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I bet ya remember too "Cats" had the power make push up the grade but they were very "B-Worded" too ya hadda be Real "Driver" listen and watch the "Tachometer" make ya shift too or they would put ya on the side of shoulder and ya didnt even have Cell-phone back then*Huey » 17 minutes ago » wrote: ↑ About ten years ago when I was a driver foreman I had to make a run. The tractor they gave me was built in 2014. I pretripped the night before but really did not look at the cockpit and where the switches were. Big mistake. The lights, cruise control etc were not a toggle switch but on the steering wheel as buttons or levers.
I was driving down the road trying to figure out what was what at 0200. When I got back I told the maintenance foreman that in the future I wanted the older trucks with toggle switches the next time I had to go out.
If a Gas Station a exit up ya "Walked" if a "Nice Cop" happened Drive by see ya flashers and give ya a ride .
Back "In The Day" we used have "CB" Radios those thingys ya used to bolt 2 ya dashboarad and tune antennas saw somebody call out even many regular cars "4-Wheelers" had Cb Radios back when I first started in Trucking
But if nobody heard ya call or saw ya out there ya 4-Ways on better got good legs and and a phone card 1800 or a roll of quarters a payphone call who ya gotta yes I used keep litteraly rolls of pocket change on me for Toll Booths in Illinois and Pay-Phones
Today ya dont even pay toll roads ca$h they "Auto-Mated" an EZ Pass