get home safe brother.
This is the “Merica” I grew up in. Now I feel like a foreigner in a strange land! Y’all remember when things made sense?
I feel the same and I ain’t liking it 🇺🇸
This is the era i was born in, but still remember enough to know that I was born too late. I am the last generation that didn't have cellphones, Internet, or did much else on a computer than use it as a glorified type writer.
@@325aliceI wouldn’t trade those days for the world. Good times. 👍
I’m 20 and I wish this was the America I could live in. Hopefully we’ll come around to this soon.
@@jasmineduran6731 if enough young people felt like you do and stuck together with that state of mind I believe things could be like that again. Don’t change your self we need more young people like you. 👍🇺🇸
This sad truck drivers never Really understood how much power they had and still do Corporate America destroyed everything
I've often thought about all these regulations they put truckers through these days.
I say if over 90% of truckers could band together and give the department of transportation an ultimatum, it might make things easier on them. Here it is:
(1) Get rid of these log books. All of them, both paper and electronic, and
(2) get rid of these DEF tanks, or
All truckers will shut their trucks down for a week straight, and you'll see how going without us will affect the economy.
And that can include others, too. Bus drivers, train engineers. Anybody having to deal with log books and DEF garbage.
Prayers for Yo-Yo, I hear she's not doing well health wise. A truly beautiful woman, thanks for the video.
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T.S. RACING
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Cancer Sticks ..
Get well soon
As of today March 2024 she isn't doing well and is not in a nursing home. 😔
Yo-Yo looks so beautiful, elegant, and sophisticated driving behind the wheel of her enormous big rig!
She still does!❤️🙂
I couldn't agree with you more, @@TheBostonTrucker! I'm absolutely certain Lesa "Yo-Yo" Worley's still wearing her oversized, ten-gallon cowboy hat, tight jeans, and cowboy boots to this very day while still looking beautiful, elegant, and sophisticated! Thanks for commenting, bro!
Lesa is one beautiful lady, inside and out. Soooo very glad to have met her years ago. A straight up gal, that I'm proud to call my friend. Just killin' me that her health is goin' down the tubes. "Eagle Claw" on the flip.
What an interesting story! I'm so delighted (not to mention a little bit envious) you got to meet Lesa "Yo-Yo" Worley many years ago! Despite her health woes, I'll definitely continue to pray for "Yo-Yo'"! Thanks for commenting, @@tombeyer375!
@@tombeyer375 I just looked her up on Facebook and she is sadly in bad shape. So sad. 😢
Just get that load there and head back for another the owner would say, I'll pay the tickets.I got the horses just load that wagon. Yes sir them were the days.
Log books what are they. I worked for a wrecker company that had seven wrecker on the road. The boss know everybody in town getting a license was easy also drove over the road for him also. Stay away from the scales and get back home. Never used a log book until I moved to a different state and drove for a different company.
Now every thing is e-log no thank you.
Back in the good old days, when LGBT meant Liberty God Beer Trucking!!
And calling someone Good Buddy wasn't a bad thing, haha.
LGBT didnt just show up after your good old days. It was always there, you just cared not to see it.
What a joke! I’d be going around that track at a top speed of no more than 68mph. Then I’d have to get def at my pit stop. 😞
🤣🤣
Dude that's funny
Sad but true...
That is funny but yet sad! 😅
68!? Why if I were to go that fast my nose my start a bleedin!! Outfit I'm with don't want ya goin no more than 65 well least that's the yard mgr saying that course he ain't never set foot behind the wheel
Man I have 21 years under my belt I came in at the end of the golden era of Big Rigging I remember those old school guys they taught me the ropes, those days are long gone 😥😥😥😥😥😥😥😥😥
Made it just under the wire.
Right along with ya I've been out 21 years myself and was taught old school to far cry from today from the nit wits sterring wheel holders and weenies of today and the flip flop freddys u gotta look at over the summer there's very few of u and I out here anymore were the last of the real truckers
22 yrs out here pulling a skateboard, don't let the good times die fellas. Trucking is what we make it. Still gear jamming with my paper logs, no emissions, straight pipes and big hammer cb. Roll on brothers.
