Ooooohh.. old man trucker flirting with the young waitress. His wife aint gonna share her semi conductors anymore
@Wren02
13 күн бұрын
This is the era I wanted but I was born 50 years to late 😢
@buttole
21 күн бұрын
what people dont realize is that many of the trucks back then did not have power steering
@sandeepcanada4147
23 күн бұрын
Today i drove Portland to arizona. what a coincidence 😅. 2024/ september/5 new young driver
@Joe-qv6jh
Ай бұрын
Here is a long story for anyone interested in the good old days of life and trucking in the USA. My Dad was born into the depression in 32, and served in the Army as a crane operator and a truck driver transporting Army tanks onto battlefield, and retrieving bombed out tanks from locations in South Korea. When he came home in 53 he started driving for Bekins Van Lines, a furniture transporter. He moved Military families all across the usa. By the early 60's he bought a 59 H model Mack, a flatbed trailer, an Internatiinal dump truck, and P&H cable crane with a boom and a cable operated excavator attachmemt. He would dig basements, septic systems, etc. Then in 66 he started buying out scrap car yards and govt auction surplus yards from Army tanks, to mountains of copper cables, to aluminum planes and fighter jets to massive steel bulldings to a train repair and maintenance round house complete with the the turn table. He would dismantle these things with saws and cutting torches and then salvage all the iron and metals. I started working with him at around 8 years old on Saturdays and throughout the summer vacations from school. I quickly learned to operate the cutting torches, drive the Mack tri plex, back up the trailer, and operate the P&H crane under his incredibly strick ruling and guidance. My pay was 50 cents a week, and a strawberry PopSickle every Saturday. We ate baloney sandwiches with mustard, and had buttermilk to drink for lunch. When I was 11 one of the junk yards he bought had an old beat up, non running, Cushman Trailster scooter in it. Man, my eyes lit up and I begged him for the Cushman. He made me work that whole 3 month summer vacation in trade for the Cushman. I still got paid the 50 cents a week too ! For the next 3 months I found every chance I could create to walk by that scooter dream of riding it, many times getting a scolding for walking the long way around the junk yard to fetch a tool or extra chain for Dad. I wised up and took the short route to fetch the item and then the long way back so I could eye ball the Cushman. Well, after the junk yard was cleaned out, we loaded the Cushman onto the trailer and brought it home. I figured out that it did not have any spark, and the condensor, coil, and points were fried. The parts bill was going to be $17 !!! Now Dear old Dad, always remembering his life growing up in the great depression, and always shairing the many stories of that horrible, and hungry way of life and it's lessons, was not about to "spoil me" and loan me the $17 up front..no SIR !! But, he did promise me that if I gave up the 50 cents a week pay, that he would buy the parts after I worked 6 days every week over next years 3 month school vacation. I took that deal and the Cushman sat for another year ! Sure enough, the next fall, I got the parts, and cranked that mother up, only to discover that the piston rings were badly worn , so she was a heavy smoker and fouled out the spark plug very quickly. Not to be deterred , I rounded up a whole pocket full of used spark plugs, and put the Cushman through many smoke filled jouneys through the back woods to get to my favorite fishing holes on Sunday afternoons. If the skeeters were heavy, I'd crank it up and gas on it a little to run the skeeters off. I do believe I was the happiest, skeeter free, 12 year old kid on the planet. I've been riding and wrenching on my old Harley Shovelhead for the past 40+ years, and everytime I crank it up, I'm still that little kid on the first day that I fired up that Cushman Trailster. My first (on the big road) big truck job was in 1976 @16 yrs old. I had had enough of Dads strick ways, and when the Carney came to town for the 4th of July, they hired me to put the rides together and then tear them down after the show. The ride Superintendent, a 7 foot talk Irishman named "SkyWheel Butch" was impressed, and he asked me if I wanted to travel and earn $130 a week building and operating the rides ? He said I'd have to sleep in a semi trailer with the others because only the truck drivers got to sleep in the truck sleeper bunks. They had a lot of newer trucks, but they had one old B model Mack with a tri-plex. I asked Butch if he needed any more drivers, and he said yes, but he doubted that I could drive a big truck. I told him I could drive that old B model Mack, but I didnt have a drivers licence, and he told me to prove it. I jumped in the two stick Mack and off I went running through the gears . He was impressed. He asked my when my birthday was and put me to work running the twister. Butch came by an hour or so later and handed me a "West Virginia" (Chaufers license) that said I was now 18 YEARS OLD, and was the equivilent of today's Class A license Then he put me in an older "White" straight box truck with a ten speed