Thanks for sharing, I recognize a lot of Tripp Anderson's pics here. Many that I shared w/ him over the years. I drove the Dauphinais #26, and that's me @ 7:22 near the Tresca truck.
As someone that used to drive mixers, the trucks in the weeds are right where they need to be. Guarantee those things are ragged out way beyond being useful anymore.
Yeah I drove Advance front discharge as well as Phoenix and Oshkosh mixers. Whenever I see a mixer trucking on down the road, I still feel a little tug at my heart. I loved driving mixers and I always will. If I could, I'd still be driving concrete now.
Five years of driving a ready mix truck, and it’s still in my blood, because I dream about it, I have driven Mack mixer trucks, International Paystar mixer trucks , Auto-Car mixer trucks, I even drove a rusty old Ford mixer truck without any dashboard lights, but I never drove a Kenworth or a Peterbilt mixer truck.
i also am a retired teamster concrete driver.i worked for wakefield concrete for 17 yrs,then we were sold to maclellan concrete whr i worked for another 13 yrs.at wakefield we had all autocars.then we got new peterbilts at maclellan.while the petes whr more comfortable,and had more power,they were useless if you had to go off road.autocars were some of the best trucks i ever drove.
Before "front-discharge" mixers became popular, the two most common makes from Boston to Philadelphia were Autocar and Mack. Few things could seriously damage one.
I would rather have an old 6 x Autocar pull up to a sandy footer or slab then any of the new ones. A good driver could put one anywhere...There's still some great drivers out there but the new trucks have their limits.
I am not a teamster. Really don’t care about the union . Good for nothing if you show up to work and do your job . Only my opinion of course . Nice to see some old mixers though . Takes me back .
Yeah I was a non union driver. It wouldn't matter to me if I was unionized, I busted my butt and tried real hard and I loved what I did for work. The trucks were great and the company recognized my efforts.
Gotta love the trailer mixers!
Thanks for sharing, I recognize a lot of Tripp Anderson's pics here. Many that I shared w/ him over the years. I drove the Dauphinais #26, and that's me @ 7:22 near the Tresca truck.
As someone that used to drive mixers, the trucks in the weeds are right where they need to be. Guarantee those things are ragged out way beyond being useful anymore.
Yeah I drove Advance front discharge as well as Phoenix and Oshkosh mixers. Whenever I see a mixer trucking on down the road, I still feel a little tug at my heart. I loved driving mixers and I always will. If I could, I'd still be driving concrete now.
Five years of driving a ready mix truck, and it’s still in my blood, because I dream about it, I have driven Mack mixer trucks, International Paystar mixer trucks , Auto-Car mixer trucks, I even drove a rusty old Ford mixer truck without any dashboard lights, but I never drove a Kenworth or a Peterbilt mixer truck.
Beautiful pics
Great collection. Bread and butter...
As a retired teamster it was good seeing the old certified trucks and colonial trucks
Nice collection!!! The three Certified Industries pictures are mine. I drove #1303 & #1536 and my Dad drove #1512.
i also am a retired teamster concrete driver.i worked for wakefield concrete for 17 yrs,then we were sold to maclellan concrete whr i worked for another 13 yrs.at wakefield we had all autocars.then we got new peterbilts at maclellan.while the petes whr more comfortable,and had more power,they were useless if you had to go off road.autocars were some of the best trucks i ever drove.
Before "front-discharge" mixers became popular, the two most common makes from Boston to Philadelphia were Autocar and Mack. Few things could seriously damage one.
Love!
Bacalla and Cardi Rhode Island baby !
Florida Rock now ARGOS they still run some of those DM's
TRESCA out of Ma. always had nice trucks
We've come a long way Baby!
I drove a few of the trucks in this video, the Hunterdon Concrete and Flemington Block mixers.
1:01 I got that #26 new in 2008
Thanx
my friend used to own the truck at 2:17
I would rather have an old 6 x Autocar pull up to a sandy footer or slab then any of the new ones. A good driver could put one anywhere...There's still some great drivers out there but the new trucks have their limits.
Richard Steele
I am not a teamster. Really don’t care about the union . Good for nothing if you show up to work and do your job . Only my opinion of course . Nice to see some old mixers though . Takes me back .
Yeah I was a non union driver. It wouldn't matter to me if I was unionized, I busted my butt and tried real hard and I loved what I did for work. The trucks were great and the company recognized my efforts.
you didn't have ferrara bros trucks in there