Never Stand Still

Here is a commercial for Emery Air Freight from 1982.

 

I remember you saying that, 600 HP was a lot because trucks back then were pretty marginal power wise and a lot of shifting had to be done, hence you really had to drive the truck.

 

So what you're telling me is CF didn't have there trucks specked with automatic transmission and satellite radio? What?!. What about GPS systems? Oh man what did people ever do before all that stuff .

I guess CF really didn't speck trucks with very many frills the bare minimum which is well known. Now I was reading on the other forum a couple days ago CF did have some 10 speeds and tandem axles for other operations like turnpike doubles in Florida and stuff like that. But CF wasn't Werner Enterprises where Werner bought expensive flashy trucks and got rid of them every couple years CF bought real base model trucks and kept them all till 2002.

 

Speaking of which were coming up on the 16th year anniversary of the death of CF.

 

This is in Ohio in the turnpike. This is a newer model FLC obviously with air fairing and more plastic and more aerodynamic design. This is more or less what I remember of CF, those more older metal looking CF FLC trucks I don't remember those being a thing as much here in Ohio.

This photo was taken in PA. I think and it's common with big fleets different parts of the country do get slightly different trucks. Now that being said the FLC were definitely here in the east.

This picture was taken in New York State in 2000. God does that truck look beat. The paints all faded and the trucks probably been all over the country. So I don't know like I said they must have been here, I know CF towards the end didn't have a ton of money for new equipment and they talked about having an equipment expendature, but it didn't happen, I'm sure management knew they needed new trucks, but from what I read any one who worked there from 1999-2002 said they could tell the company was having troubles the equipment was older and well worn and it's economic life cycle was starting to rundown, but they kept it up, best they could. But they said all the indicators of a bad balance sheet were there.