The Top 5 Greatest Trucks of All Time!
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- Опубликовано: 5 авг 2024
- Dave talks about his top 5 pick of best trucks EVER!
We talk about what was so great about these 5 models of trucks, and what makes them true classics!
5. International Transtar II Cabover
4. Kenworth Cabover K100
3. R-Model Mack
2. Kenworth W900A
1. Peterbilt 379
What's YOUR all time fav 5 picks of big rig trucks???
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The best truck ever made, is a truck that's paid for
I still own a custom 1976 Kenworth K100 with a tridem axle (three live axels) and a custom 750 HP Detroit Diesel engine. Great truck as you say.
Glad to see Mack on the list! Pete/KW guys tend to look down on the solid trucks Mack used to build!
I’ve only been driving for 3 years but I’ve drove about 3 different trucks in that time span. But my favorite so far is the one I drive now. It’s a 99’ flat top Freightliner FLD120 with a red top Cummins with 550hp. It’s got a 10 speed Rockwell tranny. I love this truck. I’ve been driving this ol girl for about a year now and I haven’t had any problems.
My favourite truck of all time was an R model Mack, 350HP Mack engine, 15 speed with deep reduction. I loved everything about that truck. I used to move heavy construction equipment like gravel crushers that were up to 60t, and so you had to be smooth and careful not to break anything. With the Mack you could feel everything the chassis and drivetrain was doing...it really fit like a glove and visibility in tight areas was excellent. The cab was nice and low so conveyors could swing over the cab with the stack folded down. Fuel economy was great and when you need the power and the boost came up she shook like a freight train. Man I loved that truck. Thanks for another great video!
Thank you sir!
Working for a Pete dealership and admire the heck outta them 389 and 379s. It's just a truck that for some reason never gets old and you can look at it forever. Very nice trucks. Not to mention the respect you get from other truckers when you own one (from what I hear).
I love my 379. I’ve driven 22-24 model year trucks and hated them then went back to the 05 379, favorite dash I’ve ever sat behind and it rides so smooth
Kenworth W900.
379 Pete.
I love the long hood with curved stacks. It looks like a bull going down the road
Here is my top five list of the best and favorite trucks that I have driven over the years.
#1 1990 Marmon 57P - 3406 Cat ,13 speed
#2 1988 Ford LTL 9000 - 444 cummins ,13 speed
#3 1986 Mack Superliner RW 713 - 500 Mack E9 V8 , 12 speed
#4 2002 Kenworth W900B - C15 Cat , 18 speed
#5 1998 Freightliner FDL 132 Classic XL- 3406 Cat ,15 speed
I think one of the purest old style conventiona built is a Western Star, steering column that doesn’t have 35,000 buttons on it is pretty old-school.
I have a family friend with a '05 379 with a C15, loaded with lights, it looks amazing.
My grandpas freightliner classic flattop 18 speed Detroit man i’d do anything for that truck in my book it’s the best because of the sentimental value
the Volvo F-12, grew up in my dads 78 mod, chassis nr 253 i think so very early. rebuilt in 80 after it burned and he got it then. ran it for 20 years my dad for it was such a good truck.
Great story, glad to hear that you made out pretty well.
I drove the International 4070A when in the Army in 74-76 in Germany. We were the first company in Germany to receive the commercial Riggs. The 70th Trans Co. and those trucks could haul and turn on a dime. We had the 15 speed Road Ranger with the Detroit with 400 HP and 430 ft lbs at the flywheel. I loved every minute behind the wheel of that big boy.
It looked exactly like the Trans Star ll that you showed. Very nice, thank you for this.
