Thanks for a million memories! I trucked from 1977 till January 25th of this year. Had a stroke on i80 in Pennsylvania. With God's loving help, I safely got parked in a rest area and called 911. DOT regs will let me return to work after a year. I'll probably wait till early spring, but am definitely going back to it. I won't be chasing every last mile I can squeeze out of my logbook though. I've already got five million career miles, I guess that's enough. LOL I grew up in wildwood Florida, worked at deano's truckstop. Next to the truck-o-mat and the union 76 truckers paradise. Remember hating seeing you bee haulers pulling in late at night. We'd be running from those damn things all night long! I've been in Peru indiana since 1985. What a man won't do for a beautiful woman! 😜 Thanks again for making an old trucker reminisce.
Thank you for taking the time to tell your story! You've seen a lot of miles and know a lot about our industry, thanks for sharing. Rest easy and I hope you pass all the tests to get back out there. Good luck, Craig
After my Heart attack, I can't get a health card. So was forced into retirement. People look at me funny. When I tell them I miss it more then life its self. Sad what today's drivers missed out on. The Big Orange ball in the sky. Truck stops were truck stops back in the day. Jokey's pumped our fuel, Restaurants had good food. Made many a friend on the old CB back then.
@@Pete-from-Tn You mean back when truckstops were truckstops, not travel centers? When coffee was free and they had a can of lighter fluid to top off your zippo? The food in the restaurant was made from scratch and you could get breakfast for 3 bucks and supper for six? Now the pilot and loves stock more sundresses and flip flops than trucker supplies. Thirty years ago, if you broke down, drivers would call out to you on the cb and ask if you needed help. And if you didn't respond to the first several attempts, someone would stop to check on you. Nowadays, if you're on the side of the road, you're lucky if you don't get hit by another tractor trailer that wasn't paying attention. But yes, I know how you feel. I think it's not so much the "trucking job" that I miss, it's the traveling. If, God willing, nothing happens in the next month, I'll be calling Crete and asking what hoops I have to jump through to get back out there. The stationary life is not for me. I'd be happy traveling in a motorhome, too. Unfortunately, my wife has no desire to live the nomadic lifestyle. And...... I can't afford to travel solo in a motorhome and maintain a household at the same time. Perhaps you could get a non cdl driving job? Good luck with whatever you do. And I'll remember you in my prayers.
@@1956model1 Yes to all, and each TRUCK Stop had a section for Drivers. We were first, as they fed us to get back on the road. Not wait an hour for a table. To only take 30 minutes to get canned slop. The Old White Truck Stop, off I-81 Exit 205. Drivers has the back section to our self's. Not its one of those Travel Plazza's. But the Truckers of today would rather eat in the truck. Crap in the Truck. Nasty for sure.
I really enjoyed watching this. So many classic trucks that helped build this country. I'm 46 years old, and I've only been driving for 22 years; I started with Burlington Industries, God rest their soul. I was fascinated by big trucks since I was a child, and even growing up on a tobacco farm, outside of the trucking industry, I guess I just got the bug. Thank you so much for the photos you took back then, and for sharing them. God bless you, and God bless all the truckers out there today, doing the impossible for the ungrateful.
Well there are some nice trucks and engines today. As much as I love the sound of any 71 or 92 Detroit I think my long hood 1972 Jimmy would have a 600hp DD16 or the 605hp X15 today. When one brings up company drivers 65% of them can only handle a truck when it's going straight. Sometimes going straight is beyond their skills. Don't think so, just take your next break where you can see the fuel island. As to how many can be called courteous qualified professionals is another story altogether. Hey one more thing, Slow Down & Move Over ..
Thank You for the memories. My Dad was a truck mechanic for a local truck company and he owned 3 trucks of his own, Diamond T, Brockway, Autocar. They all hauled brick. I could not get enough of trucks. Hanging out with Dad working on his trucks or when I begged to go with him on a Saturday to his real job. They had white coe, Mack R and F Models. Watching from the parts room. Where I could be safe. I got to watch Dad fix big trucks. Now I have been a truck mechanic for 36 years. I miss my Dad❣ and still love trucks
Holy cow! This is like a walk down memory lane for me. Unfortunately I was never into taking pictures but seeing all these from back when I was new to trucking really gets to me. Thanks for sharing.
First truck I drove, a 1972 4070 International. Had a 250 Cummins with a 13 speed. No a/c, power steering, power mirrors, heated mirrors. Had a bench seat for the passenger. It did have a custom cruise control, a 1 inch dowel rod wedged between the throttle pedal and the bottom of the dash. Loaded with an oversized combine and a strong headwind it wouldn’t run over 50 mph. The good old days, LOL!
Awesome, I grew up in a rig spending my summers from 1980 to 1988 in the cab with my owner operator grandfather, I will never forget deciding that I wanted to work on rigs for a living and bringing my brand new service truck to show Pops, I don't think I ever saw him so proud, the video brings me back, Thank you!
I drove from 1969 - 1989 and only have fewer than a handful of pictures to capture those days. Only wish I'd had the foresight to take more of them like you did. Thanks for the walk down memory lane...
I started driving in 1975. The truck I learned in was a 1970 GMC Astro 95 with a 318 and a 13 speed transmission. Back in those days there were so many CB radios on the road you could barely get a word in, especially if you were on one of the interstates. Today you don't here many CB's like you did then. In 1988 I started driving for a charter bus company and did that for almost 22 years and really enjoyed it. I still carried a CB and talked to a lot of drivers while traveling. I had to retire in 2010 for health reasons. Thanks for the the video. Lot of memories there.
DailyDieselDose Love this. My era. Trucked the Alaska Hwy 67-70 out if Whitehorse, YT. Had a B73 Mack with a 262 Cummins and 5+3. 850 miles of gravel one way every trip to Edmonton or Vancouver or anyplace east. 17% grade many spots in the old Alcan. LOTS if chains but fun for a teenager!!
@@floyddickson9974 Floyd Sounds like you had some fun up N. I never had the opportunity to run any of that. I ran most of my 31 yrs between KS. TX. NC. FL. But I sure drove a B-61 Mack with 4-5 Quad. Twin Stick & many other. That ol' Mack had 185 Hp new I think it had about 100 left in 1984 ! like pulling 45 Pig with a pickup ! ~Happy Trails ~
Ah, the good old days. Great memories ! I started in the Netherlands Europe back in 1971 and retired in 2016 but still driving 20 hours a week. I love the old time footage. It seems like yesterday.
Thank you for the memories. I Drove Transtars and K 100 kenworth and Frightlines All Cabovers From 78 to 93. Loved them They Are The Best Trucks. My Kids helped Clean The Trucks when I Got Home !! 🥰❤❤
I’m just 13 but man I wish I lived back then, now trucks are ugly trying to save fuel, my dream truck is a 359 long hood, or a ford LTL9000, so wish I could live back then
@@loganplatz8908 I've driven both long and short hood Pete's. Unless I was long haul and the docks were all spacious I'd the short hood 379. I drive a 93, and that was my favorite truck.
I'm 26, driving since 18. I wish I was born earlier and got to be a trucker in the golden era. I'm young but old school at heart. I wish all drivers had this passion and love for the job, that's what makes a real Trucker. But we have a bunch of clowns steering wheel holders out here today that don't know how to change a simple hose.
My dad drove for EL Murphy in about 78. I was 5 and got to go on one of his runs from Mt to Wa and Or. I remember driving at night with all the lights. These pics bring back great memories. Thank you so much for these!
Thanks for bringing back days of when My Dad was driving ! He is in Heaven with Our Holy Father praising his Holy Name and snicking in trucker talk on the side !!!! Thanks again My Friend !!!!!
Started in 76. Still out here truckin . Remember the little plastic hand that waved that you stuck on your window? And the feather roach clip you’d put on your cowboy hat . Blue jeans flannel. Shirt with a vest . And you would say ....rod knockers on the cb . And you would make fun of midwestern distribution trucks lol ... 24/7 truck stops with sit down restaurants .... 2 or 3 logs books !!! Cab over trucks with rib sided trailers .....yup the late 70’s and 80’s sure was a good time !!! Fast forward to 2019 ..... damm what a difference lol
Midwestern Distribution Inc. PO box 189, 400 National Ave Ft Scott KS, "Drivers, own a new truck like this one, call 1-800 835-0581, talk to Ben Mithchell or Ralph Jones.
Midwestern dist was known as the "dollar down" company. Probably the original lease purchase ripoff artists. Most of those freightliners had been through several victims. Also known as the dog food haulers.
My first truck was a 4070 Transtar with a Cummins 250 single drive axle. Horrible in winter weather in Midwest. Got a 1978 4070 IH with a Big Cam Cummins 350 with a 13 speed. Great truck ran 37 states and this truck did it all. Wished for a fancy truck but the IH performed great with 350 Cummins. had drivers complain on CB I was empty when I had 40K load. Great ride.
