Like this guy , he names the equipment he has on the engine, and talks about the engine. No one else does. Read magazines on vehicles and they rarely would mention what the engine can pull horsepower wise. This guy says everything. Thanks much!
I had the absolute honor of meeting this Gentelman this past summer at his place, was doing some Photo shoots. He has got to be the kindest person in the U.S.A... I would stop and ask him a question and he would stop what he was working on to tell all about what I wanted to know and then some. Great family, Great land. All around friendly down to earth people. I am returning this summer for another visit .
I really enjoy and appreciate these documentaries. The people that made this video also made "trucks in the weeds" , a beautiful work of art. People think they know art and they go to art museums, but there is real art in restoring these old trucks, you have the lines and the symmetry, but you also have the sound and the power. And you have the history of everything that got done building this country.And everything that got done was done directly or indirectly using those trucks. And the strange thing was that all it took to make it go was a little cheap liquid (diesel) and some grease. Diesel was so cheap in the 60s that you could travel all the way across the country for a couple of hundred bucks .The trucks ran on American diesel and were built from American iron and steel. Lindsey Crawford is to be congratulated and thanked for this exceptional series.
Back in the late 1970's, a company that I worked for had several dozen of these old gas-engine K-models still in daily use at a peanut shelling plant in Texas. They were used with round-nosed corrugated side trailers of similar vintage. The trailer roofs had been cut off. They were top loaded by conveyors, and emptied out the back, using a trailer dumper platform. Like the truck in this video, the 5th wheels had a "penis" pins, and the trailers had matching female sockets.
He was so awesome to my 5 year old son and I when we were there. I asked him about his old daily driver Harley and he told us all about it and then took us to see his Harley flat track racer beside his bed. He also showed us his WW1 Packard ambulance and started the engine, which was at least a 10 minute job.
Wow what a great man...Years ago I had a man working for me called Al Gilles...Al could be this man's brother they are so much alike...These man are the ones that build great stuff...Would love to meet him...Thanks for sharing your story on this truck...
I have been to the King gold mine in Jerome AZ about 10 years ago. It is more of an outdoor truck museum. I remember this gentleman and this trucks very well. My father and I spent over 2 hours looking at trucks and the women folk we left in the gift shop. Had to beg forgiveness but it was worth it. Wonder if he still has Pedro the counting donkey?
In my youth,I aspired to be a semi driver and owner.My father was a "top hand". Not only that,He owned several ":horses".One was a Ward LaFrance road tractor.I am sad to report that the truck has slipped out of my familys ownership.However I became a "top hand".I no longer "run the road". My acquired skills have served me well,I am currently a longshoremen.It is said I am the best Ro-Ro driver in my Union.It has been said road drivers are not good at backing up."long live ole horses,history"
This guy was brilliant. If you keep that engine in the peak torque band you can save fuel and get down the road. Most in lines run around 1200 rpm peak torque, so if you run a little past that you can easily maintain speed. Most trucks today run 1700 rpm at highway speed. That cuts down the life of the engine and uses more fuel. These motors were meant to be lugged around 1200 or so. I bet that truck cruises really sweet.
longroadpro ~ Thanks for the heads up, just checked out the other VID and it was most interesting. These old "beasts" are SO interesting. Never drove a truck but I've been a car/classic car lover since about 1962 at age 15. Thanks for your posts and your effort, it's appreciated.
He brought this truck to the 2008 ATHS Convention in Hutchinson,Kansas.He spent the whole week in a contest with Del DeYoung's Diamond T 950 to see who had the loudest exhaust. I wish I had a clip of that. He always drew a crowd when he fired it up.
Yep! The newer ones had a lower initial compression ratio, which was more than made up with a turbo. The old Iron Lungs" even had a compression release which raised the exhaust valves so they'd crank. Delco came out with improved starters that eliminated the need for 24V systems. Boy, they could be a pain in the ass! How many people you know blew up batteries or damaged their cars until they learned the protocol to jump them off? Series-parallel hookups, I had one in a GMC with a KT-450.
The first diesel truck that I drove (In 1976?) was a 1954 IH KB12 2-axle-tractor .... 'IF' my memory is correct, it had a 220 Cummins in it with a 4&5 gear boxes. It had a 20-foot dump trailer behind it, and I used to haul broken concrete to the dump with it.
