Esso Gasoline Tanker Truck

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by MoyomongooseRatedG

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The year is 1960. and a hyena is making gasoline deliveries to filling stations in New Mexico.
The semi tractor is a 1957 GMC (a three year old truck at the time). The hyena is driving southbound on Highway 54 in New Mexico between Pastura and Vaughn. Although the speed limit is 70 mph, the hyena is running speeds between 75 and 80...On open highway such as this, he's putting the petal to the metal.
Not long after you notice the speeding truck approaching, it zooms by, and as it goes away you hear that 'walking sound' of a trailer tire making that rapid >wa wa wa wa wa< noise that was commonly heard from big truck tires back in the day...I was once told by a trucker that tire sound came from when a wheel wasn't accurately trued up.
You notice there are two license tags on the truck. Back in the day, big commercial trucks had to have a license tag for each state they operated in...In this case, this truck operates in Colorado and New Mexico.

Esso was an actual gasoline brand back in the 1960s. It's what Exon is today.

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