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DAT's full name is "Dial a truck". They used to have these large screens in truck stops showing loads and encouraging drivers to call for loads. So I guess the
by snowypine 4y ago
DAT's full name is "Dial a truck". They used to have these large screens in truck stops showing loads and encouraging drivers to call for loads.
So I guess these drivers mostly hung out at truck stops (they still do today), just that most truck stops aren't as clean/nice as before.
- cobertos 4y agoWoah!! They're like tube TVs at the airport but with loads on them? This is so interesting! I wonder how they kept them updated/what systems that ran on
- snowypine 4y agoYup exactly! I'm not too sure what the early systems were running on but here's a photo of early DAT load boards - https://www.dat.com/blog/life-before-load-boards https://www.dat.com/blog/life-before-load-boards