June 19, 2009...1:31 am

20th Century Commercial Trucks Still in Use in 21st Century Durham North Carolina

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Top:  GMC commercial truck still in use by The Young Roofing Company, Inc., a company conducting business in Durham since its inception in 1930.  The roofing company, whose office and workspace is located on Morris Street, continue to use older trucks and equipment.

Bottom:  Ford dump truck, original patina; carrying a load of hardwood mulch.  The truck is utilized by a local landscaping company.  Employees whom arrived in the truck were spreading mulch around the plantings of a recently restored historic home on Watts Street in Trinity Park, just one block from Duke University’s East Campus.

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