@@kleetus92 If Potato Joe and The Squad have their way, diesel trucks will be outlawed in eight years. They intend to "go green" with electric trucks, and wind and solar.
Yep. I remember those old 318 Detroits. Id run from L.A. to Bakersfield with 80,000 lbs over the Grapevine at 16 mph with my foot on the floor. We used to call them “Yamaha’s” back in the early 80’s.
Dang 16 MPH? I remember some trucks going pretty slow on the Grapevine back in the day, but 16MPH wow that's slow. We had an old Chevy station wagon and it blew the radiator cap on the southbound side one time around 77 or 78, right at the start of the hill. The shoulder lane was a truck lane only and there was nowhere to pull off, for like a half mile or more, till finally we found an opening. Dad had to walk back to the bottom of the hill to get another radiator cap and antifreeze. So we sat there in the 110F heat and waited and waited and waited. Finally dad showed up with a new cap and antifreeze, filled her up and drove off to LA. There were some tense moments pulling back out in the highway, but I guess when the trucks are only going 16 mph, it's not too too hard to get back into traffic!
The sound of the woods that’s all you heard from hauling logs out the the mountain landings to the skiders yarding timber up the slopes. I’ve got one foot in the old school and one in the new school I guess that makes my generation I’m fortunate.
I sure do miss that old school Detroit sound. It's music. I can remember riding in my uncle's GMC cabover 12v71 Detroit Jimmy. It was a 1978. The last time I saw his truck was in the mid 90s. The engine over heated and caught on fire burnt through the interior of the cabover. That's all I heard. But glad no one got hurt.
I remember very well what they sounded like- how they were- gorgeous truck and power plant,Dude Those "Appalachian hummingbirds"- "Detroit screamers" sounded very distinctive- detroits, they sound damn great- much power.. .to all commenters- Dont sleep on IH- they have a dt466 which is called "the legend" they have diesels in house that go up to 450HP easy. BUT THERES A MAGIC HERE- what a beautiful combination- God bless bro
Brother, I thought I was going ta start crying. In that 8 minutes and 11 seconds you took me back 42 yrs ! When I got out of the Marines my older brother had bought a '72 transtar 4200 and was haulin' rock with it and he taught me how ta drive and bought him another and I ran the wheels off that screamin' ass Detroit for 3 yrs before I moved up to a cabover Pete. That was a sweet thing you did for your Dad. I see Torsee said "No A/C" . Back in them days if you had A/C you were shittin' in high cotton hand. We did'nt care about no a/c , hell , I was 20 yrs old and driving a big rig, I did'nt care about no a/c !! 42 yrs later I'm still doin' that deal, except in a $185,000 KW W900, times have changed. thanks for the video bub, great one !!
charles c the move from that 4200 to a cabovers Pete was a serious step down bud. I ran 4300s and then in 85 a, what was is, 9750? A few years later navistar bought international and turned them into junk. They were really good trucks before navistar.
8V-71 doesn't need to wind up a lot ,,it doesn't sound like he is going much over 2100 rpm or so ,, without seeing the tach i could only guess ,, but i have done a lot of miles driving detroit powered trucks ,,my heavy haul truck i use on my farm is an international 7800 and it's got a 12V-71 TA ,,and it has to hit 2500 for max power ,,I generally shift gears at 2400 or 2500 ,,it redlines at 2850 and puts 700HP to the wheels at 2600
@@andrewking9761 13 speed with 390 Rears. The truck originally had 444 rears and it but we had to replace the whole back half of the truck because the body was so bad.
