In the olden days...
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dieseldiva
Veteran Expediter
Yes, the men drove the team (of horses) and the women cleaned up the 'nuey', much like they do today!!!
I am assuming you are talking about the "Roberts" days. Way moe singles at the early going because HOS were much different. We ran basically converted Ford chassis with a 12 foot box and a 36" sleeper. But.....they paid many of the hotel bills.
When that disappeared we moved to KW areodyne sleepers.
Wow....a standup 72" er.
A BJ and the Bear specials with 24' boxes
Then when we started doing teams, we went to Dan Schultz , Freightliner of Knoxville and started buying FL70's with the 72" sleepers. They were pretty much the biggest available unless you went to Double Eagle. Now your lucky if you could even get a team to drive one. How spoiled we have become.
When that disappeared we moved to KW areodyne sleepers.
Wow....a standup 72" er.
A BJ and the Bear specials with 24' boxes
Then when we started doing teams, we went to Dan Schultz , Freightliner of Knoxville and started buying FL70's with the 72" sleepers. They were pretty much the biggest available unless you went to Double Eagle. Now your lucky if you could even get a team to drive one. How spoiled we have become.
pelicn
Veteran Expediter
Thanks Dave... I wondered if the HOS made a difference. I know there are many teams that aren't same household, but I can't imagine splitting the income or home time like that.
We came from T/T with a 72in sleeper, and the first expediter truck we went into had a 96in sleeper. We thought HOLY COW you could have a party in there! I will admit, I've now become extremely spoiled by the even bigger sleeper we have now. Sure makes life on the road so much more comfortable, and I would imagine that that alone makes expediting appealing to husband/wife teams now.
We came from T/T with a 72in sleeper, and the first expediter truck we went into had a 96in sleeper. We thought HOLY COW you could have a party in there! I will admit, I've now become extremely spoiled by the even bigger sleeper we have now.
Sure makes life on the road so much more comfortable, and I would imagine that that alone makes expediting appealing to husband/wife teams now.
nightcreacher
Veteran Expediter
dave,dans working at armstrong truck and trailer in akron,i see him everytime i get home,as i have my truck serviced there.now going back to the beginning,not many of us ran team,of course we said we did.Took Roberts awhile til they realized we had to log empty miles.Those were the days
Falligator
Expert Expediter
wrong thread...oops!
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Doggie Daddy
Veteran Expediter
OOPS,wrong thread,your looking for OOPS. DD.
dieseldiva
Veteran Expediter
That's still THE question at the fuel island....."you make any money with that little truck"?? LOL, if they only knew......
nightcreacher
Veteran Expediter
all of us at roberts were offered a guarantee if we went team,the gurantee was less than most of us were making running solo
Hey I was with Auto-Quik For 5 Months, My Check was the same each week, Load in Cleveland on Monday for Detroit the run Detroit to Kokomo In. and Back to Detroit then Back Kokomo then stuck out over the weekend at I think it was a Sam's Club with about 10 other Auto-Quik Drivers then Deadhead back to Cleveland on Sunday.....Thank God those were the days.