Button up at Willig's Sparks, NV terminal Friday April 13, 1990. Scott captures the terminal action on a Friday evening.
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@upmw2k3 жыл бұрын
I miss the old trucking companies, Willig trucks were always clean and well maintained, these guys had pride in what they did
@danschneider99213 жыл бұрын
Back when cabovers were still king...God I miss those days
@foursmith98563 ай бұрын
Whoever made the decision to capture this on video. I’m glad they did. Great piece of trucking history captured.
@rodjohnson87462 жыл бұрын
Love the old school trucking!!! I long for the good old days, before computers, cell phones and all the tracking. Thanks for the awesome video!!! Was driving for brown transport in 1990. Reminds me of those days. Great trip down memory lane. THANKS!!!!!!
@te4bag_k1ngp1n Жыл бұрын
Afraid of tracking? Automatic sign that you’re an untrustworthy 💩 driver
@doug90664 жыл бұрын
I've seen this video once or twice in past several months or year & I never tire of watching for some odd reason. So here I am again watching this. 👍🇺🇸
@LeFraudHasChokedInSIXFinals2 жыл бұрын
My truck number was 1249 and later 1301. I took pride in being at the pinnacle of the trucking industry. I kept myself in top shape and had my company uniforms custom-tailored for a flattering fit. The freeway waitresses loved us.
@justinbarnes54982 жыл бұрын
Not a single one wearing a high-vis safety vest. Tsk tsk. LOL. I used to love hitting the interstate as a kid, and seeing these Freightliner cabovers running doubles up and down I-77 in the Carolinas. Brings back memories. Thanks for sharing.
@carl17763 жыл бұрын
I miss the Freightliner cabovers. And that nice old 60s Ford tilt cab.
@brockwaymt3 жыл бұрын
Those Fords were probably late 80s with the blue oval. So nearly new. Built until 1990.
@rodjohnson87468 ай бұрын
We called those old ford's "" foggies " .nothing like them anymore. 😢
@cyn7tec4 жыл бұрын
I remember going with my dad to the yard in Phoenix when I was little. He worked there 30 years before they went bankrupt. He passed away in 2007 doing the job he loved. Rip Steve Reyes ❤
@jonathansukosky97014 жыл бұрын
My condolences do you remember where the yard in Phoenix was by chance?
@C2CXJR3 жыл бұрын
@@jonathansukosky9701 the Willig yard was 51st Avenue and Mohave, where the current Central Arizona Freight is located and across from Amazon.
@mattt198654321 Жыл бұрын
I hope he was not literally doing the job he loved when he passed away...I feel sorry for the innocent bystanders
@dancollins8296 Жыл бұрын
You are a beautiful woman
@christophercruz86605 жыл бұрын
Lots of tucked in shirts dad jeans and new balance sneakers. I miss the 90's
@ryguy571064 жыл бұрын
Don’t forget the mullets...... yep I had one too 😂
@christophercruz86604 жыл бұрын
@@ryguy57106 nice! I didn't have one myself but was the proud owner of a fantastic mustache 👍 lol
@petercarmeci83173 жыл бұрын
Those old cabover Freightliners and C Model Ford “pumpkins”. Drove both back when I worked for Consolidated Freightways.
@ahctranspro18052 жыл бұрын
A premier fleet excellent over night service provider all their freight was on pallets ! I remember driving at night to L.A with my window down partially in the fog you could hear them coming in groups speeding @ 70 plus from behind in the hammer lane and then disappear in the night, those were the days!
@1965Gindy5 жыл бұрын
Wow look at them old Freightliners. Man trucking was still cool in the 90s
@marthasalas10732 ай бұрын
I’m so happy this video exists, My father worked at the Los Angeles Terminal for 36 years and when he retired he got me in for the last 8 years before they went out. A wonderful company to work for.
@Hercules7184 жыл бұрын
This is cool. Thank you. Boy time flies by, doesn’t it.
@truckermad2k95 жыл бұрын
wish there was some more Willig footage love seeing these guys in action seeing how they do there deal
@shauncason52356 жыл бұрын
Back when we were all skinny and could tuck our shirts in! LOL
@thevacuumtubejunky97745 жыл бұрын
Can't forget The "Joe Dirt" mullets and the shaggs.their pants were so tight, you could count the change in their pockets...lol
@b-trucker77174 жыл бұрын
Not true,many old truckers were fatasses,I've seen plenty of them at truckstops so stop making it seem like they were all in good shape, some didn't bath for weeks,didn't brush their teeth, couldn't stay off them dirty lot lizard while getting divorced and so on👍
@billcarp35233 жыл бұрын
@@b-trucker7717 Sounds like B-trucker lost his wife to a truck driver.
