Memories for us old truckers

[Truck Shop]

Forklift drivers can be hard on trailers.

 

[Hank R]

 

[Hank R]

 

[DMiller]

Nother 190, DAMN again!!

 

[Hank R]

I wonder how many R trucks IH made growing up in the 50's they were everywhere. My uncle on Moms side had 4 of these flat decks and small dump box's.

 

[Truck Shop]

growing up in the 50's they were everywhere.

That's true-every lumber yard and feed store used those where I lived. Tight turning radius and a rugged
truck overall.

 

[BSAA65LB]

 

[Truck Shop]

Not the big 1091 but the fact it's a early Hall Scott. Model 480-serial #480306, 5.750 bore x 6.000 stroke,
935 cu.in. overhead cam. Late 30's to 40's.

 

[Bumpsteer]

My back hurts just looking at that truck...

Ed

 

[Hank R]

I wonder how much fuel one would go through by the size of that tank, on the R IH?? The last picture was staged, as a new highway was ready to open in a few weeks so early Sunday morning this happened, only problem the camera man left his car in the picture.

 

[Truck Shop]

My back hurts just looking at that truck...

That rode like a Cadillac compared to this Federal.

 

[mekanik]

I stumbled across this picture on another forum. Arrow Transportation is still in business they started out in 1919.

 

[Hank R]

There is a Arrow Transportation, in BC based in Vancouver, I know they had a heavy haul division but if I remember correct they shut that part down in the late 80's, but I am sure there may be a Arrow in the US.

 

[mekanik]

I drove past the local kenworth dealer the other day and there are five new Arrow trucks on the lot.

 

[Hank R]

Some Arrow pictures I took here in Princeton in the 80's

 

[Hank R]

Same bridge beam different end.

 

[Hank R]

 

[Truck Shop]

Arrow was still running dry vans in the mid 90's in BC.

 

[Hank R]

I see Arrow lumber and Chip trucks almost every day and they have a contract to haul copper ore from here to Vancouver with side dump B trains, several times a day.

 

[Truck Shop]

This below is my favorite of old trucks, born out if the necessity of instant, cheap, durable transportation.
Only four still exist as far as I know and I know where three are. Freightliner has one, Allen Chase/Hagerman
has one and the last one I know of for sure sets in a pile of weeds in La Grande Ore.
They were called Freightways and Arrows. Mostly shop built using a variety of parts available at the time,
during and after WWII. It was for all intent and purpose the first conventional Freightliner. Even though
Freightliner only says the first was in 1973 the FLC model.

It has been said some of the first were built on Fageol chassis, but that is highly unlikely because a man
named Peterman from Morton Wa bought Fageol in 1938 for $50,000 to build his idea of a logging truck
named the Peterbilt.---All the good trucks came from Washington State.

The first of these Freightways from info I have found started in late 1938, as far as any production.
Not to say there weren't some early prototypes/scratch built. Below are some of my photos mixed
with other peoples. The yellow one belongs to Allen Chase, the red one sets in La Grande. Both of
those were built using later 40's KW cabs. And I believe both were built in Hermiston Ore.

The old black & white vintage photos, two are from the Freightliner yard in Portland Ore. There were
lots of these built but also no exact numbers. If I had $25,000 of disposable cash I would buy the red
Arrow, rebuild it to original condition. Because it is a piece of transportation history that built the U.S..
99% know nothing about these trucks and what was accomplished with them. To most it's just junk.