Thanks for the great memories with those pics of all the old trucks. I started driving truck in 1978 and I am still at it, I've got a few years left before I can retire. Sure puts a smile on my face when I think of the good old days, even though the new trucks are much nicer. There was just something special about those old trucks.
I have driven trucks for just over 40 years, I have been with the same company since April 1990 except for going to Iraq from Sept 2004 to March 2006 then came back to the same job. They even gave me my seniority as well. I love my job home every weekend, and once or twice during the week. Good luck to all .
@@jessestout8477 Thank you sir, When I got out of the Marines not many people would thank us for our service. I am glad that the Iraq and Afghanistan vets are being treated much better.
Hello Bert! It's been a while... Brian here, aka Sagebrush, from Idaho. You would remember me from Swamp Thing's convoy at Cedar II in 2004-5. I think we may have been at Houston together, too. I came home for the last time 4 July 2006 from Speicher and leased on with Landstar Ranger where wife and I were DOD Contractors hauling sensitive loads until we retired in 2010. You remember A-C from Anaconda, aka Terry, the guy that got shot up on Chief's convoy to Mackenzie when Kevin and the other 2 guys got killed? He lives a few miles away and we're good friends. Good to see you're still at it. I have too many titanium parts now to drive big trucks. Take Care Brother...
That was nice to watch. I was out there driving when all of those trucks were new or still on the road for the most part. Definitely a different time to be a truck driver. Started out with my own ‘66 C/O 4000, 238-10spd hauling steel, then went to a portable parking lot with a 359 Pete. Back then that was the truck, 3406/13spd & 63” walk in. If I was able to I’d buy one & just park it in my driveway & take it out for spin once in awhile or even just take a afternoon nap in the bunk. At the 2:55 mark, it looks like one of Schneider Nationals old Transtars before they went to the 9670’s. Good times back then , occasionally hanging out in the party row at the truck stop & scrounging for a shower ticket once in awhile.
Such great memories! Thank you! In the early 70's, I had a 66 Freightliner cabover with a 903 Cummins and a 13 underdrive transmission with a air tag axle. Drove her cost to cost and I went by the CB handle as RINGO! Thanks again
Craig Ryan Yeah back when Schneider was Company - But all the big companies, ran em - Reason I say Schneider --- Was because people used to call it a Schneider Stinger -- I think I still have one -- Even though I was O /O -- back then - I had a shiny 290 --
A craig just watched this video and man did you jar some memories . Started trucking in 1973 , i was 24 and thought I was on top of the world. No power steering , no air (hot air in summer ) and old Hindrixon suspicion ( Dump truck ).
early 70s I can remember looking in my mirrors just before dark and I could tell what kind of car was coming up on me by the marker lights. I tell people this and they think I'm crazy.😁
Identifying cars by their headlights had a lot to do with their amber parking/signal lights. I used to do it too! Our cops had '73 Plymouth Furys and their parking lights had a very distinct location - very easy to distinguish them!
Good selection of pictures...glad that you took them and shared them. 🤩 Trucking was a little easier back then, in some ways. Hauling bees was a painful job. Loved the cabovers!!! 🥰 Some fine rides! Cabovers rule! 😎 Glad you enjoyed the rides! 🤩 I’ve been around trucks since 65...have always enjoyed them...it’s in the blood! 🥰Thanks !
I remember in 73 I got a new 4070A cab over with center point steering 318 Detroit 13 speed. It had a/c but would freeze you in the winter. Drove with a blanket wrapped around my legs, cold air went right thru the front. Yes those were the days when you learned quick or got out of it. Most of us stayed in and learned how to bring it back with Vise grips , baling wire , black tape or shop rags tied together. But today most can't change a light bulb.
Great video! Thank you! I'm female started driving in 1972 following in my dad's footsteps he started in 1943 retired in 1981. I retired as a teamster in 2009. Your video made this old lady cry cause I miss it so much
Good on you for having an interest in photography at that time. I started in '77 and still pull super B trains over the road. Wish I could have half the pictures you shared of the 70' s - 80's too. Those older truckers from that era were a great bunch of solid men, I miss the senior drivers from those years who taught me little things to make it easier before they retired.
Loved it! I started in the trucking industry in 1972. Remember that winter well.Still holds a number of record lows for the area.Minus 20s.....but would warm up to the single digits in the day time.
Thanks for adding the Greyhound photos as well, brought lots of memories when I used to drive for Greyhound from 99 to 07, sure miss the red and blue stripes
I trucked from 1976 till I had to take insulin in 2002. What a great ride!!! Thanks for sharing your video, brought many memories back to me. Still miss it.
funny to have run across a video with Dart and a driver to boot in it. lol. in 92 i bought my own truck and a 42 foot flat bed with a side kit on it, to haul steel for George Transfer out of Md. i loved it-but not the money it cost to repair things. ha! in 95 about six months before the feds closed george i leased onto Dart-but boy them square nosed van trailers ate my fuel like nothing out in the mid-west. in 96 i parked it-and hired on with Con-Way central express. stayed their till 2004, coal was in full boom then again, wife had just got on full time-so i came home after 17 yrs of living away working, and getting home on weekends. ran a D-11 cat-man i loved that too. now been home for the last 6 yrs due to medical issues. just nice to see great pics. thanks and take care.
OldTimeSteelHauler 1964-1970 3 minutes ago I also drove for George Transfer in the 1960's. I worked for awhile in 1964-65, then left for a year to go to another job. In 1966, I heard the dispatcher in Delaware was looking for a driver, so I applied for the position, and got it. I drove a glider kit '66 Diamond T cabover, 220 Cummins, with a dump truck suspension. I always enjoyed the job. When a terminal was built for George in 1970, I quit driving to work in the shop, which I did for several years. George Transfer was a good outfit to work for during those years, and when I left, I kind of hated to have to. Anyway, I felt bad for everyone when they rights were taken from them. Ah, the good ol' days!
I feel you buddy, I sit here watching videos of trucks and trucking, I to was sidelined from driving after 35 yrs due to medical issue stemming from a work place injury back in 2014 (I got ran over from behind by a forklift ) damned I miss driving and I hope your health gets better so you can get back to driving. People complain about the regulations on drivers etc these days but once you've been told you can't drive it sure does suck
Lots of great memories. I started the day after I turned 18 in 1974 as a suicide jockey. A small chemical company running 48 states. The pic of little town was a blast. I had to wait on salt trucks one night before the Tenn St Pat would let me leave. Started in an International Transstar. After a few years they moved me in a 352. Loved every minute. Kept getting caught running way to many hours. Finally one night in N.C. those good ole boys from the State Pat set me up with 3 hots and a cot after I gave them my pay log book instead of the fake one I kept for the scales. We've probably crossed paths or eaten in the same dives. Was a great life and went on into the Army driving an 5 ton hauling jet fuel. Never a bad memory. I wouldn't do it these days with all the traffic. Just a great way for a young kid to see this great nation
We always went on a lot of road trips with the family as a youngster in the 70s and 80s, and I was fascinated with the trucks on the interstate. Usually I-5 in Oregon and California. I remember almost all of these trucks from back then. Thanks for the memories.
What a great walk down memory lane...saw most of these cool old rigs when I was growing up in WV. What great looking trucks! 🤩 Cabovers rule! 🥰 Thanks for sharing these...they are among my favorite videos.🥰 I currently have a 51 REO & 93 IH from Walmart.
Never got to drive an AutoCar back in the day, but I sometimes talked on the CB with a guy drove an A-car hauling fuel oil. His handle was “Shake ‘n’ Bake,” for obvious reasons. This was late ‘70s on I 87, the “Adirondack Northway.” I was hauling lumber and wood chips for a lumber company located in the middle of the Adirondack High-Peaks region. My first job out of truck driver school and I’m hauling grossly overweight loads over gnarly mountain roads driving a little International Fleetstar 2070A with a 290 Cummins/13 speed (no Jake Brake). Thems was the good ol’ days. Thanks so much for putting this wonderful video together. Sure took my back. The photos reminded me of Jean and Michael Stern’s “Trucker: A Portrait of the Last American Cowboy.” I thumbed through that book endlessly and it inspired me to dredge up the courage to leave my social work job and take up trucking. Never for a moment have I regretted it.
I've been driving since early 2000. Cabovers were around in 2000, but there numbers were already on the decline. I have been hauling fuel locally for the last 12 years, but sometimes I still miss the long haul stuff. Thank you for taking the time to share these historic photos.
Awesome pics of the time. My dad drove for Schneider Trucking late 70s . They where a great company then. A true brotherhood. When he bought his own truck, R model MACK, I got to go with him and loved it. It is probably why I work on trucks today... Thanks
Great stuff Craig, and glad to hear you’re recovering well. Funny how “back in the day” White/Freightliner and Mack were the kings of the road. (PB & KW were “high-end” trucks. More for O/O’s, not many in fleets.) Now you seldom see a Mack or Western Star pulling a trailer. Lots of Mack garbage and straight trucks.
