5 of The BEST Cabovers EVER Made!

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5 Of the BEST Cabovers EVER Made! In this video, Dave lists HIS picks of 5 of THE BEST Cabovers EVER built!
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@SmartTrucking 2 месяца назад

Hey there Driver. Thanks for taking the time to drop by to check out today's upload. Well how do you feel about our choices? What are YOUR top picks of the greatest cabovers EVER?? Love to hear from you.

@derekhealy1950 2 месяца назад

You forgot about the old Ford Cabover

@matthewhansen5008 2 месяца назад

Clean cabovers on the road today are a head turner for sure.

@fredbezemer394 2 месяца назад

I've owned Freightliner cabovers and driven Kenworth K100 although ride is not as smooth as conventionals but were really quiet IMO.. but my knees hurt with just the thought of jumping down out the truck 😂

@relaxing_white_noises_by_j1980 2 месяца назад

That Peterbilt 362 was drop dead gorgeous!

@truckinfool3550 2 месяца назад

I didn’t get into the industry until the early 90s, but my first truck was a ‘90 Freightliner flat top,and I also drove a ‘77 KW K-100 with air assist power steering, a V8 Cat, 13 speed, and stump puller gears. I think it revved out around 60 mph. I always liked the last generation International condos with the flat floor.

@giantsquid222 2 месяца назад

Love the look of the K100 hands down my favorite

@mikelavelle5019 2 месяца назад

I learned to drive in a '79 K100 in 1993. I drove the K100 Vit Aerodyne in "BJ" colors and a Teal color. And I became an owner operator with "86 and '89 Freightliners... Good times.

@ED-ti5tc 2 месяца назад

Never owned a truck but I've driven 84 362 pete and 84 9670. I loved both. When i was 18, me and my dad was going to buy a transtar 2 and hit the road but no one would insure me. But love cabovers!

@ksw501 2 месяца назад

Thought the Ford CL9000 was sharp

@paulmullin224 2 месяца назад

Until one of the airbags in the cab gave up......looked like they leaned over enough to throw the driver out of the window on the door..

@hamishkay3010 2 месяца назад

I've seen loads and still see loads of American cabover trucks not just at truck shows but also on the road here in the UK and when i went to New York. Most of those cabover trucks were heading out of NYC and going on the highway long distance. My love for old school trucks will never die and I can't wait to get my own Longhood and cabover truck in the USA.

@johnmcdowell9059 Месяц назад

thank you for supporting the cabovers i own a 1979 white western star cabover # 4 of 620 built in '79 my son and i qwn it the top cab lights are not the bullet lights but the round lights the wheel base is 253 its been a local truck since brand new the original driver and owner ordered it a year and a half before it was built thank for letting me share this with you

@stevespriggs3302 2 месяца назад

The ford cl9000 ,my 1984 was my first truck. Loved that truck. Stay safe

@SmartTrucking 2 месяца назад

Stay tuned to this channel for an upcoming video on that model 😎😎😉👍

@jessiemorton423 2 месяца назад

My first new truck was a 1974 352 Pete, loved it! Also loved the ‘81 Freightliner I got new!

@hoost3056 2 месяца назад

Had a KW K100 with a Cummins and a 13 speed. The best to me were the K100, the Peterbilt 352/362, the International flat floor cabovers with the setback axle, the GM Astro/Titan twins ( big glass and great steering position )

@pootmahgoots8482 Месяц назад

I was a little surprised that the Ford CLT9000 didn't make the list. My grandpa had one that he hauled livestock and grain trailers with and that was a smooth riding truck.

@Airmadillo 2 месяца назад

I wish to go back in time straight to 1995, that year I drove a 1988 Mack MH 612. I read in your website the cabover section, very good information.

@raymondbradley6788 2 месяца назад

Dave that is my favorite international cab as well👍👍👍

@bostarbird5282 2 месяца назад

I agree with you about the K100 being the favorite. Wished you had had a honorable mention with Marmon. Never had the honor to sit in one but it was a good looking truck.

@aaronb6727 Месяц назад

Nothing like a 9670 with spring ride, a propane bottle behind with spring ride, and Illinois roads. can't say I miss those days

@edwardpate6128 2 месяца назад

The IH Transtars II were my favorite!

