When I first started trucking in 1984 I saw a Big Horn at Sapp Bros in Council Bluffs. That's the only one I ever saw on the road. It was love at first sight.
I think I saw one at Lunde Truck Sales in Rockford 1971. It was in the shop being serviced. Never saw another one since. I was going to college at the time and I had a part time job there as a parts "gopher."
That first dodge semi shown on the vlog was the very first semi i ever rode in. It was a grain hauler and it had a 318 detroit with a 10 speed roadranger in it. That engine was screaming the whole dang time it was running
One of these Bighorns is hitched up to a Truckers Chapel trailer, at a truck stop out west. Can't recall where, though. But, damn... that is one badass, sexy looking truck, c'mon. I wouldn't mind having one.
This is why all, not just some, but all Dodge vehicles are more special than the other makers. People loved Dodge. They were cheap and you could beat them harder broken than others when new. Because of that, they were abused and wasted, neglected and crushed.
My pap had a excavation company he had 3 dump trucks: 1969 Ford F700, 1969 Chevy C/60, and my favorite a 1969 Dodge 900 Tandem dump truck with a Non Turbo Cummins and 18 speed road ranger it was white with a yellow/orange Dumper I miss that truck I remember riding in it when I was little.. But I still see it occasionally the guy that bought it restored it and turned it back into a Tractor which it was originally when my pap bought it from the Westmoreland county Airport (Arnold Palmer Regional airport now) I Believe the guy lives around Johnstown Pennsylvania and uses it to haul his classic army vehicles to shows
I know your pretty much focusing on the Dodge truck, of the 30s on up. My dad was in WWII, and he told me that their army tanks had Chyrlser engines, WOW, I didn't know that,. Thanks for sharing this👍
See if you can pull off one of SICARD trucks. Arthur Sicard was a Canadian truckmaker & inventor from Ste Therese, Quebec that began manufacturing trucks in 1927. The late 60's and early 70s models look like a Dodge C-Series cab with a slight oversize international R190 hood
The Dodge D series continued until around 1979 or 80 here in Australia although ours used an International cab and front clip not generally used in the US.
Chry.Co management decided to axe the Dodge heavy trucks in 1975, because even though they were marginally profitable, the new Dodge Club Cab, intro'ed in 1974 (and built on the same production line as the Big Horn), sales were about 250 to 1. What also didn't help, was the new FMVSS 121 law, on the anti lock brakes (with all of its development problems). Dodge medium duty trucks (D-series 400-800), were still manuf'ed in Mexico, up till the early/mid 90s.
Had a customer who had a 68 Dodge 900 ten-wheeler, 5 & 4 marriage box transmission dump truck with a 440 gas engine. It had swing out fenders. Parts were one-offs and hard to find in the 80s.
Excellent video - very informative. I would like to point out, however, that you didn't exactly start at the beginning. Graham Brothers trucks (made in Evansville, Indiana) used Dodge engines and were sold by Dodge dealers. In 1925 the company was purchased by Dodge. After Chrysler bought Dodge in 1928, the Graham brand was discontinued (they became Dodge trucks), and the Graham brothers sold their Chrysler stock and purchased Paige-Detroit Motors (and made Graham-Paige automobiles until 1940).
I remember Richard Petty had a cab over to haul his Dodge race car, Overdrive did an interview with the driver, he said it has a 350 Cummins and 13 speed Eaton transmission. I wonder if petty still has that truck in their museum
The Dodge L cab was also used by FWD& Oshkosh. Dodge built some conventionals for a customer hauling auto trailers.These trucks were built using the sheet metal from FWD! These trucks looked like a predecessor to the 'Bighorn'.The cabs along with the hoods were mount- ed directly to the frame to get a lower overall height & to haul more cars. And as someone stated, Dodge built its own diesel in the 30's. It started out as a flat-head engine but soon turned to be an OHV design, and it was smokeless back then! Ford came out w/ a city delivery based on the Econoline van before Dodge did the same w/ its van.Ford's truck did not go into product- ion, opting to stay with the Budd built and designed C cab which was also used by Mack for a short time before the MB, and FWD.
Pity that you overlooked the rather interesting Dodge badged , Rootes Group Commer truck , powered with the TS3 opposed piston supercharged two stroke diesel engine diesel.
