Old trucking companies that went out of business
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- čas přidán 2. 03. 2017
- Some older trucking companies that ether went out of business recently or decades ago. Some pics are of older trucks and some are of companies that are still in business but have been bought out by other companies and aren't the same.
Please read description. Yes I know that CRST is still in business. Read the description and it will state why their, there.
I drove for Burlington Motor Carriers for 4 yrs back in the mid 90s. Celedon bought them out
The only thing left of Campbell 66 Express is a truck line in Springfield MO called RBX. I was leased to RBX from 1984 - 1990. It was great pulling the Humpin-to-Please trailers and seeing the faces of people when they saw Snortin Norton on the trailer.
Strange thing is when I drove from Detroit to Tennessee back in 2021 I seen a few "Preston" & "Munson" trailers going down the highway.
As a youngster, in the days before the interstate highways of today, I lived along US route 35 in Ohio. Day and night, a steady stream of trucks passed by. The ones I saw most were the H model Mack of Hennis and Roadway, along with the red GMC Cannonballs of McLean. I didn't have to look; Simply hearing that engine screaming told me when it was a McLean truck.
What disappeared with those companies is middle-class driving jobs UPS (Teamsters) are about the only driving jobs left that pay an actual 2019 wage.
Can’t find too many pics/videos of McLean Trucking...a friend worked for them back into day. I remember those trucks. Never really knew what happened to them. Sweet trucks! 🤩
Thank you for including my 1/25th scale Clairmont Mack model in your video. The photo was taken about 18 years ago - the model is sitting on a glass patio table.
Oh yeah, I want to thank you for your nice memory lane video 👍 Excellent job!!
This video brings me back in time Thank you 😊
Roadway is still around the bought out Yellow and Reddaway and reorganized under YRC but you still see them
Deregulation, no more freight rates or what you could haul and to where, large carriers lost assured income.Drivers are now the losers , cheap freight, cheap pay.
East Texas Motor Freight (ETMF) now ABF, And Red Ball one of the 1st to go under deregulation.
It's sad, where I live here in NJ there use to be Roadway, Greatcoast, Yellow , Abf terminals now there all gone.
Shop-Rite Super Markets is still in business with warehouses in NJ. & PA. I drove for Food Haulers as a casual out of the Elizabeth, NJ. distribution center in the early 80's.
Amazing video! My grandpa drove for Preston and St Johnsbury. By any chance do you know the name of the music used in the video? I really like it.
I'm trying to research a trucking company that my Dad worked for called "Pratts express" in the 50's & 60's. Does anyone have any input into this?
I saw a roadway truck and trailer yesterday. Passed me at an intersection
I use to drive for different refer company's. first one was Ellsworth Trucking, Ia, TexasNebraskaExpress, Ia BorAirNyConn, C Stransky Trucking, Nj. The last two were great company's too drive for.
You can add Central Freight Lines to this list now,.....ceased operations affective 12/13/2021.