@luthermiller566 2 месяца назад

My first over the road truck was a Freightliner Cabover with a 400 big cam Cummins, running steel balls from KC to Henderson Colorado. That was in 1988 and then in the early 90s hauling grain with a Mayflower Kenworth cabover with a kitty cat. It had air bags on the body, it was like sailing a ship. Then the last one I drove was putting gravel down with a belly dump with a International cabover with a Cummins in 2018. In the meantime, in between I had my own Pete 379. It was nostalgic driving the old International. Thanks for the memories.

@lancehardy5808 2 месяца назад

Hi great video, I was employed in the Oil Industry, and we had a Cabover Kenworth I think it was a 1978, c/w a Cat 3406 and a Allison auto for running the Oilwell pump for pumping operations, was a great work truck and it had a lot of Horsepower....could spin the wheels if you were not carefull.....

@jasonbuck3949 2 месяца назад

Great video! I 100% agree with your analysis. Glad to see you included the International Transtar and International Transtar II. My 1981 Transtar II with a Cummins 350 still runs great.

@peteengard9966 2 месяца назад

You gotta keep going. I drove a friend's CL9000 Ford for a year and a half while he recovered from a motorcycle accident. Also drove a GMC day cab cab over for US steel. Loud and hot with that 318 Detroit. My first mechanic job was at Cleveland Dodge truck. Dodge had their cabovers too. I liked them. You can R&R a clutch in under 2 hours.

@blackscotydog 2 месяца назад

Great list learned to drive with my dad in a 76 IH transtar 2 with a 13 speed hauling hogs then moved on to a another on the list the Mack MH 613...Loved it.

@jamesgray2955 2 месяца назад

Great video! I drove 2 different Freightliners and enjoyed them both

@walterbrown9651 2 месяца назад

Loved the K100 and Petey 362 since I was a kid getting truckers to blow their air horns!

@marcgannello2923 2 месяца назад

The mack mh ultraliner was my dads last cabover . He had before he got out of the business. It was a great truck. Great video.

@sergebrunet4218 2 месяца назад

I did love cabovers ! Drove many models on highway ! The freightliner cabover backed axle i was pulling super B-Trains rack & tarp flat-beds ! International flat top with a queen size bed ! soft on the front, nice ride ! The Kenworth with big sleeper was also great ride ya like the one photo you have there, the white one, mine was blue ! never tried the pete or the Mack ! just the conventional 350 econodyne R model 1985 the one on my logo here ! and the 500 mack superliner straight pipes now that was a powerful truck pulling 3 and 4 axle flat beds ! i had a great time driving that for 2 years ! Well all good memories for sure ! 🤠

@alanlofts1653 2 месяца назад

Ur right on love these trucks thanks for the video safe travels

@robertmccardle5113 2 месяца назад

Love cabinover shakers . loved the shorter dash. First truck l owned k100 318 green grenade standard steering. Ya baby

@hughjass1044 2 месяца назад

I didn't drive too many cabovers during my career; at least the North American portion of it; drove plenty in Europe, but the ones I did drive on this side were memorable. Very first tractor I ever drove, on my very first day of training, was a '68 White Freightliner, 350 Cummins, 15 speed and NO power steering if you can believe that! Not bad when you're moving but holy sh*t, what a bear to maneuver into a tight dock. Roughest and worst riding truck I ever drove was also a cabover - A '73 Hayes. Drove a few of those IH Transtars which I did like and a couple of the Kenworths but only on short hops. In Europe, my personal favorites were the Swedes; the Scanias and the Volvos but I didn't get them too often. Mostly the Mercedes, MANs, IVECOs and the odd Renault.

@theodorecharles635 2 месяца назад

Freightliners were by far the best looking of the cabovers. That first truck you showed is a gorgeous example. Pimped up and chromed out, they could be beautiful things. I still see a few of them working around here, usually hauling grain trailers or cattle liners.

@PolPotsPieHole 2 месяца назад

wow Consolidated Freightways, havent heard that in years. Had a huge complex back in Oklahoma City, I used to work there washing out trailers, one day I showed up and it was locked down and that was it......

@glennevitt5250 2 месяца назад

My first truck that I ever drove was a Peterbilt cab over I was working for wrangler jeans then and then the second truck I ever drove was a freightliner cab over. I love them both. I’m a cab fan.😎💯🚛

@Daniel-wd4jg 2 месяца назад

My Dad was hired by Leyland James to helo development with the Freightliner in Portland Oregon post WW2. Great memories of corporate picnic and watching industry evolving

@charlesbilodeau6916 2 месяца назад

Cabovers for life ❤

@thomasarmstrong9327 Месяц назад

The first big truck I ever drove was a Transtar II with a 290 Cummins and a nine-speed. The guy who taught me claimed that the 290 had been fitted with injectors and a blower from a 350 Cummins, but who knows?

