I would agree with Bill, it's pretty rare to see one of these AD's that went 150,000 miles
let alone 250,000. By the time they had 60 to 80k on them they were pretty well worn
out.
They didn't have the extensive highway systems we have today and generally
speaking, most of the everyday traveling was within the local area. Our world is much
smaller today because we can get there much faster. Today its not unusual to drive 20 or
30 miles to shopping and often times more for work. Unless the truck was used as an over
the road-cross country hauler you're probably lookin' at the 50k plus numbers a few.
The farmer didn't make a trip to town three times a day for bread, milk or hardware to fix
the combine, that’s what they sold bailing wire for. It was more like a trip to town once a
week and there was always a church nearby on Sunday morning. The doctor made house
calls and your milk was delivered to the door in a most areas. I can even remember
having potato chips delivered to the house when I was a kid. We depended lots more on
Sear Roebuck & Co., Montgomery Wards or Spiegel mail order back then also. There
wasn't a Wal-Mart, Walgreen’s or Big Box store on every corner back in the day. Almost
all neighborhoods had a Mom & Pop general store within walking distance where you
could get the necessities. Once a week we used to drive over to the National Tea Co. store
a few towns over on Friday evenings for our grocery shopping.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
