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I didn't see any patches that looked like anything H.J. Jeffries Truck Lines used. The only patch I ever had was one that just said "H.J.Jeffries Truck Lines OKC" . It was stitched on to a baseball cap I wore. I was with HJJ from 1974 to 1983. In the 1960's I think the HJJ drivers had a uniform that had sleeve patches but when I was there they didn't have a defined dress code.
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT: Have you ever wondered where the billions of dollars from the illegal drug trade are laundered?
Wouldn't a trucking company be a great way of investing it? Just think of the possibilities.
Hmmmmmm.
GL2
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT: Have you ever wondered where the billions of dollars from the illegal drug trade are laundered?
Wouldn't a trucking company be a great way of investing it? Just think of the possibilities.
Hmmmmmm.
GL2
Considering some of the sleazy bastid's I've worked for, probabilities is more likely.
The view from my dad's front porch facing Pikes Peak - about ready to head out on another trip to NYC
Quick detour up Gold Camp Rd in the Springs (in a pickup truck!!) - definitely would not recommend taking a tractor trailer up here!
Hiding behind a Schneider trailer in Cortez
Running through Glenwood Canyon on a trip from LA - DEN
Struggling up Vail Pass in a rainstorm with 80,000 lbs
Finally to the top!
Rolling down the hill and out of the rain.
The last revenue trip for tractor 1121, a quick stopover near Dillon on our way back to the Salt Lake yard for a new truck and a fond farewell.
Brand new truck and trailer in Monument.
Waiting for a load at the Flying J in Commerce City
Snowbound in Agulair, CO just north of Tinidad. We were all stranded here for over 3 days and the small truck-stop here quickly ran out of food, coffee and cigarettes, so needless to say, we were all a bit grumpy.
Well, lessee...pullin' a reefer and waiting to load in Commerce City.
Meat hauler, are we?
Your pictures give me the willies. I finally quit driving a truck 8 years ago, after 30 years on the road and I have nightmares about going back into it.
The other day I received an email with pix of a RR bridge taken out by a large John Deere excavator, somewhere in Canada.
I found a website with the pix and the explanatory captions. The driver missed being crushed by maybe ten feet, but it sure put a hurting on his gooseneck trailer.
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The other day I received an email with pix of a RR bridge taken out by a large John Deere excavator, somewhere in Canada.
I found a website with the pix and the explanatory captions. The driver missed being crushed by maybe ten feet, but it sure put a hurting on his gooseneck trailer.
Guess who's fault that is?
Having never hauled OD loads in Canada, I can only assume they route such loads as states do here in the US, but that article doesn't indicate that it was an OD load. The driver was charged with carrying too large a load, which probably means he was overheight without a permit. It's the driver's responsibility to configure his load to meet the legal parameter's or not haul it.
I predict an early end to his employment with that company.
Having never hauled OD loads in Canada, I can only assume they route such loads as states do here in the US, but that article doesn't indicate that it was an OD load. The driver was charged with carrying too large a load, which probably means he was overheight without a permit. It's the driver's responsibility to configure his load to meet the legal parameter's or not haul it.
I predict an early end to his employment with that company.
Driver was charged, pled not guilty, trial in March 2012. The RR bridge was hauled off, repaired a bit, and re-installed on 02 Nov 2011. Details.
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Driver was charged, pled not guilty, trial in March 2012. The RR bridge was hauled off, repaired a bit, and re-installed on 02 Nov 2011. Details.
It reminds me of a guy whose load struck a railroad overpass in Whitewright, TX many years ago.
He was hauling a self-propelled 175mm cannon on a low-boy. Apparently, the hydraulics on the cannon had not been disabled and the tube, which was not in travel lock, began to rise because of bouncing. By the time he got to that overpass, it was pointing upward at about a 45 degree angle. When it hit the bridge, it left the neatest 175mm hole right through the overpass, dismounted itself from the trailer and essentially just hung there in the middle of the road!
They say the driver just got his suitcase and walked away because he knew he was fired.
In the Dayton, OH area, one of our drivers was behind a lowboy hauling a concrete container that was too tall for the I-75 overpass. He cam to a dead stop under the overpass and our driver was able to go left but not without some pretty good damage to our truck and trailer. OUCH!
That's why I stick to van trailers...
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Trucking around Colorado
