Truckstop showers in the 70s were a pot luck mix. Union 76 useually had individual stalls in the Mens Room, with partitions and a door like the...
Here is what is against anyone going with a Lease/Purchase VS company driver job VS Percentage Paid O/O. When you get dispatched by the same...
I liked that truckstop, it was not much to look at ,but it was a good place to rest , get fuel , and relax for a while. Mass was a tough state for...
Arkansas flies were thick , big and just covered a truck, they would make the windshield a gooey mess if you used the wipers to try to clean them,...
Sturbridge did have good food at the restaurant
Don't forget "Country Bob's" beer joint next to the T/A truckstop , in Binghamton Ny ,( I-81 South, ) they had a big motel, and there was a strip...
Jessup maryland ( I-95 north)had a truckstop that was bought by T/A in the 90s, but back in the late 70s and 80s it was a big hotel with a...
I was with a guy who had a 290 Cummins and a 9 speed that was actually a 13 over with the 3 way splitter replaced with a 2 way button. the shop...
The bars in Ft Scott only had 3.2 beer (lower alcohol) back then also,
Late 70's for me, around summer of 1978, I was getting some runs with O-O's on and off and had to work for some pretty crappy companies before i...
Thanks for that info. I remember walking to the sonic , and the Pizza Hut. That Motel was a funny place to hang out. it had a trailer park on...
Yep, thats about all I made too. $85 check was common, and when we had to layover, there was just nothing to do but hang around the drivers room...
I was not with them long , but I did not meet anyone who could show real profits. Most guys would say " I guess its averaging out" or " well it...
There was big time flooding in the midwest , back in the early eighties. I bet that was a mess to clean up.
The desk lady at that motel was kind of hard nosed but I got to know her a little, and always wanted to go back there and see her again. She was...
I was just wondering about an old motel in Ft Scott that MWD drivers stayed at in the 70s. I drove for them in the late 70s . I didn't buy a...
Anyone remember this company? What was the name of that old Motel in Fort Scott that the MWD drivers used to stay at back in the 70's.
COE freightliner, with a Shiny 290 and a Fuller 9 speed. What a Deal
MWD did have "lease/Purchase" for One Dollar Down ! it was tought to actually own the truck.
MIdwestern trucks also did not have a trailer brake hand valve either. just the foot valve.
