Southern-Shaker

[RDY2GO!]

I can remember standing around with other truckers, watching a driver take off, and someone would mention how smooth the driver was. Or, if someone was snatching a truck around and being rough,that would be talked about also. The smoother the driver, the more respect he got. Not to mention the repair bills from jerking a truck around mounted up quickly,and we were O/Operators.Came out of our pocket.

Yeah buddy... Or after running behind someone that kept the trailer in line with the tractor and for the most part center in the lane for miles on end saying that "They pull a straight trailer." and meaning it as a huge compliment.

We had pride in what we did.

Yep. It was a great feeling too. Is it still out there?

[Goat Roper]

Do any of you truckers remember the Green Rabbit .Or broker with Jule Canipe or may have been Kanipe.

[shakey1946]

According to a trusted source of mine the man who claims to be Shaker is alive and well, though no longer driving.
He is supposedly a member of the Gantt family, who owns that chicken hauling outfit, Gantt Trucking of Lexington SC.

how right you are..i've wracking my brain trying to remember his nasme..don't have the first but am reasonably certain the last is Gantt..for a while they ran north - south doing veggies...shakey1046

[booboo]

Hey Rollover, did you go to Harrys farmers market much?

[shakey1946]

According to a trusted source of mine the man who claims to be Shaker is alive and well, though no longer driving.
He is supposedly a member of the Gantt family, who owns that chicken hauling outfit, Gantt Trucking of Lexington SC.

if Shaker is alive and well, by my calculations, he would most likely be in his very late 90's..Shaker ran with the real renegade truckers of the 70's..my Dad was among those guys (he drove for Monfort) and he was born in 1911.so, he would have been in his mid sixties..Shaker most likely was in his age group, that would put him at or about 100 ish..shakey1946.

[shakey1946]

he was famous back in the late 70s and 80s for have a truck that run high triple digets and he run it that way. he ran mainly across I-10. and the only name i ever heard him by was the southern shaker. he was on the cover of a mag one time but i do not remember the name of it.

triple digits is a drivers imagination at work...there has never been an authenticated big truck that ran over 100mph, unless it was a highly modified track truck and i seriously doubt even they could break 100..according to the computer in my last truck, she would or had the potential to run 93 mph..shakey

[caretaker123]

Shakey,,, go back a few pages in this forum a you can read about Eddie Gant AKA southern shaker...or better yet Grannymozes has put a you tube video up on you tube ,,,great video of Eddie and all of his early years and his KW he's still driving,,,,with the fantastic song that was made about Eddie is the playing in the background...I'll see if I can post a link to the video,,,,by the way I read where Grannymozes died a few weeks ago..Sad,,
Rod Moody aka caretaker

[caretaker123]

Link to Southern Shaker Video I hope It workshttp://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rhj9g6y_u8g

[caretaker123]

Boy I sure enjoy hearing all these stories. I remember all this, the hand signals, and using turn signals to let another truck know it was safe to come around, and turning headlights off when being passed so other driver could see better. I remember all the 76's and alot of others having little ice house's some operated on coins, also remember all the free coffee at all the wh@re house's. Me and alot of my friends here in E.Tennessee used to do the produce thing out of Fla.,Az., and Ca., we loaded alot with Tribble bros.,Alverez,Chester Starling and others. Another great time in my life was driving for Stiles & Witt out of Knoxville, they were leased to Interstate Contract Carriers but did their own dispatching, we had a dedicated contract with Revlon cosmetics. We had about 30 trucks and about 1/3 would run New Jersey and back, the other 2/3's of us ran to Phoenix(stickerpatch) and back. We had to run it in 36 hours which isn't bad, but usually had to drop and hook, and do it again(had to stop alot in El Paso and see Lefty,LOL). Please keep the stories coming. Oh by the way I see Eddie from time to time.

Hey Puncher ,,,I guess you can see why there are so many Southern Shaker storys out there,,,here we are,,, people who actually know him,,, and people on these pages still dont believe he's real and he's still out there just a gittin it..makes me laugh.....and anybody that dont believe a truck can run over a hundred ,,,they just didn't run with right crowd... Stawberry Wine could run over a hundred before he got to the BIG HOLE,,
New subject ...did any body remember the old bridge at Vicksburg,,,where you had to pull your mirrors in if you met another truck because it was so narrow... AND,,,,,Mississippi was 73280#

[caretaker123]

Link to Southern Shaker Video I hope It workshttp://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rhj9g6y_u8g

Can anybody tell me if this link worked on their computer ????