I Never Thought I'd like Driving a Cabover | Peterbilt 362 

I just bought a 1997 362 Peterbilt. Detroit 60 series 500 hp. 18 speed. 46k rears and lockers. About 290” wheel base. Needs a little love but I’ll be pulling freight with her in a few months!

I owned and operated a 1970 Kenworth COE with a V12 Detroit, open exhausts, air ride, hauled Household Goods, one of the fastest trucks on the west coast....back in the 70's and 80's....loved that truck, wish I had it now.

Good to see so much cabover love these days. I thought the world had lost the plot for a minute.

Definitely need to watch "FSC Trucking" then. Steve Feszchak drives that same year and model Pete with a 3406B Cat and an Eaton 13 speed hauling East of the Mississippi with oversize loads on a removable gooseneck. Don't need to worry about DEF, no E-Log, no chip shortage, all go.

I owned an 87 model like yours... love those big tall sleepers. Put some air in your driver's seat and your ride will be much much better!!!

Grew up in the cabovers riding with my dad. He started driving in 56 till 91 when he hung it up.

These older trucks were mentioned for real truck drivers. Not like these new trucks of today. Love that 350 Cummins sound. Keep on trucking

You can't beat old school I had a 1985 Freightliner cabover with the big cam four full 400 Cummins no Def or any all that computer crap ,a #5 fuel button and shimmed the fuel pump to the max , just keep an eye on the pyro . Today's drivers most likely just don't know what a really good running truck is until they've driven old school

That's a dope cabover Peterbilt 362, it be super awesome to bring back cabovers they're very unique trucks

love them old cabovers dam good truck this was the good old days of trucking

Oh brings back memories. Ran a 362 that was a high cube van truck and trailer setup.

Had saddle time in a few COE , never minded to bad . One of the best riding trucks I was in an early KW Double Wide Sleeper , Long wheelbase , 425 Kitty , 15 od with gears to run , plush dark brown and tan tuck n roll , gauges galore. True Owner /Op spec at factory. Loved it. Sometime later older guy was in it slid off the skinny road and totaled her out , he got lucky. My brother in law was in it before me awhile , got a few pics when my son rode along with him somewhere around here.

I'm a Spokane native that no longer lives in Washington. Really like your videos for the nostalgia kick. Thanks for the content, brother.

My dad had a 1985 mack mh ultraliner. Love 💘 them cabovers. Miss those days. Nice tractor. Sweet

Nice 362 you got my respect keep lo riding

What a nice old truck!

Don't really have the time to explain but congratulations son !!! You made the grade !!! You made the team son !! Now you can wear mirror sunglasses and a cowboy hat and cut the sleeves off your t shirt !!! OLD SCHOOL SON !!! most of these new school CDL holders wood quit after a day. But you did it !!! I'm proud of ya !!! Your proud of yourself aren't ya, I Saw you grinning !!! You got the cabover bug now. Take a bow, now ya can tell people you drove a real truck no anti skid no computer just a real truck and a driver !!! Feels good doesn't it. All the best to you and yours Sir !

really cool seeing one of Wittkopf's trucks. Larry and the crew have some cool old iron in their fleet. I'm from Spokane originally, so this was like a trip down memory lane seeing a lot of the same territory i ran for over 30 years. Thanks for sharing.

I feel ya brother, i run an 09 t800 daycab all over the northeast sitting on all springride. Im over 6' so i sit in the floor, seat launches me into the roof if aired up. Has to be springride tho, have a loft setup on the back that doesnt leave room for air ride. Have 2 massive lift cylinders where the bags should be. Sucks but what ya gonna do

THE 855 CUMMINS WAS A REAL GOOD MOTOR

That's a sweet ride!

Big 10-4 on the “bouncy old bugger.” BITD (late ‘70s) I drove a 352 very similar specs to yours. Driving lots of rough ol’ 2-lane highway. Seemed like I spent most of my time airborne, just my lap belt holding me in.

MANY MILES IN CABOVER I ENJOYED A CABOVER IT WAS A PASSION

Man, a cabover is my dream truck. I'm just getting started in trucking this year, I'm hoping to buy a cabover by the end of next year and spend a year or so getting it ready for hauling. By then I should have 2 years experience before I go owner op. I've seen guys do air ride suspension in place of the springs, but I've also seen some cabovers where the cab itself is air ride. Some potential upgrades to make.

Rockin the ol Pete on East Trent. Open her up!

That's a damn sharp ride 👍👍👍

nice truck, clean interior too.

My favorite cab over is the one from the series BJ & The Bear

Oh wow, it's rare to see a 362 with a floor shifter, and not with the console/dongle shifter. Nice footage Hoss, and thanks for sharing.

When that truck was built the speed limit was 55mph nationwide. There are ways to get considerably more speed out of it.

COE trucks are making a comeback and they’re selling for a premium!! Hang onto it and enjoy it, my dad had a ‘76 double bunk O/O spec when I was a kid.

I was 16 in 1975 my brother-in-law was running Florida for Atlas Moving that's how I Learned to Drive a 13 speed Road Ranger on a cab over Peterbilt like that

just keep telling yourself how much you love it.

I owned a 1979 Peterbilt 352 cab over also a 1985 Ford CLT9000

Nice RIG! Cab over are the best!

obviously the airride for the seat isn't working. but when i bought my cab over in 1983 did not have power steering or air assist and it was not the pete's easy steer. International did not have easy steer. It was a beast with a 300 cummins, spring suspension, a 60 mph top speed and the pulling power of a dead mongoose, lol. loved that 9670 though. Nice truck and sounds great.