@b-trucker77173 жыл бұрын
@@billcarp3523 😂😂
@mckinleygodbolt96172 жыл бұрын
You had to be skinny to drive those day cabs 😂😂😂
@marvinbarber27444 жыл бұрын
What is this I see; drivers helping each other out and actually interacting with each other!?
@bradh61856 жыл бұрын
These guys were happy. This is back when life was kick ass.
@drjones08086 жыл бұрын
They do look happy don`t they probably because it was before getting ruled and regulated to death by the DOT.
@joshuapowell1145 жыл бұрын
Yep the good old days of multiple logbooks and truckers driving on drugs to stay up for days.....I'm glad I missed it
@b-trucker77174 жыл бұрын
Newbies wouldn't have a clue,dam I'm glad I'm not one of these new steering wheel holders that cant drive a stick😅
@joshuamack3424 жыл бұрын
Nah....Big paychecks, driving all coked up , picking up whores and after you screw them ya beat the shit out of them.......Miss those days!!!!!
@chauncylondon33496 жыл бұрын
I love old trucking footage. 1990 was the year I was born. I remember when my mom would take me to work with her at some warehouse years ago and those cab over Ford trucks with Roadway would come make ltl deliveries.
@JamesDuphay6 жыл бұрын
This is awesome to see. Remember Willig dominating I-5 and HWY 99 California... To bad they went under... Thanks ms for sharing..
@frederickweeksjr.11894 жыл бұрын
I remember when I was stated at Alameda NAS.I used to go to the Malibu Grand Prix off Hegenberger Rd.,and after video games I'd sit at the stadium and wash the trucks all afternoon. West Coast trucks are the best.
@frederickweeksjr.11894 жыл бұрын
@ true, and the saga continues
@plumbingstuffinoregon24716 жыл бұрын
That's too cool man! Love those old Freightliner cabovers.
@richardc77214 жыл бұрын
When i was 8 i spent the summer riding with my dad in a 1966 Freightliner COE. (1967). It had a newly installed roof air conditioning unit in it. The installer accidentally pinched the drain tube shut allowing water to accumulate in the unit. I loved to lay on the"doghouse" with my head on the sleeper mattress and look out the windshield as we traveled. Then my dad had to brake hard which sent lots of Coldwater showering down on me, talk about a rude awakening...... I loved that summer, it turned out to be our last summer together. He died at age 43 in the spring. I miss you Dad. But someday ill ride with him again.
@customkey4 жыл бұрын
@@richardc7721 Yes, you will.
@richardc77214 жыл бұрын
@Amed Tajan is he dead?
@shoveljunk-americanpatriot76034 жыл бұрын
Those old cabovers were uncomfortable.
@KevinRichards-my5ojАй бұрын
@shoveljunk-americanpatriot7603 yes they did have a bumpy ride because you sat above the front steering axle but they were still cool & easier to maneuver in too.
@kman-mi7su4 жыл бұрын
I pulled tons of doubles back then myself. I worked for a contractor leased to Roadway Package System back then. I was assigned a Freightliner cabover with the (I think, its been so long), 42" bunk. I was young, dumb, and skinnier then and my back didn't hurt. I don't miss the ride of a spring ride single axle cabover or crawling over the dog house to go to bed. Drove the east coast from NJ to Fla To Pa and back to NJ home back then weekly.
@eddeluca13605 жыл бұрын
my dad was a salesman for willig George Deluca passed away 5 years ago willig was a big part of our family's life Erik Anderson and John Simerson great people
@soaringenergy3257 Жыл бұрын
@eddeluca1360 sorry to hear about your Dad. Mr. Deluca was an awesome man- My Dad was John Simerson
@BradFalck-mn3pc Жыл бұрын
Back in the good old days when you came to the terminal and picked up your rig and load pre assembled and paperwork ready
@soulshakerman4 жыл бұрын
Sweet Old school cool trucking! Thanx for sharing!
