Yo-Yo the original outlaw trucker!

[@Anna-bi4ws]

We are a dying breed and no one respects what we do out here. I am a widow of a trucker and I drive. I am reminded about the hard work we do. To all my brothers and sisters you are making me proud to call you FAMILY

[@TheBostonTrucker]

May God bless you while you're out trucking.

[@Rasmelchezidek559]

They never cared...

[@sameshitdifferentsmell1305]

A lot of people have lost respect for EVERYTHING! I do appreciate truckers because I am a country boy and I know these things! Keep on truckin’

[@rumaabba8875]

That blonde interviewer said gas tank 😅😅😅😅😅😅, and she ensist its a gas tank , yo yo said well thats diesel engine 😊😅😅 im so alive now

[@easygannaway8346]

I want to be a trucker when I’m older and I’ve always looked up to y’all

[@SuperHigear]

The golden days of trucking, and I was there! Drove from 69 to 89 until doctors pulled me out of my truck & off the road. That day was one of the worst days of my life but I've got enough memories to last a lifetime. They called me High-Gear...

[@d.r.ledbetter2286]

Wayward Son over here I stepped out in 08 when I lost my eye but Daddy brought me up learning how he did

[@Shadowswordz71]

Gentlemen, I wish I could have been there!!! I didn't start driving till 07. Sometimes I think I was born during the wrong time..

[@SuperHigear]

The Average Quiz : I have a feeling you would've loved it. To be sure, driving back then had it's ups & downs but for the most part the good outweighed the bad by a long shot. Sadly you young drivers today will never understand the freedom & independence we had..it was a different world back then, and lord did we have fun...

[@styldsteel1]

One of my favorite past times were watching all the different paint schemes. Now? Shoot. Boring. Bland Invisible. Kenworth. Peterbilt. Freightliner. My favorite in that order. 70-80s only.

[@mudbog109]

@@Shadowswordz71 me too brother.

[@robertvc4716]

When trucks were trucks and drivers were drivers! No DEF , no shorts and sandals pure power, jeans and boots!!!

[@dieselwrench3621]

Hell yeah!

[@dieselwrench3621]

@Bedrock Miner Don diesel exhaust fluid. It’s supposed to cut back emissions expelled through the exhaust.

[@RVMD95]

Last American cowboy!

[@badgermoon9229]

Haven't bought DEF in over 5 years. W9 glider w/6nz. Started driving in 75, I remember the old days. Some of it was kinda rough, but we had a good time.

[@jamesjackson4842]

it's all foreigners now.

[@dave-kp1vy]

no stress days, freedom, no cameras, no cell phone, no computer, paper logs

[@nutmagnet22]

And not a lot of traffic compared to today.

[@jamesoconnell6585]

And them little white pills so long and round to a driver it was a west coast turn around 😄😄

[@AllAmericanDreamChaser]

Truckstop parking lots didn't smell like urine. Bags of 💩 were not all over the lot.

[@Sdukes001]

What logs? 🤣👍

[@nutmagnet22]

@@Sdukes001 More like,which logs?

[@alleycat1084]

Lotta people don’t have a clue about what we mean when we say “ the good ole days,” here’s to the ones that do.

[@jonrichardson7848]

Sure don't thats when trucking was trucking

[@nutmagnet22]

Yep,Transport City is just a parking lot and a body dump now. I retired from trucking last year,the trucking business has become unrecognizable from when I started in 79.

[@SuperHigear]

You got that right driver!

[@adamgipson6151]

@@nutmagnet22 1979 haha year I was born. Just turned 42. My dad was a trucker. I have my CDL-A but only use it for local runs for road construction.

[@kenkrausse3624]

All hail,yes sir

[@demetriusdillard2863]

Yo-Yo looks so beautiful, elegant, and sophisticated driving behind the wheel of her enormous big rig!

[@TheBostonTrucker]

She still does!❤️🙂

[@demetriusdillard2863]

I couldn't agree with you more, @@TheBostonTrucker! I'm absolutely certain Lesa "Yo-Yo" Worley's still wearing her oversized, ten-gallon cowboy hat, tight jeans, and cowboy boots to this very day while still looking beautiful, elegant, and sophisticated! Thanks for commenting, bro!

[@tombeyer375]

Lesa is one beautiful lady, inside and out. Soooo very glad to have met her years ago. A straight up gal, that I'm proud to call my friend. Just killin' me that her health is goin' down the tubes. "Eagle Claw" on the flip.

[@demetriusdillard2863]

What an interesting story! I'm so delighted (not to mention a little bit envious) you got to meet Lesa "Yo-Yo" Worley many years ago! Despite her health woes, I'll definitely continue to pray for "Yo-Yo'"! Thanks for commenting, @@tombeyer375!

[@lc-bb6bd]

@@tombeyer375 I just looked her up on Facebook and she is sadly in bad shape. So sad. 😢

[@allenbo8234]

Back in them days we'd have 4 or 5 licenses from different states. Run out of points on one license just use another.

[@shawnhampshirehick101]

😄👍🤠 I miss those days.

[@georgekusz4221]

I used to buy log books 6 at the time at truck stops @ 25C a book and no one ever check them. We drove till we got tired, had 4hrs nap and went again. No fcucking stress, no cameras or aircon, just bloody mosquitoes ( Canadian North) and permits for every State or Province. @#&&%$@, other than that, no comment :-)

[@SocialistDistancing]

@@georgekusz4221 ya, the more complicated they made it, the more stressful that it got.