43 yrs I been out here. And son, you did'nt even get a little taste of the good ole' days
@@jonrichardson7848 Ten four Brother 👍🏾
Any old school truckers notice the toothpick. Lol
I did, but didn't think about it till I read this. Could use one about now
I thought only bullhaulers chewed toothpicks. LOL
@@johnglover5071 yeah, bullhaulers and their good buddies in the trucklot
I was wondering if she got it from a bull hauler.....zoooom!!
Lol yes i did
Back in the day, when truckin was fun........
Exactly
Fun.... but Hard Work, as well.
Oh Carolina flash a good ol boy. Drove with that man for 3 year's unfortunately never had the privilege to drive with yo yo. Thanks for sharing Mike really appreciate it the good old days
Why can't the woman get Norma's books until tomorrow? That's just disrespectful!
You seen that to , thought maybe that was some fluke on my phone . I'll be it's in the dam video ? S.O B No Norma For JoJo
Same, weird.
Searched my phone for an hour still can't find that text from Norma
😂😂😂
I know what the hell
Back in the day when men were men and women were women. The closest dwellers stayed in the closet with the door shut.
Today's jo lo is a transvestite on elogs 😄
Great memories when trucking was different and all your friends talked on that CB "DAMMIT BOY "
God I remember that...
When trucks had gears.
Great Video thanks
Man, those were the days.
Hope Ms. Yo-Yo is doing fine and still jamming gears.
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She’s not well at all. There is a gofundme for her.
@@Dajuggernaut74 yes, I seen the link video.
Thanks.
She should know, there are a lot of us old CBers who remember her. And her story.
My heart and prayers go out to her and her family.
God bless.
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@@TheBostonTrucker thanks for sharing. Good read.
@DC if you're referring to the cigarettes just a quick fyi not all smokers get lung cancer or cancer of any kind and people that have literally never even touched a cigarette get lung cancer for example my aunt who passed from lung cancer and complications stemming from the disease never smoked a cigarette in her life
She was rocking that 359 conventional back in the day when most trucks were cab overs. She was ahead of her time for sure
I really enjoy watching these old videos... Trucking ain't what it used to be way back then.
Sooo True
359. Vs kw A hood. Yep many a story bout those 2. Spiecal k. Ran around with Eddie Gant ( southern shaker ) malone. Granny Moses. Big Iron. Runnig refer from Carolina to cali straight through. When we would break up your 8 hr. And you could pull out of the 76 or rip off Griffen in texas hit 20. In the 80s or 80 in the 70s. Or 67. 30. I40. And within hr you see some one you knew and go strollin. Now days guys work for same place and won't even say hello to each other.
Rip Griffin in Big Spring Tx?? Side note Lesa Worley YoYo is not doing well. After 39 years on the road MS took her off the road. Her daughter set up a GoFundMe page there is only 850.00 on it. I tried to share link but TH-cam blocked me. We all talk about the good old days let's show it and help YoYo out!!!!!!
Outlaw means you're running 2 logbooks and keeping n eye out for the Full grown bears and popping pills to stay awake and put the Hammer down. I'm under a High rate of fuel consumption. Whoop whoop
Yeah, she did what it takes like you said.
I miss the good old days damit what happened nice restaurants smoke 🚬 now its all this pg crap from pilot and loves
Iron skillet somewhat ok. Still a few mom and pop ones out there but barely
I know it goes back years and years but, YoYo's backside is fun to watch.
I pray all is well with you and yours.
I bet Yo Yo was fun as hell to roll around with.
Just posted an update!
No cell phone, no pajama and flip flops!
Amen brother
wait there was trucking without flip flops?
@@JHorse508 Not only that, people spoke English too.
@@agentorange2554 I thought it was CB
How cool is that!? Boy, what I’d give to have that 359...looks like it had the 15spd against tha dash. Just beautiful.
I noticed it was against the dash too. Made me smile 😃
I've been in this business since 1987 and I'm still trucking. We sure did had a lot of fun back in the day.
Boy this video sure brought back memories. Even the truck stop. (been there, done that).started in the 70's until last year. Started with a 67 COE International coe 4000 with a 238 Detroit with a 10. No power steering , no air ride , not even seat. vacuum power windows wipers. Back then truck stops had great food, free coffee, some had full service fuel . Also truckers were more friendly to each other and would help each other. ON a side note saw a Midwest trailer. remember home of the 1 dollar down truck to become a o/o
I know an old man who's been trucking over 40 years, still going. He remembers back when very few of the truck stops had showers. It was nothing for a trucker to stop his truck on a bridge over a river or creek, get down in the water underneath and take a bath.
