Old trucking companies that went out of business

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.

[@boostgauge2472]

Please read description. Yes I know that CRST is still in business. Read the description and it will state why their, there.

[@TheIpmedicaaron]

*they’re champ.

[@matthewechols3242]

Ok

[@Ivan-lw3hc]

Crst is part of Gardner.

[@Ivan-lw3hc]

There’s a bunch of pics shown here that the companies are still up & running

[@spkernal]

Why they're there. Spelling my dude, try it some time.

[@judydavenport9636]

I drove for Burlington Motor Carriers for 4 yrs back in the mid 90s. Celedon bought them out

[@standieckmann2482]

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.

[@BluePhoenix2013]

Strange thing is when I drove from Detroit to Tennessee back in 2021 I seen a few "Preston" & "Munson" trailers going down the highway.

[@mothman-jz8ug]

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.

[@joshriver75]

Neat! Me too. My grandmother lived on US 35 in Jackson before the bypass was built. I'd spend all out front trying for air horns and all night listening to the trucks shake the house. Part of me was sad when U.S.35 bypass was completed.

[@innertube205]

I remember as a teenager, me and my buddies would pick a brand of truck; Mack, International, White Western Star, Kenworth, Peterbuilt, etc. and keep score of the trucks we saw on the trip. There was no Volvo that I can remember back when. We got pretty good at identifying rigs going 65-75 mph or more in the other direction. If I remember correctly, the top four brands in no particular order were International, Kenworth, Mack, and Peterbuilt. We had to think of things to do to occupy our time well before the evolution of cellular devices.

[@neilpuckett359]

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.

[@nbs6425]

Neil Puckett I am an unemployed teamster driver and while I was looking on the Craigslist website I saw an ad that said ups is hiring in king county,Washington 3/19/2020 for o/o to pull their trailers.

[@jjjthomasson8902]

That’s not true at all. I was a 15 yr teamster b4 we were all laid off. There are many driving jobs that pay well with excellent bennies and as a plus don’t have to deal with being micromanaged with all sorts of works rules and layoffs

[@GHELM-wp5yj]

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.

[@the.porter.productions]

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! 🤩

[@jimmyanderson6210]

East Texas Motor Freight (ETMF) now ABF, And Red Ball one of the 1st to go under deregulation.

[@muffs55mercury61]

I remember Red Ball. Most of the LTL outfits had a terminal in Phoenix and they were one of them. By the end their equipment was looking very old and worn out so they might have known they'd likely go under.

[@Mackinac359]

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.

[@amm8796]

Roadway is still around the bought out Yellow and Reddaway and reorganized under YRC but you still see them

[@muffs55mercury61]

These companies provided careers and means for drivers to raise their families and living a middle class life. It wasn't easy by any means and many of those trucks were back breakers due to many poor roads at the time. Now days companies do whatever they can to cheat drivers out of what's rightfully owed them. No wonder why there's an estimated 80,000 openings as of Jan, 2022.

[@albertpepe5124]

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.

[@chriswright8464]

It's sad, where I live here in NJ there use to be Roadway, Greatcoast, Yellow , Abf terminals now there all gone.

[@kman-mi7su]

AAA as well, I was born and raised in NJ!

[@kman-mi7su]

I was born and raised in NJ and remember also, Lobiondo, St Johnsbury, Tose, CBL trucking, and others. Fallen flags.

[@Ivan-lw3hc]

In Cali most of those companies are still running

[@clayton6524]

Oh yeah, I want to thank you for your nice memory lane video 👍 Excellent job!!

[@boostgauge2472]

Thanks!

[@apoundofkeysonaretractable2357]

You can add Central Freight Lines to this list now,.....ceased operations affective 12/13/2021.

[@runningbear1982]

ICX did not go out of business. They rebranded as Gully transportation. Also Roadway is still around too. They merged with Yellow and most of the USF companies.

