My grandpa worked on Detroits, the 6v53 Detroit to be exact, while working for Cal Fire forestry. He was the forestry equipment manager and worked on 6v53 Detroits in the fire engines then they switched over to an 1160 CAT V8. He said that was a little underpowered in his opinion. Then they ultimately decided to go with the 3208 CAT which was the best engine in his opinion. He passed away last September and I miss him every day. I got all my mechanics training from him and he practically raised me when my dad walked out. I’m truly grateful for my grandpa stepping up. RIP Vapa🙏🏼❤️
Back then... those two engines were pretty much identical at the same RPMs, a lot of people lugged the detroit though rather than running it to the governor then shifting like you are supposed to. This made the engine feel gutless as well as lead to thrown valves and other problems from the lugging.... which is a symptom of shifting by ear rather than by RPM and relearning what it should sound like.
What a sweet sound. Love that Detroit engine. Never go the hang of floating gears in the ones that I drove but they were trucks with twin sticks. Mostly 4 x 4’s. Thanks for the video.
Thank you. Floating them is relatively easy once you get to know a truck. Just have to take it slow and listen to and feel the truck. My biggest problem is switching between trucks, they each have their own shifting personalities. Thanks for watching
O-H-I-O Porter greetings 🇺🇸 I rode in a Loadstar bus back in the day. Gas engine. I love hitting those top 2 gears…it means you’re rolling & can sit back & enjoy the ride. Nice truck. It still has the nice grill, fenders & cab. I love the old trucks for those reasons. A nice way to end the day…driving off into the sunset, at any temperature! Sweet truck & ride! Thanks for the ride along! I rode with my oldest brother many times as a kid in those big trucks & always looked forward to when I could start driving the . I started at 6 years old driving my dad’s wrecker. I appreciate that you have a knob on your steering wheel. Those are so cool & useful! I just got back from a 1200 miles trip & so wished I had one in my van. Blessings my friend. 💥🥰✌️
It’s a great sound for sure, always reminds me of being a kid in the early 80’s when it seemed like every truck had a Detroit. I wouldn’t want to drive one every day though!
Rob i sure would like to be in ther with you on that ride u got her looking good and she sounding good 👍 ❤ thank u for posting that sound like the good old days seen some more !!++
Needs Jake Breaks on the head now! 671 jakes sounds and work great! Very nice Binder..that model but a dump truck version was the very first one I got my class B license in Maryland. Then later a class A way back in 1982! The international had a 6v 71 custom twin turbo set up with an15 speed and jakes.. that truck literally screamed! And surprisingly had good power.
Beautiful rig! I worked at a crop dusting outfit in Tracy, CA that had an IH Fleetstar loading ttruck with a 549 in it. Old Stearmans and old trucks. Fortunate to have grown up that way
The cab is so small in that truck and the shifter is near the back wall of the cab so it’s nearly impossible…. If you see the shifter, that’s about all you’d see!
That's the problem with a 2 stroke Detroit after you have been driving other trucks. You know what they say about driving a Detroit.......first thing you have to do is slam your hand in the door when you get in to get pissed off......then drive it like you stole it. LOL
Absolutely brilliant video I’ve been a subscriber of yours for a while now and I was actually wanting to know if you could do more like this one only a lot longer but in ASMR style for the start up that would be so cool thanks man stay safe have a great one😊
Really appreciate you watching, Cody- to be honest I just had to google ASMR (old guy over here!) but when the truck comes out of hibernation I’ll have to consider it
Man if had couple pills 💊 I think I could do a turnaround come back rob wher are u at doing all that work put more videos on i waiting on you ❤❤ I hadn't had that feeling in a long time thanks !!++
That is one nicely restored truck you have there. It is obvious that the 6-71 Detroit was not factory due to what appears to be an extended doghouse in the cab necessitated by the length of that large inline six cylinder engine. I know that the factory 466 inline six trucks had a doghouse that was about flush with the instrument panel while the gas trucks didn't have it. By the way, what transmission are you running in there? A 10 speed?
The 6-71 was not a factory option in the Loadstar but it was in the fleetstar, which used the same cab as the Loadstar so I welded in the firewall and doghouse from a Fleetstar. The transmission is a Fuller 10 speed.
@@robstruckshop80 I am pondering a swap of 6-71 from an '85 Fleetstar parts truck my into my '65 Loadstar 1800. I have not had the chance to closely inspect the sheet metal of the Fleetstar yet. Did you need to swap the entire firewall, or could you have adapted the existing firewall to fit the extended doghouse of the Fleetstar?
The fleetstar was produced from 62-77 and generally only the earlier models through about 72 had the “C series” Loadstar cab, so it would need to be one of those. I’m sure you could just weld in the central doghouse portion. In my case I wanted to convert my Loadstar to air brakes, so the full firewall swap got me the doghouse as well as the treadle valve mount and all the air related parts
@@robstruckshop80 Sloppy typing on my part. The Fleetstar is a '75, not an '85. I already have air brakes in the Loadstar, so, no need to worry about modifications beyond the actual fitment of the Detroit. if I pursue the swap a simple addition of the dog house seems to be pretty simple. The donor rig has the 5+ 4 tranny setup and the '75 has the 7 speed. I need to take a look at which makes more sense gearing wise along with determining what the gearing of the different vintage axles are. Kinda wondering if putting the 4 speed sub transmission behind the 7 speed offers any gains too. BTW, what sort of speed/rpm were you turning during the cruise portions of your video?
I remember seeing an early 1960s Loadstar with a factory Red Diamond 6cyl gasoline engine, that was a large in line engine and it had a rather large dog house, they probably the same length as a DT 466.
Do you really need to be using ALL those gears with the thing unloaded? When I was driving a 33,000 pound 5+2 if it was unloaded, I would shift it 2-3-4l-4h-5l-5h.