Be sure and save that old engine- the coolest part of old cars and trucks is their drivetrains! Not that that old diesel isn't cool itself :) Very nice work on a very nice truck!
Nice truck with lots of class. Trucks don't have class anymore. I drive a nice KW but most of the trucks today I'd be ashamed for anyone to see me coming down the road in one of them.
Beautiful work and until you said it was a Cummins I assumed it was a Detroit 2 cycle from the way it popped on acceleration but then the split manifold made it all real
well I am/was an over the road hand and a backing up specialist.Which is what I do these days "Back that wagon up".Next year I intend to buy an old twin screw hood. a Mack,K-Whopper,or Pete "Long live da Oldies" " Pervert Pistol Pete"
Longroadpro. My friend Terry had a 1964 International BC-160 tandem dump truck twin stick 20 speed 345ci V8 Gas IH engine. It was in pretty rough shape but not to bad. It had NO brakes all it had for stopping is it's gears. It was one of the 1st International dump trucks i've even been in. I wanna ask to do you know anybody down in the U.S. that has a International BC-160 or BC-170 4x4 dump truck. I know there are a few out there. If you can find any please make a video of that truck thxx
@mccrackenphillip The truck has an older NH series 300 Cummins. I don't remember the exact displacement of those engines, but I believe it was between 700 and 750 cu.in.
Nice clean IH .. I have a 1963 Lorain Front end loader with a JS-8 Cummins 401 cubic inches 180 HP with a Super charger on it .. It runs very good likes fuel .. You need an either injector .. under the hood with an electric solonoid I have instaled many of them on various trucks loaders and cranes.. They shoot either 3 CC or 6 CC through a 1/8" tube into your manifold 6CC's for over 400 Cubic inches.. I use a 3 CC Injector on the JS-8 because I have to nurse it with 3 cc shots to keep it running when it's really cold .. 6 cc's is a bit too much for that .. I give it two shots before I start cranking then as needed till it gets wamred up
@longroadpro ~ I agree. When I logged that post I thought, "well, it's alot more than a hill but is it a mountain?" So I went with "hill" but I do rememeber it being BIG and steep. My (former) wife and I spent ALOT of time in that area back in the late 80's ~ isn't it a former mining town?
Can't be sure why, but I had a V-8 Detroit so worn out, If I even shut it off for a minute, it needed ether to fire, from low compression. Not the case here, I'm sure. Still, old diesels didn't start easily, so, who knows. Non-turbo Cummins, with their high compression, like the old 250-horse 855s were so hard to start cold in Winter, you about had to plug 'em in; lots of them had 24-volt starters, too, before starters got good enough at 12 volts to start anything.
@billalbion well you could get the 8 speed (four gear box and 2 speed axle) and the ten speed (5 speed box) which is more then enough...virtually all light lorries over here still have 8 speed boxes...so considering the bedford was from the 60's that's not so bad really..to drive it's just as good as an 80's renault midliner...in fact the brakes are even better than a lot of 80's vehicles surprisingly...
@MrRonnieG If you search RUclips for another video I shot on the same trip, Don talks alot about the history of the area. The clip is titled Gold King Mine '26 Dodge part 2.
Não entendi nada, mas o caminhão é legal. Me lembra um que meu vizinho tinha. Isso em 1966. Eu era um menino com 8 anos, mas me lembro bem daquele international KB-11 verde com paralamas preto, trucado, transportando madeira.
Yeah, but you couldn't use all those at once. Some gears would either duplicate, or were so close-ratio'd that you couldn't catch 'em. Some might even end up lower-ratio'd even tho you'd be working your way up. About all you could do is select an axle ratio and Brownie slot for a certain "range" and then work the 13-speed up. Low axle, UD Brownie first, then all 13 gears, then either axle up, or UD-DD-OD up is about it. About 17 gears. You'd have trouble axle-splitting the high range of the 13.
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Like this guy , he names the equipment he has on the engine, and talks about the engine. No one else does. Read magazines on vehicles and they rarely would mention what the engine can pull horsepower wise. This guy says everything. Thanks much!
I had the absolute honor of meeting this Gentelman this past summer at his place, was doing some Photo shoots. He has got to be the kindest person in the U.S.A... I would stop and ask him a question and he would stop what he was working on to tell all about what I wanted to know and then some. Great family, Great land. All around friendly down to earth people. I am returning this summer for another visit .
