In the ’50s, we were drilling oil wells in southeastern Kansas. It was a convoy when we moved equipment to another drill site. The drill usually took the lead, then the next most likely to have a problem followed. The pickups tailed behind to assist with any problems.
We had drilled an oil well and were returning all of our equipment back to our base in Chanute. It was our rule to travel with our equipment separated just within sight of each other. Arriving into a small town just before dark, about an hour from home, we decided to park the rig and other trucks then come back the next day to bring our equipment on to our base. We tried to avoid traveling with equipment at night.