Craig Ryan: Yep,and my uncle who worked @ White building Freightliners in Cleveland,Oh.lost his job when Volvo took over White and closed and moved out of CLE.😢White Cabover was best looking most popular fleet truck in 70s thru early 80s and liked driving them.Far from luxurious but dependable.👍
Some great memories. Always love looking at old trucks. Glad you had a few from CF. Drove for them for 17 yrs. till they went out of business. Thanks for sharing
Great to see those old trucks. I noticed a couple of Ryder trucks amongst them. I was a mechanic for Ryder Truck Rental for 17 years in the UK. I am a full time driver in the UK now. Much better to be driving them than mending them. I try to take as many photos as I can, but like you, wish I had taken more in the past. Hope your new job is going well.
You sound a lot like me. I started in ‘73 with my brother. Then a friend bought a CO4000 and talked me into driving it. My brother had a new cab over Pete with that little 270 Cat. It would pull. By I, like you couldn’t get my head on straight. Looking by, I think my biggest problem was just the loneliness of it. Looking back, my brother let that Pete go back, never figured out why, cause at the time I was running it about 10K a month. I wished I’d have tried to take it over...oh well...hindsight!
Drove my first big truck in Fla after getting out of the Navy in 1973 in Homestead. R model Mack lowboy with a 20 speed quadraplex transmission 2 stick. Loved going thru all those gears back then. Moved back to Ill to get married and the first company driving job I had was for Ligon so your friends truck brought back big memories. His number was 6120, I was 4144 it had an International Transport paint job, it was there before Ligon. 4X4 air shift trans with a 350 Cummins, I sure thought I was in the bigtime in that truck. These pictures are so right on for the times back then, thanks so much for sharing.
Super photos!!!! Had a 70 KW COE and 13 spd/and a 72 Dodge 600 555 cummins and a 10 speed maxed out at 61 mph!!!! those were the days!!! No rules, a bible seller and drug pusher in same truck stop!! well done thanks!
Daniel Kennedy Hi Dan. My first truck was a '70 Dodge swing fender D-700 single axle gas pot 361 2bbl tractor for Pauls Transfer, in Vancouver BC running round town in '81.
@@sonshinelight I drove one of those LCF low cab forward Dodge D-700s in the early 70's. It was a 10 wheeler with a bunker/blower, pre Thermo King with the ice bunker and 10 horse brigs-stratton to move the air in the box. Old school. The Dodge was the 361 gas 5 speed split axle. Used to run from Virginia to Florida to pick up produce. No sleeper, just stretch out on the bench seat. A long way from today's Condos.
@@CraigRyan Craig, thank you for the history you saved. I drive and wrench for Ma Cummins out of Columbus Indiana as a research tech. I have wheeled over the AlCan and up to Alaska several times for cold tests including Yellow Knife Canada. I was in 10th grade when two research techs came to our high school with a test truck and a towing dyno trailer that had a 1710 Cummins V12 in it. They told our shop class stories about powering upslope on Eisenhower and Loveland in Colorado with the V12 helping to PUSH the tractor up the hill, just to flummox some of the Cowboy OO's who were climbing slow. I been doing that job now, following those guys footsteps and gearshifts for 27 years. Allot has changed and watching the demise of being a Knight of the Road to being just like a tire, remove and replace,,, has been heartbreaking. I am feeling the miles but I yearn for the boost when the turbo spools up and the mighty Cummins twists the rails and howls the rubber. I am humbled to be around you guys who REALLY rolled the big wheels of this country. As a kid, I traversed Florida and Indiana and Louisiana in Greyhounds being an Army Brat. The smell of Detroit's in those bus terminals was part of my pallet at the tender age of 5. I wonder now, if you ever chauffeured me in one of those long bus rides in an Americruiser.
Wow great photos. I drove and IH transstar with 350 Cummins and a 15 speed Roadranger in Southrn Cal during the 70's. I hauled livestock feeds and shipping containers back and forth to LA Long Beach harbor. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Good old days of trucking. No dum e logs and nobody was after your cash like 2day trucks are nothing 2day butt rolling atm machines for states and city's.
@@CraigRyan to KELVIN- wondering did you adjust your own wedge brakes, split your 3 piece rims,and change your own bias plys? have two sticks to shift all day running regional? i remember the good ol days as being hard A work but im still at it -recording my adventures daily and posting in these "good" days where its cake in comparison( @ least in my humble opinion ) hey its all good -at least now it is ! just sayin PS maybe i was just working to hard to be able to see the good old days back then ,
Its a lot better today, CDL came about to get rid of the riff-raff who held more than one license...…..E logs came about because drivers and companies abused paper logs...…...Drivers and companies brought about everything on themselves...…..DOT physicals are harder to get because drivers abused that too...……..
ELD came about because the technology existed and because the ATA wanted it that way. You can add in any reasons you want but it it boils down to that one group and the lawmakers that just want to get paid.@@numbaoneUFCfan
Great memories, I rode coal buckets in SE Ky, aboard Mack DM’s , the only thing that could go into those mountains and come back out, again and again, thanks for the video Craig
One of the BEST nostalgic videos on TH-cam - By Far! Thank you!! Back then, I think I drove B and U-Model Mack's a million miles! My Favorite Rig International COE 10spRR, with some mad Detroit 2-stroke V-8. Ran straight through from Jonesboro, Arkansas to NYC. 400, 100 lb sacks of rice to some big Chinese food distributor, Hunts Point Market, The Bronx. Straight-through means to fuel and piss-stops only. Who needs food?! Can you say Bennies? What a run... Ran straight East with/against a fine, gentleman driver. On all accounts, he had speed! He was headed home to Cranston, RI with the same load. At one point, we formed a real, honest-to-goodness convoy with a few other jet-jockeys! His rig pulled the hills better but my top-end was faster. Flat-out about as fast as those rigs could go. Crazy shit all around.
Craig..if you ever find the time to find other photos please do a video like this again..enjoyed it immensely....and i was thinking of how distinctive and cool looking these old warriors of the road looked...Autocar..Osh..COE..they all looked great///and i bet a few folks would love to have some of them now..you also had a good eye for setting up the shots...peace...Rich
@@CraigRyan I drove a '71 A-car day cab back in the middle 80's. I sure liked that ol' truck. It was one of the last trucks we had that was a twin stick-5/3,and had air assist steering,handy in town but hard to keep gathered up if I left it on when I got on the highway. (Only made THAT mistake once-don't know what I was thinkin'.) GREAT video-looking forward to a sequel. (hint,hint!)
My dad was born in 52 and started Over The Road Trucking when he was 17 he quit in 1985 when I was born so this video is a somewhat documentary of the life he led Kudos and hats off to you sir last of the Blacktop Cowboys
Fantastic photos! I was a kid back in the 70’s and early 80’s. Coming from the U.K. The only time I would see US trucks was when I got to watch BJ and the Bear and reruns of Convoy! 😂My parents bought me the . ‘American Trucks’ 1 and 2 by David Jacobs and I knew every make and model! 😃 Seeing all these takes me back ! Excellent video , loved it👏👏
Craig Ryan wow 1977! Already driven trucks and bus and on the first wife!! Those were different times weren’t they!! These are great pictures please save them it does seem like yesterday doesn’t it?!!!
Thank you sir ..... I certainly enjoyed it..... I only trucked longdistance through late 1980's up to 2003...... to many regulations now.,.... wont let you run.... very sad..... great photos and I think I recognized some of the places
Nice video on trucks known and loved. Thought you might have caught one of those CF stretched S/A tractor conversions that would slide 5th wheel to cab and tracked landing gear that slid back to trailer axle and, when frames locked, it became a straight truck. Now they had a truck trailer which got around doubles ban in PA back then. Old Overdrive magazine had an article about it. Only found one picture on YT. Deregulation eliminated need for company ingenuity.
That was called a Truck Tainer by CF. They took the long wheelbase cab overs, mounted a concrete block over the drive axle, pintle hook and pulled the converter dolly and 2nd trailer across interstate 90 in PA. The linehaul drivers would drop the dolly and trailer in Ohio, then single to NY line, hook another dolly and trailer and continue to Buffalo.
Great photos! We all wish we could have taken more on any subject when we look back ! but at least you had the forsite to take what you did ,& you have forever captured a piece of history to share with others who can appreciate the past ! I'm from England ,& my two uncles had a two trucking companies running as one ! Coulling Bros &Loaders Transport ! Now both gone about 2003 ! I was lucky to find four photos of some of their lorries on Ebay recently taken in the early 60s ! These are now highly prized as part of my families history! They had about 30 trucks before closing down , &I have lots of good memories of days out in there trucks as a child ! Especially with my uncles ! They have all passed away now ! I love trucks ,especially American ones ! & I intend to visit one of the massive shows that you have over there at some point! Thank you for sharing these special photos that formed a major part of your life ! 👍👌👁
Great photos! However I only saw one GMC Astro. A Ryder rental in the corner. Over here on the east coast they were pretty popular with corporate America. Loved the noise a screaming Detroit made. I too wish I'd taken more pictures of the cabover scene. Family always rolled their eyes when I'd have a truck in a scene. Oh well.
