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CornFlake - CF

Discussion in 'Motor Carrier Questions - The Inside Scoop' started by JSmitty, Mar 29, 2009.

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  1. Mar 29, 2009 #1
    JSmitty

    JSmitty Light Load Member

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    Remember the CornFlake trucks? They supposedly went out of business what about 6 or 7 years ago if memory serves me correct. Seems they just shut down, out of the blue, and left their drivers in the cold.


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolidated_Freightways


    Anyhow, a couple days ago, I was coming back from Artesia NM on 82, and happened to notice a CF truck (conventional Freightliner with round headlights) coming towards me. I thought to myself, no way. As he passed by the other direction, he also had a CF trailer, just one though.

    Wonder what's up with that?

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  3. Mar 29, 2009 #2
    rookietrucker

    rookietrucker Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    Maybe a truck show ? I remember those as a kid.
     
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    JSmitty

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    nah, this thing was a typical old CF truck. Wasn't anything that needed to be in a show, that's for sure.
     
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  5. Mar 30, 2009 #4
    JSmitty

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    Oh yeah.........little history lesson...........CF is the company that invented Freightliner ;)
     
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    GAPrincess

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    I remember seeing those on the road a lot in the past. Though definetely not recently.

     
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    RickG

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    I was surprised to see them closed . I delivered empty intermodal trailers to them in Atlanta and Norcross not long before they closed . The Norcross terminal would want 40 intermodal trailers for a weekend .
     
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    yellerhammer

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    Great job Rick G!!
     
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    DriverBill

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    My dad drove and retired with CF. Not sure why you would see one of their trucks as they are out of business. Somebody may have bought their truck and trailer...but I would think their logo would be taken off.
     
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    skibum_63

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    I see many of thier logo'd trailers sitting in farmers fields, tow yards.
    Maybe some one was luckY enough to find that tractor and set of doubles together, and bought them to preserve thier memory.

    CF closed up shop, due to the threat of the union moving in. The owner did not want to pay prevailing union wages, so he shut it down on the spot.
     
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    Big Toddzilla

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    CF (consolidated freightways) was union. They have been closed for many years. They also owned CSX, CWX, CCX, and CEX(nonunion) they closed because of some horrible upper management choices and I believe because they didn't want to pay the union wages anymore. Also the bought Emery Overnight for way to much money. When the Government stepped in(thanks Kennedy and Metzenbaum) and deregulated freight charges it was the beginning of the end of CF.
     
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