The Big R

[Piano Man]

Got to be about 670 ish for miles. Did they run a team operation back then or did they cutoff and relay it?

 

[Hookman]

Got to be about 670 ish for miles. Did they run a team operation back then or did they cutoff and relay it?

 

[Triplex]

Got to be about 670 ish for miles. Did they run a team operation back then or did they cutoff and relay it?

Piece of cake for some on here who never want to take breaks so they can get home earlier.

 

[Piano Man]

Piece of cake for some on here who never want to take breaks so they can get home earlier.

Averaging about 69 mph for all 10 hours on line 2 I’ll bet. Straight through no breaks. Don’t understand why there is blood in urine. Lol

 

[Hookman]

Mud hard at work back in the day.

 

[mud]

Mud hard at work back in the day.

Looks more like I'm caught taking a nap.

 

[Triplex]

Mud hard at work back in the day.

A pumpkin, a jitterbug, and a two-wheeler. It doesn't get any better than that right Mud?

 

[Hookman]

Looks more like I'm caught taking a nap.

Mud those were the best napping tractors ever built. I overslept a couple times.

 

[DCM_Doc]

Mud hard at work back in the day.

There was one for sale on Craigslist, Little Rock last week. It was white, had the 370 V8 gasoline engine. I think it sold in a few days. There was no company name but it did have some small black unit numbers. I assume it was owned by a local company.

 

[ROADY]

There was one for sale on Craigslist, Little Rock last week. It was white, had the 370 V8 gasoline engine. I think it sold in a few days. There was no company name but it did have some small black unit numbers. I assume it was owned by a local company.

I drove a white one with black and orange lettering for Johnson Motor Lines from 1970 to when they went out of business.

 

[FatChance]

I drove a white one with black and orange lettering for Johnson Motor Lines from 1970 to when they went out of business.

I saw one of those when it was brand new at a stop in Yonkers. I believe the Johnson driver said it had a 500 cube gas engine in it.

 

[Triplex]

There was one for sale on Craigslist, Little Rock last week. It was white, had the 370 V8 gasoline engine. I think it sold in a few days. There was no company name but it did have some small black unit numbers. I assume it was owned by a local company.

I drove a white one with black and orange lettering for Johnson Motor Lines from 1970 to when they went out of business.

I saw one of those when it was brand new at a stop in Yonkers. I believe the Johnson driver said it had a 500 cube gas engine in it.

You can't believe those old Johnson drivers. They're always saying theirs is bigger!

 

[ROADY]

You can't believe those old Johnson drivers. They're always saying theirs is bigger!

Bigger and last longer, right seabreeze.

 

[ROADY]

After Johnson and a few other carriers I had to learn how to drive an orange pumpkin at Roadway. Power, style and a bench seat to sleep.

 

[seabreeze]

Bigger and last longer, right seabreeze.

Yep. Ole Tri has heard those old Lazy J drivers bragging about their Johnson rods.

 

[longhaullounger]

Power, style and a bench seat to sleep.

If they offered me a bench seat today, I'd take it!

 

[Hookman]

Days gone by but not forgotten.

 

[Hookman]

These baby's would get the heaviest pigs out of the yard. Notice the mirrors were intact. Rumor has it this was BRG's back in the day before concealing his identity.

 

[1947LJ]

Hookman, do you know which facility this is? Could be Camp Hill, Pa but I'm not sure. If it is, that would be the shop line, back then just about every truck went through the shop for inspection before being dispatched. If it is Camp Hill that terminal across the street at the top you can barely see would be a Motor Freight Express terminal.

 

[1947LJ]

Hookman, do you know which facility this is? Could be Camp Hill, Pa but I'm not sure. If it is, that would be the shop line, back then just about every truck went through the shop for inspection before being dispatched. If it is Camp Hill that terminal across the street at the top you can barely see would be a Motor Freight Express terminal.