I really enjoy and appreciate these documentaries. The people that made this video also made "trucks in the weeds" , a beautiful work of art. People think they know art and they go to art museums, but there is real art in restoring these old trucks, you have the lines and the symmetry, but you also have the sound and the power. And you have the history of everything that got done building this country.And everything that got done was done directly or indirectly using those trucks. And the strange thing was that all it took to make it go was a little cheap liquid (diesel) and some grease. Diesel was so cheap in the 60s that you could travel all the way across the country for a couple of hundred bucks .The trucks ran on American diesel and were built from American iron and steel. Lindsey Crawford is to be congratulated and thanked for this exceptional series.
I recently got to see this truck at the Gold King Mine, it is a beauty. Sad to hear of Dons passing, he sounded like a very interesting guy.
Yes, he was. Much missed....
Back in the late 1970's, a company that I worked for had several dozen of these old gas-engine K-models still in daily use at a peanut shelling plant in Texas. They were used with round-nosed corrugated side trailers of similar vintage. The trailer roofs had been cut off. They were top loaded by conveyors, and emptied out the back, using a trailer dumper platform. Like the truck in this video, the 5th wheels had a "penis" pins, and the trailers had matching female sockets.
Beautiful job! That's exactly how I would restore such a truck, classic but still practical working truck. Well done!
Beautiful rig
Im actually sad this old timer isn't around anymore because people like him are few and far between.
He was so awesome to my 5 year old son and I when we were there.
I asked him about his old daily driver Harley and he told us all about it and then took us to see his Harley flat track racer beside his bed. He also showed us his WW1 Packard ambulance and started the engine, which was at least a 10 minute job.
Don was a Fantastic guy. I miss him. i met him when i was only 17. Love all his trucks, but i could always hear this one coming.
I've been out to the museum. I have a picture of me standing by this truck. It's beautiful! Wish it was mine!!
Where is this museum located?
Gold king mine, Jerome Arizona
God bless Don Robert’s talented guy spoke to him in Jerome yrs ago, amazing truck!!!
Where is his museum located?
These are my kind of hot rod, trucking has been in my family since trucks have been! God bless you sir!
Wow what a great man...Years ago I had a man working for me called Al Gilles...Al could be this man's brother they are so much alike...These man are the ones that build great stuff...Would love to meet him...Thanks for sharing your story on this truck...
Feeler gages and vaseoline !!!!! Very excellent work.
I have been to the King gold mine in Jerome AZ about 10 years ago. It is more of an outdoor truck museum. I remember this gentleman and this trucks very well. My father and I spent over 2 hours looking at trucks and the women folk we left in the gift shop. Had to beg forgiveness but it was worth it. Wonder if he still has Pedro the counting donkey?
In my youth,I aspired to be a semi driver and owner.My father was a "top hand". Not only that,He owned several ":horses".One was a Ward LaFrance road tractor.I am sad to report that the truck has slipped out of my familys ownership.However I became a "top hand".I no longer "run the road". My acquired skills have served me well,I am currently a longshoremen.It is said I am the best Ro-Ro driver in my Union.It has been said road drivers are not good at backing up."long live ole horses,history"
This is one of the 'coolest rigs I have ever seen.
He's seen a 1919 that had the same landing gear. Sounds like the man is even more interesting than stuff he owns.
Really nice truck and job you did on it. Hope you and the truck are still rolling!
That is a sweet ride. Nice job with the restoration.
Awesome truck Lindsay !!!!!!! so much work has gone into your work of art
This guy was brilliant. If you keep that engine in the peak torque band you can save fuel and get down the road. Most in lines run around 1200 rpm peak torque, so if you run a little past that you can easily maintain speed. Most trucks today run 1700 rpm at highway speed. That cuts down the life of the engine and uses more fuel. These motors were meant to be lugged around 1200 or so. I bet that truck cruises really sweet.
An honest work of art, why can’t we build with class like before
longroadpro ~ Thanks for the heads up, just checked out the other VID and it was most interesting. These old "beasts" are SO interesting. Never drove a truck but I've been a car/classic car lover since about 1962 at age 15. Thanks for your posts and your effort, it's appreciated.
My buddy had one that was 4 wheel drive. It was a telephone pole service truck. Had a covered bed with a huge winch in the back.
