The Early Days In Trucking
Back in the day the average truck driver didn't worry much about smoke or noise his truck was making or
whether the ride was smooth or not. He had other worries, things like whether he would make it through the next
trip without freezing to death or whether he was going to get stuck in the next mudhole up the road - if there
was a road.
In those days a good road, if there was a road - was one with some rock and gravel on it. Many of the trucks
back in the day didn't have cabs or windshields. And some of the tops were made out of old tarps or curtains -
but of course they would get wet and not help much against the cold and rain.
But always the toughest part of trucking back then were the wet spots. When a trucker came upon a mud hole -
he was in trouble if it had any length to it. All the trucker could do is put the truck in low to mid gear and just
barrel through it. Sometimes bales of hay was scattered across a hole to make it through.
Back in the day the average truck driver didn't worry much about smoke or noise his truck was making or
whether the ride was smooth or not. He had other worries, things like whether he would make it through the next
trip without freezing to death or whether he was going to get stuck in the next mudhole up the road - if there
was a road.
In those days a good road, if there was a road - was one with some rock and gravel on it. Many of the trucks
back in the day didn't have cabs or windshields. And some of the tops were made out of old tarps or curtains -
but of course they would get wet and not help much against the cold and rain.
But always the toughest part of trucking back then were the wet spots. When a trucker came upon a mud hole -
he was in trouble if it had any length to it. All the trucker could do is put the truck in low to mid gear and just
barrel through it. Sometimes bales of hay was scattered across a hole to make it through.
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