Love the old working KW's. Couple other ones in WA too. Drove a '60 KW water truck in the Olympics for Seton Construction in Port Townsend. Need a way to put out any fires while working on logging roads. The old KW still fits the bill. Bit of a bear to get it turned on some of those skinny mountain roads , but still cool old rig. They have another '61 KW that's a boom truck.
@@smokum0 I’ll pass on the critique to my 14 year old videographer daughter. Hopefully with a good script and a lot of hard work, our 4th you tube video will hit a lot harder! Haha
@@scottscheuerman8714 ya, it definitely does. I really only use the brownie in the field or in situations where I am really underpowered because it decreases my RPM splits down to about 250, which can be helpful
By the look of what we see out the windshield, a cow would have to walk a long way to get a belly full Never had a semi to move them , but taking cows to spring pasture was a joy . Those old girls knew where they were headed , and loaded pretty easy . Other end they came out the door , dropped their heads and started eating at a fast walk
Im trying to understand the transmission. Its two stick, but 1 looks like an old school 13 speed shift knob, with a hi-low shift under it. But most twin sticks dont use an air shift, so WTF?
I drove a 1965 2 axle narrow nose Pete with a 335 Cummins and a 4x4. It was my most favorite truck I ever drove in my 42 yr career starting in 1982. Thanks for the memories!
Awesome KW! I have never seen a truck with a 13 speed and a brownie box. I remember you mentioned in your other video that the brownie has 3 gears. Would that be under drive, direct and overdrive? Or low low, under drive and direct? Does that mean that potentially you have 39 forward gears?
Under, direct, and over. Yup, 39 gears. Really very little good reason to have it. Although I use the under in the field picking up hay. I little the twin sticks look for 1. And 2, it would have cost more money to remove it because the driveline would have needed a carrier bearing added. Thanks for the compliment!
Whats it like without air conditioning. It airconditioned, twin aftermaket on the dash. No power stearing must be har d. Shes got arm 1strong power stear .ing. Low horse powed mu st be rugard. Shes got lots of HP, around 120. All jokes aside great to see an old girl out working and not a museum piece just for shows etc. I love early trucks. As a kid in the 60s i would see a semi trailer in the town and dream of driving one. Sadly never got there. Great video and hope the old girl can see many more miles.
This old school truck is working like a clock and doing its job after restoration. There is no need for a sophisticated technology. Move cattle from point a to b. Well done.
Absolutely insanely awesome video man will you please see if you can do a really really really long ASMR video of you driving this truck and include it with engine start up and driving it through the city and on the interstate please that would be awesome. Stay safe man and have a great one.
Im not a trucker just a man that likes all kinds of vehicles. Thats awsome that that truck is STILL pulling its weight. Built during a time when Americans put pride in their work and the products they produced
I can't believe that these old 50 trucks are still running between 50s and 60s but they will last forever no matter what and they can still use them as work
