Joe & Tow's new trucking adventures/ex GTI thread

Interesting. This morning before I left Albert Lea, MN, I was parked next to a Heartland truck pulling a Gordon trailer. So, you ask, how is that 'interesting?' It's normal.

The truck was a sleek, pure black Western Star with Heartland and Million Miler decals on both doors. They must be branching out to the O/O community.

 

Heartland and GTI have both had O/O.

GTI used to be yellow trucks for O/O, now 8xxx series truck numbers.

I am pretty sure I've seen Heartland o/o before but it was just a small difference in stickers.

 

That's why this one stood out. I've never seen either fleet in a Western Star or a pure black anything. They must be branching out. I was going to take a photo but with an OAT of -15, the mere thought of opening the door again was enough to slap myself hard.

 

I saw two unusual things today.

1) A blue Heartland tractor. Not the Gordon blue, but a deeper blue. It did have the decals, too, so I know it wasn't just a rental. Maybe another O/O with a different kind of truck.

2) And the most unusual sighting of all...a Gordon truck pulling (gasp!) a Gordon trailer.

 

I saw one of the "aquatint" blue trucks with the Heartland logo on it yesterday. Kinda sad, but it's how things are; new owner, new way.