This is the 2nd video I have seen "fog line" Never heard called that before...lol I have a 1984 International 9670 with a BC III Rebuilding it now and hopefully it will be done this year... HOOAH!!! That rig is very nice....

I love it.

First time watching your channel, I enjoyed, I subbed, I hit the thumbs up. I look forward to going back over earlier content. Mark Australia.

I feel the same way every time I drive my 81 362 as we no tilt no power steering short wheelbase with spring suspension the old guys were tough as nails my k100 being a 96 has quite a few more driver comfort features lol

If I’m not mistaken Peterbilt didn’t start with the dog house shifters until 88 or 89. My Dad had 3 362’s, both the 85 and the 86 were full length shifters and the 91 was a dog house shifter.

I love old school because I am old school trucking 41 years

More please!

And I'll say this a couple of springs a few washers and that Cummins will scream I'm like nowadays you got to take it to shop someplace big somebody for a password have your motor turned up for six or seven or $800 them were the days

1988 k 100 best truck I ever drove

I’m not even a truck driver and I want to get a CDl and buy me a Freightliner cabover they are my favorite, Peterbuilt second, GMC Astro 3rd

Old Soul

driving a long hood truck is like watching a movie on your 24" monitor, driving a cabover is like watching a movie on IMAX screen 😋

Drove a 362 for Shirley Temple back in the day

Rides a little rough, 1st one at the scene of the accident, insanely cold to drive in -45 weather, but they can easily get into the tightest spot. Big convex mirror sticking out front on the passenger side, you can see your license plate

I took my driving test in a 362 .....I miss driving my old cabover

OYA! BJ and the 🐻

Is it easy to change sply gear box because I don't understand it's looks so hard

That there seat belt looks like it would do more damage than good if ever it were called into use.

You think your vintage I traded my 1975 freightliner 2axle cabover on a brand new 1978 2axle Pete they were a dream to drive they rode great if you had the 5th wheel in the right spot the first 24 years of my 43+ trucking years was spent in cabovers,even wen I sold my trucks and went to drive for Walmart they gave me a brand new 1995 international cabover hardest part about going to drive for Walmart was my trucks had big horsepower Walmart were gutless trucks I could have went up and down a hill 4 times by the time there truck got to the top,very hard transition.

Well dammit brotha

How did it feel to drive Optiumus Prime???? I got say this Auto Bots Roll Out!!!!!!! The truck has been taken care of with many more miles of service to run.

You own this rig, or a companie? Also for shiny tires, look for Dura Coat, they will shine for over 6 months, if dirty just wash them off, prodoct does not come off

You were born 1 year before I got my license, and you think you feel old? I wish I was as old as you. Nice rig, I’d drive in a heartbeat if I could drive nice equipment instead of a beat down penny pincher.

Ain't nostalgia great! Probably can't find anyone who drove cross country in a COE to say one nice word about them

That means I had been driving 4 yrs when that truck was built, I must ancient then, oh lord.😉

You should drive a european cabover to see what its like, it might surprise you, great looking truck, Oldschool American class, greetings

live and learn

Cab overs do make good backup rigs farm rigs but I wouldn’t want to drive one every day

muito Show freio motor...oltro nivel..

The formula engines are the ones that were turned down

I. Was. 7 years. Ago. When. That. Truck. Came. Out

Push the seat up so you can enjoy the view better and better ride!

I didn’t know wittkopf had a 362?!???!

You look like Liam Neeson

Driving a skillet face ain't bad.. I remember when that's ALL there was...

*""CABOVERS AREFROM THE-DINOSAUR 🦕 DAYS, ""THAT-TRUCK IS A 🦕 🦕 DINOSAUR""!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*

You have not really lived to you take a nap across that dog house my wife used to sit there and other things and that brown button naugahyde those were the days

I'm from Europe and let me tell you, even though I'm not a professional truck driver by any means, I love trucks, especially American ones from the 80's, 90's, since I was 8! The thing is with long nose(you guys call them "conventional", which is funny 😆) they're all kinds of impractical for all kinds of obvious reasons which I don't wish to go into. The only advantage they have over cabovers is that the engine is slightly more accessible, but European trucks have smaller engines(that doesn't mean they're weaker) overall so even that one real advantage goes out the window, so just to let you guys know, your obsession with long nose trucks from the technical and even self-proclaimed expert's viewpoint is a laughing stock material outside North America and maybe Australia. Now I need to emphasize that I still love "conventional" trucks, it's just the technical approach that will always fraw when you compare the two and try to justify the longer ones.

Live in one you will hate them.

good driver don't waste fuel with a jake brake, they or maybe they have to pay for the fuel they save fuel

If you were to break that windshield and have the wiper motor go bad at the same time, the repair costs would total that truck. Pretty sure peterbilt only did the kitchen table windshield w/3 wipers for a year maybe two. It wasn't a good idea.

Your rig driv,ah?

What’s the engine in this truck?

It's not vintage it's a classic, vintage would be from the '50s and older...

Did he really say 1984? Looks more like 1964. I've driven a 70s Volvo looking much more modern.

Your intro is way to long. Almost exited because of it. But I do like cabovers. Only one I ever rode in tho was a 1982 Gmc White road comander.. It was a pile of s$&! Back in 1984.

Buy a Pete 342 cab over they were great trucks

Cut my teeth on a cab over, lots and lots of miles behind the wheel. You got a big motor. If we had a 335. We we're crappen in tall cotton. And if you had just 1 stick! man you were on top of the world.

do you know peter built a truck for a man to drive lol lol