[@latrellbrown91]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@andrewhild4428]

lol wtf

[@mrbrianc]

I remember growing up through the 80s and talking with truckers on the CB while we were driving on family trips... some of the best people out there, and they still are

[@-sensibleChris]

Me too. The cared about the others in the road back then.

[@Peterbilt359]

A wiggle when she walks and how fast them trucks go. Classic Pete and classy driver

[@brianwilson8119]

A fella can't sit down and eat his ham and eggs or his bread and meat with a good lookin' woman like around and on the go...

[@olvinyldude]

LOL...Got ALL those old albums!!! Several on my channel... ( And the ORIGINAL Dick Curliss, Tombstone Every Mile !!!

[@davidfromamerica1871]

@@olvinyldude I collect KZbin music artist from around the World on my channel for a number of years. One YT uploader from the UK uploaded his vinyl record collections that are very rare. Some are first pressing albums. I listen to many genres of music even in other languages. Some are one of a kind found nowhere else including some concerts.

[@olvinyldude]

@@davidfromamerica1871 That is awesome! I have several of those also, some of only pressings known... I have a few up on the channel, & I do indeed love all genre music as well! Music is the great healer & soother.. I have the Original "Tombstone Every Mile" up on the channel, you may enjoy that one..it is so different, from the one we heard on Radio back in the day.. Happy Trails!

[@nickhill8612]

@@olvinyldude Happy Trails. I love it.

[@pappagetti]

She master the art of wearing those jeans.

[@jdnettles]

True story, hard to look away!

[@markcrook7943]

Yes she did she surely did😊

[@demetriusdillard2863]

I enthusiastically concur! And her ten-gallon Stetson looks absolutely gorgeous on her!

[@TheRoadhammer379]

Wonder how many flip flop wearing steering wheel holders were insulted by this much testosterone.

[@adamgipson6151]

Hahaha

[@bigdogonporchrun6959]

Lol my dad brought me up to them days he drove 43 years passed away stepping out his ol W9 I have been doing it 18 years now ...

[@hollywoodsaint57]

Bro, they are comfortably safe in their new automatic transmisson power steering units with company trackers and inside cab cameras facing them

[@454easy]

LMFAO, brother, this was way the fuck over their heads !!

[@motorvaderlapstrake7238]

lol

[@erickjasper9409]

When this was AMERICA

[@spc31074]

10-4 on that. Now look what we have! Sure do miss the old days.

[@erichouston1038]

Dang she was putting er in the wind on the racetrack!110 mph!woop woop!

[@kingkon164]

You mean A.M.E.R.I.C.A

[@jamescarlin569]

Na merica

[@crimsonhawk4912]

Sticks is sticks and hicks is hicks

[@thomyg425]

One of my lifetime dreams was to became a long haul trucker in north america.! 2009 i was fullfilling my dream and moved over from munich bavaria to a canadian company which one is servicing cross border. planned for one year finally it was a little more than 10 years and it was best time in my life. phantastic people,amazing customers and always nice officers and i be very proud and thankful that i have had the chance to spend the time in middle of all this great people. i never forget this phantastic times and always thinking back in a positive mind. to all the people my best wishes an stay safe out there

[@TheBostonTrucker]

What an amazing life story and wow those memories will last a lifetime!

[@eddebevic2097]

Yo-Yo got a bad 359

[@237g]

Her rear ain't bad either.

[@ralfie8801]

She's just altogether bad!

[@willis19711]

With an overdrive 15speed?

[@pauliewalnuts7088]

Corvette dash yessir

[@tombeyer375]

​@237g BE nice. She's a really sweet lady, whose health is suffering real bad right now. Prayers goin' up, for dear Lesa "Yoyo".

[@drtrucking3360]

The good old days are gone an we the old school are fading away I'm proud I was way back when we there trucker had respect, morals and values God bless you all an keep the sunny side up

[@SuperHigear]

You’ve got that right, driver. Some young drivers I know enjoy sitting for hours and listening to my stories of those good old days. Others think I’m lying and look at me like I’ve got a third eye in the middle of my forehead. Drivers like you and I were members of the privileged few who got to experience a rare time in history when drivers had true freedom & independence,......and lord did we have fun doing a job we loved...

[@lamarlamar2413]

Or rubber side down

[@hotrodhog2170]

She was a fine looking woman! I noticed she pulled one of them walkin sticks out of her hat! Any bull hauler will know what I'm talking about Com'on. ;) ;) I started trailer trucking in '83. Man those were the days! I loved it! Bought my own truck and trailer in October of '88. Long nose Petercar with a shiny hiney. I miss that ride to this day. Had a bad motorcycle wreck in '94 and got stuck in a wheelchair for a while. Ahhh bygone days for the memory bank Lol.

[@TheBostonTrucker]

Twinsticks & toothpicks!

[@christophercotton9048]

Interesting segment from 40+ years ago. I truly wish we had a show like Real People again.

[@tsimmons1974ts]

Man I have 21 years under my belt I came in at the end of the golden era of Big Rigging I remember those old school guys they taught me the ropes, those days are long gone 😥😥😥😥😥😥😥😥😥

[@TheBostonTrucker]

Made it just under the wire.

