There is almost no demand for COE highway tractors in North America. Freightliner made these for Australia for years after they were discontinued here, and Kenworth still makes their similar K200 for Australia.
You know the first COE I drove was an 1964 International (Emeryville) with a 220 Cummins, 15 speed (5 speed transmission with a 3 speed splitter), rubber ride suspension, spoke wheels, the seat bolted to the floor. You talk about a rough ride, it was. The front fenders would swing out toward the front to check oil & such. This is a nice COE compared to the old days.
Mine was a 78 Peterbilt 352, 1693 cat with a brakesaver with a 4x4 transmission and spring ride, it was actually a pretty spiffy truck in 81, then in 82 I drove a 74 Coe freightliner with a 335 Cummins with a 4x4 and spring ride, the only cabover I never got a chance to drive was a Marmon and diamond reo, I really can't count all the trucks earlier than them, it was a bit before my time.
@@whotf888 It is basically a block of rubber that set in a housing bolted to the underside of the frame rail & a block of big block of rubber that set in a housing bolted to the top of the axles. As the rear ends would move up & down the rubber would hit together keep the axles from hitting the frame. Same on the front end. Rides rough as a cobb. It was on a 1966 model International Cab Over that I drove.
My first experience in a cab over... I believe it was an early 70's International, but I am not sure anymore. You would think I'd never forget... Just a few, but certainly not all of that trucks quirks and personality: 1. No power steering. who really need to be spoiled by this anyway? Any driver worth a dotted line can muscle through anything! 2. Battery powered AM/FM radio cutting in and out as it bounced around dust taped to the dash board, the only place it got any reception. If you are lucky, you might be able to make out just enough music to figure out what song is playing. 3. Turning on the air conditioner meant shimmying the windows open with one hand while turning a pair of rusted out vice grips on a stripped out bolt with the other hand. 4. Heater was an old blow dryer wired to an inverter, and duct taped to the dash to help "defrost" the windshield. This was also your hand heater, during the 4 minutes it ran before it overheated. 5. Door locks consisted of a rope with two hooks that connected to hooks bolted to the inside of the doors on either side. 6. The "air ride seats" consisted of the open space between the kitchen chair you were sitting in and the floor. 7' Fuel gauge? Stop the truck, get out and plunge a dipstick into the tank. A flashlight is helpful at night. 8. Use the same flashlight at night to view the air pressure gauge, AKA the only working gauge on the whole dash. 9. That same flashlight and some duct tape also came in handy when the headlights flickered off while going down the road... Always have a spare flashlight too, duct tape only holds for so long, especially during rain/snow. 10. Left home without your hammer? better find a rock or something or you will never get home. 11. Always count on at least 2 unscheduled and involuntary pit stops per trip, AKA checking the quality of the shoulder of the road. 12 Be careful what you put in the side box, as the door consisted entirely of... you guessed it... DUCT TAPE!!! 13 Run out of duct tape? Just start hitchhiking home now, because getting out and pushing is not a feasible option. 14. Don't get me started on the "dance" procedure required to cold start it... If you messed any part of it up, you had to wait no less then 47 minutes before you could try again... If you tried before that time was up, you had to start the timer all over again. 15. You think DOT inspections give you nightmares in whatever you are driving? Why bother with log books in this truck anyway? iI you get caught even LOOKING in that trucks direction, your days of driving are over!!! Overall, Makes me laugh when I hear some driver complaining about the "junk" they have to put up with. They have no idea what it is to pay their dues. The REAL truckers reading this are the ones that are smiling and nodding there heads because they recognize this list all to well, and would have no trouble adding to it. Trucks sure have come a long way over the past few decades, and most of these drivers today have no clue how easy they have it compared to the "good ol' days."
You forgot something concerning Duct tape- the whole roll was your coffee mug or drink holder, on what little dash board you had in a cabover. Duct tape also kept cold winter wind from blowing up through the ever deteriorating shifter seal,which never ever gets replaced before winter. Duct tape helps keep the broken sleeper vents closed in sub zero temperatures, while you are hammered down to make your appointments. There must have been a million uses for Duct tape, that are now forgotten because cabover trucks are no longer manufactured in the USA .
Greetings from the Ohio Porters! 🇺🇸 I saw one of these a long time ago at the truck show in Kentucky. I was quite amazed at the features, but really didn’t want to go in debt at that time. I sure missed out! This truck is rather cool, long and has the power and looks! 😎🥰 I tried to check out the listing…it must be gone…July 2021. Wonder what it went for? They sure are popular over in Melbourne! I wish they still made these cabovers here in the USA! 😎🇺🇸
Not too long that looks like a Fairways flatbed truck their Canadian. and haul long steel. I'd say it's a 240" wb like the old JBHUNT flatbeds that ran out of Birmingham back in the '90s 104" BBC Argosy comparable interior to a 58" century/Columbia flat floor and all.
My first cabover was was a GMC Astro, with a Detroit Diesel 6V92, and a 13spd. It was a screaming demon. The windshield and radiator grille was so large, in winter it made for a cold as a well diggers azz in Montana trip. So cold when I got to my destination before they opened I had to uncouple and drop the trailer and then turn the tractor around and but up to the trailer to slow the wind down from coming thru the windshield, grille and doghouse. Damn I miss them DayZ.... Not! 😆🤣
I .miss mine I had a brand new one .I got injured in 1994 now I'm old but it's a shame these kids will never the have experience of driving a cab over .Your visibility was much much better but I've seen cabs sheer off out there all you. had was a couple of hinges holding it on .
Very old COEs are often very long as a customization, not for any practical reason. In this vintage, they are usually sized to accommodate a dromedary box between the cab and fifth-wheel, but it is not obvious why this one is so long. Another commenter said that Fairway uses these to haul loads of long steel on flat deck trailers, and that makes sense - hauling long steel sections that overhang the front of the trailer, so they need the long cab to fifth-wheel clearance.
This is a Canadian truck I thought it might be from Fairway Transport outta Ancaster area as they're the only company still running those trucks, plus the colors gave it away.
@@rodpalmer4652 specifically Australia. Freightliner stopped selling the Argosy here in 2006, but kept building them in the USA for the Australian market (RHD, of course) until 2020.
I expected to hear and see more information about this curious flat front freightliner,info like the mileage and price$ and how much could it be negotiated¡. Still that's a very nice truck¡.(Holly Butt's heater? like any other cabover truck?.🤔😅🤗
Они у нас в России и Украине по дорогам ездят но все в старой комплектации не с такой радиаторной решеткой и высокой кабиной в основном все белого цвета, ещё много Интернешнл 9800 Джи би хантовских
Almost most purchase one in 2010 it was a custom build 2005 with a cab of 140 in with 500 gallons of fuel tanks 2 150 gallons & 2 100 gallons . Dark blue with gold markings they where asking $40000 I offered them $35000 they said no call them 1 hr later said I would pay full price the told me they sold it 20 minutes after I left never found one like it .
I would give you my wifey for a week if I could drive it for a week. I didn’t know you could still buy cab overs in 014. Though they were dead back in early 80’s.
The Argosy was sold in North America until 2006. It was produced for the Australian market and as gliders until 2020, and other cabovers are still in production for other markets.
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They were made until 2020. This is the second generation, which started in 2012. Argosies this new in North America were generally built as gliders and then fitted with older engines; the Detroit S60 engine in this truck went out of production three years before the truck was built, so it's probably an even older - before emission controls - engine.