@michaelking5505 жыл бұрын
Man I loved driving those Freightliners...❤
@melvint28264 жыл бұрын
They was buggying thru the parking lot good to see hard workers having fun safety on the job nice to see older style trucks enjoy the sound of the airbrakes!
@tomharris82636 жыл бұрын
Most Willig tractors had no passenger seat. The small window on the right side behind the door could be used to see vehicles in the blind spot area. I drove for Safeway and we had the same set-up. Only used on non-sleeper tractors.
@tundeoszne39864 жыл бұрын
Good ol' days! I remember them very well. I drove for Adams Air Cargo, back in 94-95. We both ran at night. We were "castrated" to 60MPH, Willi G did 70. As I see, not just on I-5, but in their yard too. They were actually the "Fastest LTL"
@brad2026843 жыл бұрын
I currently drive for Saia out of Sacramento and this is now our yard. Awesome to see the origins of the terminal and classic LTL trucks. The yard was so spacious! Much different today but even 30 years ago the trailers on the south fence were packed tight like sardines so nothing much has changed there lol.
@wallochdm15 жыл бұрын
Whenever I thought I was hauling ass, a Willig set would blow by me like I was standing still.
@mikemotteberg35274 жыл бұрын
Willig trucks had Long legs.
@grandpapa21343 жыл бұрын
Pass a Viking get a ticket. Pass a Willig Go to jail.
@henryblanton69922 жыл бұрын
LOL I haven’t read/heard that since around ‘95-96. Back then I crawled along for DART International (shit outfit) and while going north up the 99 delivering Sears, I could get back on the 99 up shifting with no traffic in sight: zip! Out of no where there’d be a Willig set to my left passing me like I was standing still. Later on when I became an Owner/Operator my mechanics’ father was a retired mechanic for Willig. Told me that he would open up the governor on all the tractors he worked on. His last name was Harnish.
@LeFraudHasChokedInSIXFinals2 жыл бұрын
Willig hopped up their engines so they were capable of pulling 105,500 lb triples over Oregon mountains. They had huge power by any era's standards.
@Statimtek4 жыл бұрын
I was kind of hoping to see some loading going on. I remember being in those old trailers with the wood sheet sides and floors and the woody sort of smell when you are in there.They were so dark. I unloaded many a Willig, and Delta, trailer back in the day. They were the companies that had the older trailers with the wooden floors and sides.Man, did they creak and groan when you drove in there, and you had to make sure you didn't drive into a hole in the floor. The good 'ol days.
@ericdee68024 жыл бұрын
I drove P&D for Viking, great company but the work took a serious toll on me when I got older.
@deanhueter28664 жыл бұрын
I drove for Imperial Truck Lines out of LA, and when I worked local I drove a COE Ford gas powered tractor as shown here. We lovingly referred to them as "baby whale". A great tractor for local p/u & d/l.
@the.porter.productions5 жыл бұрын
I liked the old Cabover Fords. They were very easy to drive & were pretty good trucks. Mine was a 1965 C800. I miss that thing.
@roylehew31645 жыл бұрын
I think the Fords were thier Yard Mules.
@the.porter.productions4 жыл бұрын
Roy Lehew They were good yard trucks, but I really liked driving mine out on the road for city driving.🤩
@ricochetey4 жыл бұрын
@@roylehew3164 I was wondering if they were mules too either way I would of been honored to work with these fellas and drive a good ol cabover. I drive mainly in the city and wish I was in a COE sure would make backin a breeze.
@chriscummings42062 жыл бұрын
From how many Fords (and Volvos?) are in the yard they were probably also used on local runs, similar to those used by Roadway. I’m sure many truck spotters can attest to that!
@MrKofi-ul5np4 жыл бұрын
Awesome video!! That Ford C tractor is cool, I have one in 1/87 scale from Athearn.
@captdeano57155 жыл бұрын
I worked for WILLIG in the RICHMOND Terminal for the last 12 years as a pick up/delivery local driver...GREAT COMPANY.
@kfstreich47875 жыл бұрын
How did 1990 get to be 30 years ago?
@frederickweeksjr.11894 жыл бұрын
TIME.
@apocyldoomer4 жыл бұрын
KFStreich Time fades away
@demetriuswilliams67064 жыл бұрын
How did 2000 get to be 20 years ago. Seems like yesterday
@joshuamack3424 жыл бұрын
Scary isn't it......
