First driven tractor of driving career, and year

1968 White 9000 . Pulling 40 ft flatbed. It had a 250 Cummins,10 sp.
Old Coke a Cola truck. Coke wore it out then a friend of my dads wore it out again then my dad bought it and I wore it out. I was 18 years old and proud as a puppy with two peckers.

 

67 R model Mack. 673 non turbo. Like 173 horsepower with a 5+2 duplex. No a/c, no power steering, no muffler. Complete turd, but I was tickled pink hauling gravel out of the quarry.

 

First truck was an old gmc brigadier think it was a 78. Straight 7 speed. Old ntc-400 cummins

no ac no stereo. It has the vent between the windshield.
Then I upgraded.
looked identical except not a pusher axle. Just an old gmc Astro. Had the roof ac

 

1983. Drove a 79 White Road Commander c/o. 350 Cummins, 10 speed. No A/C, AM radio, spring ride seat.

 

You didn't just think you were cool, you were cool!

 

Great pics drivers, thats when trucking meant, Cowboy Boots, Big Belt Buckle, Cowboy hat, Cowboy Boots. and a SIG hanging out the side of the mouth. Driving Cab-Overs, Ha Ha Ha, That was REAL trucking. I remember those trucks back then, there was almost everyone of them, had a fan mounted on the dash somethere. i remember one had it mounted up on the top pointing down.

 

Im glad i got too drive trucks back then. It was cool. The trucks going down the road looked cool. Like archie said, "those were the days", ha ha ha

 

It was a 2005 Volvo VNL680 with like 700,000 miles on it. (This was in late 2011). CM870 ISX15 with a Meritor straight 10 which I hated.

Should have offered them 20 grand for it, in retrospect.

 

Not my pictures but was the truck I first drove. December of 1987 was my start date and was a great company to work for. The road tractors had air conditioning but no power steering or air ride.