A great number of tractors such as these as well as straight trucks were on the road during WW2. I remember seeing 2-3 chained together in order to climb the mountains with heavy loads and low horsepower. The open cab configuration was not a rarity, during winter the drivers would look three times their size due too extra clothing. Some brand names I remember, Autocar, Fageol ,Mack, Oshkosh and Packard .
That is because there were no brake lines of air supply to the trailers. Leper trailers had no brakes!. I still have my grandpa's 1926 Kenworth and the Leper trailer made in 1927. Both are now restored after an 8 year project.
It was a reverse setup from the later trucks. The fifth wheel had a pin that would slide through a slot in the front of the trailer. The pin made contact with a ram that would actually move the landing gear back and upwards for traveling. This system was very handy especially if you were using the trucks and trailers for like interplant hauling or having to relocate a lot of trailers in a day. I actually drove trucks like this for a couple of years back in 1979-80 hauling IBM Endicott NY. We had 20 trailers that were 20 ft long and 3 tractors that were reverse set up.
That was great. I've seen plenty of pictures, but never film. Thanks for sharing. I've been driving for thirty five years, yet I never tire of these types of videos.
@@Romeo_GR I just know from being a history buff of sorts, I can't give you specifics. I do know that at this time a lot of formerly steam powered fire engines had been converted to being tractor drawn from horse drawn though.
The trailers are actually pretty cool. I like the self-retracting landing gear. I get really tired of wrestling with landing gear cranks on modern semis, haha.
great old footage.could you imagine spending 10 hours in one of those trucks.hats off to the drivers.im sure they didnt live too long without permenant pain issues.they make a current freight shaker look like a rolls royce.
I’ve been driving tractor trailer for over 40 years. Don’t know if I would have made 20 years in one of those. Great video thanks to whoever uploaded it.
Right, even though their range was much smaller it must have been very rough on the body. but things were very localized back then we didn't even have the interstate system til the 50's. it was still the railways that ruled the day for long-haul..
That was always the problem with trucks or any vehicles of that era, and well after. it took until the 60's before they even considered making passenger cars stop well. Henry Ford was always against hydraulic brakes, he said famously "The safety of steel, from pedal to wheel." eventually he relented of course.. but I get it. I don't completely trust todays electric steering. a mechanical connection is safest imo.
I drive tankers and this 1st one is just beautiful..I love these old trucks......and because of them we have what we have today...so imagine driving this open cab in the rain or the snow for .10 cents an hour....totally nuts!! Still love these old rigs though.
👍👌👏 Simply fantastic! My grandfather and his father drove such vehicles (axles powerd with enormous chaines). Thanks a lot for uploading and sharing this great view into the past. Best regards, luck and health.
Enjoyed your film clips the one truck said MILKY WAY this caught my eye I live in Lynden wash state a dairy area and we have a trucking firm that hauls milk and other liquids by same name .thank you .
O-H-I-O Porter greetings 🇺🇸 My dad started trucking in the 1930s. He mostly had straight trucks when he started, but he did get into semi trucks eventually. Goes to show you that those super single tires were around even back then. Yeah, the shaking video didn’t help my eyes, but it was well worth watching this. I pulled some old Dorsey trailers from the 40-50s that had similar landing gear that would retract when you backed under the trailer. You sure had to make sure that they latched when you started to pull away with them. I bet many a trailer was dropped onto the ground back in those days! Hmm! Wonderful film!!! Good stuff! 🥰😎✌️
Cool video, Armstrong steering at its best. The Lapeer Trailer Company was in business from 1919-1928, then became the Lapeer Trailer Corporation on July 1, 1928, which was a division of Trailer Company of America until 1932.
That first truck was an asphalt distributor. I did road paving for a couple years in the 2000s. The technology has not really changed much since this video.
This was quite fascinating. It seems to have picked up some extracts from someone's home movie! I think the third truck-trailer film in the railroad yard may have been a Chevrolet, but couldn't identify the other two.
my dad started his driving career in trucks like these. he would have loved this video. i also drove for almost 30 years, but never in such primitive, uncomfortable trucks. they were real men, back then.
I drove a 2020 Mack Anthem back in those days. Everyone would run away from me because they thought something from out of this world was coming. Good days. My time machine is broke for now.
Grandpa said these were not the easiest trucks to operate, he was working for the lumber mill after WWl Imagine, may have been old to us but very clever, 90% of innovation was already there
automatic gear then but not now?? i used one of these type trailers in the 70s if it was kept clean worked ok. needed better safety to make sure the gear latched before pin released.
In the late 1950's, Century 21 Shows still used some trailers with the solid rubber and wood spoked wheels. They ran the Midway at the Iowa State Fair and traveled a circuit.
@@huntermossakajunkerman9646 True - but those solid tyres were notoriously prone to skidding on cobbles in wet weather - hence one suggested origin of the English expression 'gone for a burton' - Burton's Tailors shops were often on corner sites, and a prime target!
Фильму лет 100, а концепция седельного тягача и полуприцепа осталась неизменной. Я сейчас такой же трал таскаю, чуть длиньше, чуть шире и осей сзади три. И кузовочек имеется, и сходни сзади. Только система автоматического расцепа в России не нашла своего признания. На части тягачей из Америки такая функция есть, но мало кто пользуется.
At least they wouldn't drop trailers back then never had it happened to me but seen enough of it. Bin driving since 18 and will probably die in the sleeper 🐱
That’s the first time I’ve seen automatic landing gear. Today I can understand why they did away with it. Seems drivers need an incentive to not be lazy. it’s not that I’m just some nobody being judgmental,I am a driver. Also, it’s too easy for equipment to break down. That would leave a lot of trailers unretrievable.
I've often thought of how much they were able to get done back then with so much less. Everything was small, trucks and trailers, heavy equipment. Heck, even the plates people ate from were small.
Imagine these brill creme hacks blind siding a 53 foot trailer with a sleeper cab into Bachman trains off of Erie Ave in North Philly , buses and cars not respecting you, coming both ways ,these hacks would have a problem, no spotters to help u, did this a hundred times!!
Not possible to have 16mm movies from the 1920's!!! The format and cameras weren't invented until 1935! Ask the George Eastman Museum. In Europe, there was the 17.5mm film format for amateur's from 1917, but cameras, projectors and film in the US were unavailable to the general public. You may have gotten a 16mm "bounce-down" from the original 35mm film, that is possible. The Blackhawk Company in Chicago did lots of that to 16mm and 8mm formats. Now 8mm was available in 1921. Another case of u-toob lies and falsehoods taking two years to be caught and corrected!