I missed a lot! I drove an Astro once, but it was very brief. Had a 318 in it. The RPM dropped like a rock when you shifted. There were a lot of great trucks I never thought to take photos of.
The History channel had a driver from the ice roads show. He was pushing a old Ford with a Detroit in it. His words of advice were great. First you have to slam the door on your hand, then drive it like you were Angry..lol Keep it floored!
I had the same thought , no a lot of Astros, which happened to be the first truck I drove with a Cummins 290, I think and a 10 sp, no A/C, Power steering, air ride, heater, sleeper. Very basic but I loved it, hey! I was driving a truck for a living.
Yep, coast to coast and border to border ,and 4 Canadian provinces , reefers, flats, tankers, even hauled freight for Yellow back in the 70s when it was fun. Couldn't / wouldn't do it now, too much big brother watching. I got out when Qualcomm & cell phones came in. But do I miss it, yep, but I miss it the way it was , not the way it is. Be safe my friend.
I really enjoyed this video! I spent as much time as possible in the truck with my step dad when I was a kid in the 70's. He drove mainly 352 cab overs. I also spent a lot of time my mom on a Greyhound bus between Phoenix and Lubbock, TX. Thanks for making this video. I will probably watch it a lot :)
What memories I started in 1974 with a 1966 C/O trans star And reading some of the comments We Had the best trucking days there ever was And if anyone remembers me I ran coast to Coast ( Light'en )
...lots of guys these days have never driven a cabover...I started with International Transtars...Freightliners...Kenworths...Peterbilts...GMC Astros...spent some time driving hot road oil tankers between refineries in Colorado and Wyoming and hot batch plants in the mountains and back roads of those two states...320 degrees above zero road oil...called into the office if we didn't load between 79,000 and 80,000 and asked what the problem was...docked pay after that...remember having to climb up on the tank in Chugwater Wyoming with lightning flying all around...was up on the tank in Flagler Colorado when a massive swarm of flying red ants decided they liked the product I was carrying for some reason...later drove a cabover Freightliner pulling a liquid nitrogen tanker...360 degrees below zero...lot of years in my own dump truck business with my Kenworth on the back roads of the Colorado mountains...remember well sliding down a glare ice road about an eighth of a mile to a Cul de Sac trying to decide whose yard I would try to drive through if it didn't stop...fortunately it finally did...drove some R model Macks for a client up here...helped my brother in law a few years ago haul bailed hay in doubles pulled by an International cabover...retired now...took very few pictures and no video...regret that...
Thanks for sharing. I started driving in '73 and remember all them trucks and most of the companies. Sure brought back a lot of memories. Like no A/C, power steering , windows or locks. If you found a truck stop with showers they were gym style not the private type they have now.You carried a tool box and had plenty of opportunity to learn how to use it as road service as we now know it didn't exist. I run local now but like you I wish I'd taken more pictures.
My Dad quit the Chevrolet Dealership and opened our automatic Transmission shop in 1977 I can fallow this in time line w/you. I'm now 55yo and still have the Transmission shop with my brothers. GREYHOUND HAD THOSE. ALLISON. AUTOMATICS BET THAT CAN SPOIL A TRUCK DRIVER? GREAT SHOW. THANKS😃
Drove east coast as a freight hauler in late 70"s to mid 90"s, then health food dist. to 2000, then over the road east of the windy for fifteen years. Retired now, don"t miss the road but miss the old trucks alittle. They had souls. Good luck!
In the 70s I drove those Mack R models with the 5 cylinder engines and 5 speed transmissions. They were basic models, no frills such as A/C, and had plenty of power.
???? 5 cylinder Mack engine???? What country was this in? because here in the U.S. I have never seen a 5 cylinder Mack engine. I have seen Deutz 5 cylinder diesels in machinery but that's it.
Enjoyed the video! I had a similar job sequence. OTR 1975-77-Midwestern Distribution-cabover Freightliner/Greyhound 1977-87-Div6-Norcal/Rinehart Oil1987-89, cabover Pete/tanker/Ultramar/Beacon Oil 1989-1997. I, too, definitely regret not taking more photos back then ! In my pre-Hound days, I was on the NY Thruway and was talking to a guy on the CB and the only vehicle around was a Greyhound. The Hound driver was running a CB! Two years later, I'm driving a Hound but never saw any other driver hauling his own CB around. That same trip, I was blown away when I got passed on the Thruway by a set of those 40 foot doubles....it was at night, so I wasn't aware of how long he was until he passed me....it was like getting passed by a train. Thanks again for the trip down memory lane!
@@CraigRyan No problem at all. I was born & raised in the trucking profession & was even trucking when mom was pregnant with me. I would go trucking with my dad every chance i got. After a hitch in the US Military, i drove for 25+yrs fore calling it quits due to a low back injury. Thankya for your video
Appreciate the video, my dad was a trucker from 60 to late 90s. He could thread a needle with a trailer like it was nothing, amazing man.
Thanks for a million memories! I trucked from 1977 till January 25th of this year. Had a stroke on i80 in Pennsylvania. With God's loving help, I safely got parked in a rest area and called 911. DOT regs will let me return to work after a year. I'll probably wait till early spring, but am definitely going back to it. I won't be chasing every last mile I can squeeze out of my logbook though. I've already got five million career miles, I guess that's enough. LOL I grew up in wildwood Florida, worked at deano's truckstop. Next to the truck-o-mat and the union 76 truckers paradise. Remember hating seeing you bee haulers pulling in late at night. We'd be running from those damn things all night long! I've been in Peru indiana since 1985. What a man won't do for a beautiful woman! 😜 Thanks again for making an old trucker reminisce.
Thank you for taking the time to tell your story! You've seen a lot of miles and know a lot about our industry, thanks for sharing. Rest easy and I hope you pass all the tests to get back out there. Good luck, Craig
After my Heart attack, I can't get a health card. So was forced into retirement. People look at me funny. When I tell them I miss it more then life its self.
Sad what today's drivers missed out on. The Big Orange ball in the sky. Truck stops were truck stops back in the day. Jokey's pumped our fuel, Restaurants had good food.
Made many a friend on the old CB back then.
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You mean back when truckstops were truckstops, not travel centers? When coffee was free and they had a can of lighter fluid to top off your zippo? The food in the restaurant was made from scratch and you could get breakfast for 3 bucks and supper for six? Now the pilot and loves stock more sundresses and flip flops than trucker supplies. Thirty years ago, if you broke down, drivers would call out to you on the cb and ask if you needed help. And if you didn't respond to the first several attempts, someone would stop to check on you. Nowadays, if you're on the side of the road, you're lucky if you don't get hit by another tractor trailer that wasn't paying attention. But yes, I know how you feel. I think it's not so much the "trucking job" that I miss, it's the traveling. If, God willing, nothing happens in the next month, I'll be calling Crete and asking what hoops I have to jump through to get back out there. The stationary life is not for me. I'd be happy traveling in a motorhome, too. Unfortunately, my wife has no desire to live the nomadic lifestyle. And...... I can't afford to travel solo in a motorhome and maintain a household at the same time. Perhaps you could get a non cdl driving job? Good luck with whatever you do. And I'll remember you in my prayers.
@@1956model1 Yes to all, and each TRUCK Stop had a section for Drivers. We were first, as they fed us to get back on the road. Not wait an hour for a table. To only take 30 minutes to get canned slop.
The Old White Truck Stop, off I-81 Exit 205. Drivers has the back section to our self's. Not its one of those Travel Plazza's. But the Truckers of today would rather eat in the truck. Crap in the Truck. Nasty for sure.
Five million miles, man, the things you must've seen on the road. Godspeed, hope you find yourself moving again soon.
I really enjoyed watching this. So many classic trucks that helped build this country. I'm 46 years old, and I've only been driving for 22 years; I started with Burlington Industries, God rest their soul. I was fascinated by big trucks since I was a child, and even growing up on a tobacco farm, outside of the trucking industry, I guess I just got the bug. Thank you so much for the photos you took back then, and for sharing them. God bless you, and God bless all the truckers out there today, doing the impossible for the ungrateful.
Thank you Clint!
Back when a truck was a truck and drivers had respect for 1 another unlike now days 😔
Yes, some do though!
Yeah I still drive but I went back to logging a few years ago where the brother hood still exists among drivers
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Well there are some nice trucks and engines today. As much as I love the sound of any 71 or 92 Detroit I think my long hood 1972 Jimmy would have a 600hp DD16 or the 605hp X15 today. When one brings up company drivers 65% of them can only handle a truck when it's going straight. Sometimes going straight is beyond their skills. Don't think so, just take your next break where you can see the fuel island. As to how many can be called courteous qualified professionals is another story altogether. Hey one more thing, Slow Down & Move Over ..