Those guys were tough as nails!
Wish I could’ve been there. Those were the good old days. I’ll still be one of last cowboys but unfortunately there are not not many left.
She was a fine looking woman! I noticed she pulled one of them walkin sticks out of her hat! Any bull hauler will know what I'm talking about Com'on. ;) ;) I started trailer trucking in '83. Man those were the days! I loved it! Bought my own truck and trailer in October of '88. Long nose Petercar with a shiny hiney. I miss that ride to this day. Had a bad motorcycle wreck in '94 and got stuck in a wheelchair for a while. Ahhh bygone days for the memory bank Lol.
Twinsticks & toothpicks!
Yeah, back when the log book was just a formality, the old school old school
She's driving a Pete conventional so she's definitely got good taste in trucks.
Peek that toothpick there too come on
Tho my boy like COVs
Back when men were men and women were women, God send me back.
when people were oppressed by society and told what to think and how to act....
not saying that there isnt that in todays world, but i just want an excuse to say how much i fucking hate america. no matter what time period
@@yeoldeseawitch Sorry you hate American so much, maybe travels to other countries you could find one to meet your standards. As a veteran I have seen enough others to know this is home for me and the 80's was a better period of time, less people offended and political correctness was at a minimum.
@@cobramike13bravo63 well when im old enough too and have the right amount of money, i do in fact plan to move to somewhere else. ive been considering italy or japan but i havent decided.
Have a modern day race. Swift versuses all oncomers.call it demolition racing where Swift is sure to win
Shame on the mess!
36 years ago I started, this newer generation will never be what we are.
You're right
Really enjoyed that, brought back good memories when it was fun to be with your friends out on the road. Different story today out there.
I had been infatuated with big trucks since I was 3 years old and was 15 years old when I watched this! I figured if she could drive those big rigs so could I and in 1991 my dream came true. Yo Yo was this little girl's inspiration! If she's still around I hope she's doing alright and I'd thank her if I could!
She's still around and you can thank her! Here's an update on Miss YoYo! th-cam.com/video/NsY6VjR-k6s/w-d-xo.html
@@TheBostonTrucker I'd like to meet her. I'm serious. I was a teenager when this was made. I'd like to thank her for her service to the industry
You are not old
whats sad is all we have now is dirka dirkas and seeing them wearing flip flops and work out pants and going around running into things 👌
Unsure what a dirka is?? But i kinda guess what you mean... From a fellow UK trucker..
@@ivecodaddy4817 hey fellow trucker, unfortunately i cant say what a dirka dirka is because youtube will block my comments but i can tell you they like owing gas stations and moving to the united states and buying a bunch of semis and undercutting the freight in the trucking industry. you cant miss them. also they usually have a tiger or sword logo on their trucks. also here in the usa they go into truck stop bathrooms and wash their feet inside the restroom sinks we use to wash our hands.i hope that helps you bud but unfortunately i cant say exactly what they are because the political correct unicorn police (youtube) will flag my comment.
@@hondasaregay100 totally understand what you are saying.. an absolute disgrace to what was once a great and enjoyable job. To be honest it is not much different to here in the UK. 10/4 big buddy... Keep the hammer down and may god keep you safe.
@@ivecodaddy4817 I started driving back in the late seventies, for me the eighties were the best as far as trucking goes. I only drive part time anymore, but I sure did love it back in the day. Good luck to anybody starting out today, I sure don’t envy you.
LMFAO, OMG aint that the truth
This video made my eyes swell up. I really miss those old trucks. That was the best time to be truckin. I started in 1985 and drove some of those old trucks...memories.
I'm happy you found this video. I'm sure you've got plenty of stories.
I did too. 1989. My first truck. 1985 International coe. Short stick. Super 10. You and I are the last of a generation of Truckers. Now. There are just people who drive trucks. I know you understand exactly what I mean. I have 31+ years. Growing tired. I long for the day when I can afford to drive my truck down that last mile to where "They" like Yo yo and all of the Truckers are waiting for me and welcome me home.