There use to be a small grocery store on the corner near my house called “Franks Corner Deli” and he had an 1950’s Panel Delivery Truck with a Red Ram Hemi Engine I loved that truck
Could you do Studebaker Trucks? I understand that Studebaker made a lot of trucks for the US Army and even some of our allies during World War 2. There's a video that says that some Studebaker and Willy's trucks were used by the Russian Army to help defeat Hitler.
In about 1976 I was working for Manpower and for several days I worked doing inventory at a large trucking concern. It was either Dodge or Chrysler, they were going out of business and it seems like I was told they were being bought out by White Trucks. Not 100% sure, but that seems right. Oddly, they asked me to apply for a job. Figured they would be laying off not hiring. Memory is a little sketchy, this was almost 50 years ago.
39 to 47 was nicknamed "frog eye" because the headlights were mounted on the fenders! oh I want a L series Dodge cause Tyco made them for their trains & I want to replicate one that was used for Union Pacific!
Me: "wow, sounds beloved. Wait for it. Wait for it. Wait for iiiiiiiiit" Video: "a temporary fuel crisis and increased government intervention basically destroyed Dodge and Chrysler's faith in this because it didn't sell enough" Me: "there it is."
@@glennso47 ....at the risk of sounding a day late and a dollar short it seems to me that Ford had the truck market very well covered about twenty years ago and I'm not sure what happend there. As for the other gentlemen why no Internationals?. You can enlighten me.
Makkinga construction in Thunder Bay has 2 Dodge Big Horns. One is still in use today as a dumptruck. 20FA w/44Rocks. www.makkinga.ca/brunos-golf-links-2014
Don't forget the Dodge Heavy Trucks in Mexico that will continue to sell using the first and second generation of Dodge Ram trucks until 2003 which, anyone reading this comment should go online and search for those legendary Dodge trucks that were warriors in hard working. Without forgetting that in Dodge Mexico they made a last generation of the Ramcharger based on the ram 1500 of 1994. •Here are some links to watch the videos of this legends: ruclips.net/video/mahzsL_ER8U/видео.html ruclips.net/video/Eu2AoGTVbjY/видео.html ruclips.net/video/Qxk977fcWzQ/видео.html
Craig the farmer , I knew beacuse in the 60s matchbox had a king size double dumper that was based on one of those low cab foreward models. If I recall it had a green tractor with yellow dumpers would love to find one today but the price is gonna be steep!
My dad had new 55 semi gas job with a sleeper. It was sweet. I was only 14, but he would let me get under the wheel on a good strightaway. It as fast and great pickup as cab. It was teal and pretty as could be. Got a lot of complements on it.l
Coming soon sorry. Really wanted to finish the big three first. Detroit is coming, just delayed. 120+ years of history is a LOT to fit into a video. Sorry!
After The 2nd World War 2... Hundreds of Dodges made originally assembled at Kew by London UK. ... (Kew Dodge). Then a model nicknamed "Parrot Nose" ". Sold as Barreiros in Spain and Spanish Dodge in The UK... Later absorbed in to The Renault(French) group. Dodge here was synonymous with Strength.....
Coming soon sorry. Really wanted to finish the big three first. Detroit is coming, just delayed. 120+ years of history is a LOT to fit into a video. Sorry!
I thought the early LCF GMC and Chevys looked okay in the 1950s. In fact I rode in a LCF Chevy that was hauling a cattle truck once when my best friends moved from Mount Carroll, Illinois to Morrison, Illinois in about 1957. Their parents rented a farm in Mount Carroll and their grand parents passed away so they took over the farm in Morrison
Hello, I'm from Germany. I admire america and the american truck culture and car culture and in general the american way of life. I think it's a shame that Germany is so communist. in Germany there is debate about such unnecessary things as suv ban, pick up ban and gender lights. you probably don't believe it because it is inconceivable for you in america that politics deals with such things, but it really is. you can research it. i wish we had a conservative president like Donald Trump instead of Angela Merkel. The government has decided to increase the fuel price by 70 cents by 2030, which is around 50% more than now. Then fuel costs about € 1.90 per liter. That's around $ 8 per gallon! Twice as expensive as in california! the government has already planned a Co2 tax for 2021. this is € 25 ($ 27,80) per tonne of Co2. this applies to cars and the house (heating, electricity, etc.) 🇺🇸🇩🇪♥️
Why do people, regardless of statistics, first hand accounts, consumer reports, reviews, etc. still feel the need to defend Chrysler (ahem, Dodge) Idc If you drive a Nissan, Chevy, Ford, Toyota, even a fucking Ridgeline but why would you gamble with a Dodge? I just dont understand.