I drove a 91’ 379, beat all around truck I ever drove!!! 7 months without a single break down, surprisingly good turning radius, triple digits on the dash, pull 50K lbs cranes up hill like it was empty.... dream truck
lots of great memories as a kid hauling gravel with my Dad in the R model MACK still love them to this day
R Model Mack, one of the best trucks Mack ever made. I have a 91' year model and use it as a dump truck and pull a tag along trailer with it even to this day. I bought it at auction for $10, 000. Put a dump bed and hoist on it and have been using it since 2003. 350 engine with a 9 speed Mack trans, 44,000 lb. Mack rear ends with camel back suspension. Dayton spoke wheels all around. Blows a lot of smoke when you work it hard but has paid for itself over and over. Very dependable truck with low maintenance requirements. Starts right up in cold weather, no glow plugs engine heater or starting fluid. Wonderful on-off road truck. Not the fastest thing on the highway but will get you there and back. I love this truck.
LOL That's why they say; "Communication is Key."
Just found your channel. Nice list.
My Dad had an International Transtar II.
Nothing finer than 379Niner # 2 for light loads 1955 F 100
Thank you for all the great advice
And for teaching my wife, how to drive a 15 speed with six horses and mules moving around in the trailer back there
The Maxidine had a gold bulldog. It was a five speed with a triple countershaft transmission, which could deliver an unbelievable amount of torque.
My all time favorite is also the 379 pete. I had one in 18 speed with a 600 hp cat.
Nice!
I used to have pictures of longhood Kenworths and Peterbilts on my bedroom wall as a child. They looked so exotic compared to the Bedfords, Fodens, ERFs and Seddon Atkinsons I would see when I was growing up in 1980s England. I'd love to drive one at some point in the future :)
My favourite truck of all time is the Ford Transcontinental, a 1970s European truck which looked great and was way ahead of its time in terms of technology and driver-friendliness.
I remember the ford transcontinental. I was desperate for yank trucks after seeing Convoy and the transcontinental came out around that time...i tried to love it as much as a cabover Pete (with a reefer on) but as you say, there really was nothing to compare with American lorries.
Having said that, we had an Amey gravel pit near our house and i did love watching the ten wheel Scammel tippers come past the house
Learnt to drive in a 1979 W900A with a Cummins Big Cam 4 in it. Number 1 in my list!
Great list! Those K100's were so beautiful. I always loved seeing one of those come at me. I also agree, Pete really came into it's own with the 379 Pete. That's my favorite of all the rigs I've ever driven. It rode great, was tough, looked good, comfortable, and it was the right mix of price vs performance. And it held on to it's classic vibe when more and more rigs were turning to plastic in the 90's. Fun video!!
Thanks Michael!
Just found Yiur channel and am loving your videos and stories! Great channel with lots of information and history from a true hardened trucking vet ! Thanks again keep the videos coming
R model mack was my favorite! They would pull and rode good with a cab air ride system.
Very good video. I loved them older trucks. I had four Internationals in my life time. The best and last international was conventional that I bought off of Strimbu Trucking. It was a slant hood and very easy to turn and you could see everything in front of you.
Great picks, Dave! I still love the old cabovers. Some of my Favorite trucks are the Chevy Bison/GMC General and the Ford LTL9000. Also the Mack Superliner. Thanks for all the great videos!
1. Pete 379
2. W900L
3. Mack Superliner
4. GMC General
5. Kenworth K100E
fordrac1ng81 I like your list!
Drove 1977 W -900 for several years non-power steering and it took a barnyard to turn around really enjoyed it. Owned 1972 K100 one of the first double bunks on 4 bag airride good old truck. Bought a 1996 T-600 mid roof it was my favorite great ride and very comfortable great truck.
It's just something about Peterbilt that I love. Always wanted to learn how to drive a big rig. Even when I was little, but my pop talked me out of it. Might still have to consider getting my CDL license.
Started driving in 1979 transtar 2. 318 with a 13 speed had to drive with a blanket over your legs to keep from freezing in winter
Got a 2003 379 cat 6-NZ and I love it! 1,7 on the odometer and it has been rebuilt but running like a champ!!!
R model Mack would be my number one. Really amazing work truck with great reliability. Not a super fast motor but by God it sure could pull. Mack tough wasn't a joke...at least back when Mack trucks were Mack trucks. I just loved my grandfather's R model he drove for Chemical Leaman Tank Lines many, many moons ago.