[@charlesyocum1558]

CRST is still around.

[@ronaldgodden4490]

Broadway was doing just fine when the unfriendly unfair take over occured

[@runningbear1982]

@@ronaldgodden4490 I've never even heard of Broadway. Are you referring to Brockway?

[@ronaldgodden4490]

Roadway , not sure where the b came from

[@cabovercody4314]

Yellow, roadway, and crst are still in business

[@owenjohnson2610]

My grandpa drove for Preston and St JohnsBury. Back in the day. Never got to meet him but my family says that’s where I get my love of trains and trucks from.

[@alexandercurtis4427]

I saw a roadway truck and trailer yesterday. Passed me at an intersection

[@jefflewis6331]

Thank the gbmint. That's what deregulation did to the industry - turned it in to a cut-throat business and the union shops couldn't afford to stay in business.

[@helentaylor270]

yellow and roadway merged did not go out of business i worked there 32 years retired 12-1-2018

[@boostgauge2472]

Yea too bad modern day cheep skates decided to undercut the industry. I believe yrc yellow roadway company still exists but it's not the same

[@kingdomkrook]

I work there now and as explained to me by senior men, YRC was never a good company. Yellow is better off as they probably would've went under. Roadway however was successful and would've been better off w/o the merger. YRC might've been ok if Roadway bought out Yellow rather than the other way around.

[@rustybrown1835]

You forgot George Transfer Hauling & Rigging, or as those of us who had the pleasure to drive for them, Crooked G.

[@kevinlandess3656]

Humping to please truck lines my mom thought it was inappropriate Logo hilarious!!!

[@owenbuterbaugh2242]

Started for George in Nov 63. Left in 68 when Kelly-Springfield started their own fleet in Cumberland Md. Memories!!

[@alexclement7221]

Yellow and Roadway merged to become YRC transport.

[@bendover9411]

Cool pics, accidentally slipped CRST into your video.

[@boostgauge2472]

Thanks Man 👍

[@ALL-bj7mj]

wow, Tim Alhorns Clairmont Mack Model......I always wanted to build that truck.....one day!

[@boostgauge2472]

Yes, it's a very stunning truck.

[@ALL-bj7mj]

@Joe Madejupper Michigan....but I think they had office all over Michigan and some of the Midwest.....I remember seeing R models and Fs but I think my dad told me they had Bs and BCRs too.

[@iamkazie9401]

@Joe Madej clairmont transfer was based in escanaba, Michigan remember seeing them all over the Midwest and the UP of Michigan when I was growing up in the 70s as a teen my parents had vacation property in Crystal FALLS Michigan so would see clairmont all around up there

[@apocyldoomer]

Yellow is still around, those scoundrels, NEMF, AMERICAN Freightways, Jevic,, ( I was an LTL Driver for NEMF until a work injury} , etc, Stoops, Builders transport, Star Transportation,,out of Nashville, acquired by Covenant , I drove OTR for them in 1998,Frames, etc, etc.

[@Supertrucker1962]

Thurston, Midwestern Dist, Tollie,Brown, Monfort.

[@arayabuchichi3798]

This video brings me back in time Thank you 😊

[@joshmalleck2105]

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.

[@kevinrichards3288]

Nowadays most of those cabovers are retired here in North America. Back in the 1980s, half the semis I saw out on the roads were cabovers & the other half conventional cabs.

[@muffs55mercury61]

So true but surviving cabovers have now become popular with truck collectors and some are even still worked once again.

[@kevinrichards3288]

@@muffs55mercury61 & back in 1976 the length limit here in the USA was increased from 65ft to 75ft & after that cabover semis were still being sold here in the USA & they were still popular too until either the late 1990s or early 2000s when most of them phased out & then more conventional cab semis took their places. Today they still make cabover semis, they just don't sell them in the USA anymore like they use to back in those days.