[@jonrichardson7848]

Right along with ya I've been out 21 years myself and was taught old school to far cry from today from the nit wits sterring wheel holders and weenies of today and the flip flop freddys u gotta look at over the summer there's very few of u and I out here anymore were the last of the real truckers

[@TheRoadhammer379]

22 yrs out here pulling a skateboard, don't let the good times die fellas. Trucking is what we make it. Still gear jamming with my paper logs, no emissions, straight pipes and big hammer cb. Roll on brothers.

[@454easy]

43 yrs I been out here. And son, you did'nt even get a little taste of the good ole' days

[@tsimmons1974ts]

@@jonrichardson7848 Ten four Brother 👍🏾

[@MrsMetCal]

I had been infatuated with big trucks since I was 3 years old and was 15 years old when I watched this! I figured if she could drive those big rigs so could I and in 1991 my dream came true. Yo Yo was this little girl's inspiration! If she's still around I hope she's doing alright and I'd thank her if I could!

[@TheBostonTrucker]

She's still around and you can thank her! Here's an update on Miss YoYo! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKS8Z4mgh5KebNU

[@intuitive7274]

@@TheBostonTrucker I'd like to meet her. I'm serious. I was a teenager when this was made. I'd like to thank her for her service to the industry

[@intuitive7274]

You are not old

[@jackburton5483]

What an awesome video ! The golden age of trucking for sure , I sent this to my uncle and he got quite a kick out of it! He said in ‘79 he was hauling steel to New York in a ‘72 White Freightliner coe with no power steering, and if he could go back to them days it’d be only for that gal and her truck 😂😂😂

[@TheBostonTrucker]

I'm happy you found this video and shared it. I'm sure he remembers those days.

[@JL-cn6nh]

Damn ! , I was 17yr old back then , hitchhiking all over the place. YOYO I really wished you would have given me a ride lol😎

[@semiretired6033]

This video made my eyes swell up. I really miss those old trucks. That was the best time to be truckin. I started in 1985 and drove some of those old trucks...memories.

[@TheBostonTrucker]

I'm happy you found this video. I'm sure you've got plenty of stories.

[@steedblackman1615]

I did too. 1989. My first truck. 1985 International coe. Short stick. Super 10. You and I are the last of a generation of Truckers. Now. There are just people who drive trucks. I know you understand exactly what I mean. I have 31+ years. Growing tired. I long for the day when I can afford to drive my truck down that last mile to where "They" like Yo yo and all of the Truckers are waiting for me and welcome me home.

[@semiretired6033]

@@TheBostonTrucker yes!!!

[@randyrougeau6787]

I started in 1981, The first machine I drove was a 73 freightliner with an old 290 cummins air over hydraulic wedge brakes, no power steering, no horses , and you had to drag your feet if you want to stop,, had a road Ranger 13 speed, I cursed that truck almost every day I was in it but when I look back at it that’s the truck that made me a driver machanic,, still working on diesel today, 59 years young,,

[@devildog8016]

Got my start young back in 99 been driving a 79 pete ever since

[@dearyayres8583]

This is the “Merica” I grew up in. Now I feel like a foreigner in a strange land! Y’all remember when things made sense?

[@dieselwrench3621]

I feel the same and I ain’t liking it 🇺🇸

[@325aliceI]

This is the era i was born in, but still remember enough to know that I was born too late. I am the last generation that didn't have cellphones, Internet, or did much else on a computer than use it as a glorified type writer.

[@dieselwrench3621]

@@325aliceI wouldn’t trade those days for the world. Good times. 👍

[@jasmineduran6731]

I’m 20 and I wish this was the America I could live in. Hopefully we’ll come around to this soon.

[@dieselwrench3621]

@@jasmineduran6731 if enough young people felt like you do and stuck together with that state of mind I believe things could be like that again. Don’t change your self we need more young people like you. 👍🇺🇸

[@faustinodriver7714]

I really enjoy watching these old videos... Trucking ain't what it used to be way back then.

[@tsimmons1974ts]

Sooo True

[@steedblackman1615]

I have 31+ years. Growing tired. I long for the day when I can afford to drive my truck down that last mile to where "They" like Yo yo and all of the Truckers are waiting for me and welcome me home.

[@TheBostonTrucker]

I'm on year 31 too. I'm not tired of it yet but I think about the time when I'll slow down and do this part time so as to enjoy life.

[@filthyasstrucking]

Wow that's a long haul. I started trucking at 53. Now I'm 62 and will have to keep going till I can't pass the physical. Get home safe brother.

[@t.s.racing]

Prayers for Yo-Yo, I hear she's not doing well health wise. A truly beautiful woman, thanks for the video. 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 T.S. RACING

[@TheBostonTrucker]

www.tenfourmagazine.com/2020/07/trucker-talk/fun-with-yoyo/

[@mikeskidmore6754]

Cancer Sticks ..

[@mrlover212k6]

Get well soon

[@markvaars37]

As of today March 2024 she isn't doing well and is not in a nursing home. 😔

[@davidjohnson5845]

36 years ago I started, this newer generation will never be what we are.

[@TheBostonTrucker]

You're right

[@lumberjunkee8451]

Back in the day, when truckin was fun........

[@TheBostonTrucker]

Exactly

[@Romans--bo7br]

Fun.... but Hard Work, as well.