and with a SLEEPER ! , and I was hauling the kiddie rides and had my OWN bunk . The next week, on payday, Butch gave me an extra $50 for "driver pay" ! I traveled around the midwest and then across the south with them for rest of 1976 and had a blast and making a hell of lot more than 50 cents a week. Butch was just as strick as Dad was, but for the money he was paying me, and all the girls at the fairs we played, it didnt bother me one bit. I went on to school for a great carreer in business managment, got married , raised our Son, and ended as a Corporate Regional manager for a 38 store family owned tire business in Florida. When they sold the chain to Dunlop in the late 80's, I took a severance plan and quit, and got my own trucking Authority and bought a 400 hp ,18 speed, 4 axle Peterbuilt and a 3 axle 50 ton RGN heavy equipment and started hauling direct for the Military and a few other factory direct contracts. Hauling over size loads as wide as ,18 feet, and over weight loads of up to 132,000 lbs gross weight, and I knocked down some real money on my own terms. . I could write a book about the countless stories my Grandpa's and my Dad told me about living through the great depression, in addition to the countless experienses and lessons I've learned throughout my life. I've trucked on 7 axles through all 48 lower states many times, and a big lick of Canada. When obama care became a LAW in 2012-13, I sold out and retired @53 yrs old. Now, I live in the Pacific Ocean beach front in Panama. I still have my old Harley Shovelhead and every day is a holiday !..
@motorhomeman1949
Ай бұрын
To hear someone back in the 70s talking about how we were fast losing the ideals this country was founded on, like the mom and pop restaurants and small businesses is just mind blowing! There was a LOT more of that back then than there is now! It's a damn shame what we've turned into these days.
@jamespalmer4945
Ай бұрын
All those trucks they were fighting to get paid off or on the trashy now or in a field somewhere growing weeds bankers always win
@boldcord7947
Ай бұрын
The First Lady was very unadvised
@erickpacheco1623
Ай бұрын
I had to pause this Fantastic Documentary to read the comments..my God im reading it like a book..To read the child becky now 55 texting and others joining in is absolutely mind blowing..Im a trucker sitting in my bunk getting loaded in Richmond, VA headed to Bedford, PA...I love running out west but hasnt payed well in years so alot of companies dont book loads west..2021 was the last Run in my own Rig and i can tell you those mountains are tough on older trucks especially if your Not Geared for it.. east cost mountains are hills compared to Colorado, Idaho, cali ,etc..Ive been White knuckled more times than i can count driving through blizzards out west...
@aaronkelley8909
2 ай бұрын
When I was a teen I worked for a moving company and I ran down the I5 corridor a few times with a driver. That was in a cab over. I just remember how free it felt running down the highway listening to the diesel rumble.
@Courtney1992
2 ай бұрын
Essiantly everything has gotten worse
@montedyoung3247
2 ай бұрын
Neil young wasn’t a trucker, this is a lie video!
@BadEye3621
2 ай бұрын
Anyone know if Karl is still around?
@ericthiel4053
2 ай бұрын
Part of me really wants to do trucking, but I would give anything to do it back then. Its a completely different world now but the 70s, and even most the 80s was so much more genuine.
@benjaminnavarrete9358
2 ай бұрын
He called him a good buddy! 😂
@CA.papaBear
3 ай бұрын
my uncle (before he became a homeless cracked out soul) was a trucker once and i became a trucker. Not out of unspiration from him but i did it because i knew that being a trucker would not only pay a lot more than what ups was paying at the time but also because i would be able to explore the country and be able to see my (now ex) girlfriend. That and as a kid I always wanted to drive a big 'ol 18-wheeler. My first and last truck was a late 2019 Kenworth t680. Thing had a finnicky paccar 12 speed and a propensity to get me into somekind if trouble if i wasnt paying much attention. Worst part was that the unit number was 13666. Theres nothing more ironic than a man of god driving the devil's rig. But superstition aside it was good. I resigned because my driver manager was harping in me because of securement time. Id like to make sure the heavy loads dont ever shift period while im driving. And the stress it gave me wasnt worth justifying. Maybe Regional is better than OTR but i have yet to find out. For now, the job i have is worth it and it oays my bills and then some. I have a new girlfriend whos very appreciative of the hard work i put myself through to be able to go great lengths to be with her. Something my ex lacked severly. I dont know if st. peter will let me cross the line through the gates of heaven so i can finally retire but.. if i do... ill cry tears of joy and ill be able to enjoy all the time i could ever need to do my hobbies. If youre a trucker reading this, know that I have a big appreciation towarss y'all for not only putting food on our tables but delivering the necessities of life in order to survive, without you.. we would still be in the dark ages lol.
