Green Dash

I enjoy seeing Pittsburgh area trucks from years ago. I moved to the area in '92 and many of these companies are unfamiliar to me. Is it just a coincidence that Remaley's colors are similar to BVBS?

They should stay home and do that, like a normal family.

I used to hook up the timing light and stare into it. I was too poor to afford a strobe light.

The link I posted has scanned pages from an Overdrive fro the 60's. There are b&w pics of trucks with the stickers. There may be some colr examples in other issues posted on that site. In the late 80's I used to see Fulton trucks on Broadway in Manhattan. They must have had some regular gig there as often as I saw them. These were green and white IH's if that's the company.

Happy Birthday! Barbecued dinosaur sounds tasty.

Great shots. Thanks for sharing.

That truck is a work of art in it's current state.

Bada Bing! Winfall looks like a nice, family oriented town, but New Haven ain't been the same since Jim Morrison's visit.

Nice scenery. I once drove from Penn's Valley? to Lamar on a road similar to that. I could see from the start that I'd be going over the hill, but the lines on the map were not a squiggly as they should have been.

"You can't get there from here."

Lots of samples here, but all in b&w. I'd imagine you may find a color one somewhere in those scans if you don't mind having to look at truck pictures along the way.

Seat Base? @#%&*!. I can't think of anything else in the cab that's made of steel.

I've resolved issues by restoring to an earlier date because an update had messed things up, but I didn't have much to lose at the time. Nowadays I panic when the screensaver comes on.

Pittsburgh is one of the worst (if not the worst) cities in the US to navigate in a big truck. With the hilly terrain and overlapping street grids it's easy to get into trouble.

Hopefully you'll be safe. It's tough to find (and keep) drivers who are up to the physical and mental challenges of OTR LTL for .33 a mile. My Dad would be the first one to tell you he was no businessman. He paid $5000 cash for his Diamond Reo and had a $319 (IIRC) monthly payment on his Great Dane 40x12'6 reefer. Got his authority and went knocking on brokers doors at Rube's. He would trip lease or use his authority and didn't care where he went as long as he got $1 a mile. Didn't know his cost per mile and bought fuel when his tanks were low and filled them up. He did some of his own maintenance and gave the truck a good going-over when he was at home. 8 Year old tractor, 9 year old trailer, and barely 4 mpg and never a problem paying the bills.

Whatchu talkin' 'bout, Willis?

Overdrive did a pre-production dissection on a CL in 1977. Classic stuff..... http://public.fotki.com/modeltrucks25thscale/truck_magazines/truck-and-trucking-/1977-overdrive-magazine/08-overdrive-magazi/

This topic should not have sunk to this level because of a difference of opinion. Aren't we better than this?

I've always liked the rear ends on the VW Buses. Scio.....been there. Or at least been through there a few times. Shuster used to buy stair parts from LJ Smith which I'm pretty sure was in that town. If not, it was close by. It's good to see that the Galdys area EMTs are on top of things.

Some excellent points brought up. My opinion is and always has been that deregulation has done more harm than good to trucking companies and their employees. My Dad had his own authority in the late 70's when a true independent could make a great living without having to spend a month on the road. For most these days, especially those who don't have a "niche", the profit margins don't justify the time and money involved in going it alone.

Great pictures guys! I'm outta likes.

Happy Birthday! I remember when I turned 44.....nah, just kidding.

Mark, As Tim said, bring it to a pro. As long as it's still in one piece, there's hope. And you probably don't need to be told this now but back up or save your impotent stuff on a disc or flash drive.

Happy Birthday to all!

I can't imagine why.