@@TheBostonTrucker yes!!!
I started in 1981, The first machine I drove was a 73 freightliner with an old 290 cummins air over hydraulic wedge brakes, no power steering, no horses , and you had to drag your feet if you want to stop,, had a road Ranger 13 speed, I cursed that truck almost every day I was in it but when I look back at it that’s the truck that made me a driver machanic,, still working on diesel today, 59 years young,,
Got my start young back in 99 been driving a 79 pete ever since
An older friend of mine was a cross-country trucker from about the late 70's to the early 90's and said it was the best job and best time of his life. Only gave it up due to health issues
It's good for your soul.
In 1983 I started with a 1959 H model Mack.
Dang man!
What was that I heard !
Oh that is something they did back then
it's called laughter and fun !
Miss the old days now it is all flip flop wearing cat house curtain third world steering wheel holders with no skill driving at 80mph with one foot on the dash and the transmission in drive.
Them Jean's damm my teeth fell out
Use Polident! 😂🤣😂
Really sad that drivers lost the cool, respect and romanticism of driving truck. Just not the same at all now.
As a trucker I’d take Yo Yo In her prime over almost any celebrity broad
She's still a beautiful lady!
Back when the government didn't dictate everything. Now days they control everything you do. And what your allowed and not allowed on your truck. And you knew how to drive. No automatic transmissions back then
You dont need to drive stck shift to know how to drive dude.Stick has its perks and automatic has its perks. And im going with automatic everytime.
My car is automatic, but if I ever decide to start trucking, I'll insist on a manual. 10 speed or more. No stick, no drive.
Thank you for sharing this. I really appreciate watching drivers from previous generations. As a 4th generation driver i wouldn't be here now without them.
Miles long convoys were my favorite parts of childhood road trips in the 80s running up and down I65 and the connecting highways. We went to Michigan, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and Florida plenty from home in Louisville Kentucky
Are we not going to mention how sexy yoyo was!
Still is! 😄
Yes we are ☺️
When I seen here I for got about the show why cant women look like that in the 2000s
Electric trucks are going to ruin all this
They already did
I'd like to find someone I absolutely HATE... and then have them transported back to the '70's with a modern rulebook, logbook, and tell them about the nanny controls that corporations put on their drivers... but only someone I really, REALLY hate, because these people would murder them right in the middle of the lot and then drive over them. God bless the days I grew up in.
Mack b61 started it all!! That was the best truck in the world!!💪🇺🇸
No seat belts and no BS
Back when meth was cheap and strong, and truckers drove 26 hours at a time, slept 3 hours, took more meth, and drove for 36 more. They were rolling in money. Imagine how much you would today if you were able to do that. like 15,000 a week
5-6 thousand miles a week solo at 19 cents a mile..light airplane seats from north Texas to Seattle and apples from Lake Chelan or Yakima back to the Dallas market..
Hot damn if those jeans were any tighter they'd be skin 😛
That Jordache look 😁
When truck drivers where truck drivers, now we have flip flop wearing curtain hanging from windshield drivers 🙄
Cheers to you for putting this video out. Thank you for this. Keep On Truckin'... {Weather Man}
10-4 Weather Man! I appreciate the comeback!
I got itchy pants and wanna see what’s on the other side of the hill. Love it.
Must have been polyester!
Very interesting.
There sure were a lot of cabovers around back then.
No governors on those trucks in the race. Simpler times. All ruined by people that would get punched in the face back then.
"No governors on those trucks in the race"..... yes, there was. Diesels will not only Not run right, they Will "run away"... without a governor. They just had "tall" gears, and most All trucks... especially on O/O spec'd trucks, ran on 24.5 rubber. Lesa's (YoYo) first Pete had a KT450 with 3.42 rears.
When you put the real America on TV not a bunch of crazies for ratings.
Bring back the old days when this is how and was the way trucking should be.
I started driving straights in '76 and 18's in '78....did 40 years. SO glad I got to drive real deal A-Cars and B Models and White Freightliners and cabovers. OH those cabovers! I left part of my left kidney in a Transtar 4070! Truckers today with their flip flops and sweat pants and headsets. UGH!!