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35 yrs trucking i only remember seeing one bighorn westbound in PA in the early 90s. all decked out, simply stunning!
Drove a 68 dodge single axle tractor. Had the swing out fenders. They were producing in Windsor ont plant til 78.
Nice!
When I first started trucking in 1984 I saw a Big Horn at Sapp Bros in Council Bluffs. That's the only one I ever saw on the road. It was love at first sight.
I think I saw one at Lunde Truck Sales in Rockford 1971. It was in the shop being serviced. Never saw another one since. I was going to college at the time and I had a part time job there as a parts "gopher."
That first dodge semi shown on the vlog was the very first semi i ever rode in. It was a grain hauler and it had a 318 detroit with a 10 speed roadranger in it. That engine was screaming the whole dang time it was running
It's amazing to think that only 260 were made... How many (few) still even exist!
One of these Bighorns is hitched up to a Truckers Chapel trailer, at a truck stop out west. Can't recall where, though. But, damn... that is one badass, sexy looking truck, c'mon. I wouldn't mind having one.
This is why all, not just some, but all Dodge vehicles are more special than the other makers. People loved Dodge. They were cheap and you could beat them harder broken than others when new. Because of that, they were abused and wasted, neglected and crushed.
Thanks for your look at dodge
Back in roughly summer 1986, I loaded at that mill in Apple Creek, Ohio and that very truck was sitting there. I remember it well.
4:20 - that is a sharp looking setup
You're not kidding,love the COE look,and this is a good looking model.Dodge is favorite truck,and anything Mopar.
My pap had a excavation company he had 3 dump trucks: 1969 Ford F700, 1969 Chevy C/60, and my favorite a 1969 Dodge 900 Tandem dump truck with a Non Turbo Cummins and 18 speed road ranger it was white with a yellow/orange Dumper I miss that truck I remember riding in it when I was little.. But I still see it occasionally the guy that bought it restored it and turned it back into a Tractor which it was originally when my pap bought it from the Westmoreland county Airport (Arnold Palmer Regional airport now) I Believe the guy lives around Johnstown Pennsylvania and uses it to haul his classic army vehicles to shows
I cant wait to see you do videos on diamond Ts and marmons and hendricksons and brockways
I know your pretty much focusing on the Dodge truck, of the 30s on up. My dad was in WWII, and he told me that their army tanks had Chyrlser engines, WOW, I didn't know that,. Thanks for sharing this👍
yup, 5 engines for a total of 30 cyl .
M1 Abrams are Chrysler built as well
Short but oh so sweet! 👍🏻
Thank you for watching!!
I was hoping for some info on the Ram 45?00 or 65?00 that they built in Mexico in the 90's :( still enjoyed the video!
Americans hate any thing Mexican made so what's the point
See if you can pull off one of SICARD trucks. Arthur Sicard was a Canadian truckmaker & inventor from Ste Therese, Quebec that began manufacturing trucks in 1927. The late 60's and early 70s models look like a Dodge C-Series cab with a slight oversize international R190 hood
The Dodge D series continued until around 1979 or 80 here in Australia although ours used an International cab and front clip not generally used in the US.
Chry.Co management decided to axe the Dodge heavy trucks in 1975, because even though they were marginally profitable, the new Dodge Club Cab, intro'ed in 1974 (and built on the same production line as the Big Horn), sales were about 250 to 1. What also didn't help, was the new FMVSS 121 law, on the anti lock brakes (with all of its development problems). Dodge medium duty trucks (D-series 400-800), were still manuf'ed in Mexico, up till the early/mid 90s.
Had a customer who had a 68 Dodge 900 ten-wheeler, 5 & 4 marriage box transmission dump truck with a 440 gas engine.
It had swing out fenders.
Parts were one-offs and hard to find in the 80s.
Yikes sounds like a nightmare to work on.
Excellent video - very informative. I would like to point out, however, that you didn't exactly start at the beginning. Graham Brothers trucks (made in Evansville, Indiana) used Dodge engines and were sold by Dodge dealers. In 1925 the company was purchased by Dodge. After Chrysler bought Dodge in 1928, the Graham brand was discontinued (they became Dodge trucks), and the Graham brothers sold their Chrysler stock and purchased Paige-Detroit Motors (and made Graham-Paige automobiles until 1940).
Another very well done video! Thank you for posting. The information you shared I never knew.
