Remembering the good times

Good story virgil.My dad moved me around a lot and just like your dad mine taught me how to work.I thank GOD for that.

 

I think Dwight Yoakum does this song very well. I really like to hear John Anderson sing "Black Sheep"it's a good trucking song too.

 

Sawyer Brown did a remake of this classic, but it was Dave Dudley that made it famous.. Great song.

 

When I first started OTR, I was taught this by one of the old guys in the group. Worked great on the stuff I drove back that didn't have Cruise Control, which was 90% of everything I drove for that company.

We brought alot of buses back to FL, the only benefit was you could run with the side door open and it was almost like air conditioning. The one thing that sucked was getting passed by Swift trucks on a regular basis.

Somewhere along the line I was told to bring back an older Marmon from up in Iowa. I enjoyed that ride, it stuck out like a sore thumb in the parking lots, but I didn't care.

 

My grandfather would tell me stories of driving in the late teens and 20's, they had hand throttles they could set. He said Pittsburgh to Johnstown was a day and a half trip (about and hour and a half today!) and on the big hills he would stand on the running board or walk along beside and reach up to steer!

 

im a little overeight and my log books way behind , the icc is checking on down the line but i dont see a cop in sight and i can dodge all them scales alright six days on the road and im gonna make it home tonight.

( remembering the good times ) when men drove trucks . southernpride[/QUOTE]
not trying to be a smart ### southern pride but i think you got the lyrics backwards lol

 

Chicken Truck, Chicken Truck, behind it I'm stuck
Chicken Truck, Chicken Truck, ain't it just my luck
Chicken Truck on Highway 65
Well the hens are a squawkin', the roosters are a crowin'
He's a slowin' me down when I need to keep goin'
Chicken Truck on Highway 65

 

Theres still a few of us out here....

 

Sorry, but I was still in elementary school when Dave Dudley made that song famous. When I started driving, I listened to truckin' music that rocked!

Turn your speakers up, click on the link, and see if you remember flyin' down the highway singin' along to this...

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The time's real short, you know the distance is long,
I'd like to have a jet but it's not in the song.
Climb back in the cab, cross your fingers for luck,
We gotta keep movin' if we're going to make a buck.

Let it roll...