Popular Post Outbehindthebarn Posted November 29, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted November 29, 2015 http://marshallsfh.com/category/obituaries-condolences/Charlie (T.C., for TopCat) Baird passed away yesterday. T.C. was a quite a local trucking personality. Our farm is directly across from the former "Tri-Farmers International" farm equipment dealership, of which he was a 1/3 owner. I remember racing to the front yard signaling for him to blow the air horn when I was hub high to a budd wheel. He would wash his K100 on Saturday afternoons at the shop. Never without his Pall Mall non-filtered 100's, T.C. was known for giving rides leaving the riders with stories to tell: A girl I dated in high school, her dad rode with T.C when he was young. He always told a story about hauling fluffy steel turnings with T.C., when they made a turn in town a gob of the turnings rolled off the top of the dump trailer onto a parked car in Zelienople... T.C. always claimed he saw nothing, and trucked on.Running late, he once requisition Ab for a nighttime run to Boston after having driven all day, T.C. slept on the doghouse while Ab tried to find the 'sweet spot' of the K100 that didn't vibrate the cab. . . T.C., dead tired, declared while still hunched over "A.J., speed up, slow down, or get out. . ." He was brusque as he was kind.One blistering summer day, he stopped at neighbor Albert (Abby, A.J., Ab) Leech's, himself a local trucking legend (running single axel gasser IH's 'til '99) with a load of watermelons, where he promptly tossed a few melons off the truck where he, Ab, and a handful of kids enjoyed a cool treat in the shade of his 40ft Fruehauf.They were always great stories, and I heard them several times. . . time marches on. 4 Quote Fun is what they fine you for!My name is Bob Buckman sir,. . . and I hate truckers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Nice memories to have. Paul Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 ya sorry to hear that,,,but im sure he,s in eternal life now...bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outbehindthebarn Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 He had a basement FULL of farm toys on display too. Needless to say, to a 10 year-old he had it ALL! 1 Quote Fun is what they fine you for!My name is Bob Buckman sir,. . . and I hate truckers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
220cummins Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 One of the last of a dying breed. My condolences.Who did he pull for? What was the name of his trucking company? Was he a steehauler? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apple dog Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Sorry to hear about your friend. Ole truck drivers are like the good Ole truck stops. They are getting few and far between. 1 Quote This is Mack country. On a quiet night you can hear a peterbilt rust away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Loosing folks with lots of stories and history is sad.A friend took his camera and went visiting all his relatives and got some interesting family stories recorded on a disc. Not a bad idea as a way to keep the stories/history going. Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Nice story. Sorry to hear about the loss of your friend. Quote Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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