He brought this truck to the 2008 ATHS Convention in Hutchinson,Kansas.He spent the whole week in a contest with Del DeYoung's Diamond T 950 to see who had the loudest exhaust. I wish I had a clip of that. He always drew a crowd when he fired it up.
I hope you are still doing well Don. It was a pleasure to listen to your description and to see what you have done.
Love these old Aussie finds
A old prospector looking guy. Gotta love this guy. Definitely a cool truck and guy
NOTHING BETTER THAN SEEING YET ANOTHER SURVIVOR CRUISING THE HIGHWAYS AGAIN :)
Yep! The newer ones had a lower initial compression ratio, which was more than made up with a turbo. The old Iron Lungs" even had a compression release which raised the exhaust valves so they'd crank. Delco came out with improved starters that eliminated the need for 24V systems. Boy, they could be a pain in the ass! How many people you know blew up batteries or damaged their cars until they learned the protocol to jump them off? Series-parallel hookups, I had one in a GMC with a KT-450.
The first diesel truck that I drove (In 1976?) was a 1954 IH KB12 2-axle-tractor .... 'IF' my memory is correct, it had a 220 Cummins in it with a 4&5 gear boxes. It had a 20-foot dump trailer behind it, and I used to haul broken concrete to the dump with it.
What an awesome truck ... and ONE GREAT JOB ON IT !!!!
Thank you so much for sharing all of it!!!
Be sure and save that old engine- the coolest part of old cars and trucks is their drivetrains! Not that that old diesel isn't cool itself :) Very nice work on a very nice truck!
Nice truck with lots of class. Trucks don't have class anymore. I drive a nice KW but most of the trucks today I'd be ashamed for anyone to see me coming down the road in one of them.
Awesome truck and owner. I’m amazed at the size of the rear view mirrors. Lol I would not be comfortable driving through those roads with them
Beautiful work and until you said it was a Cummins I assumed it was a Detroit 2 cycle from the way it popped on acceleration but then the split manifold made it all real
sheez aint that rig a beauty glad to see people still take care of these old machines
well I am/was an over the road hand and a backing up specialist.Which is what I do these days "Back that wagon up".Next year I intend to buy an old twin screw hood. a Mack,K-Whopper,or Pete "Long live da Oldies"
" Pervert Pistol Pete"
awesome truck
Longroadpro. My friend Terry had a 1964 International BC-160 tandem dump truck twin stick 20 speed 345ci V8 Gas IH engine. It was in pretty rough shape but not to bad. It had NO brakes all it had for stopping is it's gears. It was one of the 1st International dump trucks i've even been in. I wanna ask to do you know anybody down in the U.S. that has a International BC-160 or BC-170 4x4 dump truck. I know there are a few out there. If you can find any please make a video of that truck thxx
If I recall correctly, Jerome is built right on the side of a hill.
fantastic truck , .. great restoration, respect ! and 78 speed !!!
Great Truck Great builder Thanks
Really nice Lindsey, thanks for posting!
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@mccrackenphillip
The truck has an older NH series 300 Cummins. I don't remember the exact displacement of those engines, but I believe it was between 700 and 750 cu.in.
Nice clean IH .. I have a 1963 Lorain Front end loader with a JS-8 Cummins 401 cubic inches 180 HP with a Super charger on it .. It runs very good likes fuel ..
You need an either injector .. under the hood with an electric solonoid I have instaled many of them on various trucks loaders and cranes..
They shoot either 3 CC or 6 CC through a 1/8" tube into your manifold 6CC's for over 400 Cubic inches.. I use a 3 CC Injector on the JS-8 because I have to nurse it with 3 cc shots to keep it running when it's really cold .. 6 cc's is a bit too much for that ..
I give it two shots before I start cranking then as needed till it gets wamred up
back in the day we called supercharged cummins engines 'iron lung'
@SeaDollarsBertram
I believe it's a 300 Cummins if I remember correctly.
Outstanding work.
Iron Lung Cummins ran about 12 or 13 to 1 compression. You hit the nail on the head the first time, there.
I really enjoy all of your videos please do more...
The owner put in a NH 300 Cummins.
Originally the truck had a gas powered Hercules or Continental engine. I forgot which it was.
@longroadpro ~ I agree. When I logged that post I thought, "well, it's alot more than a hill but is it a mountain?" So I went with "hill" but I do rememeber it being BIG and steep. My (former) wife and I spent ALOT of time in that area back in the late 80's ~ isn't it a former mining town?
