I've been driving kenworths for almost 16 years. Started out in t800s then in 2012 I finally got a w900b, which is my favorite looking truck. I'm on my 3rd one now, love them.
American trucks are the best! I don't see anyone jumping to get any of that pretty boy European crap! The Kenworth W900, W900A, W900B, W900L, Icon 900, and W990, Peterbilt Model 359, 379, and 389, Freightliner Classic XL, Freightliner Coronado, and International Harley Davidson Edition over one of those European models any day! I don't see any real red blooded American Truckers buying any of those Tesla Rigs either!
I love w900 every since I was a kid. Had a toy truck and it was a w900. Now I own the real thing. I'm glad Kenworth is keeping them around. Just a good looking truck classic style and class all together. Can't go wrong with a w900
Great video but there are alot of wrong information in this video as far as years when kenworth 900 series as far as the 900 kw 1959 was the first year for a tilt fiberglass hood not 1961 and technically 1959 to 1963 narrow hood was common and near the end there where wide hood 900 then 1964 came the first w900 "wide" cab w900A narrow hoods where again common up until bigger power was offerd that needed more cooling then the wide hood came to be more common as well as the exstended cowl trucks to accommodate the v12s detroits and other oddball engines 1969 was the first year for a true exstended hood and somewhere between 70 73 they they redesigned the vent windows and t handle and latches etc i could go on for days ps 1974 was the 50th annervesery of kenworth all trucks built that year had gold hood emblems and badging also the new design was embedded and first year for 60" sleeper which was first seen on the movin on tv show
My dad drove an A model when I was a kid. I road with I'm every summer. And I to fallowed my dad in trucking. Over 34 yrs in the industry. My dream truck is the W900. I will own one some day
Right on! My Dad owned and operated a 79 A model. He bought it in 1980 and I was 10 years old. Went trucking with him every summer break. Best times of my life. After 30 years in the body shop business I just got my cdl and will be starting a career.
Most of the people who do not live in America , they are not truck drivers , but do love trucks and truck games know that Kenworth beast very well ! I started with getting to know them since i got my hands on a game "18 wheels of steel" , then "pedal to the metal" and came to the latest American truck simulator and European truck simulator ! I have to say this truck won my heart because it drives better , it's a masculine truck , sexy as hell V8 sound and it PULLS the heaviest cargo's as if they were toothpicks ! Just yesterday i saw a video from Australia with Kenworth trucks pulling 4 trailers road train with 300k tonnes of coal each ...Now that was impressive and i would say if i ever become a truck driver in U.S.A i know what i will be looking for !
My uncle drove a KW 800 here in México..( RIP) .. ...beautiful truck... !!!! It was very popular in mexican companies in 80's. Now. You can see here freigthliner, international, kenworth, mack, MAN, Scania, some chinese trucks,..etc...but...in my opinion kenworth is better than others...
I drove a 2004 W 900L day cab in the middle 2,000’s . It had a 475 Cat later turned up to 525 with a 18 speed road ranger with 370 gears and 24.5 tall rubber. It had the 1 piece windshield with a sunroof , bullet markers and twin trumpets, the large slotted aluminum wheels and everything that could be chrome or stainless was. It was silver with black cherry metallic fenders and roof. Along with the full gauge package , twin premium leather seats and leather diamond tucked interior and a premium sounds system. I wish I had the funds at the time to buy it but oh well
I know a lot of people might disagree with me...but the KW 900, to me is ABSOLUTELY THE MOST BEAUTIFUL TRUCK ON THE ROAD!!! Just a Classic looking truck. I owned a Freightliner Classic Flattop...a very good looking truck...but I always wanted the KW 900.