@scraphaulin4 жыл бұрын
The same way 2050 is only 30yrs away
@guillermocastillo74043 жыл бұрын
Gracias por este hermoso video
@FN_FAL_4_ever3 жыл бұрын
Love this video. These guys didn’t fuck around and they loved their jobs from the looks of it! Looks like the equipment was well maintained, and even the yard looked way better than most LTL yards I’ve observed. Go to a Saia or Yellow yard and you’ll see what I mean
@wallochdm15 жыл бұрын
They even went fast in the yard.
@kevinrichards32883 жыл бұрын
Nowadays I don't see cabovers out on the roads as often as I use to here in the USA back in the day when the length limit was shorter. Those were the days. 🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛😎👍
@billcarp35234 жыл бұрын
I used to drive I-5 at night between SF and LA. The saying was, back then, 'if you passed a Greyhound (bus), you got a ticket. If you passed a Willig, you went to jail.' Those guys took the governors off their road tractors, and drove at about 70 mph. Of course, the road at night just had trucks on it, so it wasn't too bad.
@williamkaulahao12074 жыл бұрын
California's fastest overnight LTL
@DirtMod8086 жыл бұрын
Good stuff Jimmy, I enjoy all these LTL videos, thanks for posting
@dooleyhiggins36745 жыл бұрын
Look how slim the drivers were compared to today, and their shirts are tucked in too. Not many slobs then.
@michaelattick12313 жыл бұрын
Don't forget 80's 90's trucker hats, had a box full of them, back in the day.
@jameshickey93934 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing, what a great video. I like comment. "back when we could tuck our shirts in". Very true.
@ryanpoulin51444 ай бұрын
Those were good trucks back then. I even love the old B-Trains. Are these ones A-Trains or B-Trains? Anyway, those are beautiful trucks. I know the yellow is Golden Yellow. But what is the darker color? Black or Dark Blue? Still awesome video. Thinks for posting this. Keep on trucking.
@muffs55mercury612 жыл бұрын
Willig had a big presence in Phoenix in the late 1970s and thru the 1980s. As I recall they were a relatively young company and was surprised when I heard they went down.
@billdaniels31794 жыл бұрын
These things remind me of driving an old dollar truck for Midwestern a few years ago my ass can still feel every bump on 80 at least what I have left of it
@Jpdrums3175 жыл бұрын
Love the old Ford C-series.
@carlossantiago3235 жыл бұрын
Those old Ford tractors have so much power they could pull anything compared to these new crappy old trucks they have nowadays👍🇺🇸🇺🇸👍
@tomharris82636 жыл бұрын
Willig equipment wasn't much to look at, but always kept clean. I'm sure the equipment was most likely kept in good working order. I miss seeing Willig trucks on the road. I've shared a truck stop restaurant booth with a Willig driver more than one time.....Good people.
@frederickweeksjr.11894 жыл бұрын
Remember System 99,and O.N.C.?
@mattb.77614 жыл бұрын
Man this video shows so clearly.
@u686st74 жыл бұрын
The outbound done at 5:30, they're good.
@malachi_perry2 жыл бұрын
legend says Diane is still waiting for a ride until this day
@danielyoung66305 жыл бұрын
yesterday when I was young!
@maxx211475 жыл бұрын
Great song by: "ROY CLARK"
@mikey55328 Жыл бұрын
Miss the old trucking companies!! When Trucking Was Good!!😎👍
@datboyyoungtripp94774 жыл бұрын
Damn I just got my CDL but I was born in the 1990s lol cool shit tho man I respect these guys out here.
@mattb.77614 жыл бұрын
dat boy young tripp congrats and safe travels
@timmorris30564 жыл бұрын
Not 1 fatass truck driver, but most suffered from kidney damage because of the driver's seat directly over the front axle and no air ride. We were hoping to see them back up the doubles, that's a true art form. 👍
@jeff77643 жыл бұрын
I drove doubles for years for Sysco and have yet to ever see someone back doubles properly
@henryblanton69922 жыл бұрын
The first road tractor I owned was a 6x4 1992 Day Cab Freightliner, 140 inch wheelbase, 9 spd. direct drive with 4:33 rears; at 1500 RPM I was doing 53 mph. Had a Cummins N14 435. Probably the best diesel Cummins ever made. Lucky Supermarket spec’d it out. To save on tires the steering tires were under sized by Luckys. Stupid thing to do. The nose was dropped with the back axle floating lightly on the pavement. My tread on my back tires were scrubbed off. First chance I got I replaced the steering tires and rims; 70/22.5s belong on the drive axles ONLY. I put 80/24.5 wheel assemblies on the steering axle as specified, leveled out the chassis to where it belonged. I also replaced the POS Bostrum air ride Kindergarten seat with a Standard air ride seat I got from the local Volvo dealership sized for adults. The ride improved Greatly, even with the short semi elliptical springs on the steering axle.