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Thank You for the memories. My Dad was a truck mechanic for a local truck company and he owned 3 trucks of his own, Diamond T, Brockway, Autocar. They all hauled brick. I could not get enough of trucks. Hanging out with Dad working on his trucks or when I begged to go with him on a Saturday to his real job. They had white coe, Mack R and F Models. Watching from the parts room. Where I could be safe. I got to watch Dad fix big trucks. Now I have been a truck mechanic for 36 years. I miss my Dad❣ and still love trucks
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Holy cow! This is like a walk down memory lane for me. Unfortunately I was never into taking pictures but seeing all these from back when I was new to trucking really gets to me. Thanks for sharing.
thank you Snyde
First truck I drove, a 1972 4070 International. Had a 250 Cummins with a 13 speed. No a/c, power steering, power mirrors, heated mirrors. Had a bench seat for the passenger. It did have a custom cruise control, a 1 inch dowel rod wedged between the throttle pedal and the bottom of the dash. Loaded with an oversized combine and a strong headwind it wouldn’t run over 50 mph. The good old days, LOL!
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Awesome, I grew up in a rig spending my summers from 1980 to 1988 in the cab with my owner operator grandfather, I will never forget deciding that I wanted to work on rigs for a living and bringing my brand new service truck to show Pops, I don't think I ever saw him so proud, the video brings me back, Thank you!
I remember back when it was a adventure and challenging! I miss those days ….
Thanks!
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I drove from 1969 - 1989 and only have fewer than a handful of pictures to capture those days. Only wish I'd had the foresight to take more of them like you did. Thanks for the walk down memory lane...
I started driving in 1975. The truck I learned in was a 1970 GMC Astro 95 with a 318 and a 13 speed transmission. Back in those days there were so many CB radios on the
road you could barely get a word in, especially if you were on one of the interstates. Today you don't here many CB's like you did then. In 1988 I started driving for a charter
bus company and did that for almost 22 years and really enjoyed it. I still carried a CB and talked to a lot of drivers while traveling. I had to retire in 2010 for health reasons.
Thanks for the the video. Lot of memories there.
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@@franceliakarle_1 I am doing pretty well. Had back surgery in Feb to repair a bad disc. Love retirement. Thanks.
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@@Eddie_Schantz you’re welcome, hope all is well with you?
I grew up on a Astro too. 318 Banger. Screaming 😈 Demon.
Loved every second of this video! Great job and great photos.
Thanks!
DailyDieselDose Love this. My era. Trucked the Alaska Hwy 67-70 out if Whitehorse, YT. Had a B73 Mack with a 262 Cummins and 5+3. 850 miles of gravel one way every trip to Edmonton or Vancouver or anyplace east. 17% grade many spots in the old Alcan. LOTS if chains but fun for a teenager!!
@@floyddickson9974 Floyd Sounds like you had some fun up N.
I never had the opportunity to run any of that. I ran most of my 31 yrs between KS. TX. NC.
FL. But I sure drove a B-61 Mack with 4-5 Quad. Twin Stick & many other. That ol' Mack had 185 Hp new I think it had about 100 left in 1984 ! like pulling 45 Pig with a pickup !
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Ah, the good old days. Great memories ! I started in the Netherlands Europe back in 1971 and retired in 2016 but still driving 20 hours a week. I love the old time footage. It seems like yesterday.
Thanks!
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Thank you for the memories. I Drove Transtars and K 100 kenworth and Frightlines
All Cabovers From 78 to 93. Loved them They Are The Best Trucks. My Kids helped Clean The Trucks when I Got Home !! 🥰❤❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
The early seventies when drivers were drivers and roads were roads, I remember it well.
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I’m just 13 but man I wish I lived back then, now trucks are ugly trying to save fuel, my dream truck is a 359 long hood, or a ford LTL9000, so wish I could live back then
@@loganplatz8908 I've driven both long and short hood Pete's. Unless I was long haul and the docks were all spacious I'd the short hood 379. I drive a 93, and that was my favorite truck.
I'm 26, driving since 18. I wish I was born earlier and got to be a trucker in the golden era. I'm young but old school at heart. I wish all drivers had this passion and love for the job, that's what makes a real Trucker. But we have a bunch of clowns steering wheel holders out here today that don't know how to change a simple hose.
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My dad drove for EL Murphy in about 78. I was 5 and got to go on one of his runs from Mt to Wa and Or. I remember driving at night with all the lights. These pics bring back great memories. Thank you so much for these!
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Thanks for bringing back days of when My Dad was driving ! He is in Heaven with Our Holy Father praising his Holy Name and snicking in trucker talk on the side !!!! Thanks again My Friend !!!!!
Very cool.
Started in 76. Still out here truckin . Remember the little plastic hand that waved that you stuck on your window? And the feather roach clip you’d put on your cowboy hat . Blue jeans flannel. Shirt with a vest . And you would say ....rod knockers on the cb . And you would make fun of midwestern distribution trucks lol ... 24/7 truck stops with sit down restaurants .... 2 or 3 logs books !!! Cab over trucks with rib sided trailers .....yup the late 70’s and 80’s sure was a good time !!! Fast forward to 2019 ..... damm what a difference lol
You paint the picture Bud!
Midwestern Distribution? Ft Scott KS, Dollar drivers
Midwestern Distribution Inc. PO box 189, 400 National Ave Ft Scott KS, "Drivers, own a new truck like this one, call 1-800 835-0581, talk to Ben Mithchell or Ralph Jones.
Whoever invented the "happy hands" must have made millions. U had to have them. (The more the better)
Midwestern dist was known as the "dollar down" company. Probably the original lease purchase ripoff artists. Most of those freightliners had been through several victims. Also known as the dog food haulers.
My first truck was a 4070 Transtar with a Cummins 250 single drive axle. Horrible in winter weather in Midwest. Got a 1978 4070 IH with a Big Cam Cummins 350 with a 13 speed. Great truck ran 37 states and this truck did it all. Wished for a fancy truck but the IH performed great with 350 Cummins. had drivers complain on CB I was empty when I had 40K load. Great ride.
Thanks for adding your story James!
Thanks for the great memories with those pics of all the old trucks. I started driving truck in 1978 and I am still at it, I've got a few years left before I can retire. Sure puts a smile on my face when I think of the good old days, even though the new trucks are much nicer. There was just something special about those old trucks.
Thanks Terry!
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Always a place in my heart for trucking and trucks
I have driven trucks for just over 40 years, I have been with the same company since April 1990 except for going to Iraq from Sept 2004 to March 2006 then came back to the same job. They even gave me my seniority as well. I love my job home every weekend, and once or twice during the week. Good luck to all .
What a great story Bert! Quite an accomplishment.
and thank you for your service too!
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Thank you sir,
When I got out of the Marines not many people would thank us for our service. I am glad that the Iraq and Afghanistan vets are being treated much better.
Hello Bert! It's been a while... Brian here, aka Sagebrush, from Idaho. You would remember me from Swamp Thing's convoy at Cedar II in 2004-5. I think we may have been at Houston together, too. I came home for the last time 4 July 2006 from Speicher and leased on with Landstar Ranger where wife and I were DOD Contractors hauling sensitive loads until we retired in 2010. You remember A-C from Anaconda, aka Terry, the guy that got shot up on Chief's convoy to Mackenzie when Kevin and the other 2 guys got killed? He lives a few miles away and we're good friends.
Good to see you're still at it. I have too many titanium parts now to drive big trucks. Take Care Brother...
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That was nice to watch. I was out there driving when all of those trucks were new or still on the road for the most part. Definitely a different time to be a truck driver. Started out with my own ‘66 C/O 4000, 238-10spd hauling steel, then went to a portable parking lot with a 359 Pete. Back then that was the truck, 3406/13spd & 63” walk in. If I was able to I’d buy one & just park it in my driveway & take it out for spin once in awhile or even just take a afternoon nap in the bunk. At the 2:55 mark, it looks like one of Schneider Nationals old Transtars before they went to the 9670’s. Good times back then , occasionally hanging out in the party row at the truck stop & scrounging for a shower ticket once in awhile.
My CO4000 was a '65 250 Cummins. Thank you!
Such great memories! Thank you! In the early 70's, I had a 66 Freightliner cabover with a 903 Cummins and a 13 underdrive transmission with a air tag axle. Drove her cost to cost and I went by the CB handle as RINGO! Thanks again
903, wow, haven't heard that one mentioned in a long time! Thanks Ringo!
Craig Ryan Yeah back when Schneider was Company -
But all the big companies, ran em -
Reason I say Schneider --- Was because people used to call it a Schneider Stinger --
I think I still have one --
Even though I was O /O -- back then -
I had a shiny 290 --
A craig just watched this video and man did you jar some memories . Started trucking in 1973 , i was 24 and thought I was on top of the world. No power steering , no air (hot air in summer ) and old Hindrixon suspicion ( Dump truck ).
