Go, You*ll See Our Trucks
J firivers (Eden,
3rea) take care
products or raw
new Fieldcrest
p e> the over-the-
.regularly spans
Island to
Hia
Occasionally all
if the fleet of 46
e-road tractors
more tender
rotate duty 24 hours a day from 5 a.m.
every Monday morning until 6 p.m.
every Saturday, checks everything
from the windshield and mirrors to
tire pressure, fan, generator and
compressor belts, all wiring,
radiators, mufflers and hoses.
Anything not in perfect working order
is repaired before the truck is allowed
back on the road.
Mill in carpet backing.
The other tanker delivers fuel oil
from Greensboro to the Eden mills,
the Fieldale Towel Mill and
occasionally to the other locations
such as the Mount Holly Spinning
Mill.
^cst family
each trip, every
checked
liJ'Perienced team
'^dose members
Once given a clean bill of health, the
tractors and trailers are parked at the
terminal, ready for another trip.
When loaded for the next trip, they
are washed once again just before
driving out of the terminal.
The company also leases two
tankers, one of which is used to pick
up latex from Akron, Ohio, and
Charlotte for use by the Karastan Rug
Working from the terminal on New
Street which became operational in
the spring of 1975, Fieldcrest’s
drivers, both local and over-the-road,
have maintained an outstanding
safety record. With the over-the-road
drivers each averaging over 100,000
miles each year and the local drivers
over 8,000, only one serious accident
has occurred during the past five
years.
In order to maintain an effective
system of distribution, each tractor
and each trailer is numbered. These
numbers are mounted daily on a large
board listing each Fieldcrest location
and each customer or distribution
destination. In this way, the location
of all trucks and goods can be
determined instantly.
The Fieldcrest trucking operation
provides prompt, efficient delivery of
both raw materials to the mills and
finished goods either directly to
customers or to distribution.
A future issue of The Mill Whistle
will carry a feature on Fieldcrest's
truck drivers: what it's like to be
"on the road," how they have
maintained their outstanding
record of dependability and
safe driving.
truck is loaded and has been washed just prior to departure.
Drivers Carlisle Troxler, left, and John Hairston, loading cargo.
^Y,FEBRUARY?, 1977