@lovetrain442 I think he was talking about how the pin activates the landing gear on the trailer. I need to watch it again.
just a great video with a great truck
very nice semi thanks for keeping up the history
@daexpediter
Pretty sure. I know it had a 13spd, that times a 2spd rear end and a 3spd brownie...yea, thats 78 possible combinations!!!
Cool huh?
@daexpediter
Don't worry about it man!
I shot the video... and I still had to scratch my head over what Don had going on there. He's one clever guy!!
What have they done with his hat?
Awesome truck. I'm trying to find an old international like this. Anyone know any websites and states I could fine one?
Gorgeous and well done, nice build
awesome Truck. .. thanks for sharing
I live in palmdale, we USED to have a drag strip. now we have a quarry instead.
i build wooden truck model replicas so i love your videos thanks for the inspiration
That is so cool. Thanks for showing us!
this is absolutely gorgeous!!
@criind
I believe that's right. A 13 spd. with a 2 spd axle and a 3 spd Brownie. Yup, that's 78 gear combinations.
Can't be sure why, but I had a V-8 Detroit so worn out, If I even shut it off for a minute, it needed ether to fire, from low compression. Not the case here, I'm sure. Still, old diesels didn't start easily, so, who knows. Non-turbo Cummins, with their high compression, like the old 250-horse 855s were so hard to start cold in Winter, you about had to plug 'em in; lots of them had 24-volt starters, too, before starters got good enough at 12 volts to start anything.
Super nice truck. Great vid, thanks for posting.
@billalbion well you could get the 8 speed (four gear box and 2 speed axle) and the ten speed (5 speed box)
which is more then enough...virtually all light lorries over here still have 8 speed boxes...so considering the bedford was from the 60's that's not so bad really..to drive it's just as good as an 80's renault midliner...in fact the brakes are even better than a lot of 80's vehicles surprisingly...
@richmondspeedshop
That's show where I first met Don Robertson. This was shot the following October.
@MrRonnieG
If you search RUclips for another video I shot on the same trip, Don talks alot about the history of the area.
The clip is titled Gold King Mine '26 Dodge part 2.
Não entendi nada, mas o caminhão é legal. Me lembra um que meu vizinho tinha. Isso em 1966. Eu era um menino com 8 anos, mas me lembro bem daquele international KB-11 verde com paralamas preto, trucado, transportando madeira.
oh wow that is so cool . wish I had a truck like this . did a good job on it
Beautiful truck
where did you find the air filter canisters? I am restoring a 49 KB 7 but I am having difficulty finding some parts. Thank you
I like your truck!
At first I thought it would be a diesel, until it started loping like a racecar
Yeah, but you couldn't use all those at once. Some gears would either duplicate, or were so close-ratio'd that you couldn't catch 'em. Some might even end up lower-ratio'd even tho you'd be working your way up. About all you could do is select an axle ratio and Brownie slot for a certain "range" and then work the 13-speed up. Low axle, UD Brownie first, then all 13 gears, then either axle up, or UD-DD-OD up is about it. About 17 gears. You'd have trouble axle-splitting the high range of the 13.
Yeah, look at 0:43. It looks like the kingpin is in the middle of the fifth wheel. I could be wrong. I have never seen that before.
would defeinantly recomend this to any old equipent enthusiest great place up on the side of a mountain
What Motor is in this? Sounds like a Cummins Big Cam?
@MrRonnieG
Oh it surely is. Pretty big hill.
A beauty for sure
Where is the super I like this button at? Great video awsome truck!!
It will be nice if you will travel to dallas tx i have a 1948 suburban
Beautiful job
great work ,love the trucks,do you also go do some kind of grizzled prospector re-enactments?
Wow!!! Perfect!!!
The king pin is built into the fifth wheel?
Love it
did he say 78 gears?
Really, really, nice truck.
Great Truck! Would a Cummins 6BT fit under that hood? I just found a similar truck.
Thanks
A 6BT would probably fit in a KB 6 or KB 7.
Parabéns!!, muito bom o caminhão Internacional, eu gostaria de ter um desse.
Cleudecil de Morares - Rolândia - Paraná - Brasil
It can't even be fun to drive something like that. 78 gears?
Super international man Mad Max!!!👍⚠️❤️