The Big Boys

Here is what I can Remember....Swift has always been screwed up. Werner used to be all cabovers and was respectable. J.B. hunt didn't even used to have a am/fm radio in the truck and then they started a flatbed division for a while and were buying conventionals Internationals with twin stacks to draw drivers.

Anyone remember DTI ( direct transit), PST, Builders Transport or my favorite Schneider where I started and was running coast to coast at 55 mph even down hill burning up the brakes to stay under 55 with no jake so I could earn bonus.

 

SOCAL... then you probably remember IML out of salt lake city? are we dating ourselves lol?

 

I know of them but they are a little before my time I started in 1992. But I think I am getting ready to fall to the same fate as IML since I am currently employed by USF Reddaway owned by YRC. I used to be a USF Bestway Driver..

 

Can anyone remember Schneider Transport yes transport not National. Schneider Transport was union and they slowly got fazed out.

 

I remember when CR England was a good company with fast trucks...Now that's a long time ago!

There were 2 flatbed companies on the west coast that were good as well...One was called West Coast Truck Line and the other was called Mitchell Brothers. I haven't seen either one in years so I assume that they're gone.

 

Schneider is still around! I remember Builders & a old friend of mine drove for PST... You still see one of their old trailers rolling down the highway. I was originally hired on at Burlington only for them to close up shop a couple weeks before my orientation. And I thought Deaton was a good company before Western Express got a hold of them.

 

You may not see much humor in this but YRC now stands for "Your Ruined Company" What a shame that this is happening to all of you...

 

Yea! I forgot all about Burlington. I used to admire Burlington and M.S. Carriers Cabover Freightliners. I was stuck driving a international cabover 9670.

P.S. I know Schneider is still around but it isn't 55mph in a springride cabover with a couple spare throttle springs hanging off the seat frame and no more union drivers.

 

There is still one! I met the guy a few weeks ago. He lives in San Diego... Bought one of the orange cabovers & then leased it right back onto them. He said he bought the truck for just a couple grand because no body else wanted it.