The U.S. Treasury received 29.6% of Yellow's stock in exchange for a $700m loan. The government is taking the risk. Didn't they come out OK when...
When your lead driver is in the sleeper, do not slam the door or talk to toll booth attendants.
Prior to Deregulation in the early 1980s, trucking was guaranteed rates that would support safe equipment and drivers. Good rates were supported...
I had a load of canned goods to a Federal narcotics prison. I was told that I would have to help unload. We put the cases on conveyors. This...
Trucking is a service business. Trucking does not produce a product, only time and place utility. After Deregulation in the 1980s, entry into...
It was way back in 1969 that I teamed on a load of radioactive waste in drums within a lead-lined cylinder set on end on a drop deck. We were...
Kalamazoo used to have the Half Way House right on I-94. The new Loves will be fifteen miles north of I-94 at D-Ave. At that location, we have...
The new Loves in my neighborhood is supposed to open in December, 2020. We live in Alamo Township near Plainwell, Michigan. I do not see the...
I bought a new IH 4070A in 1973 for $23,600. Made a $4,000 down payment and financed with IH. Sold it in 1982 for $4,995. Drove it 985,000...
I drove tractor trailers from 1968 until 2008. Had hemorrhoid surgery in 1993 and took a week off. The surgeon removed one internal and two...
My former co-worker tells me about a driver who worked for Matty for 18 years. He saw Matty two times, and Matty fired him both times. He asked...
Way back when the Ambassador Bridge shares were publicly traded, Matty gradually bought 25% of the bridge. Then, Matty bought another 25% of the...
In 1968, I got food poisoning at the Phillip Carey Roofing Co. cafeteria in Lockland, Ohio, eating luke-warm au gratin potatoes.
My 1951 Jaguar XK120 roadster had a float in the sump and a gauge on the dash. I pressed a button on the dash before cranking the engine to read...
I attended North Carolina Truck Driver Training School at NC State in 1964. Served in the U.S. Army stateside 1964-67. Drove company equipment...
He made a left turn onto the highway entrance ramp and dumped it on the shoulder of the ramp.
[ATTACH] We pulled out of Little America and came upon one of our Tri-State fellow drivers with a load of plywood. I loaned him my camera and an...
Insurance will be the big hurdle.
When Stroh had a brewery in Detroit, I was forced on a load to Chicago on a Friday, The brewery was slow and I was paid eleven hours of detention...
Back in 1969 with Tri-State Motor Transit, I delivered many munitions loads to military bases. One was a military escort load from a depot in...