@madmikemadmike21754 жыл бұрын
interesting today is Friday March 13, 2020. and i am watching this.
@gizclark5 жыл бұрын
All that stuff has probably been scrapped by now. Where's this at?
@horrorman96 жыл бұрын
RIP Willig.
@adventureguy4119 Жыл бұрын
Anyone Remember going to truck stops to eat with their parents or Grand parents. Was nothing like Truck Stop we have today
@gma7293 жыл бұрын
I was Hired at Roadway that year ! I Remember Willig very well. September 1990, really Great Vid. Brings back memories. Ugh those Horrible Ford C-Cabs. Yuck lol
@tim-ber26064 жыл бұрын
OH life was good back then we won't see people working as a team and really happy like this again . (TGIF)
@lostcause21375 жыл бұрын
I worked for Willig for two whole months. I was fired for popping wheelies and doing donuts in the parking lot in one of their trucks.
@jimmyb48015 жыл бұрын
I can see that might have been looked on by management dimly.
@KevinRichards-my5ojАй бұрын
Those cabovers bring back good o memories.
@the.porter.productions4 жыл бұрын
I wonder where most of those trucks went to. Was Willig based out of Nevada or something? Where?
@williamkaulahao12074 жыл бұрын
San Francisco
@grzestelicki6 жыл бұрын
I'm wondering is that guys are still alive. They're in their seventies i think. I was 12 back then:)
@alswann27026 жыл бұрын
Greg Tell I'm still alive and I'm only 52 so don't try killing me off yet
@grzestelicki6 жыл бұрын
Al Swann I'm glad to hear that my friend :) So you was 24 back then. Are you still on the road? Greetings from Poland
@johnnyphillips44066 жыл бұрын
Wait a minute I was driving then I was only 25 then I'm 53 now so I hope I got a few more years left lol
@donaldbartram63156 жыл бұрын
I remember the cranks on the right side, & air lines were in the middle of the cab,, 7 they weren't colored red & blue.
@tituspullo19576 жыл бұрын
Never saw a Freightliner like the one at 1:08 with a window in the right side of the cab behind the door.At least not here in the east.One those would be rare now.
@johndavidson41285 жыл бұрын
Thay were common on the west coast
@1965Gindy5 жыл бұрын
Yeah they are not common to see. I always thought they looked awesome.
@donniehayes81304 жыл бұрын
I remember this company well
@SixteenChickens6 жыл бұрын
Willig was out of business five years later. Deregulation in 1994 allowed out of state carriers to compete in California. Willig was charging higher rates because they were a union shop. They couldn't offer competitive rates with the new carriers, so they folded in October of 1995.
@sillygoose25086 жыл бұрын
Milk and Honey Homestead I know what you're saying deregulation for the most part is stupid it open the door for a shitload of fly by night carriers that cut corners and participate in unsafe practices and haul freight for next to nothing just to have their equipment moving even if there losing money real shitheads after deregulation I've seen them come and I've seen them go
@ad3566 жыл бұрын
that is why you have the truck driving mills (schools) and the megas that team inexperienced drivers with another driver with minimal experience. the trainers arent even season veterans anymore. i did the werner bullshit. i came home from being gone for 8 weeks and took local work. i now drive milk truck home daily. i make pretty good money for not going on the road. i noticed that these willig trucks did not have sleepers. were these guys home daily? if not where did they sleep? these are all day cabs in the video.
@johnnyphillips44066 жыл бұрын
@@ad356 they probably did like other ltl outfits you either got home every night or took an eight he. beak when you got to your destination terminal.