[@yogiballa]

I believe it can be fun now too! Haha it may look different but it is still alive!

[@louiskats5116]

The good old days, long gone just a fading memory now. I caught the arse end of it here in Australia running between Melbourne & Adelaide between 1989 & 1995. Speed limiters came in 1990 onwards & those Perth runners hammer down once they crossed into SA in the middle of the night. 180 kilometers of single lane from the border to Tailem Bend, not even a overtaking lane. Everyone respected the call on the CB for overtaking it was a matter of life & death. No accidents, no boring drive, no mobile phones, 3 different licence, no point to point cameras, no seat shakers, no camera on you & no auto box. 425 hp was king, V8 Mack's doing 100 mph on the flats. I can go on & on & on. Love this video reminds of those long lost days when it was simple. Thank you for uploading 👍

[@TheBostonTrucker]

Man! What an awesome career! Thank you for sharing this with us!

[@randyhawthorne7730]

Oh yes back when we had real television. Real people was always one of my favorite shows and I remember watching this episode. Sarah Purcell was an absolute gem of a human being very beautiful and a great interviewer. Yoyo certainly did know how to fill out those jeans...lol.

[@mrnobodz1]

Boy this video sure brought back memories. Even the truck stop. (been there, done that).started in the 70's until last year. Started with a 67 COE International coe 4000 with a 238 Detroit with a 10. No power steering , no air ride , not even seat. vacuum power windows wipers. Back then truck stops had great food, free coffee, some had full service fuel . Also truckers were more friendly to each other and would help each other. ON a side note saw a Midwest trailer. remember home of the 1 dollar down truck to become a o/o

[@johnw2026]

I know an old man who's been trucking over 40 years, still going. He remembers back when very few of the truck stops had showers. It was nothing for a trucker to stop his truck on a bridge over a river or creek, get down in the water underneath and take a bath. Those guys were tough as nails!

[@captainmorgan1107]

Cool video! I really miss those classic trucks from the 70's and 80's with those awesome paint jobs!

[@TheBostonTrucker]

Good days gone bye. 😥

[@billydirt89]

Those two tone paint jobs were the best

[@derekduchamp4603]

@@billydirt89 everything painted white nowadays

[@gregkulig8463]

She was rocking that 359 conventional back in the day when most trucks were cab overs. She was ahead of her time for sure

[@lastone1759]

I've been in this business since 1987 and I'm still trucking. We sure did had a lot of fun back in the day.

[@keepontruckinoutlawlife1248]

Oh Carolina flash a good ol boy. Drove with that man for 3 year's unfortunately never had the privilege to drive with yo yo. Thanks for sharing Mike really appreciate it the good old days

[@spudwrench73]

My father started driving after WW2, I was raised in a truck for the first 5 years starting in 1973, his handle was "The Scalded Dog", Curtis Leroy Jones. This was a special time in America.

[@TheBostonTrucker]

God bless the Scalded Dog!

[@hoosez]

Man, those were the days. Hope Ms. Yo-Yo is doing fine and still jamming gears. 10-4

[@TheBostonTrucker]

www.tenfourmagazine.com/2020/07/trucker-talk/fun-with-yoyo/

[@Dajuggernaut74]

She’s not well at all. There is a gofundme for her.

[@hoosez]

@@Dajuggernaut74 yes, I seen the link video. Thanks. She should know, there are a lot of us old CBers who remember her. And her story. My heart and prayers go out to her and her family. God bless. 🙏💝

[@kingdomseeker88]

@@TheBostonTrucker thanks for sharing. Good read.

[@gregtotten2617]

@DC if you're referring to the cigarettes just a quick fyi not all smokers get lung cancer or cancer of any kind and people that have literally never even touched a cigarette get lung cancer for example my aunt who passed from lung cancer and complications stemming from the disease never smoked a cigarette in her life

[@CATJOHNDEERE]

I Kind of gotta a crush on Ms. Yo Yo after watching this 😏

[@TheBostonTrucker]

Yeah I did too! She still looks good!

[@tsimmons1974ts]

@@TheBostonTrucker Does she still drive???

[@failranch9542]

You too? I was 9 and couldn’t sleep for a week.

[@slick247]

@@tsimmons1974ts Hi ya, No I just looked her up, Lesa Worley/Yo Yo, shes not very well, last drove bout 10yrs ago, she has multiple sclerosis, her family are trying to raise money for her, she had a loada Rigs turn up to take her for a spin last year, Bless her. Check it out, via Google Lesa Michelle Hughes GoFundMe,see the news coverage 👍🏻 Keep on Truckin 🇺🇸🇬🇧

[@darklight4815]

@@slick247 💪🇺🇲

[@russbonk1372]

I started driving straights in '76 and 18's in '78....did 40 years. SO glad I got to drive real deal A-Cars and B Models and White Freightliners and cabovers. OH those cabovers! I left part of my left kidney in a Transtar 4070! Truckers today with their flip flops and sweat pants and headsets. UGH!!

[@joecombs7468]

My dad drove truck 60s, 70s, & early 80s. That's back when truckers were the best drivers on the road.

[@TheBostonTrucker]

Yes those were the days!

[@joecombs7468]

@@TheBostonTrucker they could be again my friend. Are we not Americans?

