1949 Kenworth Hauling Cattle 

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better than a new one.

The only trucks that old and still working are KW’s Pete’s and last but certainly not least, MACK my personal favorite. Thanks for sharing the ol girl with us diesel heads.

@@deborahchesser7375 thanks!

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As another cow, get me the hell outta this trailer to the slaughter house.

ROFLMAO @bill3641 😅😅😅😅😅

Mooooooooo!

Even if you go to die?

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They still make them very similar, in the US.

You’re right, back then you’d be lucky to drive that across country after a 100k miles since it would break down. Thank god they make much more reliable trucks today that you can put 1/2 million miles on with a good maintenance program

So true, truckers now can enjoy a cup of coffee while working…,,what a novelty

yet the old timers when i was driving between 79-99 preferred the two stickers.

How did 2 sticks actually work? Was one for low gears and other for faster driving or 2 separate transmissions?

@@Joe-qv6jh thanks! Sounds exhausting!

​​@@jordanlesamiz4599Not to mention no power steering and having to wrestle it at every turn, I remember it well.

You’re welcome, thanks for sharing!

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Yes, just so, your dad told you true. Its easy on the entire drive train, & so economical. I clocked up over 5 mil kms & it still wasn't burning oil between changes on the Cat C16 @ 26lbs. boost in my KW T904, pulling triple flat tops out to our remote mines in Western Australia.

@@returnofthenative awesome stuff!

@@jordanlesamiz4599 Maybe, but mine don't go back quite as far as 1949. my earliest was the W model, naturally aspirated Cat B, & Spicer box. Flash too in its day, with an add on crawl in sleeper box at a time when most still slept over the wheel. Its hot here, very, very hot, so I mostly slept in a swag (bedroll) under the lead trailer, cool water in a canvas bag hung on the bullbar. No propane either, so I carried cook wood for the desert roped on over the dolly drawbar. Long range fuel in 44 gal. drums over the drives. There wasn't much, sometimes not even a road at the end of the dirt. That can still be the case though, if you are servicing drillers, who are always the first in. BTW something that never fails to bug me now is seeing people reving out in the crawl gears, before shifting up on roadranger boxes, it just puts a ton of strain & needless wear on the entire drive train. I was looking at late 1800s US historical photographs of frontier towns just the other day, & contrasting that with their modern equivalent made the shocking discovery that by a very long stretch, the son of a boy in those photos may still be alive today. Only just, but certainly many a grandson could be. A channel that you might like, with interviews & film footage of the oldies, loggers, fishermen, farmers etc. is Gary Kerr.

@@returnofthenative thank you so much for this post and history!

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That’s cool, thanks for sharing!

So true, thanks for commenting!

Your welcome and thanks for the kind words

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Cant speak to cross country but my dad Had a lot of trips riding to Seattle and back. He remembers the trip taking just over 24 hours. He said it was so much slower because you had to take all the old county road because there was no interstate

It's a hard life in the old Iron. I don't think any, mbe 1 or 2 of the modern steering wheel holder can do it..they are to soft

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Awesome, thank you for watching

Thank you and we’ll said

Thanks for watching, I’d love to hear your thoughts at some point!

I know what you mean, I got my class A in a 1957 very much like this one (back in 1977)

No explanation needed.having lived on a ranch, trucking since I was 15, wrenching and building truck. We understand the memory

Thanks, My kids are making me promise to put up more videos, haha

@@jordanlesamiz4599it’s good to see another video of the truck. I thought your truck looked familiar and I was right. Checked out your channel and saw the two videos I watched a couple years ago. I had thought you were planning on doing more videos about the truck but gave up at some point. Nice to see you and the truck are doing good.

@@snydedon9636 thanks!

If it wasn’t for him I would’ve never learned how to turn a wrench or weld. I have my love of machines and for equipment because of him. Thanks for the sentiment.

Man Power .....armstrong steering !!

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We’ve worked it for 70 years, wouldn’t make sense to stop now!

You are 🙏

How many times did have to stop and start over in that old Mack?before getting it right😅😅

@mikecross4350 several. Once you get the hang of it I enjoyed it.

Wish I could share a picture of the 75 Mack I drove. 5 on the left and high low reverse on the right side

Agreed, thanks!

Thanks Anthony. It’s pretty cool to think about

Thank you! It was a lot of fun

It really is. That old Bakelite? wheel too. So big.

There will be thank you

Agreed!

But when that elec. trucks catches fire you can BBQ a steer real fast!!