If you were under a load and lugged a 318 you would blow it sky high. We pulled doubles to Chicago with single axle Astro’s. After we blew up several our mechanic told us to always keep the rpms tight against the governor which was 2500. Problem solved.
long live the screamin jimmy ,,I'm a massive fan of detroit power I have several trucks and pieces of equipment at my farm with detroit engines everything from my semi tractor to a couple farm tractors and my home standby generator ,,I've become a collector of detroit diesel engines since they ceased production of them in 1995 I have collected over 250 different engines ,,the 8V-71 which is what this one is happens to be very common ,,6-71 /6V-71 and 6V-53,I have a garage full of them along with transmissions and parts for them too ,,I have a number of 8V-92 and 6V-92 engines saved from the junkyard as well ,,along with several 12V-71 marine engines and about a dozen truck engines ,,even a rather rare 12V-92 ,,,I eventually hope to have one of every detroit engine ever made ,,the one i want the most is a 1-71 ,,I have a whole pile of 2-71s and generators ,and also a couple 3-71s and about a dozen 4-71s ,3-53 and 4-53 engines aren't so common but i have 1 3-53 and a pair of 4-53Ts that are former marine engines these engines are so musical in their sound and there is nothing that will silence the noise
I drove one of these in the 80s pulling a set of powder tanks one of the roughing rideing trucks i ever drove with flatbeds it wasnt to bad but those tanks it bucked worse then a cabover
Mazn W. It's a 13 speed and the splitter is integrated into the transmission. Gives a half step ( 250 rpm drop ) between gears. Definitely needed with these non turbo Detroits.
it's even more annoying with a splitter and a split transmission ,,,I've got a 4x6 twin stick and it still has the splitter ,,trying to remember what gear you are in sucks with all of the possible combinations my truck is a 1974 international 7800 military transporter ,,6x6 truck with a 3 speed transfer case , 24 speed transmission with the splitter behind the 12V-71 detroit ,, I learned to drive on this truck 28 years ago as a farm hand at just 16 ,, ,, this thing will drag ANYTHING you want to hook to it ,,if the truck won't pull it the 75 ton winch behind the cab will move it ,,it was built as an oil field heavy haul truck in 1974 ,,for loading heavy equipment I've been trying to teach my sister's 16yr old to drive it and he still hasn't got the pattern down yet
Newer trucks go for environtmental shitty regulations and less sound to protect newer generation ears from bleeding or someone who do not like a specific soul of an engine... I am an 18-y.o boy and I love the old-skool rather than new and environmental friendly vehicles... I mean, if people didn't littering the soil and sea, also if people didn't not use their personal mobility oftenly and also didn't cut more trees, I think the world is gonna be fine...
Yeah she’s definitely a Dinosaur Detroit, roaring at the top of her lungs and not going nowhere. Used to run em in my boat, rattle the teeth out your mouth.
B815SX That’s for sure. I’ve got some of my grandpas tools , when I use em it’s very relaxing and I take my time and breathe a little, and treat em as if they are gold. Also the memories. He must sense his dad in every gear change.
Yeah, a big part of that 'find 'em, grind 'em' comes from no one teaching them how to shift properly...had an old guy who drove since trucking almost began, teach me that the different engines needed different RPM shift points...Cummins shifts 'low' (1500-1800-rpm), Cats shift higher (1900-2200-RPM), and DD's are WAY on up there...2100-2500-RPM...plus, you have to 'get used to the truck you are driving', before you can 'butter the gate' (as he would say)... OBVIOUSLY...aren't too many that are taught this, anymore...because you NEVER hear this taught...the world is eat UP with 'automatics'...and new truckers get about 2-days of training, then are let-loose on the world without a clue, anyhow...what insanity.
Skeeter Saurus Kinda spooks me out that what I’ve learned from old timers I’m passing on down now and I’m only 45. Dammit I shoulda listened better and asked more questions from those old guys. I say it like that but I don’t mean anything but love for em. Not like I have gotten bored when I’ve been told back in the day tales , but I’m gonna prod for more info from now on!
I am a MACK BULLDOG FREAK- as of late I have fallen hard for iH trucks- I H- trucks - they have this legendary Pedigree from the logging industry days Goodness WHAT A BEAUTY! God bless
Dragonfly, LOL! Couldn't have been any worse than a C.O.E. 60 series GMC with a worn-out 6V53, a 5 + 2, and a 500 gallon stainless milk tank on the back!🤣 It was pretty embarrassing being passed on the Pa. Turnpike by VW buses on a regular basis (back in the 70's when VW buses were still about the slowest thing on the highway).😁👍
Thanks for the memories drove a 69 Autocar strait pipes 318 detriot 13 speed RR back in the day pulling a trailer dump I miss that old truck and man was she loud !
