I grew up seeing cabovers as a kid. My neighbor was a owner operator and had one. I'd always go over when he was preparing for a run to help begging to ride along. I finally got to go a few years later when I was about 13 years old. I will never forget that ride down to Texas and back
I totally agree. To this day I run a 74 A model. Great old truck. Noisy, loud, cramped, AC works well but not like a new truck... 400 cummins gets 5.2 mpg. Up hill, down hill, loaded, empty. 13 with 3:73s. 36in coffin box. No front brakes from the factory. Aluminum frame that I keep polished. Lots of care and constant maintenance by me personally. I carry some extra parts and lots of tools. Plus the knowledge to fix almost anything in a pinch. On the road today with an older truck parts are very challenging to locate as well as shops that can work on them. The times of good mechanics are mostly gone in my opinion.
Too much *Computer🔻control now-day’s is why no-one can spin a wrench anymore. 💔😔 Also, look at the material’s truck’s are made from now vs. the 70’s & earlier. 😝drastic-plastic has crippled the truck’s of today! Plastic break’s & warps🤬 Get RID of it!!!
I still remember going with my dad in a freight liner cabover to Toronto when I was about 9. It was so cool when you are a kid to climb way up the side of that thing and look down on all the cars as you leave the corner and the whole thing is bouncing you around as the clutch engages. He also drove a western star sometimes. It becomes nostalgic and it would never be practical but it would be fun to have a truck one day to keep those memories alive.
The old Pete 352 Pacemaker. Dad had one back before deregulation and then we used it for a farm truck. 8v92ta Detroit 15 speed and I don't remember the gear ratio. I learned to drive in that old girl. I still love the look of cabovers and drive an old K100 now and then for a friend at harvest time. My first tractor was a 93 Freightliner fld12064. M11 Cummins super 10 and 3.73 Rockwell rears. She was a well maintained fleet truck that I drove on weekends for the company that all of my current tractors are leased to. I bought her through payroll deductions when I went full time in 1999. She wasn't a money pit at all but was a money maker that let me get started. I still own her but she's semi retired (pun completely intended!). My 3 drivers and I take her out now and then when our regular tractors have to be in the shop more than a few hours. All of us ran "Black Beauty" as our first ride and we all STILL enjoy taking her out now and again. Sometimes I think she enjoys it more than we do!
My dream truck is a ‘71 KW C. O. E. That is fully rebuilt & restored with a 🐾😺3406e that’s been through the machine shop and is super-tuned with #Bank’s power-pack, fuel injection performance kit, and has the exhaust enlarged= 👍🏽😈all that muscle & torque stuff, but if You look @ the orange #Reliable-Carrier’s Peterbilt that is chopped & lowered, has suicide doors & side-pipes, THAT is how I want my KW COE rebuilt. 👍🏽👍🏽🥰
My first truck was a 1977 Peterbilt 352 110 inch double sleeper cab. 3406-A Cat with a RTO-14613 transmission. Aluminum frame short wheelbase and a headache rack. It was just a toy. Sold it because of my divorce from my first wife. Miss that truck.
Mine was a 1978 i bought it new never left me stranded i put over a million miles on it mine had a KT600 cummins better than any new truck ,I got 5.5 mpg all the time
It looks like a 76to 78 mine was a 78 I bought mine new and never had a problem with it never used any oil even at over 900 except over 500k you had to replace all air lines and hoses they would start wearing so I just replaced them all truck made me more money than any other truck I ever owned
That was a nice cabover Pete. And it had a Cat engine...should have been a great engine. I love cabovers... cabovers rule in my book. 🥰 I really like some of the new trucks and options, but many of them are cookie cutter type trucks and don’t have much personality, or as much as the older ones. I definitely don’t like the DEF crap you have to deal with now. It’s getting better, but it’s got a long way to go. I have a couple of buddies that have taken new trucks and converted them over to Series 60 Detroit’s. To each their own. 🧐 Good stuff. Stay safe and healthy out there. 😎
The biggest problem in the trucking industry is maintenance, as he said, I've said it myself any truck will breakdown, I've seen brand new trucks on the shoulder, constant inspection of working parts , front end parts , drive shaft , keep that oil changed, when something happens fix it never put it off,
Been driving 25yrs as an o/o an i can tell you every damn detail to my first truck, 1978 k100 400 big cam 13spd..i dont for one second know how you cant remember the yearof your first truck
Well if it wernt for the 40 other trucks maybe i would i cant tell you then names of all my past employees either but i got some funny ass stories. Can tell you the name of the fisrt girl i boinked but not her last name. These things are tools dont get invested in tools
I love the 352 cabover, especially the 110" cab, I had a bit of a dream to buy one and attach a 70s fifth wheel RV trailer to it and cruise the USA with the family (I'm from London UK) but I think i'd just end up standing on the side of highways with breakdown issues would probably be the reality. Also is the 352 very loud in the cab? that would kind of ruin the trip.
