While On The Road...What Are These?

[cappy625]

let me see if I could remember,  just a bear was a local or county cop. and a full grown bear was a state trooper. a kojak with a Kodak was a bear with radar.   if we were  check'n out seat covers we were looking at the pretty girls passing us.  buster brown was a ups truck,   wow clayton your bringing back a lot of memories!..    keep the shinny side up and the greasy side down 3's to ya we gone!

Edited December 25, 2015 by cappy625

[Aaronw]

#1 seems to be common in Australia, and I've wondered about that myself. Haven't noticed in the US, but Jeff's explanation makes sense (and also shows that it is done here as well).

#2 I believe is self loading with those cranes. I've not seen that exact set up with flatbeds, but have seen photos of self loading logging trucks similar to that.

#3 Doubles are pretty common, but vary in specifics (weight, length, combinations) by region.

In California doubles are often 2 axle tractors with 2 axle tralers.

 

Similar trucks are 10 wheel straight trucks with a 28 foot trailer

 

Some of the more open Midwest and Western states allow triples

 

I would disagree on the space issue for these as models. A pair of 28s doesn't take up that much more room than a 48 or 53ft trailer, only a few inches to half a foot in 1/25. In fact they would be more compact if run as a single 28ft trailer. I think the main reason you don't see more is there is only one kit that I know of, AMT did a pair of 28 ft box vans. Personally I'd live to see a set of 28ft tanker trailers with the option of mounting one on a truck chassis to build a combination like the copper-ish truck in the photo above. 

 

[rctruk]

10-4,I'm outta here,keep the bugs off your glass,the bears off your......bumper and the shiny side up. Happy Holidays

[Aaronw]

I've often threatened to hand out sheets of CB lingo and make all the engines in a strike team use them. I don't because I'm sure I would be greeted with blank stares. While I'm not surprised by Clayton's "steering wheel holders" comment it is kind of sad. Seems to be afflicting a lot of jobs once known for it's camaraderie.

 I remember as a kid having handheld CB radios. I remember they even came with a little booklet with some of the more common CB lingo terms. We would occasionally get someone with a CB to talk to us which was neat for a kid to be talking to some random person on the radio. CB radios were pretty big in the 70s, not only in big rigs but not uncommon in cars (particularly vans and pickup trucks). We were close enough to a major highway that we could occasionally hear trucks talking back and forth.

Edited December 25, 2015 by Aaronw

[Petetrucker07]

It's a shame that the "Truck Driver" is a dying breed. I can only hope that there some coming up that'll keep the spirit alive. I think think the truck driver is a modern day cowboy and the government can't stand it. "The Man" sees us as outlaws, or highway terrorists. It's just not true. There are a few who are. But the government's stand of, "when you raid the cathouse, you take the piano player too" attitude, isn't right. 

[10thumbs]

....crack me up.  Funny stuff.

It seems to me it would be fun as heck and break up the monotony of a long flat road drive,  fooling around on CB.

They actually had the movie Convoy on last night, but too late for me.

[Crazy Ed]

Back in 76-8 I worked at a CB Store in Santa Clara known as Doc Holidays. My job was Peakin', Tweekin' n Freqin'. My last radio was a Cobra 138XLR with 256 channels and the "Clarifier" worked both Recieve and Transmit. Fun times

[Petetrucker07]

Man, I'd love to have that radio. They don't makem' like that anymore. My Magnum is really nice, but I think I'd trade it for one of them.

[rctruk]

I wouldn't mind having a CB again,but with all the other distractions,Two touchscreen computers,rear facing cam, voice over ip on one of the computers and a company radio......too much for me.

[Crazy Ed]

  10 Watts AM, 25 PEP SSB Barefoot - And I haden't gone Barefoot since I was a Kid

[cowboy rich]

#1 seems to be common in Australia, and I've wondered about that myself. Haven't noticed in the US, but Jeff's explanation makes sense (and also shows that it is done here as well).

#2 I believe is self loading with those cranes. I've not seen that exact set up with flatbeds, but have seen photos of self loading logging trucks similar to that.

#3 Doubles are pretty common, but vary in specifics (weight, length, combinations) by region.

In California doubles are often 2 axle tractors with 2 axle tralers.

 

Similar trucks are 10 wheel straight trucks with a 28 foot trailer

 

Some of the more open Midwest and Western states allow triples

 

I would disagree on the space issue for these as models. A pair of 28s doesn't take up that much more room than a 48 or 53ft trailer, only a few inches to half a foot in 1/25. In fact they would be more compact if run as a single 28ft trailer. I think the main reason you don't see more is there is only one kit that I know of, AMT did a pair of 28 ft box vans. Personally I'd live to see a set of 28ft tanker trailers with the option of mounting one on a truck chassis to build a combination like the copper-ish truck in the photo above. 

 

where I mentioned shelf space was with the b-train a lot of times in Washington they're 2 48' my shelf isn't big enough.

Merry Christmas 

rich

 

[Aaronw]

where I mentioned shelf space was with the b-train a lot of times in Washington they're 2 48' my shelf isn't big enough.

Merry Christmas 

rich

 

Yikes, I didn't realize there were states allowing full size doubles. I thought it was mostly a difference in allowable weight, so extra axles. Yeah, that would take up some shelf space.

[Force]

I can't understand why the CB radio is going out among truckers, at least long distance truckers, yes the cell phone is great for longer distances and one to one conversation but for shorter distances the CB must be superior, no operating cost, you don't have to dial, you don't need to know the phone number, several can be in the conversation and you hear what everyone else is saying...and if you don't want to hear, shut the thing off.
For communication on the road I would prefer the CB.

[Petetrucker07]

As do I Hakan. I tend to run by myself here at this vompany. Mostly because the other drivers complain and whine So much, it brings me down. And they don't run like I do, I get tired, I take a nap, I get hungry, I stop to eat. The other drivers here are in a great big hurry, to get to the same place as I am, just sooner, to end up leaving the same time as I do the next morning.

I think drivers out here on the highways are too programmed by the big companies to be steering wheel holders, the old timers and truck drivers that are left are fed up with that and the constant addition of regulations and BS. If I can strike up a conversation with someone, great. If there's a conversation I'm not involved in, fine. What gets me are the drivers who have their radio on, then complain that there's a conversation going on. I hear, take it to another channel, nobody cares, or shut up stupid. It's a completely different world out there than what it was 15 or 20 years ago. It's a dam shame.

[10thumbs]

Hey Ed, ....running barefoot, guess what I just learned while doing a search. PEP too.   So I figured the tube might be a place to hear some CB's.   Then I got to one that shows how truckers are being harassed by illegal  immigrants in Calais.  Not good.

I like those 10 wheel straight trucks, I might like building one of them.

I used to enjoy listening in while offshore, it was entertaining.