[@richardcranium373]

My grandpa's handle was tinkerbell, drove over a million & a half miles...logged.... unlogged was another story. Military freight & who knows what else! Much respect to all those running our freight

[@Kwhopperfan]

That’s American Trucking right there. Huge crush on Miss Yo-Yo 😍

[@TheBostonTrucker]

www.tenfourmagazine.com/2020/07/trucker-talk/fun-with-yoyo/

[@Kwhopperfan]

@@TheBostonTrucker sorry to hear of her poor health. I’m sure she dreams of her prime time, living the American dream on the open road. A different time and generation fading away. I come from a truck drivers family and have been turning wrenches on big rigs for the past 20 years. I hope people carry on the passion in generations to come

[@jacob2483]

Wish I could’ve been there. Those were the good old days. I’ll still be one of last cowboys but unfortunately there are not not many left.

[@bbo40]

An older friend of mine was a cross-country trucker from about the late 70's to the early 90's and said it was the best job and best time of his life. Only gave it up due to health issues

[@ericparrish1515]

It's good for your soul.

[@yeahbuddy1270]

How cool is that!? Boy, what I’d give to have that 359...looks like it had the 15spd against tha dash. Just beautiful.

[@dblackkw]

I noticed it was against the dash too. Made me smile 😃

[@darrenwhite544]

Seems the best day of trucking, television, music and most anything were all reached in the 70's & 80's and have only been on a steady decline since

[@TheBostonTrucker]

Sad but true.

[@tomlord5652]

God bless her, we need more beautiful female truck drivers like her in this world. Good luck to you girl and keep on trucking.

[@lamarlamar2413]

Dude what are you talking about there are better looking female truckers today if you ask me. And a lot more of them.

[@ReneeandLloydRamsey]

I drove in the 80's and 90's and Lord how I miss this life. I'm a 5 feet even and 115 lb female, been the same measurements all my adult life! Some of the best years of my life were when I was driving. I'm wanting to drive again. I'm still just 115 lbs! 😊

[@TheBostonTrucker]

Those were the best days of trucking!

[@TheBostonTrucker]

If you have any old trucking pictures I'd love to see them email is [e-mail]

[@roberthudson4822]

I know it goes back years and years but, YoYo's backside is fun to watch. I pray all is well with you and yours.

[@rtazman2004]

I am a Retired Diesel Mechanic I Live it I had been around Trunking all my life Now one of our kids is helping keeping those Trucks Rolling and safe God Bless you all our there oh how I.miss the Trucking if I wasn't insulin-dependent due to diabetes said be out on the road myself along with my fiance Wendy Trucking for sure downpour keep the Sunny Side Up and the rubber side down Miles of Smiles be safe God Bless USA

[@TheBostonTrucker]

Thank you 😊

[@AS-bp7mn]

No cell phone, no pajama and flip flops!

[@TheRoadhammer379]

Amen brother

[@JHorse508]

wait there was trucking without flip flops?

[@agentorange2554]

@@JHorse508 Not only that, people spoke English too.

[@skindianu]

@@agentorange2554 I thought it was CB

[@travelingman484]

I’m old enough to remember the tail end of those great days of trucking. Got to drive with the greats. I was 18 in 86’ did it for 25 years. Unfortunately the industry is finished and so am I, for the last 15 years.

[@mikemikes3514]

When you could actually tell what kind of truck it was coming from a mile away.....and what was under the hood between the air cleaners when it went past. Great video!!!!

[@MM-xt9pw]

Damn I miss our country

[@dearyayres8583]

Hi-jacked by the fringe, lunatics running the asylum, we was to polite for our own damn good, quiet when we should’ve been yelling, sleeping when we should’ve been fighting......... Complacency rolled this great nation on her side but it was you and me who kicked her into the grave! -poem by Adam Banta

[@bfelder8853]

I bet when YoYo talks her whole family is in pure awww about her trucking stories.

[@steamgent4592]

When trucking was awesome with awesome trucks! Shes got the best one ever made Pete Ex hood 359 with Airplane dash!!! Better food at truck stops too they were mom n pop shops mostly!

[@SuperHigear]

Back when parking at the truck stops was free whether it was for an hour or a weekend on a 1st come - 1st serve basis. My only complaints were that 1) the vegetables were always over cooked, mushy, & tasteless, and, 2) fresh fruit was a rarity.

[@garyjubar5733]

Yeah, back then trucks had 3 pedals. A lot of the new ones now only have 2 pedals. (Sissymatics)

[@SHANKDAWGBABY]

Miles long convoys were my favorite parts of childhood road trips in the 80s running up and down I65 and the connecting highways. We went to Michigan, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and Florida plenty from home in Louisville Kentucky

[@TravisSteeves]

I can’t help but wonder if my great uncle ever met Yo-Yo. He was one of the true legendary trucker outlaws. If he met Yo-Yo I could see him giving her his six shooter he use to carry and telling her to take no grief from anyone! Lol. The stories I heard from him were unreal. Weren’t just stories, he had pictures to back it all up. I’m lucky enough to have most of those pictures, postcards and letters that he sent home from 1950-1980. Would love to know more about Yo-Yo, I can only imagine her life story. What a pioneer she must have been for women in trucking!

[@TheBostonTrucker]

www.tenfourmagazine.com/2020/07/trucker-talk/fun-with-yoyo/

[@Strassenelefant]

@@TheBostonTrucker thanks for sharing!