[@muffs55mercury61]

@@kevinrichards3288 I think had the flat floor came out sooner than it did, then more COE's might have been made for USA usage. The first time I saw one was in late 1995 which was probably too late to save it.

[@kevinrichards3288]

@@muffs55mercury61 I bet back in the day when the length limit was shorter, whenever anyone heard someone say the word "semi", a cabover was what they thought of.

[@kevinrichards3288]

@@muffs55mercury61 have you seen those new Kenworth K200 cabovers they have down in Australia? Those things are awesome lookin. I said to myself, "Man I wish we had some of those over here in the states🇺🇸 too."

[@Rochester_Sub_Productions]

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.

[@erichb4021]

Sure do miss seeing all them old Teamster Companies! and all the old Companies that folded up. Change of the time,s.

[@williamsmith6235]

Jimmy Carter deregulated the trucking industry causing many Teamster Trucking Companies to go belly up.

[@melvinmunson8331]

I have a Couple of the Munson Trucks new in the box.1 makes noise 1 doesnt

[@leroymartinez6066]

You forgot builders transport..direct transit..youngblood trucklines....sitton motorlines..i worked for them..and they all went under..

[@runningbear1982]

Watkins is still around. CF just made a comeback. I also swear I saw a PIE over on the east coast recently.

[@roylehew3164]

Companies I worked for before they went out of business--Mercury,Century,Glendening,Barry Cartage,Space Ctr.,Leeway,-- all in the twin cities My TAX time was bad, getting W 2's !!!👹

[@edwardentwisle3393]

In the 80's Thurston,Brown also Mural,Direct Transit

[@davidhicks2178]

I remember seeing a Thurston truck on Maximum Overdrive movie

[@garyhaber333]

No PST?? Drove for them way back in 92. They got bought out by Werner in 93. I just left Gordon after being there for 7 yrs. They got bought out by Heartland in 2016 after being in business since 1946. Sad. Gordon was a great family company. I worked for RLT back in 96-98. They're still around. My wife's side of the family was with Viking forever. My brother in law eventually went to Motor Cargo and even designed the logo. He's been with FedEx ever since they bought everyone out many yrs ago.

[@boostgauge2472]

Yea got a little PTSD. I remember some of the companys from when I was just a little kid

[@charlesyocum1558]

Don’t forget MNX..SMX…and those left lane boys Monfort outta Denver.

[@MrJodyh54]

Many more, Tanksley, Dick Simon, CCC, Butler (the green trucks) Brownie, Mason-Dickson, Red Ball, Assoicates, Baltimore, Curtis etc. Those were the days when trucks were built tough-not the plastic and fiberglass we have today.

[@kman-mi7su]

Not featured in there, but does anybody remember a company called King Cole? They were headquartered out of Delaware and ran distinctive black and gold (If I remember correct) Macks F model sleepers, Cruiseliners, and a few Ultraliners which about that time they closed up shop.

[@genearthur6889]

Used to haul carrots there from plymouth, fla. They were in milton(I think), del.

[@Maddiew534]

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?

[@AceSmoke662]

Yellow is still active in Memphis

[@alhajbouchialgeria9826]

How in the whole world pioneers of trucking world in America went out of business in a very very short time (eg.Roadway) & politicians' supported new companies unprecedented emerged from middle of nowhere and took over .

[@johnvolovitz9933]

Don't forget about Hyman and ANR

[@edwardsessley4809]

I worked for Spector and Associated motor frieght both are gone.

[@jamesbenedict7206]

North west out of Denver

[@kevinrichards3288]

0:19 I've never seen one of those semis before other than the yard ones which also have room in the cab for only the driver.

[@alexclement7221]

It's a side-cab Kenworth, late 50's. Back then, a short wheelbase C/O could put the steer axle over the 12,000 lbs many states had as a maximum, so the side-cab was made to keep the body weight down.