Love that movie!

Me too Ole Dennis Weaver

@@brandonbarthel8377 how can he go so fast!?!

Thank you so much! Remembering days hauling cattle with my dad are my fondest memories. Thanks for sharing!

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Thank you, I get a lot of thumbs up

Man….a deal like that…..how can I say no….haha thanks

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Thank you, it has a 3 stage and I had it on 1.

Appreciate that….

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No doubt about it!

And they are way better looking too than all these new trucks and don’t even get me started on the EV trucks

@@shadetreeshenanigans604 That is right, the steel parts can last centuries and be cleaned and painted like new over and over again! Plastic deforms by time and temperature and eventually falls apart. A relative of mine is still driving a WWII Mack truck and he said, it is still the most capable truck amongst all of the trucks his friends have in terms of towing power. it is the only truck which can pull 90 tons! low speed but high power.

Thank you sir

Thank you for the kind words !

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Thanks for watching

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@@jordanlesamiz4599 Hey, thank YOU for the ride!

You are welcome, small cams definitely have a unique sound!

Well said, thanks!

Great question……I wonder, definitely a different skill set is required🙂

Probably less than 80% I guess you drive a automated your special. I started with tractors and heavy equipment then a 72 white cabover.

@williambillwaynerobertson930 if your referring to me you would be confused, I hate automated transmissions, I learned how to drive in a '71 W9 small cam 350 and a 5 and a 4 , drove several 4 and 4's little window Pete's drove a '62 Autocar etc , I got in an old Freightliner one time that had 3 gear shifts, do you know what that combination is ?

@@kevincarter5854I don’t know the answer to your question, but I’ve wanted to drive an Autocar ever since I saw the movie “Over the Top” when I was a kid haha

@jordanlesamiz4599 the 3rd gear shift in the 1963 Freightliner was a 2 speed rear-end, it was a two axle tractor with a jif lock to make it a 3 axle, and it had a 4 and a 4 for transmissions, I only drove that one day, I've never seen another one. Yes the Autocar's I was told were the top of the line back in the day.

I’d love to see some video of that truck!

8V71 "screaming demons!" of the Detroit Engine Brand. Drove so many trucks with this engine back in the day, I still hear the ringing in my ears ftom the exhaust noise. Their distinct engine tune could be heard from several miles away.

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Awesome, thank you sir!

I don’t understand how he thinks he can drive a truck? Where’s the flip flops and headphones? I believe it’s mandatory to wear them, also you can’t speak English and must wear gray sweatpants 🤷‍♂️

@@RustyZipper LOL you speak the truth!

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This truck was originally red, with beige interior

Thank you! Where was/is Kiabab lumber located?

@@jordanlesamiz4599 I think they were bought out long ago. But they were in Fredonia Arizona for the mill, most the trees were cut and Hauled off the Kiabab plateau in northern Arizona.

I think it was the pre-interstate hwys that were the biggest challenge. Never know how fast a truck would go cuz you had to stop for a flashing signal light with nobody around for miles. Except the cop with his lights off watching that light.

You tell'em, brother ! 👍😉

Tough men create easy times, and easy times create weak men. We are in the weak men cycle, and it's about to create much harder times

The first tractor assigned to me 30 years ago was a GMC Brigadier with no air ride seat, no A/C, no power steering, and I ran lower Manhattan with a pup. Good times.

Not really. You get a dui for just having a beer.. you need to a of license. Lol lol you had it easier and better. Any day I would kill to go back in time to do this. Not anymore. You are a sally. If you really thought you had it hard.

Thank you, I’ve found a few places that can and will repair it. Honestly, it is the next logical repair.

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Didn’t know that, thanks. Good question…..I don’t know, but fast. 80ish🤷‍♂️

@@jordanlesamiz4599 Do you know what gears it has? Cool to see you are in Oroville, orchard counrty!

@@alleyoop1234I don’t know the gear ratios…..I should figure that out. It has 4:10 rears🤷‍♂️

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Great history there, thanks for sharing!

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Sure does, thanks!

Thank you, I appreciate it

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Yes they are, thanks!

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So cool!

Thank you for sharing!

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@@jordanlesamiz4599 Glad to do it. Driving a truck is not an easy way to make a living.....

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Hopefully for a long time to come

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It really is… I need to slow down and appreciate it more.

@@jordanlesamiz4599 indeed. Nicest gals I’ve known more often than not had great dads and a great relationship with them. You go brother!

Yup, it just works!

Thank you!