my buddy has that truck. it is a 362. his is for sale. needs a cab hinge and a head gasket. 580k true,certified miles...was a farmers truck and the farmer got all the options for that year. but as a farmers truck,it did a lot of sitting. that is why she has such low miles. you are right about that fuel economy..no matter what 5mpg's he says he will take 10k cash for it. that hinge is not hard to find, if you want to buy an entire parts truck..but to have it machined from the factory blue prints is 7500 bucks locally in Minnesota . he has a channel here on youtube and if you want a link to his truck just reply to me here. he has videos of her. oh ya, he is the 2nd owner and his is a 1985 .
here is a link to when he brought it home from a repair shop-after the last settlement from running it o/o otr..yes-he was running her otr just 2 years ago.lol ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WOsGzCoFJXA.html@@truckingreviewchannel
We owned old trucks more reliable than some new ones on the road. Some were as old as 13 and oldest was a GMC cabover they sold her in 2000 she was a 72. Depends on the owner, hell we owned a 99 kw in 01 worst truck purchase ever 250,000 miles studio sleeper. 3 engines, shot a piston out the side. The heads cracked 2 times. Uncle purchased it with a clean history and she was a damn money pit. Our 93 model pete has been sitting for 2 years. Planning on getting her back on the road and using her till her motor blows and dropping a brand new one
@@truckingreviewchannel Cabovers freak me out man I've never driven one but I've fooled around in a parking lot they're cool but mess with my depth perception cause there's really no front end. Does that make sense? You probably know what I mean.
@@LlamaMonster they do. But in time you realize you will be the first thing at a accident and just embrace your probable death. Then they are very coool!!
When I started everyone drove a cab over, only big riggers drove a conventional. I still see the old cab overs once in a while but still wouldn’t want to drive one again. They do look cool but I’ll keep my conventional.
Had to be more athletic to drive a cabover & taller 6' or more... climb & crawl... my life was unique w /352 petes & k100s ..either you understand or never will
You never can tell with trucks... I bought a 379... I have put a lot of money into it. My friend bought a 2012 Mack, he's put the same amount of money into it, which is 40k. He's still having emission and other problems with his truck, far as me.. I'm golden. Knock on wood
how do you call a truck a moneypit but can't remember the year of the truck? . I remember the year of every truck I've ever had to buy anything for since I started driving 40 years ago..
I kinda question how would could own a truck even have pictures of it but not remember the year of it,I am a company driver and I can tell you the year,make and model and the specs of every truck I ever drove, I can honestly say I experienced less break downs and trouble from older pre emmission trucks
We that's easy it's been 25 years why would you ? That iv owned 24 or more trucks over the years. I remember my address. From then an my phone number. I sold 5 trucks 3 years ago, there is no reason to remember the details of the trucks. Just the money made
I have bought a couple KW k100's for under $10,000 that were over 20 years old but I put another $10,000 in each of them fixing anything that might be wrong with them including 10 new tires before I put them on the road and I put over 500,000 miles on all of them and they had over 1-1.5 million miles on them when I sold them without having any major engine trans or rear end issues!!!! But I have also bought a 5 year old Pete 379 with 500,000 on the speedometer and paid $60,000 for it and 2 days later the engine came apart and cost me $22,000 to fix it!!!!! So it's a gamble buying ANY used truck!!!! And you need at least $10,000 minimum set aside for emergency repairs if you have any used truck running over the road if it has no warranty.
What kind of rig r u running now buddy ? Thanks for sharing I think she is one old sexy girl and believe me they don't make them like that anymore. Hey can u remember where she went or is she in scrap pile.
@@gumbygrom8436 i got my girl a new 500 rebel then feel in love with it so im getting her a grom an then we can take both on the truck if i put the rampage mount on the back of the truck an the grom on the trailer. But damn i bet i love the grom to it feels good
Some buffoons would say buy a 30 year old truck rather than a new one because of technophobia and defsystemphobia lmao. Modern trucks are very much reliable.