[@fredblogs]

@@TheBostonTrucker 🇬🇧 Thanks from a retired trucker I’ve just read the bit about yo-yo and all I can say is she’s one hell of a woman. God bless her.

[@TheBostonTrucker]

@@fredblogs 😉

[@tombeyer375]

Yo yo is one tough cookie, with a heart of gold, that'll have your back also. One wonderful person, all in all. Much respect for her. ❤

[@rhinopower67]

Great memories when trucking was different and all your friends talked on that CB "DAMMIT BOY "

[@allenbo8234]

God I remember that...

[@kitbailey6963]

Essentially they're all modern cowboys in every sense of the word. I have such great respect for truck drivers. Particularly OTR drivers who do more driving in one week then most people do in several months. All in every kind of weather. Holidays. Even disasters. The men and women that drive Peterbilts and Kenworths are what keeps America going. For without such men and women, our country stops period. God bless them all. My favorite truck is a Peterbilt 359 conventional with oversized exhaust pipes. Lots of chrome from the Chrome Shop. Extended frame and a big nice roomy sleeper. Truckers!!! We Love Y'all, Keep Trucking🇺🇲🇨🇱🐎

[@TheBostonTrucker]

Thank you so much for your great commentary.

[@norcaldeemichaels]

Everyone holding a cigarette, a guy who shines shoes in an industry where everyone wears Crocks, and everyone is under 200 lbs. What planet is this on?

[@marcjohnson5329]

This was before every truck stop had a fast food joint in it. This was in a time when people looked up to truckers. When drivers had some self respect and gave common courtesy. Something todays steering wheel holders know nothing about.

[@warriors4christ984]

Apparently before your time, without being rude.

[@dieselwrench3621]

Can’t even get a thank you flash back when you let another trucker over. Probably to busy adjusting the straps on his sandals.

[@judgegixxer]

@@dieselwrench3621 Or updating his facebook status.

[@dieselwrench3621]

@@judgegixxer 🤣👍

[@jeffreydidier5821]

Any old school truckers notice the toothpick. Lol

[@skindianu]

I did, but didn't think about it till I read this. Could use one about now

[@johnglover5071]

I thought only bullhaulers chewed toothpicks. LOL

[@skindianu]

@@johnglover5071 yeah, bullhaulers and their good buddies in the trucklot

[@carlmorgan2227]

I was wondering if she got it from a bull hauler.....zoooom!!

[@dustintaylor4331]

Lol yes i did

[@normanott644]

I drove back then, best days trucking ever. Trucking today is a job. Oh yes I remember them toothpicks..

[@Hotecce1]

Your so right. nowadays its all about hauling as much freight, and as quickly as possible to get that bottom line for the company. Trucking has turned to shit. Dont think ill ever go back.

[@brettadams6467]

Back in the day. When TRUCKERS were TRUCKERS. After 43 years still DOIN it.

[@TheBostonTrucker]

Hats off to you driver!

[@arthurwarren2able]

I bet Yo Yo was fun as hell to roll around with.

[@TheBostonTrucker]

Just posted an update!

[@jerrygoad3093]

I don't care how old the video is but yo yo is looking good to me driving the hell out of that good looking peterbilt God bless her her daddy and mama family on her right with an awesome attitude

[@jerrygoad3093]

I was raised in a tow truck on a short track and a small town called Beltsville and jessup I remember Baltimore sneaking out in the middle of the night and I remember the transition from black and white to color and I remember when everybody's saying country good old songs going down the road God bless all your thank you for keeping me in prayer in mind I love all your keep America pride going

[@butchcassidy3373]

I'm an old timer now. Started trucking thirty years ago. You had to know how to read a map and have a sense of direction. Loved running over a hundred across the desert taking trash on the radio. Still driving, but it sux now. No driving rookies everywhere.

[@truckinfam2207]

Yo-Yo looking Kool on her stool. Bad to the Bone. Westbound midnight pullin up out Needles. Throwing smoke at the top of the hill. Now that’s Good Ole Truckin. Shakeysde Bound. Cherry St. Fontana. Or maybe 76 in Ontario. Ten-4

[@TheBostonTrucker]

Spent some time myself on Cherry Street kick it back! Loretta's c'mon!

[@truckinfam2207]

I can see you been “around the block too”. Probably passed each other but didn’t know it. Great channel. Great content. Sure miss the old times. Had a rear main seal put in at K W. by the old Mayflower Truck stop in 81. That’s up around your neck of the woods. Ten -4

[@hekterr6677]

Don’t forget Clyde’s bar in Colton!

[@truckinfam2207]

U right Driver.

[@truckinfam2207]

@@TheBostonTruckerBean Pot Bar Phoenix AZ.

[@truckinfam2207]

Nothing Finer than A 359er. V8 Cat 6/4 2 stick. Roller Coasting. Those were the days.

[@davidmeckley3773]

My dad drove a coal bucket for 50 years. We lived right above the shop till I was 8. I also worked there when I got old enough. We were all outlaws! My dad was known as back road Bob. For over a decade he never went through a scale even if he was empty. I heard stories from guys he drug with him that he took on roads that made their hair stand on end. Rip dad!