@Tiger351 Месяц назад

Mack Australia offered the Renault derived Magnum COE after the end of Cruiseliner/Ultraliner production, not big sellers compared to the K104/108 and Freightliner Argosy I at the time but still enough to stay in production for around 5 years.

@FrostyThundertrod 2 месяца назад

I started in the international 9600, I was looking forward to the 9800 flat floor upgrade but instead my company switched to the freightliner FLD120

@kalvinlabuik3366 Месяц назад

Yup we had 2 IHC F-4070’s then my fave KW K-100

@TheSambonium21 Месяц назад

My childhood during summer break from school was spent in a freightliner cabover

@johnhanson4795 2 месяца назад

i drove them in late 70s and 80s i always was jeolouse of the long nozed guys

@cargotoolshop5319 2 месяца назад

Two trucks that made America, and me smile, international cabin over, and the conventional truck, the Freightliner FLD, they made millions of them and even though we still see them around they were not desirable by drivers, but now days if I had a row of FLD120 I would be a happy man

@wyatt12358 2 месяца назад

the last international 9800 model did not have dog house. liked the k100 the best for comfort they made a set back axle one. ford made a nice one with air ride on the cab

@larryatteridge4774 Месяц назад

You left out the FORD CL9000

@TruckerMike089 2 месяца назад

I myself want to do up a K100. By the time I started driving the only cabover trucks I would see in an active fleet wad the Freightliner Argosy

@chrisdodds7469 2 месяца назад

I suspect if larger cabovers make a rennaissance now it will be due to size regulations in cities. I do miss seeing them on the roads.

@pickakacamperjohn2262 2 месяца назад

Any one ever drive or ride in a Cracker Box? 1968 GMC, with 671 Detroit! I My back still aches and I can’t hear 👍😳

@stark3855 2 месяца назад

the best cabovers in the history of America, Any European truck humiliates any American truck, they simply play in another league, the machines they have in Europe are insane, impressive.

@jimgarofalo5479 Месяц назад

For what it's worth, I have driven all of those trucks except the Kenworth. Here is my honest assessment. First is the Freightliner - or more aptly called the freightshaker. Noisy, rough riding, and in general the most uncomfortable truck I have ever driven. Yep, that one has a special place in my heart! I would quit a job before I would drive another one. Second is the International. Not too bad if you got the one with the set back steer axle. Bearable, but cramped. Third comes the Mack. At first, they are not too bad except for the basic fact that Mack cabs are really made for guys under 5' 8". After about the third day in a Mack MH cabover, you begin to get seasick. The cab rocks back and forth like a boat. After about a couple of weeks in one of those, you will be filling out applications for jobs that don't use Mack trucks. Lastly is the Peterbilt. That had to top the list as the most comfortable and easy driving cabovers I ever drove. If I ever had to drive another cabover, that is the one I would pick. I have a theory about Freightliner cabovers. I strongly suspect that the guy that designed them wasa guy whose wife ran off with a trucker, and he is still trying to get even,

@rosswieloch1115 Месяц назад

My favorite cabovers will always be the Kenworth K100 aerodyne. To me that was the most beautiful cabover.

@chriswoodward5368 2 месяца назад

Don’t be so nice they all road like shit. That is the way it was back then it was always a pleasure going west from Toronto in the spring, love those frost heaves.

@chopperjohn1046 2 месяца назад

I ran International Cab overs in the 70's. That's all the company had. No power steering, no air conditioning, no radio, no turbo. Just a 150 HP Cummins with a 9-speed. In the 80's the company started buying them with Power steering & A-C,..and am/fm radios!! Our company finally started buying Conventionals in the late 90's but still kept the Cab-overs until they reached their mile limit.

@NickManCuso59 2 месяца назад

In the mid 70s I learned how too drive bare bones Peterbuilt Freightliner , KW and IH COEs.

@st0rmrider 2 месяца назад

We need a Cabover Do-over

@sandasturner9529 2 месяца назад

Well put !!!!😂

@sandasturner9529 2 месяца назад

To be honest, I think I heard something about getting cabovers in the United States in the not too distant future but I forgot where I heard about it from.

