Memories for us old truckers

[Truck Shop]

 

[Truck Shop]

D Miller with one foot resting on his favorite hog wart. Just kidding DM.

 

[DMiller]

Appears THAT DM swiped the wife's screen door for the grill screen.

 

[Truck Shop]

That's custom alright.

 

[farmerlund]

That's custom alright.

Hey TS where is the best place to get a tow pin for my 2010 388 pete? Quality forged but not $300?

 

[Truck Shop]

Possibly Hagerman Truck Salvage, or any truck salvage in your area.

Hey TS where is the best place to get a tow pin for my 2010 388 pete? Quality forged but not $300?

 

[Truck Shop]

Rufus Parker had quite a nice truck line years ago, well run took good care of his equipment.
Then his son took over and up his nose it went, dissolved in 1992 bankrupt.

 

[Birken Vogt]

Where is that picture taken? Somewhere near Gilroy/Hollister is my guess but does not look like Tacoma.

 

[Truck Shop]

No it's definitely not Tacoma, there have been several different trucks photographed on that
same spot. Could be Gilroy area over Pacheco Pass to Los Banos. One other area possibly
near Anderson above Red Bluff, Cottonwood area.

 

[Truck Shop]

Where is that picture taken? Somewhere near Gilroy/Hollister is my guess but does not look like Tacoma.

This one looks somewhat to be in the same spot maybe different angle. The tree to the right is
the same tree.

 

[Birken Vogt]

I live pretty close to Cottonwood/Red Bluff and it does not seem right to me. There would be more digger pines and brush up here I think. But I have not spent much time in Gilroy either.

Also the hills are smaller and not as steep up north, at least near I-5 or what would have been US-99 at the time.

 

[Truck Shop]

Got to remember those photos are 59 to 60 vintage, allot changes in over half a century.
The other area could have been Castaic at the bottom of the Vine on the southside.
Those are not the only photos I've seen taken at that location, a Pete and International also.
There was some shutterbug interested in trucks at the time.

I live pretty close to Cottonwood/Red Bluff and it does not seem right to me. There would be more digger pines and brush up here I think. But I have not spent much time in Gilroy either.

Also the hills are smaller and not as steep up north, at least near I-5 or what would have been US-99 at the time.

 

[Truck Shop]

Where is that picture taken

The more I think about it is at Tejon {Vine}, brake check area.
Great shot with Rainer in the back ground.

 

[Birken Vogt]

Seems like there is more brush and less trees on the Vine, I guess we will never know for sure unless we can find the right hills because the trees and brush have surely changed in 60 years.

 

[Truck Shop]

I guess we will never know for sure unless

I e-mailed a 90 year old x driver I know from Bakersfield, he verified the brake check area
at Tejon.

 

[skyking1]

that makes good sense. A shutterbug would have a whole lot of captive subject matter there.

 

[Truck Shop]

Two more that I suspect were taken by the same photographer as the ones above. These photos
were taken by a semi professional photographer, the posing of the trucks and drivers plus the
graininess of the photos match the others, same equipment used. Who ever it was, had a eye
for the best models of trucks at that time. Created some nice photos of trucking back when for
us old farts to enjoy today. For some reason every time I see the photo of the LT mack below
which I think was photo'd near Bakersfield on old 99, I think of Dwight Yoakam { Streets of
Bakersfield}.

 

[farmerlund]

The more I think about it is at Tejon {Vine}, brake check area.
Great shot with Rainer in the back ground.

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I love that truck. brings back memories of my 74' blue with gold strip.

 

[Truck Shop]

Ah another up-date, I received another e-mail from another old trucker/collector.
He bought the negatives from the photographer {Brian Williams}. Williams would
set up shop taking photos at that Vine brake check area plus covered the valley
up to Sacramento at times.

 

[Truck Shop]

One I enlarged but same area.