They were a great truck! Bullet proof!
Mack's are great construction trucks, dumpers, mixers, and garbage collectors. Work hard every day, very few breakdowns. High torque engines pull good down to 1100 rpm. Too bad they got bought out by Volvo but nothing seems to stay the same in the trucking industry very long.
An R model MacK Conventional pulling a chemical tank??? Was your grandad rubber duck by any chance?
Great list Dave!
Mine has to be the KW’s now days. I owned a 2012 389 glider with Deteoit series 60 hwy spec and 2013 388 heavy spec deleted ISX600, both flattops. Couple years back I’ve converted to 2018 KW T800 X15 605 heavy spec, that’s what I own now and it’s #1 truck on my list especially in a tridrive configuration, as it looks meaner with floater tires up front, rides smoother as well then tandem. Pretty much drove everything in between during the years, from Volvos tandems to KW and Petes tridrives.
Funny story at the end! loved it. Thanks for the vid! keep up the good work here entertaining us!
I'm 19 and studying diesel technology and I've never truly driven a truck other than in and out of the shop at school but anyways I love the ol Pete 379's. I want to buy one with a CAT in it someday just to have. Not necessarily planning on being a truck driver but I just really want to own a 379
KW t680 has been my favorite truck to drive/ live in for weeks if not months at a time.
I agree on 379s as long as it's a big bunk opening, probably the best trucks ever made. Probably close 2nd would be W900L Arriocab.
But my all time favorite was my 1949 Kenworth butterfly hood, that was by far the funniest truck I've ever driven and I regret letting it go. There was just something magical about a worm summer night, arm out window, balling down the big road looking out over the left finder! Dang, I sure miss that truck!
One of my favorite trucks was a Mack superliner 82, i used to drive one of those back in 88 with 800 bags of cement 40 tons in mexico with a 350 big cam cummins and 14 speed, I loved that truck a little bit hard on your back because of the tipe of suspension.
I always enjoy listening to what you saying a great story teller
Great video Dave, as always. My favorite truck was the Kenworth. To me it didn't matter what model as long as it was a Kenworth. I never got the chance to drive a cab over but I heard that they were a very solid truck.
Well driver keep the wheels a spinning and the girls a grinning.
Thanks for sharing and God bless
Stay safe Roy! Thanks for writing in!
I learned to get my AZ license on an R-Model "Schmack" hauling 16 foot logs out the bush to the paper mill. 400hp "Something-Dyne" with only a 6 speed. You had to pull it at 1100~1200 in the hills. I used to drive an early 80's W900 KW with a 435hp 8-92.
I am retired trucker from the netherlands. I love these big american trucks. My favorite? That would be my first truck in the picture left from 1973: Mercedes 1418. You never forget your first truck.
I love your stories, I owned a 1980 Kenworth the LW924 model winch tractor. I had a 380 A block Cat engine but the people I bought from installed a 400 B block in it. I ran it with the factory settings for a couple years then I had opened up to 475 hp in about 1990 or 91 which was big power back then!
It had a 6 & 4 transmissions double over drive. 265” wheel base and yes it took 40 acres to turn it around. I hauled mostly heavy equipment back then so had a few extra pony’s was nice!
I drove a single axle Mack for a few years when it was assigned to me. Great truck. Loved it.
thanks for sharing, have a great long weekend, my fav truck would be the peterbilt 379, 2 would be the kw-w900a,3 international lone star, 4 r model mack and 5 would be freightliner fld 120 condo sleeper
Good choices! Enjoy the weekend!
T-800 wide hood and high hood and standard hood. Tough cab's! Turns awesome!
I only drove it once but I loved it amazingly and fell in love with them was a kw w900 1993 long nose but the hood was flat not slopped
Good list! When I logged we used a contract trucker that had 3 K100 KW’s with the big double bunk cabs. The were 3406B’s with 13 speeds and all 3 were solid black. That was a kool looking fleet. We used every combination of R model and Superliner Mack’s to haul with from 237 5 speeds to E6 350 9 speeds. My all time favorite is aW900L with a C15 Cat.
