Midwestern Distribution , Ft Scott Kansas

I might be mistaken but I believe @Chinatown mentioned he drove for them or knew someone that did. Seems like they ran teams in those cabovers.

 

Yeah, I did for a few months.

 

When I was there, there were truck tires high up in the trees. We were told there was a major flood and that's how the tires got up there.
Said the shop was under water and trucks in the shop were bobbing around.

 

I remember Midwestern Dist.. It was gonna be the be all/ end all to all things bad in the trucking industry. I was 21 in 83’ there was one truck driver training school in Chicago. I signed up $2500 for two weeks. I lasted 3 days. Those fools knew nothing about trucking. I’d been driving a Heavy duty wrecker for 5 years and had towed more Tractor/Trailers through downtown Chicago than any teacher had driven a truck.2-3 of the”teachers” had worked at Mid.Dist. Failed and this is what they had left. They tried signing new drivers up to M.D. even they knew it was a scam.There were few or no drivers that paid off their lease and ended up with the truck.They just turned lease over to the next poor sap that had truck driver dreams.

 

The more things change......the more they remain the same. Weren't those the good old days of trucking? How could such a thing ever happen during that golden era? Lol