Old timers, was it really better before technology?

You know what was great about them attendants is I could tell em hey throw xx gallons on I could check my load make sure everybody was standing & happy, wash my windows go inside use the bathroom grabe something to drink or what ever and pay for my fuel while they fueled the truck what was really good was some of them knew the game so while the fuel was pumping they would check tires and give everything the once over

 

You know the topless lady stick on calendars mentioned earlier? Danged if when I fueled up at a local fuel stop/convenience store if they didn't offer me one! I haven't seen anybody handing those out for years!

Of course I graciously declined @NightWind .

 

I still have manual slack adjusters on that blue truck. The 9/16ths is a permanent fixture in the tool bag.

 

Sounds like we all have had similar experiences. I used to run over Donner every week. There was a mandatory brake check area on the west side that was perfect for me to take a quick nap before diving off into Sacramento in the wee hours of the morning. I was driving an 82 Freightlineer COE for a fella at the time. I pulled into the brake check area and parked behind a reefer that was all lit up and slumped over the wheel to catch a quick pick-me-upper nap. I woke up driving like I had never driven before steering and braking trying to miss that reefer.

The very next week, remembering what had occurred the week before, I told myself that I would never sleep over the wheel again so I layed out over the doghouse. ###### if I didn't wake up swearing that I must have forgotten to set the brakes and about ripped the parking brake valve out of the dash trying to stop that runaway stopped truck. After two weeks in a row of that I never ever slept in the front again. Sleeper for sleeping - up front for driving - never confuse the two!

 

You did whaaaaaaat ? WTF???? Never once giving any thought to your old buddies Doc & Gus ####

 

Well hell, what was I thinking?

 

Three of us running together one night. One of us needed a minor repair. Me and driver #2 decided to do it ourselves. 3rd driver went on ahead and asked us to stop in the first rest area we came to and wake him up. We found him over the steering wheel napping in a cabover International. I reached under the cab and cracked the throttle about 3/4, other driver started shaking the cab. We heard the brakes come on HARD! I think the front of that truck was bulging out in the front from his foot. I can't say the names we were called that night in here.

 

Some of my collection. I have a 00 here somewhere….

 

Pull that plug out, drill it for a 1/8” pop rivet, and glue the rivet in place. Keep cutting the rivet until you can get the plug close enough to start the 1st thread. Tighten it up and it will remind you of a steam engine, rpm’s can get high….

 

It was better before the 14-hour rule was imposed upon us.

E-logs are easier, but the 15-minute flexibility of paper logs was nice.

Personally I prefer a 13-speed but automatics are fine for those who would rather have them.