Good choice!
My favorite truck was a RS700L Mack with a 300 with a 13 over. My next favorite was a 1971 Kenworth K100 cabover with a 335 and a 5 and 3.
Daf was my learning truck, then I drove international, REO and Ford in the army, and later at work there were DAFs, Volvos and Renaults. Couple Ivecos. Now all the Japanese trucks are very popular, Isuzu and Hinos and Mitsu... My personal favorite is the Volvo and DAF. Lifelong dream for me is to drive a KW or a Pete.
Great video as always Dave... I've been in the road for only a fraction of the time you have. But I've had the privilege of putting many miles on a r model. Solid old truck. Probably my favourite truck to drive was a 2003 peterbilt with 270 inch wheelbase. Used to haul cows with it... Amazing ride. Rebuilding a 1994 379 right now. Looking forward getting it going down the road!
Bet you are! Looking forward to getting mine out soon too!
The first one I ever drove on our farm was a U model Mack with a 300 and 5x4. The next one was a GMC Astro 95 with an 8v92ta Detroit and 13 speed, also on the farm. Those are 2 of my favorites. The first tractor I ever bought is a 1995 Freightliner FLD12064 with an M11 Cummins Celect Plus and Super 10. I still own it as a backup in case one of the other 4 Shakers has to go in for service. My 3 drivers all started out in that one too. I knew that your 379 would be your #1. My #1 is my 2006 Classic XL. It has a Cummins ISX15 @ 600 hp/1850 tq, Eaton 13 speed and 3.73 Eaton rears. Thanks to my wife, kids and, now grandkids, it still shines like a diamond after nearly 1.5 million miles. Be safe out there cab driver!
I'm driving a 2019 389 long nose that's all blacked out and so far it's my favourite.
Wow! Nice!
I learned how to drive in one of those old Internationals. The steering wheel was huge. My favorite truck was a 2000 Freightliner Classic. Loved that truck. Cruise and Jake were on the stick handle. Awesome truck, but wheel base made it hard to turn. You need to worry more about getting tractor around the corner other than the trailer.
#5 is also the international transtar II. 4# peterbilt 362 double wide sleeper. This was a great work horse. Enjoyed driving this truck. #3 k-100 double wide areodine kenworth. Had 2 trucks back to back. #2 international 9300. #1 kenworth w-900 L.
Inbetween the trucks i had a pet 359 and 379. Great trucks also
1-- B model Mack, love the look
2-- R model Mack
3-- R model Mack
4-- R model Mack
5-- K 100
There's my top 5, but my wife will beat me one if I come home with more toys☹ good video have a nice Easter to you and yours from me and mine 🐰😎😎
Thanks Tom! I know about the wives, me too. Enjoy the long weekend!
@@SmartTrucking
You also!
1. A model Kenworth
2. 359 Peterbilt
3. W900L
4. 379 Peterbilt
5. 389 Peterbilt
That’s my personal top 5 cause I usually pay more attention to Kenworth’s and Peterbilts.
Good list!
Owned a 379 Pete and a 359. Both were good trucks. Pulled a skateboard with the 359 and a reefer with the 379. 359 was white 379 was blue. Both had lots of chrome. Talked on a Ranger 2950 backed with a 350 Texas Star leaner amp stacked with a 102 whip. Later taters! Great video. As always.
Great video Mr. Dave. I'm driving a 2013 Cascadia and drove a Volvo. I will be so happy one day to drive the old kenworth cab. Cheers from San Francisco California, please don't let's down with those amazing stories Mr. Dave.👍👍👌👌👏👏🙏🙏😁
Thanks for following Christian!
I’m so glad Mack made it on your list👍🏻 I have a very clean 87 superliner and I love it but I’m always looking for a deal on a 379 Pete
Superliner is a legend, peterbilt are a dime a dozen
Hold on to that superliner!
the W900 is the FOUNDATION of the modern era conventional... the lines and look of it still resonates today
Totally respectful. And honest. Rare gifts. Thank you. RSA.