I had 3 KW's over 28 years 69 narrow nose ex logger with a small cam 350 2 sticks 87 W 900 B model 425 cat/ 13 speed-put an 18 in it down the road she was competitive. Ended with an 05 KW B model. 550 cat 18 speed painted Dark Carmine. 18 wheels rolling. Thanks for the video and the memories I can honestly say I never bought brand X
I've owned KW-K100 long wheelbase, 400 Cummins 13 speed, Pete 379EXHD 550 Cat 18 over, Volvo 64 3406 E Cat, 9 speed, Freightliner 132XL, Det 470 & Centry 120, Det 430, 10 Speed. I've driven just about all the older trucks from a Peter 351 to the 389, Kenworths from a W-9, W-923, W-925 to W900L off the showroom floor. Mack COE F model to the B61 tri plex and the R models in the oil fields. But my favorite truck I got the pleasure of driving down the road was an ole' LT model Mack a man I worked for back in the late 80's and early 90's. He restored this truck from the ground up. This truck had the long butterfly hood with a big cam IV (4) 400 Cummins, with a 15 speed over drive and a 4 speed progressive brownie behind that. This truck would get on down the road. He said it would do 125. I would say it would do 111 with pedal to spare. If you was in the woods going to the loader, for logs, you could drop it into 1st and under and it would creep around them dirt roads. Yes it was a blast!
Hi, In 1968 I ordered a W-900 thru Boise Kenworth, it was built in Canada, it had a 5spd main backed up by a 4spd brownie, and an 8v71 power plant. I wish I still had it.
Kenworth needs to continue building the W900L and Peterbilt needs to continue building the Model 389! I love both of those Rigs a lot! I love the Kenworth W990 as well but I don't see it replacing the W900! That's the icon of Kenworth!
I'll make an extremely long story short: I grew up as a gear head wrenching on cars. Wanted to work on NHRA Nitro cars. They said they don't hire mechanics w/o a CDL. Went to trucking school in 2019. They have, I think it's a 2010 W900L. The one everybody bitches about the hood being like 2 inches off or whatever. It has an ISX backed by an Eaton 18 speed. I would like the reader to note that I was the only student to start learning the art of floating gears in that truck while pulling (empty) double belly dump trailers. 😎 Near the end after most students graduated and while I was still having trouble backing, we visited a local Flatbed company that uses mostly 359 and 379 Petes to include a 1984 model with a 5&4 twin stick. There in the yard sits a white Seattle or Portland edition 1980s era W900. The guy told us to open the hood. There, in remanufactured glory, painted in white, sits the famed 3408 with straight pipes. Both of my instructors in that trucking class have 50+ years in trucking and they always played to my love of classic cars, mechanical systems, and my disdain for computers. I had seen the 08 here on TubeYou. Figured I would never see one IRL. When that geezer saw my instant goosebumps, he told me to come back in a few years and take her for a ride up the freeway and back.
Tough to beat a W9. I have a 2000 W900 B model flat top. It's probably one of my all-time favorite trucks I've ever driven, so much so that I had to buy it.
For those interested look up Kenworth W900SAR. Released in 1975 it's the first Kenworth engineered for the tough Australian conditions and built in Bayswater North, Victoria. Australia. The Kenworth K125CR from the U.S. didn't hold up well here and breakages were fairly common, hence the engineering of a Kenworth to suit our unique conditions. SAR originally stood for Short bonnet A-series cab Right-hand drive but was localised to stand for Short Australian Right-hand drive. A legendary and tough as nails Kenworth that originally had a unique sloping bonnet design. Kenworth plant at 64 Canterbury Road Bayswater North, Victoria. Australia still producing trucks today.
I have made a video about the Kenworth W 900 which is my truck and an issue it had it with the brake line. It’s called It’s a Time Bomb posted September last year on my channel. The video went viral but it’s purpose is to make driver is aware of improperly installed brake lines.
Kenworth said the W900 would be produced as long as the sales numbers were sufficient. Absolutely no promise was made on how long. Doesn't anyone find it odd they haven't seriously refreshed the W900 for decades? It's being put out to pasture folks, within 5 years, i'd imagine. Haven't we been lied to before? I'm calling bs on this one. The W990 and the 389 replacement will be sharing the same cab with just a couple years.
W900l is what I learned on . My grammar had a needle nose w900 was a beast twin stick with a browning. Errrr so bad ass . Wish the family still had it . But had to sell it for mortgage sack. Thanks for the flash backs
Oh and since the W900A was still production in Mexico, the Mexican Kenworth company produced A models with square headlights and called it their new w900B.
False. In fact, I will call that a bald-faced LIE. The 1982 and newer W900B is a completely different truck. It was engineered from scratch - it has all new hood, cab, sleepers, frame, interiors, electrical, exhaust, even the horns and clearance lights are different. They are completely different trucks.
Just got through watching all 6 of these in reverse chronological order. They are informative and entertaining! The music is awesome. I could listen to the narrator read the phone book!!
