TOWN LIFE PT35; TRUCKS

After seeing truck traffic in Hillsdale in the 80's, now a look at today's traffic. With Valentines's Day fast approaching, the downtown warehouses are busy...

A new CIE Trucking semi rolls through town, with a brand-new Volvo VNL640, and a new trailer, complete with both underbody skirts and rear air deflector. Note the trailer still has yet to be lettered!

Another late-model semi is this CFI rig, with a Kenworth T700 tractor in charge.

Another VNL640 leads a Werner refrigerated semi, after dropping off a load of produce at the grocery distributor.

Yet another VNL640! This one is working for a brand-new company, Fast Forward. This trailer also has the full aero package. As the trailer says, Fast Forward provides "Global Shipping Solutions"!

Tanker service to the dairy plant is provided by Jackson Transport.

An old Mack R-series pulls a Genstar 40' container on a Genstar chassis. The container delivered electronics to the internet retailer. It may look like the 80's, but this photo is from the early 2000's; note the chassis has conspicuity striping (mandatory after the mid-90's). By this time Genstar was part of GE Capital. Genstar Container Corp. was merged with TIP Intermodal services in 1997, but its containers continued to be seen for years afterwards.