@reaperct3454
3 ай бұрын
Cb radios are not like thay use to be
@reaperct3454
3 ай бұрын
Will when the truck is rocking dont come knocking
@SPARKLEDAZEY
3 ай бұрын
Keep the bugs off your glass and the bears off your ass, Ratchet Jaw, out
@kellycoburn2454
7 ай бұрын
Whatever became of bob mcangus
@MrStudio6429
7 ай бұрын
Love the sound of that screaming DD318 at the 7 minute mark.
@EyeForKnowledge.
8 ай бұрын
The steering wheels on these rigs were so huge. So many truckers have these huge fat guts now that they wouldn’t have been able to drive these old trucks.
@toothpickjohnny5244
8 ай бұрын
i just started class 1 around that time, mid 80s up and down to Italy, not much had changed , have my own photos of the Cerdon stopped at the bakehouse many times one weekend on route to Naples in a 111, used to get 15 pounds for a clean Italian permit and 10 pounds each way over Cenis
@erikletham4944
10 ай бұрын
Trucks were so cool i wish they still made them like that
@paulbellamy6559
11 ай бұрын
Not a helmet or hi-vis in sight on the dock, those were the days
@Sammydx1
11 ай бұрын
Mid 70s. 5 kids. Truckers pay. Imagine that scenario in 2023.
@504youhoob
11 ай бұрын
I love trucking my uncle trucked for 46 years I’m almost 9 years in 🥸😂truckin is a laborious hard job. There is 4 wheelers 🛻 everywhere!
@DieselDucy
11 ай бұрын
As a former trucker, trucking today is a shadow of what it once was. My first truck was a cab over. I miss it so bad. This documentary was AMAZING!
@72whoosh
Жыл бұрын
How it used to be👍🏼 Wish it was more like that now Same here in the UK,the jobs fxxxxd🤦🏻♂️🇬🇧
@Mayito_Tamps
Жыл бұрын
Wish i would of truck drive in this era Always love sitting with the old timers and hear amazing stories in the truck stops and customers My 7 years of trucking is thanks to all the tips and advices from the old timers my hat and respect is always to them
@davidmcknlght2700
Жыл бұрын
👍
@tericnoah8836
Жыл бұрын
the vegas casinos in this video are non existent
@tericnoah8836
Жыл бұрын
I hate seeing dogs on chains, that is NOT a life.
@extramild1
Жыл бұрын
Could someone tell me or explain what TIR stands for?
@The-Sea-Dragon-1977
Жыл бұрын
Transportes international routiers Basically it meant that because you were customs cleared in one European country you could travel freely without having your cargo inspected every time.
@erwinvangrinsven9345
Жыл бұрын
I like trucking, and i like to truck
@lucherve6169
Жыл бұрын
Formidable ! Il y a des chauffeurs qui s arrêtent au resto, qui mangent ensemble et se parlent, il n y a pas de portable. Le TMB est à 240 Francs et pas 391 €. Le gars dans les cils prend le temps de remercier celui qui le laisse monter,on ne voit plus ça ! Et il sait ce qui s est passé au Cerdon pendant la guerre.On voit un Caillaud,Onatra et bien d autres et des camions de marques disparues. Les douaniers italiens toujours casse-couilles,désagréables et corrompus. C est drôle en 92 ,à la fin des douanes,il n y a plus eu de vols de camions en Italie.
@lucherve6169
Жыл бұрын
Absolutly ! It s very sad today.
@kellycoburn2454
Жыл бұрын
Is anyone of the characters in film still alive... and if not, who among them have passed away
@LordHeadcheez
Жыл бұрын
I'm a young trucker, in my late 20s, and I do the Portland to Phoenix run all the time. It's super cool to see what it was like long before my time. :-)
@MetalTeamster
27 күн бұрын
Go get a Teamster driving job that is in the Pension. Stick with it if you want to drive. Otherwise , the future will be bleak, unless you have other streams of income. Good luck. You did miss the best days…. I caught the tail end…. And then spent years watching the decline
@LordHeadcheez
25 күн бұрын
@@MetalTeamster I'm definitely looking! Teamster trucking jobs are sadly hard to come by nowadays. Plus, you're basically unhireable once you have one. Every ex-Yellow driver I've talked to has said that they were denied by every company because they are so scared of drivers unionizing. Hopefully we'll reach a tipping point soon and drivers across the nation will turn pro-union again.
