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| It's crazy along I-81/I-77 near Ft Chiswell to Wytheville, VA from Exit 81 on I-81 from where I-77 runs with I-81 down to Exit 72 where I-77 turns back North again. Thus the same thing almost for U.S. 52. This was on top of I-81/I-77 at X-80 looking North (or is it both North and South?). |
Gypsum Express from Baldwinsville, NY with this sharp looking IH hooked to a "piker" refueling at the Ambest just West of the MA/NY line at X-B-3 on the N.Y. Thruway. |
Kroger Sterling both North & Southbound on I-81 & I-77 as seen from the N. side of the U.S. 52 bridge at X-80 early morning Sept 15, 2009. |
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| Lonestar Transportation from Ft Worth, TX with two extra long loads. The big tank was at the Ambest on the Berkshire section of the N.Y. Thruway and the wind turbine power source was at a rest area on N.B. I-81 several miles South of Wilkes Barre, PA. |
It had just become daylight on a rainy Sunday when I shot this Connor's Transfer Ltd.from Stellarton, Nova Scotia at a motel at X-63 along I-85 in Duncan, SC on Sept. 20, 2009. |
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| Napierville, Quebec based Normandin Transit in the early a.m. at the Flying J Ft Chiswell, VA I-81/I-77 X-80 Sept. 15, 2009. |
A sharp Pete leased on with Indiana based Tradewinds that I zoomed in on parked at the E.B. service plaza on top of Blandford Mountain on the Mass Pike Sept. 18, 2009. |
USF Holland at the I-81 N.B. rest area a little South of Salem, VA on Sept 15, 2009. |
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| This FedEx T-660 was passing us on N.B. I-81 near Quicksburg, VA on Sept 15, 2009. |
Kruger Wholesale Florist was at the Jackson, GA Flying J I-75 X-201. |
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| John Christner from Sapulpa, OK & SGT from Quebec were at the Ft Chiswell Flying J along I-81/I-77 early morning Sept 15, 2009. Alot of color between the two tractors! |
UPS at the I-475 N.B. rest area on the West side of Macon, GA Sept 14, 2009 |
Nice Pete 379 heavy hauler for a small fleet called Kaiser Transport, Inc. from Janesville, WI & L.A., CA at the Fort Chiswell, VA Flying J early morning Sept. 15, 2009. Only angle I had as he was wedged into this parking slot. |
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| P & D unit for Land Air Express of New England from Williston, VT along U.S. 202 in downtown Southwick, MA on Sept. 17, 2009. |
Same Holland Volvo as above, just a different angle |
Southland Transport, LLC from Land O Lakes, FL & New Orleans, LA at the N.B. I-475 rest area near Macon, GA under gray early morning skies. |
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| The lettering on the big bunk Pete appears to read leased to Wagner Trucking, Inc. from somewhere in Wisconsin. The red VN next to it rolls for Charles G. Lawson Trucking out of Gainesville, GA. The picture was taken at an Ambest along I-75 at X-56 near Niota, TN on Sept 14, 2009. |
Lisa shot these two pic's as we overtook this wind turbine blade rolling thru the Pocono Mountains in Eastern Pennsylvania on W.B. I-80 on Sept. 18, 2009. There a quite a number of big wind turbines at work you can see while driving along I-81 in the mountains above Frackville, PA. |
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| Merit United T-6 also at the Perry America's Best Inn. |
N & P Trucking from Wisconsin at the N.B. I-81 Pennsylvania center just across from Maryland. |
Peninsula Trucking, Sorrento, FL at Perry W/M right after the rain stopped. |
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| Carrier Gormond, Inc.from Quebec at America's Best Inn in Perry. |
CDJ Bulk Express, Inc. W. Columbia, SC at the Pilot on I-81 X-36 near Cross
Anchor, TN Sept. 14, 2009. |
Old Dominion Cascadia sleeper team at White's Truck Stop I-81 X-205 near Raphine, VA on Sept. 15, 2009. |
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| UPS Freight at the Comfort Inn Lisa and I stayed I-84 X-6 in Newburgh, NY Sept. 16, 2009. |
Outaouais Moving, Inc. from the Washington, DC area was at the Comfort Inn I-84 X-6 in Newburgh, NY Sept 16, 2009. |
Estes pulled into the N.B. I-81 West Virginia Welcome Center just as we were getting ready to pull out on Sept 15, 2009. So I shut our vehicle off and ran over to the truck parking area, just as the driver closed his eyes. |
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| Here's the B-T, Inc. division of Decker Truck Lines which is based out of Le Mars, Iowa (the ice cream manufacturing capital of America). This was in the rain early morning Sept 20, 2009 at Duncan, SC I-85 X-63. |
E.W. Wylie Corp. from West Fargo, ND with an intersting load on the flatbed at the Ft Chiswell, VA Flying J on Sept 15, 2009. |
HTI Express/ Hall Trucking, Inc. Findlay, OH at the Raphine, VA Wilco/Hess I-81 X-205 Sept 19, 2009. |