[@outinthesticks1035]

Those coal trucks were something else ! I remember a fleet of them sitting beside the highway. Old Hayes . Front bumpers higher than the tailgate on a 4x4 , most of them no hoods , only half a windshield. I worked with a guy who had maintained them . He said the hoods and windshields were missing cause of rocks coming off the mountains , first thing everyone did was remove the doors , so the driver had better chance to jump clear if it was going over the edge of a mountain. They would rebuild brakes every six months, and new shoes lasted one trip then drivers had to use gears and retarders . Drivers never wanted to bail out till last moment cause they got paid by the load and didn't get anything if the truck went over the edge

[@davidmeckley3773]

@@outinthesticks1035 My dad hauled coal from time to time but they hauled everything you could put in a dump trailer. Stone,boulders,dirt, scrap,lime, demolition,golf course dressing, grain and lots of other stuff too! They travel as far as Maine to Florida and west as far as Arkansas. I remember my dad hauling potatoes out of Florida in a R-model day cab Mack when I was young! I live in Pennsylvania

[@Human_Shrek]

wish i was born then so i could experience this awesomeness

[@TheBostonTrucker]

I experienced it as a kid.

[@markdanielczyk944]

Real trucks, real drivers back then, not one flip flop is sight!

[@TheBostonTrucker]

Exactly

[@cobramike13bravo63]

Back when men were men and women were women, God send me back.

[@yeoldeseawitch]

when people were oppressed by society and told what to think and how to act.... not saying that there isnt that in todays world, but i just want an excuse to say how much i fucking hate america. no matter what time period

[@cobramike13bravo63]

@@yeoldeseawitch Sorry you hate American so much, maybe travels to other countries you could find one to meet your standards. As a veteran I have seen enough others to know this is home for me and the 80's was a better period of time, less people offended and political correctness was at a minimum.

[@yeoldeseawitch]

@@cobramike13bravo63 well when im old enough too and have the right amount of money, i do in fact plan to move to somewhere else. ive been considering italy or japan but i havent decided.

[@dlowery6790]

Love to talk to yoyo,70 year old retired 359 driver many years

[@TheBostonTrucker]

I just spoke with her the other day. She'll be the first to tell ya, "being this side of the dirt is a good day".

[@tombeyer375]

Sooooo very glad to have made her acquaintance out there. She's got a really good heart, and cares about her family and fellow truckers out there. She'll tell ya what's what, if ya need to hear it too!! One special lady right there. ❤

[@the.porter.productions]

Now this was one GOOD video...showing good ole trucks, good truckers and people out there having fun! There were some nice lady truckers out there back in the 80s etc...you could see some pretty trucks and pretty ladies driving them. Good times. 🤩

[@TheBostonTrucker]

The best of times just didn't know it then.

[@ronellis4952]

Fun on the road stopped in NZ October 87 when log books came in. E Road in now. Now they keep upping road tax with new regs to tig

[@ronellis4952]

To tighten the noose. STL runs all American gear. Spectacular when lined up.

[@intuitive7274]

This is the greatest clip about the Truck driver

[@TheBostonTrucker]

😁

[@Mass_hole508]

Thank you for sharing this. I really appreciate watching drivers from previous generations. As a 4th generation driver i wouldn't be here now without them.

[@nickicribb4299]

Country musicians and truck drivers; there is no way to separate the two, of which I belong to the former. You go girl, and may you always be free.

[@norfolkdash9]

Man I work at my buddy's shop, we got us a beautiful 86 Pete tandem dump. Real pretty blue. We got her running good, put some jakes on the old B model cat. Pretty chrome stacks. Boy she ran and was pretty. Sold it for twice the price we got it. She still works everyday. I felt humble to work and drive the old girl.

[@mtower235]

Man this brought back some good memories

[@TheBostonTrucker]

www.tenfourmagazine.com/2020/07/trucker-talk/fun-with-yoyo/

[@2mkholley]

Are we not going to mention how sexy yoyo was!

[@TheBostonTrucker]

Still is! 😄

[@darklight4815]

Yes we are ☺️

[@chrisme7307]

When I seen here I for got about the show why cant women look like that in the 2000s

[@lemonkng3188]

Every time I hear that song it makes me laugh." Six Days on the Road and I'm going to make it home tonight." I'm out for 5 weeks at a time.

[@holsteinlimousine7578]

Bring back the old days when this is how and was the way trucking should be.

[@thebaldgerman]

Seeing it today it seems like Dreamland. All these cabovers in the beginning of the clip. Rare and beautiful.

[@TheBostonTrucker]

It was a great time to be alive.

[@StonedPony1]

The funny thing is I knew all the hands in this video and even the shoeshine man. Big Jackie was well known and did your boots proudly. Ran with Special K and YO, YO and both were fun to run with more than once or twice. Like all drivers who ran together, we could tell stories about each other. I remember that race as it was the talk of the road and when it happened I was on the west coast doing a turnaround. I had a black 359 1978 Pete with a 3408 in it and Mississippi was still 73,280 pounds gross weight up till 1982 and Tenn would write you up for being 55'2 length and not 55'. $121.00 for those two inches. All changed when the 48' trailers came out and then if you had one it didn't matter your length more or less. Trucking back then was fun and hard at 9-15 cents a mile or 20% grows and all the miles you wanted to run. If you run the 20% grows you can bet that truck would run over 100 miles per hour and you were told you had better do it or find another job. A lot of the old truck makers are no longer like Brockway, FWD, and others like Ford CL 9000 who made one hell of a truck before their time with the air ride cab. A little note on: Special K, was known to sandbag with his truck and do and say some of the funniest things. YO, YO was a hoot and made some real colorful remarks to you after she got to know you. One hand I remember she told him he had a cute ass and fit those jeans just right. As an afterthought, she said, Pony you know your ass is alright too. (Or something to that effect) She could talk trash with the best of them.

