'OLD SCHOOL' Photo Gallery
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'OLD SCHOOL' Photo Gallery
Well, this photo collection was inspired by Dennis in se pa's photos of Roehl's RDTC thread. I dug these photos out and scanned them in...sorry for the poor quality.
If you recognize any of these 'characters' give me a shout and let 'em know they're world wide web famous now. Wonder if any of 'em are still in the business.
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Left to Right: 'Cowboy', 'Bear', 'Daffy Duck'- Ron W.(White?) practice their 'speal' for our pre-trip test. As I recall, 'Cowboy' and 'Daffy' were both experienced drivers- before the days of CDL became mandated and companies started requiring proof of attendance of a 'trucking school'.
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Ray Jordan- from Russellville, AR Never realized until this evening, he wrote his address on the back of the photo. Sorry Man, I never wrote you. Hope you and your's are having a fine Christmas----Are you still in trucking? __________________________________________________ ____________ 'Joker'--the handle fit. Real fun to be around, never really knew if the 'elevator' really made it to the top, or if it was all just an act.
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Ron W.(White?) 'Daffy Duck' __________________________________________________ _____________ J.W. Mignery ??( 'J.W.') __________________________________________________ ___________ __________________________________________________ ___________
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Here's another of ole JW:
__________________________________________________ ____________ Left to right(or first to last): Lisa her bf(David???) and this guy?????(below) __________________________________________________ ___________ Here, 'IceMan' checks the gear pattern and reviews the speed ranges; 7speed, maybe even straight 7. 'IceMan'----yeah, TopGun was still 'cool' back then. __________________________________________________ ____________ The 'Other' Russell- lower left corner with basball cap. This was my room mate during classes--also Driving out of Lowell, Ar 3rd generation Trucker- did fine with all the hands on, but need extra help with all the written tests. When I quit( 6months after going 1st seat, he and I were the last 2 remaining in Lowell from this class. Class started out on Day 1- with 95students, after drug testing & background---on day 3 we had 29 students. __________________________________________________ ___________ Left hand side: 'Kid' with baseball cap, brand new 501 jeans. This guy scored the highest scores on all the tests, both written & skills test- the 'real' Iceman TopGun of the class. He would never touch the steering wheel without wearing a pair of white euro-style racing gloves. The evening I quit JBHunt and bob-tailed their truck back to Lowell, Ar to go on my New Year's Eve Date---he was cutting & serving up the prime rib at the Hilton restraunt for our dinner. I asked him---"what happened" He made it 2 weeks with his trainer before he decided that--trucking wasn't 'FUN'---he said his mother was fixing to pay for him to try something else-- going to 'Chef School' in New Orleans. Hope he found where he belonged-and is having 'Fun'.
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Look at those cabovers! I still remember when JB Hunt and Schnider ran all cabovers. Those were the good 'ol days when the rates started to get hacked to death. Brings back fond memories like: "HEY! JB! Git yer 55 MPH piece of crap out of the left lane, there ain't enuff super-slab from Maine to California to get around that Schnider Pumpkin!!!! Move over and let a real left lane hammer down trucker get 'er dun!!!!! (all in good fun, now.) And now, everyone except the really rich and shameless go slow. Boy howdy, have times changed.
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