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| O/O leased to CRST stopped at the Niota, TN Ambest, I-75 X-56 on Sept. 14, 2009. |
Dutch Maid Produce out of Willard, OH at the I-84 W.B. rest area right near Promised Land State Park area in Eastern Pennsylvania. |
AmazinGrace Trucking from the Lone Star State of Texas. I shot this as the very first rays of sunlight were bouncing off the Pete's sleeper box at the Ft Chiswell, VA Flying J on Sept. 15, 2009. This photo captured the birght sun just like my eyes saw it which made for an awesome special effect I thought. |
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Extra long nose IH Eagle from what looks like NY State at the Jackson, GA
Flying J I-75 X-201, Sept 20, 2009. |
Unidentified F/L Classic just out from under the fuel islands canopy on Sept 19, 2009 at the Love's Travel Plaza at X-84 of I-81 a few miles N.E. of Ft Chiswell, VA. |
This was R Mack tractor #64 for Virginia Mirror Company, Inc. Martinsville, VA final trip before it was to be replaced by a CH Mack. The driver paused and posed it nicely for me at the Falcon Citgo fuel stop W. of Ft Pierce, FL sometime in the early 90's. Let's try that and see if all the info is included now. |
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| Carpet Transport, Inc. from Calhoun, GA ran a shrp fleet of the early KW T-600's hauling flooring all over the U.S. out of North Georgia and bringing whatever they could stuff into the reefers for the backhaul. I shot this one in W. Melbourne, FL in the early 90's. |
Factory and Steel Transport was out of Waverly, TN (I believe). I found this good looking Freightliner along I-65 near Franklin, KY also in the early 90's. |
A cold fall rain had just stopped where we were staying by Exit 86 of I-24 near Oak Grove, KY so I ventured over to the Pilot next door and got a decent shot of this Sun Chemicals Pete pulling out from under the fuel island canopy in late Oct. 1994. |
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| The driver of this extra sharp Pete for Beacon Hill Transportation from Wingdale, NY had it parked in the back corner of a diner at X-6 of I-84 in Newburgh, NY the morning of Sept. 16, 2009. The woods made for an excellent backdrop for the shot with no clutter or wires. |
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| The driver of this Marten Transport Pete had it parked just right for me (except for the overhead wires) at the Priceville, AL Pilot along I-65 X-334 in fall 2005. |
A kind of rare set of Mayflower twins at West Melbourne, FL sometime in the mid 90's. |
The driver of this Milliken & Company KW T-800 from their LaGrange, GA plant had stopped for an early supper at Perry, GA in Sept 2009. |
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| Caught this beautiful Peterbilt from New Brunswick at the S.B. I-95 rest area at the 169 m.m. in Florida just as it was getting lightback about 2000/2001. |
V.H.G. (Van Hoekelen Greenhouses, Inc.) from McAdoo, PA at the Best Western near Vero Beach, FL several years ago. |
The O/O of this immaculate yellow Pete 379 leased to Landstar Ranger was polishing it at the Perry Walmart when I pulled a little after sunset in May 2009. He was thrilled because I wanted to take a picture of it when it was all sparkling clean. |
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| Al-Amin Bros. Transportation, LLC from Illinois early Sunday morning at the Perry Wal-Mart on Oct. 18, 2009 |
Central Transport, Inc. also from Warren, MI at the Perry Wal-Mart on Oct. 2009. |
O/O leased to Universal Am-Can Ltd. based in Warren, MI with a "sporty shorty" deck trailer at the Perry Wal-Mart on Oct. 2009. |
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| A slightly modified Central Refrigerated Service KW W-9-L at the I-81 X-323 Flying J right on the VA/WV line Sept. 19, 2009. |
Nice clean KW leased on with Knoxville, TN based Highway Transport, Inc. taken on Sept 19, 2009 at the Toms Brook, VA Wilco/Hess I-81 X-291 |
Took this rainy day shot in early 1991 somewhere right off of I-40 in W. Tennessee |
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| ABF at Duncan, SC Days Inn, I-85 X-63. Sept. 24, 2009 |
FedEx Freight waiting to turn onto U.S. 29 in Athens, GA. Sept. 23, 2009 |
Horizon Tank Lines, Durham, NC at Duncan, SC T/A I-85 X-63 just as it was getting light Sept 24, 2009. |
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| Roadway at Wilco/Hess I-85 X-166 near Carnesville, GA. Sept 23, 2009 |
USF Holland at Wilco/Hess I-85 X-166. Sept 23, 2009 |
Fancy Pete leased to FedEx Custom Critical entering N.B. I-81/S.B. I-77 at X-77 a few miles N.E. of Wytheville, VA. Oct. 25, 2009. |
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| Old Dominion was stopped alongside the entrance ramp to the W.B. I-70 rest area about mm 72 W. of Columbus, Ohio. Oct. 26, 2009. |
Strassner from NY State shot at the Duncan, SC T/A just before dawn Oct. 24, 2009. |
