Sharing my #Truckerpathstories too! My best story ever.

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{"text":"My dad was a Safeway store driver for 22 years. Our family also owned Denver Pallet Co. Dad bought one of Safeway’s 1955 Peterbilt conventionals to do our hauling.\n\nMyself and my younger brother grew up in that tractor.  Albert and I grew up working like men in the pallet business. Our dad was an old Wyoming cowboy, so being  young, (10 & 8 yrs. old), didn’t get us out of work.\n\nWe worked 7 days/week in the summer and in the school season, everyday after school and all weekends. We constantly hauled used pallets out of Safeway’s Distribution Center to our yard, then repaired them and delivered them to our customers in Colorado and Wyoming. My brother and I both learned to drive a truck in this old Peterbilt. That’s why I say we grew up in it.\n\nThis tractor when at Safeway, had a refrigerated  drum on it, which was removed before selling it.\n\nThe tractor was equipped with an 220 Cummins engine, 5 x 3 transmission, 255 in. wheel base, (and of course) spring ride suspension. This tractor made a driver out of a guy – DRIVER- powered steering. No air conditioning. The truck was equipped with sanders mounted in front of the forward drive axle…a great safety feature for the driver and the public. (Tractor was used in Safeway’s Western Division, which meant a lot of mountain hauling)\n\nWhat did we like best about our Pete? Watching dad drive it and learning to drive it. It looked great and it was a member of our family.\n\nR.I.P. Dan Garcia Sr.:  Driver for 44 years, 3.5 million miles.","videos":"[]","link":"{}","pics":"[]","canComment":true}

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{"replyTo":"","text":"Nostalgic. back when the world was just a little less crazy","replyToPid":0}