[@relaxationstation7374]

What was the actual name of this Transport City Truck Stop and was it located in Villa Rica, GA or in town Atlanta near the convention center and airport because I've been out here since 1987 and i don't remember it?

[@StonedPony1]

@@relaxationstation7374 Transport City is all I can remember, and it was on the East side of the loop on the right going North before I85.

[@relaxationstation7374]

@@StonedPony1 Thank You, I studied up on it and found out that Transport City was eventually bought out by TA and became the crazy old TA in Conley, GA that was eventually torn down but Transport City Drive still exists as an industrial park on the same site. I was so intetested in it because I've been out here 35 years, and counting, and I can't imagine that I would have missed such an iconic place.

[@kevindrobot389]

This is when trucking was great! West Coast turns, back row truck stop parties, no log books, no limits!

[@cobretticobra7911]

As a trucker I’d take Yo Yo In her prime over almost any celebrity broad

[@TheBostonTrucker]

She's still a beautiful lady!

[@FMB12]

Man, If I have would saw Yo Yo back in the day, I think I would had fallen in love. 😍

[@TheBostonTrucker]

www.tenfourmagazine.com/2020/07/trucker-talk/fun-with-yoyo/

[@olvinyldude]

Great job, and video here ! I remember seeing that show with Yo-Yo on as guest! She was great ... I have her record,with her singing, "Yo-Yo On the Side" ...Actually, I put it up on my channel several years ago. ... I love/breathe Diesel, drove several years, 70's, thru 90's ... Great times..Miss it often, always knew where to stop and eat ! Miss all those great Truck Music songs, also.. I have many, many of them on my channel as well ... Thanx so much, Yo-Yo for all your years of keeping America going, and supplied.."IF YOU OWN IT, A TRUCKER BROUGHT IT" ! ! ! Bless you, Yo-Yo.. and you also, Boston Trucker... Thanx for all you do.. Awesome video ! ! !

[@allenbo8234]

Just get that load there and head back for another the owner would say, I'll pay the tickets.I got the horses just load that wagon. Yes sir them were the days.

[@scruffy6151]

Log books what are they. I worked for a wrecker company that had seven wrecker on the road. The boss know everybody in town getting a license was easy also drove over the road for him also. Stay away from the scales and get back home. Never used a log book until I moved to a different state and drove for a different company. Now every thing is e-log no thank you.

[@chipbrown3742]

Chip Brown 1974 Peterbuilt Bull hauler Fl. To feed lots. West Texas Oklahoma Colorado. Lease to Mac Donald Livestock. Claremont, fl. 71 now. Every time I see a Bull wagon go by it brings back great memories.

[@Agwings1960]

She's driving a Pete conventional so she's definitely got good taste in trucks.

[@michaeltemmen1223]

Peek that toothpick there too come on

[@garymoreau8601]

Tho my boy like COVs

[@kscleanup8125]

Wish we were back in those days

[@dallasrepo1291]

Those really were the good ole days, I’m thankful i was part of them!

[@alvintarrer6914]

Those were the best of time trucking,all you need was chauffeur license. 18yrs old retired at 65 yrs old...the best of times

[@robertburke3316]

I got itchy pants and wanna see what’s on the other side of the hill. Love it.

[@TheBostonTrucker]

Must have been polyester!

[@stuarttorevell2353]

Yo yo is some lady that’s broken all the rules of trucking !this chick kicks arse

[@TheBostonTrucker]

www.tenfourmagazine.com/2020/07/trucker-talk/fun-with-yoyo/

[@Ellenslife851]

Back in the good old days of trucking when my grandpa was trucking. My grandpa started about mid 60s and stopped in 95 he could pull that rig around like nobody’s businesses nothing but respect for truckers including this girl so proud of her in a time we’re a lot of people viewed this still as a mans job

[@TheBostonTrucker]

www.tenfourmagazine.com/2020/07/trucker-talk/fun-with-yoyo/

[@Ellenslife851]

@@TheBostonTrucker her biography was great to read

[@susanjessop1668]

I sure miss them days of truck'n .we used to take care of each other out here but no more Been driving for 38 years and it sure changed alot since then and not for the better.

[@TheBostonTrucker]

www.tenfourmagazine.com/2020/07/trucker-talk/fun-with-yoyo/

[@2020jd]

Is she still around? It would be awesome if you could do a follow up interview!

[@TheBostonTrucker]

She is still around, retired in Tennessee. I speak and text with her, I'd love to do an interview with her, we've discussed it.

[@lumberjunkee8451]

@@TheBostonTrucker that'd be sweet....

[@7viewerlogic670]

@@TheBostonTrucker Yes, get an interview!

[@bk14nyc]

WOW. Yo Yo was so COOL 😎

[@Chevy4x4dawg]

@@TheBostonTrucker please get an interview!!!!!!! This era needs to be documented!