My first load 52 years ago. Trucking ain't the same, but has really changed

Well, maybe in MD. but we still have a lot of nice large cars out here. I will admit, that new Pete conv. with fake up pipes was a bit unsettling.

 

Reading through this I was thinking "You guys sound kinda old"

Then I remembered I started in 1977 in a 1974 Diamond Reo Royale and did the math.......

I'm going out to sit on the front porch now and yell at kids to get off my lawn.

 

A '74 Diamond Reo Royale? That’s some serious vintage muscle, not your average commuter. If you’re still rolling with that, respect. But if you’re stuck bragging about it without upgrades or maintenance, you’re just inviting breakdowns and rust.

 

Muscle?? LOL! it had a 318 Detroit in it and I was hauling grain from Michigan to Toledo and Maumee Ohio grossing about 120K

 

Hey, the DT Royale cabover(?) was a nice truck. It was comparable to any Pete or KWhopper at the time. Woodgrain dash, overhead console, it sure beat that IH Transtar( also a good truck) with a stick. Okay, the 318 and 120K gross leaves a bit to be desired, we didn't have big HP back then, but I knew some running V8 Detroits,,,just not for very long. I had a friend with a IH Transtar , just like in your avatar. An old Shneeder truck, he made money with that truck.