Interesting that Friedkin went with what I assume his is own title, though the phrase still appears in that very silly trailer, which clearly didn't impress Richie much. 
Not sure if the trucks have names in the book... Sorceror is one of them in the film, as established in that brilliant sequence of the men bringing the decrepit old hulks back to life.
Something that jumped out at me, watching Wages - IIRC the trucks are said to be from the company's best fleet, top-of-the-line machines. In Sorceror, they're absolutely beat to shit and in need of extensive overhauling. Yet it's a (perhaps corporately negligent) accident that causes the trouble in Wages. In Sorceror it's a guerilla bombing. I wonder which adaptation was closer. Friedkin's film is the bleaker of the two by some distance, with a pervading sense of things being utterly fucked no matter how this operation shakes out - though Wages is no picnic either, making its faint threads of hope all that more affecting.
I liked that subtle touch when one of the company chiefs despairs over hiring "those lousy bums," only to cheer up as his superior assures him that the poverty is so extreme in town, these desperate motherfuckers will be lining up around the block for a place on the suicide squad. Then Chap A beamingly remarks "and they'll do it for peanuts! LMAO!" only to get a verbal bitch-slap as his boss orders that the drivers be rewarded handsomely. Cynically you might say he doesn't expect all of them to survive, but the way the actor delivers it conveyed a feeling of genuine disgust. Pretty much all the film's bit parts are handled with similar attention to detail. It's a thoughtful movie. I'm gonna enjoy rewatching it with company this weekend.
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