Thank you for watching 😊
I always liked the looks of those boxy L1000 cabovers, still see a few at the truck shows.
I remember Richard Petty had a cab over to haul his Dodge race car, Overdrive did an interview with the driver, he said it has a 350 Cummins and 13 speed Eaton transmission. I wonder if petty still has that truck in their museum
Very short life of what could've been a great long distance hauler
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The Dodge L cab was also used by FWD& Oshkosh. Dodge built some conventionals for a customer hauling auto trailers.These trucks were built using the sheet metal from FWD! These trucks looked like a predecessor to the 'Bighorn'.The cabs along with the hoods were mount- ed directly to the frame to get a lower overall height & to haul more cars. And as someone stated, Dodge built its own diesel in the 30's. It started out as a flat-head engine but soon turned to be an OHV design, and it was smokeless back then! Ford came out w/ a city delivery based on the Econoline van before Dodge did the same w/ its van.Ford's truck did not go into product- ion, opting to stay with the Budd built and designed C cab which was also used by Mack for a short time before the MB, and FWD.
Hey...those swing out fenders were a pretty cool concept, it shows that Dodge was thinking about maintainability in a serious way very early on.
too bad they have short memory
Brockway trucks head fenders like that on them too Dodge wasn't the only one they probably got the idea from brockway
Handsome vehicles.
Pity that you overlooked the rather interesting Dodge badged , Rootes Group Commer truck , powered with the TS3 opposed piston supercharged two stroke diesel engine diesel.
One more great video really enjoye the look at old vehicles and the way some of them have been restored 😎🇬🇧
950's the tallest dude height conventional cab semi I've ever seen.
There use to be a small grocery store on the corner near my house called “Franks Corner Deli” and he had an 1950’s Panel Delivery Truck with a Red Ram Hemi Engine
I loved that truck
Mack and Dodge were the few offered with their own diesels in the 30's
When they stopped making heavy duty trucks, they would give you a pickup if you bought a big truck.
Thanks
Could you do Studebaker Trucks? I understand that Studebaker made a lot of trucks for the US Army and even some of our allies during World War 2. There's a video that says that some Studebaker and Willy's trucks were used by the Russian Army to help defeat Hitler.
Glenn Lego Studebaker US-6 2.5 tons were sent to Russia. Willys didn’t make anything but jeeps during WWII some of which were sent to Russia.
That Big Horn is a fine piece I have never seen one in real life.
Bo Darville I saw one last summer in a truck pull. The power was ridiculous compared to normal pickup type rigs.
Great video always enjoy these
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for the road down memory lane! interesting
In about 1976 I was working for Manpower and for several days I worked doing inventory at a large trucking concern. It was either Dodge or Chrysler, they were going out of business and it seems like I was told they were being bought out by White Trucks. Not 100% sure, but that seems right. Oddly, they asked me to apply for a job. Figured they would be laying off not hiring. Memory is a little sketchy, this was almost 50 years ago.
By the way, this was in Atlanta.
Can you do diamond rio and brockway
Yes. All on the list, very excited to do these.
@@jackschromeshop8296 Can not wait to see the Husky on the hood Brockway videos.
@@jackschromeshop8296 Can not wait to see the Husky on the hood Brockway video.
Love to see something on Hudson trucks.
I honestly did not know that Dodge made big trucks.
You completely forgot UK Dodge and Dodge Barreiros trucks.
39 to 47 was nicknamed "frog eye" because the headlights were mounted on the fenders!
oh I want a L series Dodge cause Tyco made them for their trains & I want to replicate one that was used for Union Pacific!
LCF were great to drive
Or Hayes trucks maybe?
in Canada many of these were known as Fargo trucks would like a short video on them
Awesome video
Me: "wow, sounds beloved. Wait for it. Wait for it. Wait for iiiiiiiiit"
Video: "a temporary fuel crisis and increased government intervention basically destroyed Dodge and Chrysler's faith in this because it didn't sell enough"
Me: "there it is."
Got a 46 d series
what about the DODGE SHORTHOOD prototype semi?
I have never seen a dodge bighorn truck on the road or junkyard
New subscriber great video
Ever heard of the Dodge Power Wagon?
They should bring them trucks back our competition are are Freightliner Western Star I said Ford International Navistar and others
Dodge, GM, and Chevy have all stopped making big trucks. They were good while they lasted. No Internationals, please.