@poireauer6517 2 месяца назад

Nice 1 ! 😊

@kalvinlabuik3366 Месяц назад

My fave COE is KW K-100’s

@EarlMayers-eu3kl Месяц назад

I had a few. Cabover s an loved them great for long loads with long wheel base trucks worked great

@technoDjify 2 месяца назад

How did cabovers get fridges in the truck? Looked everywhere for a k100 fridge. Couldnt find one, only found a scania under bunk fridge.

@gusminotaur2112 2 месяца назад

I want a mack cab over with kw sleeper

@PressingMyLuck_Truck 2 месяца назад

The only one missing on this list is the International 9800 flat floor with the Pro Sleeper.

@clinthochrein888 2 месяца назад

Use to see a bunch of cruise liners just like my profile pic. Small tanker co. Not to far from were I live.

@timabramowicz4310 2 месяца назад

k100 is my choice since I was 10 years old, now 61. I have a 84 big bunk k100 aero..400 cat,13.

@user-qr7ee2cp4y 2 месяца назад

Remember building a model of the Trans star eagle....

@kurtneumann3164 2 месяца назад

They'll be back if you can get one. Like old fads , hopefully they can come back 😊

@Joe_Hunt_Music 2 месяца назад

Supposedly Freightliner is releasing one sometime this year.

@joebarnaskas 2 месяца назад

iam retired now.....but the K100 was mine.....tourson bar suspension ...dam near killed me...did you ever have the jake brake on....and it jumps out of gear.....the dam would stall and kill the power steering.....then try to get it back in gear.....

@speedygonzalez5550 2 месяца назад

Grew up in the late 80s mack cabover sleeping on the dog house as a kid.at least dad had it carpeted.

@Patrick-xd8jv 23 дня назад

I liked the 352 Pete the best. I actually liked it better than a 352

@RandallByrd-oi4fz 2 месяца назад

Love the 362 got a 1997 year Thank you for sharing

@carldrexler7883 Месяц назад

Well the FLC came out in 77? and it was just Freightliner and in the 60s Emeryvilles and H 67s dominated the cabover market fwiw 🤷‍♂️

@adampatterson5475 2 месяца назад

Love the international cabovers, my grandfather had one, not 1 piece of chrome on it and a screaming Detroit

@henryblanton6992 2 месяца назад

NONE OF THESE can hold a Candle to the VOLVO AERO FH16 780 6X4 of 2024. I have owned a COE 1992 Freightliner Daycab; the Best Thing about that COE was the Young Kick-Ass Mechanic who kept me on the Road. 😎

@Alleycatthegadite 2 месяца назад

I learned how to drive in a transtar 2.

@book1957 2 месяца назад

First 2 trucks drove over the road were a 74 & 74 White Freightliner. The 74 was worst riding truck ever, short wheelbase to pull 45' trailers in 55' states. Made a trip in old wore out Autocar with off road Hendrickson. Rode better than the Freightliner. Then got an 80 model Pete 352, ride was a lot better.

@user-xl7rt1tc6o 2 месяца назад

I have driven all except the Mack. Loved them all without a favorite. One I DIDN'T like was a White road commander. Nick name road camode.

@MaclearieFarms Месяц назад

The IH cabovers were cheap but they had the same quality as all IH products

@hillbillytrucking8483 2 месяца назад

I learned in a Freightliner cab over still trucking in a freightliner I’m getting old

@howardkramer2099 2 месяца назад

The worst "best looking" cab over has to The GMC Astro sleeper. Talk about getting a suntan while driving. Interesting that Freightliner installed flip out stairs for The Argosy: then took them off of the market. Forget the idea of a HAPPY go lucky career, crossing America: trucking used to be a killer occupation and, even though the trucks are more comfortable, it is still a profession that kills you physically and maritally. Not for the weak of heart!

@cmmc502 2 месяца назад

The only 2 American cabovers still in production is the k220 like mention the video and believe it or not the international eagle 9870 only for the New Zealand market assembled here in New Zealand they are one of the last old school built trucks around there is no digital screen in sight and the Kenworth legend series so far only 2 conventional trucks in the legend line up the t900 and sar Legend no cabovers yet but hopefully soon love to see k100e limited edition

@mreojballer3777 2 месяца назад

No Freightliner argosy?

@Bucko451 2 месяца назад

The Transtar 2 was waaay better than the White Freightliner of Freightliner. The K100 was the prettiest and nicest, in my opinion. One that was popular but I never cared for was the Ford 9000. Big following on those Fords.

@iBackshift 2 месяца назад

What? No Crackerbox? haha. Question; you said international V8. Would that have been the DVT573 V8?