My favorite truck was the last logging truck I drove. It was an '03 379 like yours. It was set up perfectly for what it did. C-15 cat, 18-speed, double lockers, and the Pete air ride. You could baby her easy all day and still get lots of work done. Couple of CH model Macks I drove in the nineties were really good highway trucks. After a number of new Freightliner fleet trucks that you needed to have a notebook to write down all the things wrong with them from the factory, the Macks arrived brand new and ready to work.
Freightliner, what can you say? They're all the same.
My favorite are the old Transtars, 352/362 and 379 Petes and old Wester Star 4800s
Love your list! The only exchange for me would be a Freightliner Powerliner with the KT600 at #1...my favorite! I like the Pete 351's with the 3408
Could you do a Top 5 favorite places you've been/ seen? I'm curious to know. Great video as always! Thanks Dave!
Top 5 roadside attractions
The Whites (only) truck-stop on 81...
I would like a video of his top five worst truckstops and I am sure there would be some stories on some of them old ones ... from back in the day ..😳 🤣
I can easily say the most beautiful place in America is Coeur D Alene, Idaho. Hands down
Good suggestion, will do! Thanks!
To be very honest I pretty much agree with your list, I drove them all with the exception of the Pete. I really wished I could have but always liked the 379. My dad owned. Diamond T with a Detroit 318 and a 4x4 two sticker. I was just a kid then but watching him drive that truck is a great memory of mine. Great video!
I drove a 73 R Model probably same specs as yours. Slow but pulled great. Probably my favorite truck was a 1994 International 9200 12.1 Detroit with 9spd since it was the first new truck I bought. Also liked the Marmon my brother had. He was always buying the fastest largest trucks he could. Scared me when I rode with him because he liked to show me how fast that thing would go. That Marmon was intimidating for me to drive. Hood felt like it was a mile long and it just felt like a truck on steroids. Would love to have one now since they are a rare truck.
379 BEST TRUCK EVER. I’ve owned 87 r model camelback w/300 own a 2000 fld120 freight shaker and now 2006 379. Driven 379’s since ‘04. Driven, international, freight shaker, kws, Mack’s, Volvo’s, and Pete’s. 379 best hands down
All time favorite truck W900L
I currently have a 17 W900L ext cab
2. Pete 389
3. W900A
4. International 9370
5. K100
Love hearing your stories!! I’d sit on the dog house as a kid and split gears on trans star my Dad was driving, he’d say split it and I just loved it! Thought I was a pretty salty 8 year old!!
I was always partial to the B-81 Mack with the quadraplex. Loved the B-61's too. Something about the butterfly hoods. But these were not long distance over-the-road trucks. For over the road, 359 Pete still brings stars to my eyes
Awesome video, my top 5 is a lil different, my dad was a trucker back in the glory days, he drove an old early model B Mack for a while then he got his hands on a White truck with a restored White engine and drove that till he had to retire due to medical issues, I like a bunch of the 1940 and 50's models but out of the newer stuff I'm a Pete and KW guy, I hate what they did to the new Macks. I sound like I know what I'm talking about but I'm still forming opinions, I'm about to hit my year and 3 month mark in the biz, found your videos and the red viking very helpful keep up the good work
Thanks Scott!
I had a 2000 Freightliner Argosy daycab with 285" wheelbase C12 Cat. Built a 32' flatbed for it. Used for lumber delivery around the midwest. Very unique looking truck.
2012 freightliner with dd13 engine, love it. 1995 western star with a 444 cummins.
I'm from Australia so some of these models may sound strange, but here we go..
5. Mack V8 superliner
4. Scania 113m
3. Kenworth k200 big bunk
2. kenworth t409 SAR
1. Kenworth c509
I could go on to list another 5 😆
My cousin has been restoring a K100 Kenworth COE. He got her stretched out to 300 inches. Air ride all the way around. All polished and chromed. Has the original 3408 cat been completely gone through. It’s going to be a beautiful ride for sure.
