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<blockquote data-quote="Shiftless" data-source="post: 4538994" data-attributes="member: 47472"><p>I know most have heard the old guys saying the young guys have no clue what we started out in! This was said for decades! When it comes to vehicles? This is NOT the same company I worked for in what you see today! They ran everything till they couldn't get parts for it!</p><p></p><p>No fault of the mechanics! Don't get me wrong! They did the best they could considering most tractors where I worked out of were 15 to 20 years old with crazy miles on them that were 2 driver tractors that were shared. Those days it was all about minimalism! If its not there it doesn't need service or have to fail. There was no A/C. No power steering. They bought some Mack trucks and took the P/S off them for us to use!</p><p></p><p>So to answer your question? Spring brakes were as good as could be expected with crazy miles on them. Most drivers couldn't tell their springs were shot as we always had trailer on 100 percent of the time and the trailer masked the issue a bit! On top of that the weights were totally different than the weights in trailers today at UPS!!! I started feeder in early 1979 and Yes my first truck was a 64 international only 15 years old. I think it had? Heck cant even remember! I want to say 4 or 5 million miles on it. That was a boatload for a 1960's tractor.</p><p></p><p>So I as sit back and look back at what I have written! Man I am glad I have been retired 15 plus years!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shiftless, post: 4538994, member: 47472"] I know most have heard the old guys saying the young guys have no clue what we started out in! This was said for decades! When it comes to vehicles? This is NOT the same company I worked for in what you see today! They ran everything till they couldn't get parts for it! No fault of the mechanics! Don't get me wrong! They did the best they could considering most tractors where I worked out of were 15 to 20 years old with crazy miles on them that were 2 driver tractors that were shared. Those days it was all about minimalism! If its not there it doesn't need service or have to fail. There was no A/C. No power steering. They bought some Mack trucks and took the P/S off them for us to use! So to answer your question? Spring brakes were as good as could be expected with crazy miles on them. Most drivers couldn't tell their springs were shot as we always had trailer on 100 percent of the time and the trailer masked the issue a bit! On top of that the weights were totally different than the weights in trailers today at UPS!!! I started feeder in early 1979 and Yes my first truck was a 64 international only 15 years old. I think it had? Heck cant even remember! I want to say 4 or 5 million miles on it. That was a boatload for a 1960's tractor. So I as sit back and look back at what I have written! Man I am glad I have been retired 15 plus years! [/QUOTE]
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