Alan Strong So did Ford
Ford still make heavy trucks for Europe though. So half right haha
@@audoinxr6372 Thanks. I was not aware of that. I just knew that Ford has no heavy duties in this country.
@@glennso47 ....at the risk of sounding a day late and a dollar short it seems to me that Ford had the truck market very well covered about twenty years ago and I'm not sure what happend there. As for the other gentlemen why no Internationals?. You can enlighten me.
13 letter shit spreaders, that's why no internationals
You got a point. The F650 and F750 are not like the former tractors made by Ford.
Or even the ones that were made by Sterling which took over the Ford heavy duty truck line for a while.
The bighorn looks like an r600
Makkinga construction in Thunder Bay has 2 Dodge Big Horns. One is still in use today as a dumptruck. 20FA w/44Rocks. www.makkinga.ca/brunos-golf-links-2014
Do chevy next
Don't forget the Dodge Heavy Trucks in Mexico that will continue to sell using the first and second generation of Dodge Ram trucks until 2003 which, anyone reading this comment should go online and search for those legendary Dodge trucks that were warriors in hard working. Without forgetting that in Dodge Mexico they made a last generation of the Ramcharger based on the ram 1500 of 1994.
•Here are some links to watch the videos of this legends:
ruclips.net/video/mahzsL_ER8U/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/Eu2AoGTVbjY/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/Qxk977fcWzQ/видео.html
Nice! Love it. Thats it. Im subscribed
Thanks for watching and subscribing 😊
I would have never knew dodge made a seemi
Craig the farmer , I knew beacuse in the 60s matchbox had a king size double dumper that was based on one of those low cab foreward models. If I recall it had a green tractor with yellow dumpers would love to find one today but the price is gonna be steep!
My dad had new 55 semi gas job with a sleeper. It was sweet. I was only 14, but he would let me get under the wheel on a good strightaway. It as fast and great pickup as cab. It was teal and pretty as could be. Got a lot of complements on it.l
Where is the Detroit video?
Coming soon sorry. Really wanted to finish the big three first. Detroit is coming, just delayed. 120+ years of history is a LOT to fit into a video. Sorry!
Jack's Chrome Shop lol I’m not complaining. I’m just a HUGE Detroit fan
We are too. Love them and want to make the video right. The company deserves it. We are very close!
After The 2nd World War 2... Hundreds of Dodges made originally assembled at Kew by London UK. ... (Kew Dodge). Then a model nicknamed "Parrot Nose" ". Sold as Barreiros in Spain and Spanish Dodge in The UK... Later absorbed in to The Renault(French) group. Dodge here was synonymous with Strength.....
Where is Maddie? I thought she narrated these programs.
Dodge started building trucks in 1917 not 1936
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detroit episode?
Coming soon sorry. Really wanted to finish the big three first. Detroit is coming, just delayed. 120+ years of history is a LOT to fit into a video. Sorry!
@@jackschromeshop8296 Didn't Detroit Diesel make engines for railroad locomotives and even ships? or am I thinking of someone else?
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Early cabovers, uglyee!!!!
I thought the early LCF GMC and Chevys looked okay in the 1950s. In fact I rode in a LCF Chevy that was hauling a cattle truck once when my best friends moved from Mount Carroll, Illinois to Morrison, Illinois in about 1957. Their parents rented a farm in Mount Carroll and their grand parents passed away so they took over the farm in Morrison
Hello, I'm from Germany.
I admire america and the american truck culture and car culture and in general the american way of life. I think it's a shame that Germany is so communist. in Germany there is debate about such unnecessary things as suv ban, pick up ban and gender lights. you probably don't believe it because it is inconceivable for you in america that politics deals with such things, but it really is. you can research it. i wish we had a conservative president like Donald Trump instead of Angela Merkel. The government has decided to increase the fuel price by 70 cents by 2030, which is around 50% more than now. Then fuel costs about € 1.90 per liter. That's around $ 8 per gallon! Twice as expensive as in california! the government has already planned a Co2 tax for 2021. this is € 25 ($ 27,80) per tonne of Co2. this applies to cars and the house (heating, electricity, etc.)
🇺🇸🇩🇪♥️
Alex Williams this is not the first time I ve heard this.
Why do people, regardless of statistics, first hand accounts, consumer reports, reviews, etc. still feel the need to defend Chrysler (ahem, Dodge) Idc If you drive a Nissan, Chevy, Ford, Toyota, even a fucking Ridgeline but why would you gamble with a Dodge? I just dont understand.