Wow! Very cool!
I drove the international transtar eagle and thought it was a great truck and i also drove the western star conventional they were also a very good truck
From 1997 till 2005 i drove a 96 379 pete with a 475hp c15 and and 18 speed. That was my favorite ride! Lots of power nice ride very few problems. That truck had 50,000 miles on when got 825,000 when I got rid of it
R model Macks were a good looking truck but i never drove one. Your story kinda reminds me of when I first started driving, I'd pick up a load here, deliver it there, go around to the other side of the building, load the same product I just delivered, and go back to where I started the trip, to deliver it. LOL!!! Never understood the concept, but I done that several times in the first couple year of my professional career.....
Hey Dave I have to agree somewhat with you and I have owned atleast 10 379,s all Cat powered . but the best all around driving truck was a 79 international 4300, drove great easy to work on and was quiet too.the not so hot Hot loads really make you scratch your head sometime. Keep up the good work
Thanks Jim! International used to build great trucks! Today, I think the trucks are still okay, it's their engines that have issues. But then again it seems ALL the new engines have issues! Thanks for writing in!
To continue; pulling a single bore SS tanker. Love your tutorials. Thanks for the videos.
Love how ya put mack in there.. them 80 r model Mack's are still running
They're tough trucks!
My father used to talk about his first truck, an F8 Ford i dont recall what year it was built. And the Autocar which was in its day a huge step up from the F8.
Oh yeah that was a few years ago.
Hi Dave,
Greetings from Rotorua, New Zealand. I served my apprenticeship as an Automotive Diesel Mechanic with International Harvester Company of New Zealand Ltd from 1974 to 1977, we didn't get the Cabover International Transtar here in New Zealand in those days, but having said that there were a number of them Imported here second hand from United States in the 1970's and converted to Right Hand Drive all had 8V71 Detroit Diesel 318 HP as you talk about them in the United States.
I would certainly agree with you they were a very good truck in their day.
Back in the late 1960's and throughout the 1970's there were other International models built and assembled in the United States and exported here in Right Hand Drive configuration those models were the International F1800D with 6V53 180HP Detroit Diesel the International 2010 with 250HP Cummins and the DCF 400 powered with 8V71 Detroit Diesel 290HP, I'm sure you would remember all those models ???.
The DCF 400, the International 2010 and the F1800D were extremely good trucks and very popular here, there was also another model called the 5070 also Detroit Powered imported from the United States in Right Hand Drive configuration but not that many.
In later years in Australia International Harvester built and assembled the 4200 Transtar with 8V71 Detroit Diesel 350HP and the 4300 Transtar with NTC350 HP Cummins and then later the NTC400 HP Cummins.
I drove an International 4200 Transtar on Interstate Overnight transport (OTR) out of Melbourne in the 1980's this was a very good truck 8V71 350 HP and 14 Speed Spicer Spoiler Transmission.
Thanks for doing this Video Dave most interesting to me as I am in my 60's now and reflect on alot of good days gone by, I could sit and talk to you for hours ~ great days gone by ~ never to be repeated.!!!
My all-time favorite truck is the W924 Kenworth I worked in Australia in the 1980's for a company that operated a whole fleet of them plus the SAR Kenworth which stands for "Short Australian Right Hand Drive" all Reefer work ~ alot hard yards in those days ~ alot of Produce !!! and alot of long hauls ~ 3000 kilometers up to Bowen, Queensland and 3000 kilometers back to Melbourne, Victoria,
but it was the best Job I have ever had in my life.!!!
I drove a W924 Kenworth in the United States in 1982 it had 12V 71 Detroit Diesel Engine 13 speed Roadranger, flat top trailer work ~ timber out of Portland Oregon to Los Angeles and General Building Supplies back up to Portland and Seattle out of Los Angeles.
I'd like to meet you one day on my next visit to the United States (it's on my Bucket List) drop us a line Dave in the Mail with your Email address my address here in New Zealand is :
AJ Bentley.
