Ah NO . Back then ya had to RIDE with someone for a while and he would teach ya . I rode for a good while as a flagman when we would move heavy equipment as back then ya had to have a Flagman in the cab . We were on a move of a 12000 gallon fuel tank when my boss pulled over just east of Akron Ohio and i thought that we had a chain come loose so i jumped out and checked all the chains and when i came back to the truck he was setting in my seat and said that i had ridden long enough and to take her to the job site . The truck was a 1957 B 71 Mack with a 711 with turbo and a 5 and 4 with no powerful steering no A/C and no air ride seat no AM/FM 6 disc changer and deferentially no air ride . From that day till i did not work there i was the driver of the Mack and John my boss drove the BIG truck that was the Autocar that had the BIG engine with the 6 x5x4 transmission That one was used to haul the big cranes and shovels i hauled the Dozers and pans . When i started driving coal bucket i did not have to ride as i could drive but did have to run with the old guys for a couple weeks . Then i became the guy doing the training and sayen yea or nea . Some guys are natural and some guys should not be behind the wheel . Like my Accountant he is one that should not have a CDL as he is plum dangerous . But he does have a CDL . The old timers taught you curticy and the do's and don't , they taught ya to help your fellow driver when he was in need . Back in the day if you blew a tire and pulled off the road to change it before you could get the brakes set and the fourways on there were three to five truck pulled off behind ya and someone was already jacking up the trailer or tractor someone else was loosening the lugs and someone was getting your spare out of the rack and if by chance it was flat someone was loaning you a spare to get you to a truck stop and would stick with ya. Now today god help ya if you pull off the road as these new kids on the block will try and hit or atleast see how close they can come to ya . Back in the good old days we got to know each other and would look forward to meeting at a truck stop for dinner or just a cup of coffee and pie . Sure ain't that way today .
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Today's Featured Article - Grain Threshing in the Early 40's - by Jerry D. Coleman. How many of you can sit there and say that you have plowed with a mule? Well I would say not many, but maybe a few. This story is about the day my Grandfather Brown (true name) decided along with my parents to purchase a new Ford tractor. It wasn't really new except to us. The year was about 1967 and my father found a good used Ford 601 tractor to use on the farm instead of "Bob", our old mule. Now my grandfather had had this mule since the mid 40's and he was getting some age on him. S
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