@MetalTeamster
25 күн бұрын
@@LordHeadcheez well, good luck, yes, be nice to get back at least some of what we gave up
@philparry519
Жыл бұрын
I wish I was 21 in 1975. I really do.
@jerrymcjunkin8398
Жыл бұрын
If it wasn't for the old trucker ther wouldn't be a trucker today god bless 🙏 and i pray for ever trucker today hold them in the roads ❤😊 10 4 and good bye !!++
@jerrymcjunkin8398
Жыл бұрын
Man I ready like this it set me back to yesterday I am so glad I watch this ❤ my heart go out for you ❤ keep the videos comeing I am going to back on out of here and enjoy the video God bless you !!++
@simonbranston8066
Жыл бұрын
In the restaurant everyone talking rather than sitting there mobile in hand... times have definitely changed...
@lazylad8544
Жыл бұрын
70s and 80s was golden age of trucking. Went downhill after that.
@Onthemove6801
Жыл бұрын
@lazylad8544 - I started in 1977, a few years older than 21, driving for P&O (Coastal) Roadways out of Harwich ,Felixstowe, or Tilbury. Containers travelled nationwide by road then, there were no container trains so we took loaded boxes to all parts of the country, got them tipped, had them lifted off and then picked up another full box at one of the hubs, either in the Midlands, the North of England or Scotlsnd. Leave home early Monday (or even Sunday depending on destination and delivery time) and return home sometime the following weekend. It was the best profession for those whose 'hobby' was driving. Mine gradually progressed to crossing the Irish Sea every week from Stranraer to Larne, that was the extent of my ferry voyages although in 1982 I was approached by Astran who were recruiting drivers to take plant and equipment from UK to Muscat. I had to refuse, I was afraid that it would end in divorce! The '70s and '80s were the golden age of trucking; I'm now retired but the modern trend of 'four on four off' wouldn't suit me at all although it does keep trucks working all week. Before I went in the road an old trucker told me, 'there are two things truck drivers suffer from, one's piles, the other's divorce'. He was right on both counts but I'd still do it all over again!
@lazylad8544
Жыл бұрын
@colincarey9334 I do four on four off for one of the supermarkets. Its not too bad because I get plenty days off and I'm not far off retirement which to be honest I'm looking forward to. Never went puddle jumping never fancied it. And I only go abroad on holiday. Thanks for your reply I really appreciate it.👍👍
@Onthemove6801
Жыл бұрын
@@lazylad8544 Good to learn what you're up to! In nearly thirty years I only worked for a few companies and none of them sent vehicles across, apart from Ireland. Doesn't 4 on 4 off give you erratic weekends? For me at a certain period in my career when I had to give up tramping in favour of local work was when the attraction in the job took a down turn. After one redundancy the only regular work I could find was night trunking, leave Enfield at 11pm, changeover at Charnock Richard with the Glasgow driver at 3am, 45 break and return to Enfield, five nights a week and Sunday every third. That was in the early '80s and, believe it or not, I've never been able to sleep properly overnight since! Like truck driving in general, once it's in the blood it never leaves! A fantastic profession, as long as motorists give the berth you need!
@Danv941
Жыл бұрын
Driving on 395 pulling up to Doyle and had to watch this again.
@SuperVostie
Жыл бұрын
People here look good. No once is fat, each one os well spoken and there seems to be respect beyween how people interact with each other. Love it
@MetalTeamster
28 күн бұрын
I started trucking 1983, I caught the last few years of these days. It is sad, these two fellows were what most most truckers were like back then
@elliesmith1693
Жыл бұрын
Ugh
@rev.randall2292
Жыл бұрын
Things havent changed much since I got in and out , 30 yr or so , it just picked up speed and developed new problems along the way. The older I got , seeing things vanish , fighting new rules n regs , and being held at gun point just because it involved a truck , the more that romantic vision I had of driving trucks and spinning them Dave Dudley , Willis Bros. , Red Sovine albums in my room at 3rd and 4th grade age slowly faded away. Right along with America. Breaks my heart.
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