I miss those days..thanks for the photos.brings back memories.
Thanks Jamee!
early 70s I can remember looking in my mirrors just before dark and I could tell what kind of car was coming up on me by the marker lights. I tell people this and they think I'm crazy.😁
Very true! I used to be able tell what kind of truck was coming at me. No more.
Identifying cars by their headlights had a lot to do with their amber parking/signal lights. I used to do it too! Our cops had '73 Plymouth Furys and their parking lights had a very distinct location - very easy to distinguish them!
I remember that also. That;s how I made an "educated" guess as to whether that car was Hiway Patrol or not.
You are absolutely right Harvey !!!
Yes sir...hard to do now but I remember...thanks for that
Good selection of pictures...glad that you took them and shared them. 🤩 Trucking was a little easier back then, in some ways. Hauling bees was a painful job. Loved the cabovers!!! 🥰 Some fine rides! Cabovers rule! 😎 Glad you enjoyed the rides! 🤩 I’ve been around trucks since 65...have always enjoyed them...it’s in the blood! 🥰Thanks !
I remember in 73 I got a new 4070A cab over with center point steering 318 Detroit 13 speed. It had a/c but would freeze you in the winter. Drove with a blanket wrapped around my legs, cold air went right thru the front. Yes those were the days when you learned quick or got out of it. Most of us stayed in and learned how to bring it back with Vise grips , baling wire , black tape or shop rags tied together. But today most can't change a light bulb.
I can't believe you had pictures of two LCL trucks! My Dad drove for them! Thanks!
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Great video! Thank you! I'm female started driving in 1972 following in my dad's footsteps he started in 1943 retired in 1981. I retired as a teamster in 2009. Your video made this old lady cry cause I miss it so much
Thank you! I bet you had a great career.
Good on you for having an interest in photography at that time. I started in '77 and still pull super B trains over the road. Wish I could have half the pictures you shared of the 70' s - 80's too.
Those older truckers from that era were a great bunch of solid men, I miss the senior drivers from those years who taught me little things to make it easier before they retired.
I bet you've got a lot of stories. Thanks!
Loved it! I started in the trucking industry in 1972. Remember that winter well.Still holds a number of record lows for the area.Minus 20s.....but would warm up to the single digits in the day time.
Good old days!
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Thanks for adding the Greyhound photos as well, brought lots of memories when I used to drive for Greyhound from 99 to 07, sure miss the red and blue stripes
Agreed Johnny, I think the new paint is terrible.
@@CraigRyan Drove for Greyhound in 07 -14. My very first run after cubbing was STL to Chicago. I loved that garage! And now its gone!
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Lots of good memories, thank you. I lived for those tractors back then.
Thank you Paul, me too!
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Thank you for a long needed trip down memory lane!!
Thanks Kenny!
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I trucked from 1976 till I had to take insulin in 2002. What a great ride!!! Thanks for sharing your video, brought many memories back to me. Still miss it.
I'm glad you liked it!
funny to have run across a video with Dart and a driver to boot in it. lol. in 92 i bought my own truck and a 42 foot flat bed with a side kit on it, to haul steel for George Transfer out of Md. i loved it-but not the money it cost to repair things. ha! in 95 about six months before the feds closed george i leased onto Dart-but boy them square nosed van trailers ate my fuel like nothing out in the mid-west. in 96 i parked it-and hired on with Con-Way central express.
stayed their till 2004, coal was in full boom then again, wife had just got on full time-so i came home after 17 yrs of living away working, and getting home on weekends. ran a D-11 cat-man i loved that too. now been home for the last 6 yrs due to medical issues. just nice to see great pics. thanks and take care.
Quite a story Big Jim! I'd love to drive a bulldozer!
10/4 on the medical issues. Sitting and bouncing will do it to you.
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I also drove for George Transfer in the 1960's. I worked for awhile in 1964-65, then left for a year to go to another job. In 1966, I heard the dispatcher in Delaware was looking for a driver, so I applied for the position, and got it. I drove a glider kit '66 Diamond T cabover, 220 Cummins, with a dump truck suspension. I always enjoyed the job. When a terminal was built for George in 1970, I quit driving to work in the shop, which I did for several years. George Transfer was a good outfit to work for during those years, and when I left, I kind of hated to have to. Anyway, I felt bad for everyone when they rights were taken from them. Ah, the good ol' days!
I currently work for Conway now known as XPO logistics at one of the terminals unloading and loading freight on a open air dock running a forklift
I feel you buddy, I sit here watching videos of trucks and trucking, I to was sidelined from driving after 35 yrs due to medical issue stemming from a work place injury back in 2014 (I got ran over from behind by a forklift ) damned I miss driving and I hope your health gets better so you can get back to driving. People complain about the regulations on drivers etc these days but once you've been told you can't drive it sure does suck
I started driving in 85.it was a blast then.35 years later it sucks.still miss those old trucks.
Russell, you were younger then and superman! Thanks!
Lots of great memories. I started the day after I turned 18 in 1974 as a suicide jockey. A small chemical company running 48 states. The pic of little town was a blast. I had to wait on salt trucks one night before the Tenn St Pat would let me leave. Started in an International Transstar. After a few years they moved me in a 352. Loved every minute. Kept getting caught running way to many hours. Finally one night in N.C. those good ole boys from the State Pat set me up with 3 hots and a cot after I gave them my pay log book instead of the fake one I kept for the scales.
We've probably crossed paths or eaten in the same dives. Was a great life and went on into the Army driving an 5 ton hauling jet fuel. Never a bad memory. I wouldn't do it these days with all the traffic. Just a great way for a young kid to see this great nation
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We always went on a lot of road trips with the family as a youngster in the 70s and 80s, and I was fascinated with the trucks on the interstate. Usually I-5 in Oregon and California. I remember almost all of these trucks from back then. Thanks for the memories.
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brings back a lot of memories
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I love the old double bunk cabovers from KW and Peterbilt. They were good looking trucks. I wish I had the time and money to find one to restore.
I've always thought the same Rasko, but what a job!
What a great walk down memory lane...saw most of these cool old rigs when I was growing up in WV. What great looking trucks! 🤩 Cabovers rule! 🥰 Thanks for sharing these...they are among my favorite videos.🥰 I currently have a 51 REO & 93 IH from Walmart.
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Never got to drive an AutoCar back in the day, but I sometimes talked on the CB with a guy drove an A-car hauling fuel oil. His handle was “Shake ‘n’ Bake,” for obvious reasons. This was late ‘70s on I 87, the “Adirondack Northway.” I was hauling lumber and wood chips for a lumber company located in the middle of the Adirondack High-Peaks region. My first job out of truck driver school and I’m hauling grossly overweight loads over gnarly mountain roads driving a little International Fleetstar 2070A with a 290 Cummins/13 speed (no Jake Brake). Thems was the good ol’ days.
Thanks so much for putting this wonderful video together. Sure took my back. The photos reminded me of Jean and Michael Stern’s “Trucker: A Portrait of the Last American Cowboy.” I thumbed through that book endlessly and it inspired me to dredge up the courage to leave my social work job and take up trucking. Never for a moment have I regretted it.
Truck drivers we are a brotherhood ,Always remember that
I've been driving since early 2000. Cabovers were around in 2000, but there numbers were already on the decline. I have been hauling fuel locally for the last 12 years, but sometimes I still miss the long haul stuff. Thank you for taking the time to share these historic photos.
Nice to hear from you Kevin!
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Thanks for the memories. Old school trucker for 1972 until 2005.
THANKS for all those Great memories.oh the old days.
Great video, thanks for sharing the last of the golden era of trucking.. Trucking today is a far cry from what it used to be.
Thanks!
Great collage of your young working life. I wish I had taken photos of my timeline. Very nostalgic. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks John!
Awesome pics of the time. My dad drove for Schneider Trucking late 70s . They where a great company then. A true brotherhood. When he bought his own truck, R model MACK, I got to go with him and loved it. It is probably why I work on trucks today... Thanks
I would have liked to drive for Schneider back then, but not now, stay away.
Great stuff Craig, and glad to hear you’re recovering well.
Funny how “back in the day” White/Freightliner and Mack were the kings of the road. (PB & KW were “high-end” trucks. More for O/O’s, not many in fleets.) Now you seldom see a Mack or Western Star pulling a trailer. Lots of Mack garbage and straight trucks.
Times sure change! Look how Volvo has moved into the market, and they got their toehold through White, the king of trucks decades ago.