[@kevinrichards3288]

@@alexclement7221 & down in Jamaica it's like the 1980s in the USA all over again down there with a mix of cabovers & conventional cabs like what we use to have too here in the USA back in the 1980s. Today the USA is one out of very few countries that have a small number of cabovers still in service.

[@jbidianos]

Yellow and roadway are still in business, they are still a big company

[@flyerbob124]

I thought I saw CRST in there. Far as I know they are still around in one form or another.

[@apoundofkeysonaretractable2357]

Can't Remember Shit Today

[@jerrystohner712]

St.Johnsbury

[@David-yy7lb]

You forgot about Falcon transportation and New England Motor Freight

[@jerrysavage8607]

I saw several companies that have not gone out of business. There are companies that have gone out of business thats not in the video.

[@boostgauge2472]

Yes, there are companies that have not gone out of business, but have ether been bought out by other companies and now work to a lower standard or some companys that shutdown terminals causing people to lose there jobs. That is why some companys that still exist are on here. And yes, there are companys that went out of business, but we're not featured. These were just some of the main companies that went out of business and are most known.

[@apolloniaaskew9487]

Gordon's Transports went out of business in the 1980s

[@dan-fr9dn]

you forgot Eastern Express and yellow is still doing runs

[@johnnyballenatl]

Now you can add Yellow to the list.

[@HerbertAtkinson]

It's ironic that this video had roadway & yellow in it which this video is 6 years old, how would this be when only yellow went under recently just over month ago? I also didn't notice that CF or Willig wasnt in this video that went under years back?

[@zacharygamble4674]

Crst isn’t out of business even though they need to be and also roadway isn’t either they just changed their name to yellow

[@williamsmith6235]

Jimmy Carter deregulated the trucking industry causing many Teamster Trucking Companies to go belly up.

[@MichaelJacksonTheMusic]

Roadway and crest they still in service

[@dantruck9034]

I didn’t see Conway Central Express

[@adammiller2246]

Yale Trucking out of New York city. That is one that I never see on these vids. I Think they went out of business in about 1970

[@mowyograss5826]

nice vid

[@Nikohere]

Ever heard of Sandestin truckin corporation? They originated in Maywood CA in the 50s & were also located in san jose ca & san diego & the Bay Area. They were 1959 white Freightliners my grandfather George a true trucker drove for em & died a trucker september 16 1975 so due to many lawsuits i found online that they were bought out in late 70s by knight trucking corp.

[@boostgauge2472]

Hmm never heard of em. I'll have to check them out! And sorry to hear about your grandfather. At least he passed doing what he loved.

[@Nikohere]

@@boostgauge2472 here is a link to a video i made of him in memoriam ✊ kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZmbeqqQhsyheKc

[@Bill-mh6hh]

Companies in the Northeast that went out of business Beacon fast freight Plymouth Rock Friedman's Express Howard's Express Moskowitz Pacelli Maislin red star Associated Trucking Branch Trucking just to name a few

[@davidlastoria3341]

Cleveland Freight lines, Monfort......

[@bertgrau3934]

I think Roadway and Yellow are still in business, though Yellow is doing away with the Roadway name

[@seeweezeke]

no its a conglomerate of teamster carriers roadway and yellow are no more

[@fritobuggers834]

They run as YRC nowadays.

[@intuitive7274]

Thurston trucking company is one. Overnite. Brown trucking. Lithonia Georgia Johnson trucking company. R E A. EXPRESS IDEAL TRUCKING COMPANY UNTIED FREIGHT HAULERS Southern Trucking company To name a few. I am certain there are 100,s more from all over America whom have gone out or been bought out. It is called free enterprise and profits. If it can't turn a profit it will fold. Some companies did not have relatives to leave the business with.

[@mikecurtis7002]

Any one,remember seabury or byrns??

[@a87nomsirrah35]

Crst is still in business.. ...

