The "fallen flags" of the tanker sector...

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  1. 88 Alpha

    88 Alpha Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    The yellow and blue tractors? I think TriMac bought them.
     
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  3. 88 Alpha

    88 Alpha Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    Here's a couple of pneumatic companies from days of old.

    Cletex from Cleburne,TX. I want to say they were bought by Montgomery. I remember the white with gold stripes Pete 359s or 379s. I know QC has an affiliate with the Cletex name and my guess is there is some sort of relationship with the Cletex of old.

    Butler from Butler, Mo. Another one who had Petes. If I remember it right, I think they had the short-hood version.

    Both of them went to a customer in Attapulgus, Ga. In fact, Cletex had the account and when Montgomery bought them, Butler got the Attapulgus account.
     
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  4. slim shady

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    I still see butler tanks being pulled by Bulk matic
     
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  5. 88 Alpha

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    I was under the impression those were a different Butler. That Butler is from Vernon, AL and there is some sort of relationship with the local Bulkmatic office. I suppose it could be the same one, though.
     
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  6. Lonesome

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    Rogers Cartage, I remember red tractors.
     
  7. slim shady

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    they are still around
     
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  8. REO6205

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    Can west coasters play this game too?

    PIE, CF, Copperstate, Cantlay and Tanzola, Arrow, Lee and Eastes, Cassaza, Fredrickson, every major oil company had tankers, Shell, Chevron, Texaco...there's more, lots more, but I can't think of them right now.
     
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  9. duhduh

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    Tiona Truck Line was from Butler Mo. Had 250 trucks at one time, wind wagons. Dago Express, Wop Motor Freight were the more colorful terms for the truck line. They were boght by Quality
     
  10. 88 Alpha

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    YES!!!! That's the one. Tiona, not Butler. Thanks for remembering them better than I did.
     
  11. pathfinder1361

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    Redwing Carriers from Florida. red tractors, bulk chemicals and fuel I think. 1960s-1980s?
     
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