Craig Ryan: Yep,and my uncle who worked @ White building Freightliners in Cleveland,Oh.lost his job when Volvo took over White and closed and moved out of CLE.😢White Cabover was best looking most popular fleet truck in 70s thru early 80s and liked driving them.Far from luxurious but dependable.👍
Some great memories. Always love looking at old trucks. Glad you had a few from CF. Drove for them for 17 yrs. till they went out of business. Thanks for sharing
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Great to see those old trucks. I noticed a couple of Ryder trucks amongst them. I was a mechanic for Ryder Truck Rental for 17 years in the UK. I am a full time driver in the UK now. Much better to be driving them than mending them. I try to take as many photos as I can, but like you, wish I had taken more in the past. Hope your new job is going well.
Thanks Chris!
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i feel like pictures from back then just have so much more meaning to them. they took time to not only take but also have developed and printed out.
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You sound a lot like me. I started in ‘73 with my brother. Then a friend bought a CO4000 and talked me into driving it. My brother had a new cab over Pete with that little 270 Cat. It would pull. By I, like you couldn’t get my head on straight. Looking by, I think my biggest problem was just the loneliness of it. Looking back, my brother let that Pete go back, never figured out why, cause at the time I was running it about 10K a month. I wished I’d have tried to take it over...oh well...hindsight!
20/20 hindsight Danny! Maybe it's all for the good though.
Drove my first big truck in Fla after getting out of the Navy in 1973 in Homestead. R model Mack lowboy with a 20 speed quadraplex transmission 2 stick. Loved going thru all those gears back then. Moved back to Ill to get married and the first company driving job I had was for Ligon so your friends truck brought back big memories. His number was 6120, I was 4144 it had an International Transport paint job, it was there before Ligon. 4X4 air shift trans with a 350 Cummins, I sure thought I was in the bigtime in that truck. These pictures are so right on for the times back then, thanks so much for sharing.
I once sat in a truck with an air 4x4! It was a log truck out in Oregon. Never got to drive it though. Thanks for the memories.
Super photos!!!! Had a 70 KW COE and 13 spd/and a 72 Dodge 600 555 cummins and a 10 speed maxed out at 61 mph!!!! those were the days!!! No rules, a bible seller and drug pusher in same truck stop!! well done thanks!
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Hi Dan. My first truck was a '70 Dodge swing fender D-700 single axle gas pot 361 2bbl tractor for Pauls Transfer, in Vancouver BC running round town in '81.
Hey, watch the language here, this is a family channel! ;-) I bet that vocabulary goes right over the heads of a lot of drivers!
@@sonshinelight I drove one of those LCF low cab forward Dodge D-700s in the early 70's. It was a 10 wheeler with a bunker/blower, pre Thermo King with the ice bunker and 10 horse brigs-stratton to move the air in the box. Old school. The Dodge was the 361 gas 5 speed split axle. Used to run from Virginia to Florida to pick up produce. No sleeper, just stretch out on the bench seat. A long way from today's Condos.
@@CraigRyan Craig, thank you for the history you saved. I drive and wrench for Ma Cummins out of Columbus Indiana as a research tech. I have wheeled over the AlCan and up to Alaska several times for cold tests including Yellow Knife Canada.
I was in 10th grade when two research techs came to our high school with a test truck and a towing dyno trailer that had a 1710 Cummins V12 in it. They told our shop class stories about powering upslope on Eisenhower and Loveland in Colorado with the V12 helping to PUSH the tractor up the hill, just to flummox some of the Cowboy OO's who were climbing slow. I been doing that job now, following those guys footsteps and gearshifts for 27 years. Allot has changed and watching the demise of being a Knight of the Road to being just like a tire, remove and replace,,, has been heartbreaking.
I am feeling the miles but I yearn for the boost when the turbo spools up and the mighty Cummins twists the rails and howls the rubber. I am humbled to be around you guys who REALLY rolled the big wheels of this country.
As a kid, I traversed Florida and Indiana and Louisiana in Greyhounds being an Army Brat. The smell of Detroit's in those bus terminals was part of my pallet at the tender age of 5. I wonder now, if you ever chauffeured me in one of those long bus rides in an Americruiser.
Thanks For The Memory's I started in 1976 and ran off and on for over 30 years more on than off ,lol
God bless you and your pictures .
Thanks Charley, I bet you've got a lot of memories, and if you're like me new ones pop into your mind all the time.
THANK YOU FOR GREAT DETAIL VIDEO SHOWING ALL TRUCKS AND BUS AS GREAT WATCHING THE VIDEO
Thanks Robert!
Wow great photos. I drove and IH transstar with 350 Cummins and a 15 speed Roadranger in Southrn Cal during the 70's. I hauled livestock feeds and shipping containers back and forth to LA Long Beach harbor. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
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Good old days of trucking. No dum e logs and nobody was after your cash like 2day trucks are nothing 2day butt rolling atm machines for states and city's.
Yes, but do you have an opinion Kelvin? Ha! Thanks for the input.
Some trucks had tattle tail clocks, mostly for union drivers.
@@CraigRyan to KELVIN- wondering did you adjust your own wedge brakes, split your 3 piece rims,and change your own bias plys? have two sticks to shift all day running regional? i remember the good ol days as being hard A work but im still at it -recording my adventures daily and posting in these "good" days where its cake in comparison( @ least in my humble opinion ) hey its all good -at least now it is ! just sayin PS maybe i was just working to hard to be able to see the good old days back then ,
Its a lot better today, CDL came about to get rid of the riff-raff who held more than one license...…..E logs came about because drivers and companies abused paper logs...…...Drivers and companies brought about everything on themselves...…..DOT physicals are harder to get because drivers abused that too...……..
ELD came about because the technology existed and because the ATA wanted it that way.
You can add in any reasons you want but it it boils down to that one group and the lawmakers that just want to get paid.@@numbaoneUFCfan
Very cool ... had no idea there were so many COEs back then ... gr8 pics, thanks for sharing
It's about all we had back then if you drove East of the Mississippi. Thanks!
What a time to be alive during that era!
Great memories, I rode coal buckets in SE Ky, aboard Mack DM’s , the only thing that could go into those mountains and come back out, again and again, thanks for the video Craig
Thanks Deborah!
Amazing photos and great video! Thanks for sharing your story!
Thanks!
Great pics of a great period - thanks for the video.
One of the BEST nostalgic videos on TH-cam - By Far! Thank you!!
Back then, I think I drove B and U-Model Mack's a million miles! My Favorite Rig International COE 10spRR, with some mad Detroit 2-stroke V-8. Ran straight through from Jonesboro, Arkansas to NYC. 400, 100 lb sacks of rice to some big Chinese food distributor, Hunts Point Market, The Bronx. Straight-through means to fuel and piss-stops only. Who needs food?! Can you say Bennies?
What a run... Ran straight East with/against a fine, gentleman driver. On all accounts, he had speed! He was headed home to Cranston, RI with the same load. At one point, we formed a real, honest-to-goodness convoy with a few other jet-jockeys! His rig pulled the hills better but my top-end was faster. Flat-out about as fast as those rigs could go. Crazy shit all around.
Yep, sounds like the days back then. Thanks Richie!
Craig..if you ever find the time to find other photos please do a video like this again..enjoyed it immensely....and i was thinking of how distinctive and cool looking these old warriors of the road looked...Autocar..Osh..COE..they all looked great///and i bet a few folks would love to have some of them now..you also had a good eye for setting up the shots...peace...Rich
Thanks! If I only had a time machine I'd come back with loads!
@@CraigRyan I drove a '71 A-car day cab back in the middle 80's. I sure liked that ol' truck. It was one of the last trucks we had that was a twin stick-5/3,and had air assist steering,handy in town but hard to keep gathered up if I left it on when I got on the highway. (Only made THAT mistake once-don't know what I was thinkin'.) GREAT video-looking forward to a sequel. (hint,hint!)
Wish we all could go on your time machine! Miss the COE's!!
My dad was born in 52 and started Over The Road Trucking when he was 17 he quit in 1985 when I was born so this video is a somewhat documentary of the life he led Kudos and hats off to you sir last of the Blacktop Cowboys
Thanks Jake, but I was just there trying to get by!
Fantastic photos! I was a kid back in the 70’s and early 80’s. Coming from the U.K. The only time I would see US trucks was when I got to watch BJ and the Bear and reruns of Convoy! 😂My parents bought me the . ‘American Trucks’ 1 and 2 by David Jacobs and I knew every make and model! 😃
Seeing all these takes me back ! Excellent video , loved it👏👏
I've got some old trucking books myself! Thanks!
Thanks for the memories we miss guys like you out here today
Nothing special about me, I was just there. Thank you!
Seems like only yesterday, doesn't it?
Yes! Can't believe how quickly time goes by.
Craig Ryan wow 1977! Already driven trucks and bus and on the first wife!! Those were different times weren’t they!! These are great pictures please save them it does seem like yesterday doesn’t it?!!!
I started in 72 I think. 1st job was hauling concrete blocks, dumps & learned to bucket loaders & dozers. It was fun for a 21 yo.
