Truck driving pedal steel players

Johnie King · Post by **Johnie King** » 15 Aug 2018 6:51 am

This is a picture Of my wife an I with another team Mark chose too advertise the new Cummings 600 horse power engine in the trucking magazine. When he owned J-Mar express out of Arkansas. We Drove for his Dad For 25 years.
Show us pictures from your truck driving days if u also play pedal steel.

Johnie King · Post by **Johnie King** » 15 Aug 2018 7:02 am

I know Johnny Cox could tell us how steel playing an truck driving go together.

Erv Niehaus · Post by **Erv Niehaus** » 15 Aug 2018 7:18 am

When I was contracting, I drove the Peterbilt and 50 ton lowboy and I still keep my CDL license up.

Erv

Dan Beller-McKenna · Post by **Dan Beller-McKenna** » 15 Aug 2018 11:03 am

Lane Gray here on the forum.

Bobby Nelson · Post by **Bobby Nelson** » 15 Aug 2018 2:02 pm

I don't call myself a pedal steel player yet but I've driven trucks for about 34 yrs - don't do long haul though.

Jerry Horch · Post by **Jerry Horch** » 15 Aug 2018 4:52 pm

I have been in the concrete production business for 42 years.been driving all kinds of mixers,on and off road since I was 20.and plan on getting out in 4 more years, God willing.and all Ive ever really wanted to do is play music! I play every Sunday in church....modern worship music...there is a place for steel even in that music venue...go Dave Dudley

Ian Rae · Post by **Ian Rae** » 16 Aug 2018 12:13 am

I finally achieved my lifelong dream of playing steel. Sadly I have nowhere to keep a truck.

Lane Gray · Post by **Lane Gray** » 16 Aug 2018 4:17 am

Count me in

Johnie King · Post by **Johnie King** » 16 Aug 2018 7:46 am

Lane Volvo you got the right truck for the job best riding quietest,driving, safest truck truck money can buy.

Jack Hanson · Post by **Jack Hanson** » 16 Aug 2018 8:21 am

I've driven bobtail since I was about 18. When the SLV spud harvest starts in a couple weeks, I'll attempt to get a snapshot of me in my turnip truck and post it.

Erv Niehaus · Post by **Erv Niehaus** » 16 Aug 2018 8:36 am

All my hauling was permit loads.
I had a 4 axle tractor and a 4 axle trailer.
My heaviest load was Terex TS24, twin engine scrapers.
They would weigh up around 100,000 lbs.
A light load would be a Cat D9!

Erv

Dustin Rigsby · Post by **Dustin Rigsby** » 16 Aug 2018 10:22 am

I drive for a company that specializes in damaging valuable steel guitars...fill in the blank. 12 years until I can collect my pension.

Fred Justice · Post by **Fred Justice** » 16 Aug 2018 10:47 am

I have several friends and myself that are retired truck drivers, one or two are still driving.

Dick Hitchcock - Retired Tour Bus driver
Jerry Foster - Retired over the road truck driver
Chris Robbins - Still drives when corn is in season.
Rodney Whitson - Still drives, Amarillo to SF MO.
Myself - Retired double decker car hauler.

Lane Gray · Post by **Lane Gray** » 16 Aug 2018 5:45 pm

The late Don E. Curtis drove for one of the LTL freight haulers (I want to say Yellow)

Edward Rhea · Post by **Edward Rhea** » 16 Aug 2018 5:58 pm

I sometimes drive/hi-rail one of these, on the bridge gang....

David Higginbotham · Post by **David Higginbotham** » 16 Aug 2018 6:43 pm

My daily office for the last couple decades!

Dustin Rigsby · Post by **Dustin Rigsby** » 17 Aug 2018 2:35 am

Fred Justice wrote:I have several friends and myself that are retired truck drivers, one or two are still driving.

Dick Hitchcock - Retired Tour Bus driver
Jerry Foster - Retired over the road truck driver
Chris Robbins - Still drives when corn is in season.
Rodney Whitson - Still drives, Amarillo to SF MO.
Myself - Retired double decker car hauler.

Fred, I Started out in car haul. I enjoyed that until I fell off the top rack ! Now I’m afraid of heights !

Paul Pearson · Post by **Paul Pearson** » 17 Aug 2018 6:11 am

I transport the most precious cargo in the world school kids been at it for the last 7 years

Mike Holder · Post by **Mike Holder** » 17 Aug 2018 3:35 pm

After 25 years of playing on the road, I found myself driving one of these when my gig with Tanya Tucker ended abruptly. I drove them for years then tried an 18 wheeler for a year and a half and wound up back on this again. All in all things could be a lot worse, had some very interesting people as passengers!

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richard burton · Post by **richard burton** » 18 Aug 2018 12:04 am

Only ever driven one once, they took the keys off of me after this and told me to stick to steeling

George McLellan · Post by **George McLellan** » 18 Aug 2018 6:25 am

Me with "Ol Yeller" transporting fire fighters from Slide Mt., Nevada to a forest fire in northern Minnesota.
Geo

Lane Gray · Post by **Lane Gray** » 18 Aug 2018 12:58 pm

richard burton wrote:Only ever driven one once, they took the keys off of me after this and told me to stick to steeling

I'm not stuck. Who's going to sign for delivery of this bridge, mate?

Bill Moran · Post by **Bill Moran** » 19 Aug 2018 6:49 am

Lane Gray wrote:Count me in

That picture would make some folks think you backed them in there . Lol Good photo. I use to piggyback Volvos from Dublin, Va. Nice trucks.

Lane Gray · Post by **Lane Gray** » 19 Aug 2018 8:16 am

I did. In stages. A hostler backed in the rear trailer (it was there when I got to the yard). Then I backed the dolly up to the rear trailer, then I went looking for the front trailer, and backed it up to the dolly.

Tony Smart · Post by **Tony Smart** » 19 Aug 2018 8:56 am

You can always tell a truck driver steel player.

They're the only ones that play wearing mudflaps....

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