Drove one for a year, best riding truck ever. It was spec out for owner operator, but a company truck. Was sad to see it go when the company filed chapter 13.
I drove a 76 kw for a drilling mud company in 81 82 i spent 10 hours cleaning the mud and drilling mud off of it and waxed it till it shined better than my bosses road truck but i never had a sleeper damnit but i made due ... i loved that truck
Love K DUBS!! But sad to say that most of us company drivers will never drive a truck like that, simply because most fleet owners are looking for a light truck and one that will achieve good fuel economy and besides it all sorry to say this but the new W990 is going to replace the old man , one reason why is that the storage is up to date in the W990. Now you can mount your flat screen TV at eye level and you have a nice big shelf for your microwave , the only thing missing for kenworth to do to its W990 and that is make a studio sleeper on it! The 660 was replaced by the 680 I'm sure that the 900 will be replaced by the 990.
In my opinion a truck is suppose to look like that none of this electric plastic shit there trying to bring to the industry of today with these tablettes you have for a dashboard if i wanted a tablette i'd get a desk job I love kenworth and peterbilt trucks and i hope they never stop selling real trucks.
Love my 1996 W900L 3406e😍. I hope to replace my 72" sleeper for an 86" some day soon. Hopefully I won't have to give up the family jewels...lol. Great video 👍
Suction cup Man not even close, plastic fantastic fleet vehicles are all Volvo and Mack’s are good for. Cheap trucks for wannabe truckers in automated transmissions.
So many people hate the 990 and I don't really understand why. Its not really bad, they're just going foward and modernising their trucks. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that. Its like complaining about how Ford doesn't still make T Model cars, just find it childish to hate the 990, yeah it doesn't have a nice aesthetic like the W900. But that doesn't mean they're bad, the trucks are nearly identical, to hate it for its modern sleeker look is very childish and stupid.
@@averyw.3939 Yeah, the headlights do look awkward on this truck, it does on the T880 too but not as bad looking. Other than that the W990 is alright in my opinion.
@@pkranz937 I think people are forgetting that this is no different than what Kenworth has done with most of their trucks. Use a common cab design across your product line. The T660, T800 and W900 share that. Granted that the T660 and T800 have sloped hood and a setback front axle. Where the W900 has the same cab just with a long hood and a forward setting front axle. It's no different than what Kenworth has done with its 2.1 meter cab product line, the T680, T880 and the W990.
Well there is a couple problems with this story. I just sold a 1959 W900 narrow hood it had a super 250 that was rated at 270 horse and a 265” wheelbase. The other comment was I use to drive a about 1977 W900 long nose with a Cat 1693 and that was the first long nose because the engine was so long. Was a great video though and thank you
Kenworth listened to their customers and dealers when they wanted to replace the W900 with the W990. Now Kenworth needs to make it possible for the new modern TV sets to go in the W900 with ease and give the 990 a 900 grille and get rid of the International looking front.along with the Studio Sleeper option.
I'm an aussie mechanic which we dont have any W models apart from really old girls.. ours are big Kenny's are T900 T904 T908 T909 and T950 legend.. I love the classic look but honestly even though we dont have it I like the w990.. looks mean as.. and shits all over euro trucks
Great video, congratulations. The W900 are a mainstay of the logging industry in Australia. In the early 1990's the W900 had cosmetic face lift that seemed in line with a lot of the W900L features, but in Australia at least, was rebranded T900 and then subsequently the T904, and T908 along with the other T models in the 400 series and 600 series. Question, for the 900 series, was the 'T' branding specific for Australia or was this in America too?
Question for all W900 owners out there. Quite a few people at the company I work for calls W900s and Peterbilts junk because they are always breaking down, worst fuel mileage, and of course everybody knows they don't have the best turn radius, and they ride more rough than these god damn freight shakers. I try to call bullshit on their claims but they seem to be sticking with their stories. So my question is, do these trucks break down as often as some of my co workers claim they do, or are they full of crap? Me personally I want to get behind the wheel of a W900 but this company got rid of all of their Peterbilts and have gone straight to freightliner. I hate these cascadias.
Now, what are the breakdown due to? Is it engine related cause 9 times out of 10 a W900 or 389 are gonna have a Cummins engine in it. Or is it something related to the truck itself?