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Anyone remember P.I.E. besides me. My Grandfather retired from them in the early 70's.

 

Pacific Intermountain express

 

I think I know who you mean, red T-600's ?? Can't remember the name either !!!

 

Yep! Red t-600's

 

Does anyone remember C & N Evans out of Stoneville NC ? About 200 trucks on the road mostly "road commodes".

 

ROAD COMMODES! Now there's a term you don't hear much anymore...

 

Oh yes...I remember Driven To Insanity...never knew they had a yard 30 miles from home until I started driving for them. I remember right before Swift bought them out when the guards at the Moosic yard had a list of trailers that were not allowed on the property because they might be siezed by the county sheriff. Apparently someone had a lien on them. I also remember a recruiter telling a potential hire "You have a warrant out for your arrest? Well hot dog! We better get you in a truck and on the road so's you don't get picked up!"
Lori Patton and Dan Trudell were by far the two best dispatchers I had there (and I must have had six in as many months). I won't mention the names of the worst. I'd run out of space!

 

Not only do I remember Schneider Transport, but I remember when they had the short highway bumpers on their 4070B's and they were the fastest on hwy 41 in Wisconsin!! That was even before I started driving, but I remember riding with my Dad and hearing him say, "time to get out of the hammerlane, here comes a pumpkin!!" When pumpkin would pass us, all you'd hear was turbo, and the right front upper corner of the trailer was BLACK!!

 

A little like when Kroger Grocery here in Texas. One day you look up and subcontractors are under the trailers.