That's the sound of sweet music to my ears, thank you. My dad always wanted a Detroit diesel engine he said they "sounded like a greyhound bus and ours had a 10 speed over/under spicer transmission. I use to do burnouts on gravel roads with it when my dad wasnt there. Awesome memories!
I drove both the fleetstar and loadstar for work. No powersteering or a/c but they had intermittent am radio. They'd work every third bump or so--- lol. Then, over the course of 31 years in fire and ems I drove a bunch of them, from old two stick gmc's and 5/2 Louisvilleliners with front mount pumps and tailboards, road tractors and oil field brine haulers converted to tankers, open rear bench Ford 'C' cabs, to the 'new and improved' high tech crap they call fire apparatus today-- binders and freightliners that ran to the shop like a spooked horse to the barn. Too much electronics and computers (wasn't worth running the siren and lights on some of them that wouldn't get out of their own way!). Nothing like an OLD Detroit, Cummins, Mack, or Cat with a manual trans singing as it goes down the road with a mechanical 'Federal Q', an electronic siren, and air horns warning the traffic ahead. Was much simpler in the good ole days-- .
That's pretty cool truck,I'll bet it's a blast to ride in it,That's nice gift for your dad and that's pretty cool that,you brought back his truck that he enjoys,That truck is show quality in my book,keep on trucking
Because I used to drive a Detroit powered Mack R7 Wrecker with straight pipe's {Guy before Me } it took just a few hour's of the SOB Screaming in my ear all day everyday before I convinced my boss to let Me replace them with the stock factory exhaust .. Yes it was still a screaming Detroit but I could actually hear at the end of the day ...I surely do miss that Ole Mack .. Your truck is a winner My hats off to you ...
Now, THIS has got to be one of the best if NOT, the BEST sounding diesel engines in the world!!! Puts some WEIGHT on the back and you can REALLY make those stacks sing a melody to your ears!!! I would love to have that just to make a run every now and then! 😃😎👂👌💪❤
In the early 80s I drove an International 4300 with a 350 Detroit and a 13 speed hauling heavy equipment...later in life ran an 88B Bucyrus with a v 12 Detroit love those sounds
You brung water out my eye bud. My UNC taught me in 1 just like it hauling produce in thelate80s Dammit man so many memories RIP UNC.Iceberg Slim Reese Sc state farmers market.😢
Your engine is the wrong color.... LOL... But the oil drips are always the same color... Love the sound that starts at around 1800 to 1900 rpm reaching a divine crescendo at 2400! That Detroit is healthy. Used to work on these at a diesel shop back in the day, rebuilt countless cylinder heads and ran the "overheads "on quite a few resetting valve and injector lashes.
I love it you're driving and exactly the way you're supposed to drive at 3:18 Detroit I grew up with my dad and it's 72 KW cabover had a 318 Detroit Thanks for the Memories
Gorgeous . A REAL International . 8V71N/A . I have to presume 318 means Horsepower . 318 also happens to be the Cubic Capacity of the 6V53 . Old Girl sounds VERY Healthy . Lovely old unit .
This truck looks very cool especially with the 2 cycle Detroit Diesel engine in it. In fact, this truck isn't just cool, its one of the coolest looking restoration projects in the world. Needless to say, the 2 cycle Detroit I think is one of the coolest engines in the world and there is nothing else that can beat it. Anyway, very nice thing you did for your dad, this restoration is an absolute beauty and I am really digging it.
Seeing and hearing that truck sure brings back memories of the old days.I drove one like that as well as a GMC 9200 twin screw.Loved them Only thing that was bad is they didn't like the hills in my state of N.H.