Just retired ,, 43 years later, but the beginning was the good times. Drove a lot of different trucks. Dodge, Diamond Reo, Brockways, of course Macks
No. It seems like 3.5 million miles ago.
Thanks for the walk down memory lane! I drove many of those makes and models! Thanks for the joy! Still truckin'!
The Instigator!
My thoughts exactly. This was pure therapy.
10-4 Instigator!
Thank you sir ..... I certainly enjoyed it..... I only trucked longdistance through late 1980's up to 2003...... to many regulations now.,.... wont let you run.... very sad..... great photos and I think I recognized some of the places
Thanks Jay!
Thank for being a documentary photographer back in the film days, when it was harder.
Thanks Malcolm! I've always loved shooting film so I'm lucky I have these negatives.
Nice video on trucks known and loved. Thought you might have caught one of those CF stretched S/A tractor conversions that would slide 5th wheel to cab and tracked landing gear that slid back to trailer axle and, when frames locked, it became a straight truck. Now they had a truck trailer which got around doubles ban in PA back then. Old Overdrive magazine had an article about it. Only found one picture on YT. Deregulation eliminated need for company ingenuity.
Remarkable information, thanks!
That was called a Truck Tainer by CF. They took the long wheelbase cab overs, mounted a concrete block over the drive axle, pintle hook and pulled the converter dolly and 2nd trailer across interstate 90 in PA. The linehaul drivers would drop the dolly and trailer in Ohio, then single to NY line, hook another dolly and trailer and continue to Buffalo.
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Great photos! We all wish we could have taken more on any subject when we look back ! but at least you had the forsite to take what you did ,& you have forever captured a piece of history to share with others who can appreciate the past ! I'm from England ,& my two uncles had a two trucking companies running as one ! Coulling Bros &Loaders Transport ! Now both gone about 2003 ! I was lucky to find four photos of some of their lorries on Ebay recently taken in the early 60s ! These are now highly prized as part of my families history! They had about 30 trucks before closing down , &I have lots of good memories of days out in there trucks as a child ! Especially with my uncles ! They have all passed away now ! I love trucks ,especially American ones ! & I intend to visit one of the massive shows that you have over there at some point! Thank you for sharing these special photos that formed a major part of your life ! 👍👌👁
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Great photos!
However I only saw one GMC Astro. A Ryder rental in the corner.
Over here on the east coast they were pretty popular with corporate America.
Loved the noise a screaming Detroit made. I too wish I'd taken more pictures of the cabover scene.
Family always rolled their eyes when I'd have a truck in a scene. Oh well.
I missed a lot! I drove an Astro once, but it was very brief. Had a 318 in it. The RPM dropped like a rock when you shifted. There were a lot of great trucks I never thought to take photos of.
The History channel had a driver from the ice roads show. He was pushing a old Ford with a Detroit in it. His words of advice were great. First you have to slam the door on your hand, then drive it like you were Angry..lol
Keep it floored!
I had the same thought , no a lot of Astros, which happened to be the first truck I drove with a Cummins 290, I think and a 10 sp, no A/C, Power steering, air ride, heater, sleeper. Very basic but I loved it, hey! I was driving a truck for a living.
Didn't Chevy also make an Astro?
Glenn Lego>they did, Chevy's was a minivan, and the one they are speaking of from GMC was a cab-over-engine tractor/semi-truck.
1970 to 1997 ---miss the big road everyday--Thanks for all the great memories.
Sounds like you got some time out there RB! Thanks.
Yep, coast to coast and border to border ,and 4 Canadian provinces , reefers, flats, tankers, even hauled freight for Yellow back in the 70s when it was fun. Couldn't / wouldn't do it now, too much big brother watching. I got out when Qualcomm & cell phones came in. But do I miss it, yep, but I miss it the way it was , not the way it is. Be safe my friend.
I really enjoyed this video! I spent as much time as possible in the truck with my step dad when I was a kid in the 70's. He drove mainly 352 cab overs. I also spent a lot of time my mom on a Greyhound bus between Phoenix and Lubbock, TX. Thanks for making this video. I will probably watch it a lot :)
Great to hear from you Will, thanks!
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Such a cool video. Love the Autocar. I started with old Needle nose Petes in Utah and Wyoming in the late '70s. Again, outstanding!
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What memories I started in 1974 with a 1966 C/O trans star And reading some of the comments We Had the best trucking days there ever was And if anyone remembers me I ran coast to Coast ( Light'en )
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Thank you. It’s nice to see pics of trucking back then
Thank you!
...got my commercial license in 1975...drove about everything at one time or another...
That would be a story! Lots of stories out there I'd love to hear.
...lots of guys these days have never driven a cabover...I started with International Transtars...Freightliners...Kenworths...Peterbilts...GMC Astros...spent some time driving hot road oil tankers between refineries in Colorado and Wyoming and hot batch plants in the mountains and back roads of those two states...320 degrees above zero road oil...called into the office if we didn't load between 79,000 and 80,000 and asked what the problem was...docked pay after that...remember having to climb up on the tank in Chugwater Wyoming with lightning flying all around...was up on the tank in Flagler Colorado when a massive swarm of flying red ants decided they liked the product I was carrying for some reason...later drove a cabover Freightliner pulling a liquid nitrogen tanker...360 degrees below zero...lot of years in my own dump truck business with my Kenworth on the back roads of the Colorado mountains...remember well sliding down a glare ice road about an eighth of a mile to a Cul de Sac trying to decide whose yard I would try to drive through if it didn't stop...fortunately it finally did...drove some R model Macks for a client up here...helped my brother in law a few years ago haul bailed hay in doubles pulled by an International cabover...retired now...took very few pictures and no video...regret that...
@@paradiseroad6405 A bit excessive with the ellipsis? End a complete sentence with a period,and begin a new one with a capital letter.
@@sabrinacordell6290 ...it's the internet...so lighten up Francis...
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I drove from 1974 till 2014 ! A lot of familiar trucks on here ! Thanks for the memories !
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I remember those old Internationals and the days I spent hauling grain for a short while
We're did you haul grain and what year ?
This was great! Thanks so much for sharing these pics and notes.
That is a cool video! Thanks Craig!
Nice to hear Neil!
Thanks for sharing. I started driving in '73 and remember all them trucks and most of the companies. Sure brought back a lot of memories. Like no A/C, power steering , windows or locks. If you found a truck stop with showers they were gym style not the private type they have now.You carried a tool box and had plenty of opportunity to learn how to use it as road service as we now know it didn't exist. I run local now but like you I wish I'd taken more pictures.
Exactly my feelings!
Just...WOW !!! Thank you !
Thanks!
My Dad quit the Chevrolet Dealership and opened our automatic Transmission shop in 1977 I can fallow this in time line w/you. I'm now 55yo and still have the Transmission shop with my brothers. GREYHOUND HAD THOSE. ALLISON. AUTOMATICS BET THAT CAN SPOIL A TRUCK DRIVER? GREAT SHOW. THANKS😃
Great videos of the trucks of the past and great editing as well
Thanks Robert, sure wish I had taken more.
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Drove east coast as a freight hauler in late 70"s to mid 90"s, then health food dist. to 2000, then over the road east of the windy for fifteen years. Retired now, don"t miss the road but miss the old trucks alittle. They had souls. Good luck!
Good history there Michael!
In the 70s I drove those Mack R models with the 5 cylinder engines and 5 speed transmissions. They were basic models, no frills such as A/C, and had plenty of power.
Good old trucks!
???? 5 cylinder Mack engine???? What country was this in? because here in the U.S. I have never seen a 5 cylinder Mack engine. I have seen Deutz 5 cylinder diesels in machinery but that's it.
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Muchas gracias, señor, un reportaje precioso y muy emotivo
Thank you!
What a great video, thanks for sharing Craig
Thanks Jay!
Enjoyed the video! I had a similar job sequence. OTR 1975-77-Midwestern Distribution-cabover Freightliner/Greyhound 1977-87-Div6-Norcal/Rinehart Oil1987-89, cabover Pete/tanker/Ultramar/Beacon Oil 1989-1997. I, too, definitely regret not taking more photos back then !
In my pre-Hound days, I was on the NY Thruway and was talking to a guy on the CB and the only vehicle around was a Greyhound. The Hound driver was running a CB! Two years later, I'm driving a Hound but never saw any other driver hauling his own CB around. That same trip, I was blown away when I got passed on the Thruway by a set of those 40 foot doubles....it was at night, so I wasn't aware of how long he was until he passed me....it was like getting passed by a train.
Thanks again for the trip down memory lane!
Great story! Thanks!
Great video!
Thanks!
love all these old school classic. i remember seeing them all thru the 70's ---80's. thqnka for sharing
Thanks for watching Rodney!
@@CraigRyan No problem at all. I was born & raised in the trucking profession & was even trucking when mom was pregnant with me. I would go trucking with my dad every chance i got. After a hitch in the US Military, i drove for 25+yrs fore calling it quits due to a low back injury. Thankya for your video