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| Two shots of this Yellow Volvo at the Pilot and pulling out along I-70 & U.S. 42 X-79 W. of Columbus, Ohio. Oct. 26, 2009. |
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| Cheeseman/Zumstein from Ft Recovery, OH at an Amish restaurant along U.S. 42 in Plain City, OH. Oct. 26, 2009. |
DD & S Express out of Baltimore, MD at the Ft Chiswell, VA Flying J I-81/I-77 X-80. Oct. 25, 2009. |
An O/O leased to Landstar Inway at Brintle's Ambest I-77 X-100 W. of Mt Airy, NC. Oct. 24, 2009. |
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| These two shots were the only angles I could work with on this customized Pete for Dave Little Transport from Waterbury, CT that i found early morning Oct. 26, 2009 at the Flying J on I-71 & U.S. 36 near Sunbury, Ohio. |
An super sharp Pete owned by someone named Spivey and leased to Trailer Transit, Inc. from Porter, IN which this was the only angle I had to shoot it at the T/A along I-70 & U.S. 42 X-79 near London, OH (W. of Columbus) on Oct. 26, 2009. |
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| Sharp KW taking on some kind of ag product at a Mt Vernon, OH silo on Oct. 27, 2009. |
One "tough looking" black Pete from Huron, OH at the N.B. service plaza near the Southern end of the West Virginia Turnpike on Oct. 25, 2009. |
A Norwalk, OH O/O who has leased his beautiful Pete on with Jaro Transportation from Warren, OH parked at the Sandusky, OH Walmart along U.S. 250. Oct. 27, 2009. |
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| Valley Transportation from Ashland, Ohio with this Michigan doubles combo at a Wendy's along Ohio Route 2 near Huron, OH taken Oct. 27, 2009. |
A very colorful Pete for DW Krenkevich Inc. from Winnipeg, Manitoba at the T/A on I-70 & U.S. 42 X-79 near London, OH. Oct. 26, 2009. |
Baylor Trucking, Milan, Indiana at the Pilot Travel Center on I-71 & Ohio Route 83 near Lodi, Ohio on Oct. 28, 2009. |
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| Great eye catching effects on this Long Haul Trucking KW T-660 from Albertville, MN that was at the Somerset service plaza on the E.B. side of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Oct. 29, 2009. |
Old Dominion at the motel we stayed at the night of Oct. 29, 2009 along I-81 X-317 in Winchester, VA. |
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| Nice colors Palmentere Bros. Cartage Service, Inc. from Kansas City, MO uses. This Cascadia was at the E.B. Pennsylvania Turnpike service plaza N.E. of Pittsburgh, PA. Oct. 29, 2009. |
At first thought this was a waste of a shot. Then I got looking at it again for it's cross value of what shines through the blur of life on the road and special effects just as it was getting light at the T/A I-80 & Ohio Route 46 X-223 W. of Youngstown, OH. |
Estes 8100 at the Wilco/Hess travel center I-81 X-291 Oct. 30, 2009. |
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| A couple of CLI Transport dedicated to Sheetz tanker at their I-81 X-273 Mt Jackson, VA travel stop. Oct. 30, 2009. |
Ward Trucking from Altoona, PA at a Sheetz C-store I-81 X-317 Winchester, VA. Oct. 30, 2009. |
Yellow/Roadway at the Sheetz/Wendys I-81 X-273 Mt Jackson, VA, Oct. 30, 2009, (a popular LTL stop). |
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| This was the best i could do for Dayton Freight. He was rolling right near I-77, X-120 at Green, OH as I was pulling out of a Speedway. |
Sysco Cleveland, OH unloading at a restaurant near U.S. 6 in Vermillion, OH. Oct. 27, 2009. |
ABF at Citgo fuel stop I-81 /I-77 X-77 N.E. of Wytheville, VA on Oct. 31, 2009. |
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| his lineup was taken at the Lee-Hi Travel Center located about 1 mile S. of I-81 X-195 on U.S. Route 11 a few miles North of Lexington, VA. This stop appears to be a mecca for LTL fleets to stop at like White's Truck Stop up in Raphine, VA use to be back in the 60's and 70's. |
Estes 8100 at the same Citgo as the ABF, just as it was getting light, Oct 31, 2009. |
FedEx post at the Sheetz Travel Plaza, I-81 X-273 Mt Jackson, VA. Oct. 30, 2009. |
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| Looking down at N.B. I-81/ S.B. I-77 with X-73 (U.S. 11) facilities in the background. Oct. 31, 2009. |
Roadway your way Sterling at the Wilco/Hess I-81/I-77 X-73 early morning Oct. 31, 2009. |
Con Way's at the Lee-Hi Travel Center I-81 X-195 near Lexington, VA after a drop and swap on Oct. 30, 2009. |
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| Estes IH 8100 very early Halloween 2009 morning at X-77 of I-81 & I-77 near Wytheville, VA. |
Ex: C-F Oct. 30, 2009 at Mt Jackson, VA still running strong at over 3.5 million miles. DHS Express hails from Kingsport, TN. The O/O said in his opinion this was the best tractor model C-F ever operated. |
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