[@vzmmusic9149]

YRC didn't go out of business

[@bertgrau3934]

I remember Carl Subler, they ran a lot of F model Mack's were union, went out of business I think in the late 1980's

[@wisconsinbigrigs8427]

There is a Pallet company in my town and there is and old P.I.E Nationwide Trailer

[@boostgauge2472]

Cool. I'm out in the Midwest so normally the classic trucks/trailers I see are Carolina

[@wisconsinbigrigs8427]

Cool

[@arthurbatti9854]

Does anybody theme beer Adley 𝙀𝙭𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨 Co. out of Connecticut?

[@dennisreed3382]

Thank the government for that.

[@tommyjones5652]

YRC yellow Roadway corp.

[@markgallagher5341]

Well YELLOW AND ROADWAY ARE NOT OUT OF BUSINESS. YRC FREIGHT !

[@williamwarner3982]

Crst and Roadway bwahaha! Dude, they are everywhere still.

[@boostgauge2472]

Yes I know this and have addressed this Manny times. CRST was bought out by a larger company years ago and doesn't hold the same high standards as it used to. Yellow and Roadway merged together to make YRC (yellow roadway company) and when they did this thousands of workers lost there jobs and Manny terminals we're shut down so the stand alone roadway or yellow are no longer a thing. They just never changed there trailers so that can be misleading.

[@jeffsutton950]

Keep seeing the same companies.

[@judydavenport9636]

YELLOW IS STILL ALIVE. They bought out Roadway. But they are still in business. never did go under altho at times my husband who worked for them when he was alive, said they were struggling to stay afloat. At one time it was YRC, Yellow roadway corp. then when I was in the managers office getting paperwork together for my late husband, a crew was outside putting yellow decals back on the trailers and trucks.

[@johngreen6385]

Murphy motor freight

[@gooddeeds2133]

RoadWay is not out of business.

[@FlatEarther319]

Used to drive a 69 freigtshaker with a 12 hp brigs & straton.... lots of shifting🤭

[@MrTruckerf]

I drove one of those! Had a 29 speed tranny and you needed every gear, especially in the mountains. It was a cab-under; you sat on the roof so it was easier to bail when it got away from you.

[@stephaniebooth6169]

CRST is still around

[@boostgauge2472]

Yes, I understand this but not all companys in this video went out of business. Some such as yellow, roadway, CRST, and mudson were bought out by bigger companys and don't work too the same high standard as they used to.

[@F34RFinest]

most just bought out not out of business

[@keith7046]

Werner Continental

[@larslake]

Dick Simon 'skunk trucks' and JH Rose

[@adwest68]

The trucks mft too

[@michaelw.7764]

Do more research before you post false video about company or more that went out of business . Second of all do you know trucking at all did you drive? Just was curious.

[@keith7046]

Be Mac

[@zacharygamble4674]

Oh read further gotchya

[@williamschirmacher6526]

Thanks Democrats for deregulation

[@genearthur6889]

I think you should blame Ronald Reagan for that. Best president of my lifetime, but I think dereg. was his baby.

[@williamschirmacher6526]

@@genearthur6889 jimmy Carter

[@josephsouza9951]

@@genearthur6889 Definitely Ronald Reagan, was 1980 when tie shit hit the fan, was working for Schuster Express

[@apoundofkeysonaretractable2357]

Preston should have went out of business sooner than they did. They never gave a damn about how to load freight correctly. Every Preston inbound load I ever worked on the dock was nothing but trash loads. EVERY freight bill on the load was always damaged.

[@garyhumphries348]

Some of these all still in business and or consolidated.

[@williamjesse8357]

They d idnt mention Oniada motor fright the real Big O on the go !

[@timothybutler9859]

ONE COMPANY THAT I DIDN'T SEE WAS E.T.W.N.C. .(E.astern T.ennessee W.estern N.orth C.arolina) OR IF YOU DROVE FOR THEM, STOOD FOR E.at T.atters & W.ear N.o C.lothes!!

[@tristanwwsd]

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