Our trucking photo album
Tony grew up in a trucking family, started out cleaning mirrors and blowing out air filters, then drove, owned trucks and built a fleet. These are some of the pictures from along the way.
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Tony started his trucking “career” as a kid, cleaning the mirrors and blowing out the air filters on this truck.
Late 1970s A late-’70s International “corn binder” with a Detroit engine that would rattle and shake like it was going to fly apart until it warmed up. I’m pretty sure we converted this trailer to a cage for sugar beets in the fall.
Circa 1985 A white International 4070 pulling a hopper bottom with sunflower sides on top to make it taller. Sunflowers are lighter, so you can haul more of them. No fun putting those sides on, and the tarp was even heavier than the regular one to get up there.
The truck my little brother learned to drive on. If memory serves, it had the Eagle Package interior and was one of the nicest trucks around Renville County back in the day.
My little brother as a young trucker, getting ready to haul sweet corn by the looks of it. He’s way too clean and fresh to be finishing a shift.
My little brother’s latest truck. Not sure which engine number this one is. He likes to haul big things!
Another shot of my little brother’s rig. These flatbedders sure have a lot of time on their hands to take pictures!