@thevacuumtubejunky97745 жыл бұрын
@@ad356 : I worked LTL for Viking freight system, the day cabs were the norm, a linehaul driver will run his hrs to a particular terminal, company will put you up in hotel over night, call you out following morning and drag a set of boxes back to home terminal. Those smaller cabover tractors were for the city P&D drivers, who are local route runners and are home daily.
@mdlclassworker33845 жыл бұрын
@@ad356 -- like yellow back in the day it was called hub and spoke, the line drivers dropped their trailers no more than five hours out and brought trailers back to their home terminal it is the best way every makes it home daily to their homes and families
@donaldbartram63154 жыл бұрын
My dad drove one of those fords in the early 60's... for Mobil Oil
@unclefatnslim97896 жыл бұрын
What model are these freightliners? love to have one
@cjshaw14196 жыл бұрын
Freightliner FLB
@tommyw.94246 жыл бұрын
Nah, these are all before the FLB. I believe they would be called an FLA. For sure they aren't FLBs.
@kellykonoske915 жыл бұрын
Can you tell they are in a hurry to hook the outbound sets and get the F out a there? Hah! I was doing the same thing at Reddaway,Eugene OR. About that time,except it was at about midnight! Todd the retired trucker
@michaeltipton1919 Жыл бұрын
I worked for Nix Transportation in Albany late 80”s early 90’s
@WillowWind-ss8ej5 жыл бұрын
10 years later the whole trucking scene would be different
@LeFraudHasChokedInSIXFinals2 жыл бұрын
Deregulation happened.
@392nightrunner Жыл бұрын
In 1980, 10 years prior to this video
@henryblanton699211 ай бұрын
Jimmy Carter was “convinced” by the ATA that the Trucking Industry was run “Inefficiently” costing consumers. The ICC, which was the real Target, was created to keep Mega Companies/Corporations from Monopolizing the Trucking Industry aka the ATA. The result is the Cluster “Flop” we see these days.
@wv1715 жыл бұрын
They happy because you made good money & could see a nice retirement coming. I was single back in them days. No joke put 3 paydays back in bank lived on 1 a month unless huge expense was needed. Now days price of living is sky high you counting pennies. Lucky if even got company insurance & 9 times out 10 it will not pay for nothing. All while watching rich get richer & middle hard working class keep getting smaller & more poor.
@theogernegliaro55382 жыл бұрын
This was great thanks
@kellycoburn68244 жыл бұрын
I think correct me if I'm wrong here, but didn't the older Freightliner tractor have a 400 Cummins
@kellycoburn245410 ай бұрын
The older freightliner in the video i BELIEVE had a 400 Cummins in it
@whitetiger86524 жыл бұрын
I guess yard speed was unlimited !!
@williamschirmacher65263 жыл бұрын
Back when trucking was good
@shelbynamels9734 жыл бұрын
Somebody do a video on what happened to all those union LTL carriers.
@williamschirmacher65263 жыл бұрын
Democrats sold the working ppl out
@bigstuff52 Жыл бұрын
@@williamschirmacher6526 Carter started the deregulation of trucking and Reagan finished it off..Just a matter of time after that when the union shops couldn't compete anymore There is enough blame for both parties buddy...
@bertgrau3934 Жыл бұрын
@@bigstuff52 At least Reagan made every state go to 80,000 pounds, and make every state permit doubles. It's interesting after Carter deregulated trucking, the teamsters still kept supporting the democrats, biden killed over 22,000 union jobs his first 2 days on the job, and unions still support democrats. How many union jobs need to be destroyed before the unions stop supporting democrats ?
@mikeg46785 жыл бұрын
NAFTA ruined this once great company! Nice livable union wages ruined by Mexican truck drivers willing to work for pennies on the dollar.
@black108725 жыл бұрын
And now most of the major carriers don't pay shit either! Except if you own your own truck hauling Amazon frieght. I'm driving a tri axle dump and making way more money than i did working for Marten and CRST.
@joshuapowell1145 жыл бұрын
@@black10872 wages have remained stagnant over the last 20yrs as well, not really the incentive today that once existed
@eddeluca13605 жыл бұрын
my dad was the best salesman they ever had
@ELViejito1005 жыл бұрын
NAFTA ruined us more than you can imagine, putting our economy in hands of U.S goverment thanks to their mexican politicians puppets . They took from us our little economy independence and the whole country entered in one of the worst economic recessions. This is when the massive inmigration movement begins too.