4 Twain Cresent,
Owhata, Rotorua. 3010
New Zealand.
I'd love to get a letter from you, !!! in the meantime happy trails, safe travels and take care mate. 😃👍
Kind Regards,
Alistair Bentley.
Rotorua, New Zealand.
PS : I'm watching this Video for the 4th time Dave ~ great Video mate.!!! 😃👍
379 Peterbilt ~ 👌👍😃 ~ Beautiful.!!!
North American Trucks ~ Simply Iconic.!!!
The Best ~ Very Biased towards everything American.!!! ~ and with the upmost Respect ~ Even the Ladies.👍👍👍😃
My favorite truck of all time is the peterbilt 352 cabover to me it's just beautiful
My favorite is the International 9300 hottest truck on the road in my opinion ! The 9400 is #2
My first truck when I went OTR was an 07 international 9200i full sleeper with C13 Acert pre emissions and for a little motor cranking 425hp w/10 speed Eaton, I could pass up almost anything in the Appalachians fully loaded. Don't look out the passenger mirror all you saw was black wen pulling those hills. Had air ride all the way around and that was a smooth truck turned real nice as well
Pretty good list. My Father had an International Transtar, One of my favorite cabovers. I also like R-Model MACKs.
I learned on a cabover Transtar. They were good trucks!
@@SmartTrucking Yes, my favorite cabover!
I love my 2001 379 flat top with a 6nz c-15 ! Hood pretty much down to bare aluminum but at the elevator it still gets the looks. And no emission crap. Open the hood and nothing but Cat .
Dave, I'm not a trucker but I kinda miss seeing those old slab-fronted cab overs. They, like the older KW and Pete conventional tractors had an in-your-face aspect that just said truck. Now with trucks it's the same as cars, I guess, in that fuel efficiency through aerodynamics means everything looks bland. Thanks for the story, and I can relate. Worked in shipping for a company and it was routine that the guy driving the truck was the last to know anything (usually non-communication within their company). Still, must have been frustrating to have busted your nuts across the continent and not even get an attaboy. Hope you and your co-driver took the scenic route back to TO.
Funny you should say that! We did take the slow scenic route back! The trip that took us fifty five hours one way took us over a week to get back!
You know they don't make them like they used to. Great list and those internationals were all over and those two stroke Detroit's could be heard for miles.
W900L set up for heavy haul, 9-13 axle configuration is the one... absolutely
Awesome trucks and video Dave, Thanks.
Thank you!
I owned a “80” K100 big cab. With the industrial cat. It’s was an awesome truck. I purchased in March of 87 when I slowed it down it had well over 5 million miles. I was the second owner and only the third driver. I sold it in Oct 2017. I sit in the same seat for 14 years till I put another seat in it.
My favorite truck I've driven is a 2006 Mack Granite. It was the first truck I ever drove that everything still worked the way it came from the factory, because the previous driver didn't run it into the ground. Second is the International Work Star, plenty of leg room and the three I drove had plenty of power, even the Wyoming wind couldn't slow them down. Third was an 06 Freightliner business class, because it is the first vehicle I have ever driven that I didn't wish the seat could move back another three or four inches. Third would be the old Ford L9000s, not very comfortable or quiet, but I don't think they could be killed. One of them would start on days so cold you wished it wouldn't; not fast or pretty but it would just work.
Hard to argue that list! I'd have to put the Superliner in place of the R model though. More engine options.
My 1st semi was a 1965Ford c800...390 gas & 5sp 2sp rear. Talking about room on that bench seat to sleep. For a gas engine it had the power to pull a 1953 Dorsey pup loaded with tires/wheels. I even used it as a wrecker at times by installing a 5th wheel boom. And I love cabovers...yeah! I own a 1951 REO and a 95 IH cabover ex Walmart truck.
Nice!
I had the Transtar and loved it , what a great corridor truck , and I finished up with a 2000 379
around 1.5 million I took the bunk off and cut the frame and its still running today around the GTA