A trucking perspective from almost 50 years ago

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by TheLoadOut, Jul 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM.

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  2. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    Definitely not Cascadia life.

    This guy would be disgusted at what he’d see in a truck stop now.
     
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    201 Road Train Member

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    Kind of a serious Red Green. I learned the ropes from guys like this. Sadly, when they died, nobody replaced them.
    To be clear MOM raised the 4 kids, while he sat in his Aerodyne cabover, the best there was, for the time, by the way. I basically did the same thing. It's okay, back then it was true love, and mom knew he wasn't screwing around. Probably lived well thanks to him. Remember, it was a couple hugs, and pa took off for 2 weeks, or more, and no social media, a pay phone was all you got and long distance cost a fortune then. No, thankfully, we've moved on from this, it was a rough life, solely dependent on your ambition. Nobody told you what to do, you were on your own. With as electronically intertwined as our society is, I don't think one could live like this today. I'm sure this guy is pushing daisies by now, RIP pal.
     
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  4. ElmerFudpucker

    ElmerFudpucker Road Train Member

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    Seems a lot of #### ain’t changed
     
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