@Miguel-ek8db4 жыл бұрын
Mike G if companies have been fucked blame the people from Europe at least in illinois
@woohu2u22 жыл бұрын
At least Willig gave their drivers a Jake! Something that Consolidated never did. I used to see CF trucks smoking their brakes 3 or 4 times a week coming westbound on Donner Summit. CF cheaped on their trucks.
@goratgo1970 Жыл бұрын
And they were the starting company for White-Freightliner!
@paulsolina59976 ай бұрын
Back when all of us drivers were young and thin do a job go party if people were friendly with one another miss those days😊
@frederickweeksjr.11894 жыл бұрын
Good video. Enjoyed it.
@chosenone1016 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed the video!
@mikemotteberg35274 жыл бұрын
When they Filmed this video, those trucks were not that old.
@Hydrostream19726 жыл бұрын
I remember in early 90.s seeing some old Ford roadway trucks in Eagan minnesota. ..back then I had 2 take a double look...that old crap is still on the road. ...
@obhalothane6 жыл бұрын
There are still a bunch of garbage trucks with that cab design around. Some fire apparatus too as collectors pieces or rural departments. it is common in fire fighting agencies to obtain a garbage truck that still has cab and chassis in good shape and an easy to find parts for motor and remove the gone to beyond economical repair or impossible to find garbage compartment and replace it with an apparatus bed of some type.
@ramonartavia57394 жыл бұрын
My dream working l am Love The trucks
@Derramax3 жыл бұрын
Air starter at 5:47?
@bradh61856 жыл бұрын
Pushing the dolly under the rear before hooking to the lead? WTH?
@constanttraveler6 жыл бұрын
They captured one of the results of doing it that way when the snubber rod got thrown out of the channel and had to be put back in.
@deanlucas7615 жыл бұрын
The trailers had guide rails (looked a little like wings)guided the dolly tongue onto the pintle hook.
@OffAgain3135 жыл бұрын
brad h My thoughts exactly! WTH! I’ve never hooked a set like that.
@maxx211475 жыл бұрын
@@OffAgain313 Most companies Dollys didn't have a landing gear !! (I know that CF's didn't) Steve, CF T/O 1992-2002
@brockwaymt3 жыл бұрын
What did the Fords have for engines? Brazilian Ford or Cat v8 were common in those as I recall.
@joea14336 жыл бұрын
The regulations that resulted in using cabover tractors, what were they saving us from?
@plumbingstuffinoregon24716 жыл бұрын
Joe A Trucks used to have more strict length limits back then. Cabovers started to die off in the late 90s and early 2000s when the regulations changed.
@black108725 жыл бұрын
Government claimed more drivers were killed in cabovers than conventional models. So they made the truck makers to stop making cabovers. However, frieghtliner is still making money selling them in Australia, and everywhere else in the world. You can still purchase one from Frieghtliner but its gonna cost you some money.
@randyboxley68605 жыл бұрын
@@black10872 w3
@randyboxley68605 жыл бұрын
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@vorpalelixr12394 жыл бұрын
If you drive like that any where in a yard you’d be fired on the spot nowadays
@bigbubba26803 жыл бұрын
Drivers had common sense back then... or should I say most had it. Nowadays so many drivers heads are lodged in the crack of their arse or should I say into their phone. We didnt have the mishaps back then like we do now.
@georgesviderski24694 жыл бұрын
So who's in their now?
@roybond12515 жыл бұрын
Man they hook their sets up so weird
@Hydrostream19726 жыл бұрын
WILLIG.. transport ...ANY BODY KNOW THE LOCATION OF WHERE THEY WORKED FROM..
@tonyjordan98926 жыл бұрын
minnesota kid yes Reno Nv.
@truckermad2k96 жыл бұрын
they had a terminal in San Francisco witch was there main HQ but i could be wrong
@jimmyb48015 жыл бұрын
They were strictly a west coast operation, at the end they were servicing Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona and Nevada. There HQ was for a longtime at San Francisco, later in Danville, CA I'm thinking,
@danconlan645 жыл бұрын
@@jimmyb4801 I remember an Australian guy bought them out I seen him in San Francisco early 90s
@terryscott59465 жыл бұрын
I think Ontario, but it may have been Chino or nearby...my cousin was a weighmaster for them for many years...