George Andrews Wrote:
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> Semis drafting is not a recent invention; I was
> doing it with other CWX trucks across the
> Grapevine & up the San Joaquin Valley in 1990 !!!
> The key to avoiding Armageddon on the Highways,
> then and now, was the CB Radio !!! Having all
> truck drivers on the " road " channel helps
> truckers avoid accidents every day ( and more at
> NIGHT). The CB was absolutely essential in that
> damned Tule Fog; No one would run with Old Gary in
> that stuff because he didn't run a CB.
> I wouldn't be typing this if not for Bryan ( in
> the lead truck ) flashing his clearance lights to
> clear the CB channel, then telling me to ..." get
> back in the right lane ", just before we both
> would have plowed into another set of doubles that
> had dropped the back box in the number 3 lane of
> S/B I-5, between Gorman and Hungry Valley Rd. (
> This stretch of Southbound Interstate 5 was about
> a 4% downgrade, which meant we were both in " the
> mileage gear " -- neutral --, and rolling at 75+
> MPH. Would have made a hell of a wreck. )


Used to work with line drivers from OH Kruse Grain,used to revel in their stories about the Grapevive a and 101, don't denigrate their abilities a bit. My vocabulary increased greatly working with these truckers.
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