@KeithJibben 2 месяца назад

My 362 Pete was way tighter and mouse proof compared to the K100E Kenworths I own

@Timbrock1000 2 месяца назад

GREAT TRUCKS, BUT THE DEMISE OF CABOVERS HAD OTHER CAUSES. The Cabovers have their advantages. Mainly better view of the road and vetter maneuverability. While the introduction of 53' trailers became one factor, there were other things that led to the end of cabovers . 1.) They are not as safe as long hood trucks. Even moderate collisions could send a driver through the windshield. 2.) The are cramped inside. Unlike regular trucks, cabovers have their engines under the driver compartment. This results in a huge 3+ foot wide and 2 foot tall obstruction in the middle of the cab. Drivers would have to climb over these to access the cramped sleeper. 3.) They are less fuel efficient. Their large flat front presses against the wind. The wind resistance is high which takes a huge toll on engine performance and fuel consumption.

@user-iz5ue7xd4o 2 месяца назад

1st on the seen of accidents

@StefanBacon 2 месяца назад

I respect you lots Dave, but I know you're going to forget the "Great" built by Mitsubishi Fuso, now, unfortunately a subsidiary of Diamler Truck and Bus. Cabovers with set back axles are just better at being cabovers, because they offer better swing dip clearance for the same wheelbase, or a shorter wheelbase for the same overall length, good in the cities where cabovers belong. Point is, set back loads up the front springs better to make the ride a little less jarring, while letting you hang out over the curb when the going gets tight without damaging your steer tires.

@cargotoolshop5319 2 месяца назад

I want a international cabin over but ever one I see for sale the interior is really ratty in them

@mikerobinson8758 2 месяца назад

Hated Pete COE. It was like sitting in a boxcar. Everything was far away. Kenworth was much better, but I've ever been in an Aerodyne. Freightliner was my favorite. Semicurved/angled dash had everything in easy reach without boxing you in. GMC Astro was the worst. Wraparound plastic dash was always loose and controls non-working. Wasn't built to industrial quality. Impossible to lay across the doghouse.

@garc0113 2 месяца назад

During the 80's I was in the mov- stg.industry all we drove were freightliners cabover with a 45' at the time biggest trailer at the time.

@cowboykody6775 2 месяца назад

WHAT? Where is the GMC Cracker Box???

@maxpuppy96 2 месяца назад

There was never a best cabover, they where cold in the winter and hot in the summer all your crap would fly out of the bunk when you lifted the cab up, you could not stand up in them you crawled over the dog box to get in the sleeper. You're right about the Mack Cruisliner I drove one of those and it had a smooth ride. They were all a nightmare they should have been outlawed.😂

@cudwieser3952 2 месяца назад

Gaggenau wagen was the first coe chief

@containerguru4477 2 месяца назад

My dad had a few cabovers growing up. I was never a fan. Honestly I'd probably never been a driver if it wasn't for hood trucks. I honestly like cascadias over cabovers

@waynesworld2086 2 месяца назад

I wouldn't mind giving a cab over a shot running it a few loads but it would have to be the one with a flat floor I'm 6' 4" lmao

@markdanielczyk944 2 месяца назад

Yuck! Drove a International 9670, rough ride, L10 Cummins, nine speed,not impressed. Give me a hood any day, Super Dog, or a W900.

@johnhanson4795 2 месяца назад

a old guy he was cool he was like you he cared about young new guys and helped in early 80s he was 2 weeks from retirement he dyed in a brand new white cabover yes brand had 500 miles on it he made it from mn headed to georiga he topped a hill a long nozed pete hit him head on he dyed instantly.when i cryed was the frame was still good,i came to work next day and my boss said sorry about your friend.but heres a secret ill just recab the white and he did he put new cab on the white and sent it out on a trip my boss made sure i seen it leave yard.thats the day i parked my pete cabover 352.i backed trailer in parked truck.and i whent in office and said well 5 years with ya but im done!.that was my last day driving truck 1985.he made sure to tell me its just buisness.hi hated him after that that cool guy gave him 29 years of faithfuliness owner didnt care

@marklittle8805 2 месяца назад

Best cabover? Isnt that an oxymoron?

@michaelgrossman5528 2 месяца назад

I drove 86 cornbinder with the large party bunk

@EarlMayers-eu3kl Месяц назад

1971. Was the first year. Freightliner. Came out with. The. 104 inch. Cab they were the first ones I had one on. Tri Line. Expressways in the mid. 70 s up to 1996