Looking for information/testimony regarding old companies!

Well I pulled outta Pittsburgh
A rollin' down that Eastern Seaboard
I got my diesel wound up
And she's a runnin' like a never before
There's a speed zone ahead, well alright
I don't see a cop in sight
Six days on the road
And I'm a gonna make it home tonight

I got me ten forward gears
And a Georgia overdrive
I'm takin' little white pills
And my eyes are open wide
I just passed a Jimmy and a White
I been a passin' everything in sight
Six days on the road
And I'm a gonna make it home tonight

Well it seems like a month
Since I kissed my baby goodbye
I could have a lotta women
But I'm not like a some other guys
I could find one to hold me tight
But I could never make believe it's alright
Six days on the road
And I'm a gonna make it home tonight

 

If youll state the names of some of the companies, its very possible some of their drivers are on this forum? The majority of the older big companies who have passed were the union companies. After deregulation in the 70s, it was hard for them to hang on and thrive. Companies like J.B. Hunt and others, who were non union companies, could haul freight a lot cheaper than the union companies.

 

Go to youtube and search for "gene tracy jokes". His stuff was mostly centered around truckers and he names a lot of the old freight hauler outfits in his jokes.

Here's one. Warning. He's pretty tacky and crude at times.

 

I got my start working for Harold Ives. I left after he sold out to Covenant in 2000, I think.