SALVAGE 359 Peterbilt at the Auction, should we save it? 

Man that CB convo takes me back, that dude was cool! I miss those days too

Save it Bruce as an ex trucker its a large car as we used to call it i always loved running them back in the day nothing like hearing the turbo at 3 in the morning on a summer night.

Yes please save the Peterbilt, it looks like a fun side project and it would make a nice looking addition to your collection

save it and call it "Big Bird"

Watching those two telehandler operators load the ramp on the step deck was impressive! Completely silent, all unspoken teamwork. Big props to them 👍🏻👍🏻

I know you said you don’t need another project, but it’s a Peterbilt 359!! Wish I lived closer I’d give you a Swan for your hood.

Nice Pete but gonna cost you a pretty penny to restore and a bunch of hours. Wouldn’t be a bad idea to save tho. Anyways, blue collar lookin sweettttt

#SaveThe359! I love the old 359 pending what it has for a CAT motor it can be a great truck! I just got my CDL A learners permit…probably will be learning to drive a 1986 GMC General with a Big cam Cummins! Keep up the videos Bruce loving the content as always

Yeah definitely should save it 359s are getting hard to come by now especially in that good of condition she might be a little rough but not as bad as it could be and the motor is proably a 3406B or could be a C as well

359s being so hard to find these days i dont care how rough it is id love to have one i think the pete would make great content and kinda be a throwback to the og days of the channel when you painted the cabover

Save it mr Bruce love this type of content bro keep up the good work..!!😉😊👍👍👍

Get the banana jammer and convert it for pulling, it's nearly gutted for you already and use Blue Collar to haul it to shows and pulls. Old school Pete tugged around by an old school King. From my point of view, I think you spun your U-turn a bit too close in front of all those vehicles. Glad they actually were paying attention. You sure know how to pack a trailer, and the ramp was nearly scrap price, great purchase.

They really need to do more about teaching people in driver’s ed how to operate a motor vehicle around a semi and a motorcycle I would think it’s common sense but from my experience they have no clue

Bruce you are old school I've been driving truck since October 1997 for company out of southern Illinois run deicated to Ontario Canada every week love your videos congratulations on new baby girl

You might want to pull across the road at the U turn & block and stop traffic, hit the hazard lights before you pull into the shop driveway.

That Pete has a cat 3406b. Extremely reliable and loved engine. The issues with them heads are the rocker shaft hold downs are known for cracking and failing, the jakes would get out of adjustment and cause a valve to break a tip off and drop, and the rocker bridges would slip out if the valves weren’t adjusted when they should have been. All of those can be avoided with simple planned maintenance. But that engine is just as iconic as a Detroit, definitely worth saving, at least for the engine. Even if you gotta put a reman head on it and a liner. But sometimes you can get lucky and if it didnt drop a valve or anything then it’s definitely fixable. I’d pop the valve covers off real quick and check. And yeah they’re one solid head, two rocker boxes and covers. Full mechanical engine. The 3406e is a heui engine, hydraulic electronic unit injection. Uses high pressure oil and electric signal from ecm to open the injectors. Extremely reliable setup if properly maintained. Then you got into the Acert engines like the c12, c13, c15, c16, c18 and up to the c32. They are Meui engines mechanical electronic unit injection. It uses the fuel transfer pump to supply injectors with 90psi fuel and there a rocker arm on each injector and when the ecm open it the rocker arm pushes the fuel in the engine. Best setup for reliability and power. It’s overhead gear driven cam. Really good engines. Also if you can find a 3408b or e, those are awesome in a semi truck, not good on fuel but tons of power and just awesome engines. If you have any questions I’m a cat field mechanic so don’t be afraid to holler.

Might wanna slide that 5th wheel back a notch, 11k on the steer empty seems like a lot, probably over loading it when full. Mines usually closer to 9k empty and gets up to 12k when I run @ 90k

I was down there a while back. That yellow Pete was sitting there then and i asked them about it. They said the guy was coming back for it. Definitely rough on the inside.

Absolutely save it

Hey buddy good to see you again buddy good luck with trucks an tractors see you soon

The cabover, Bruce, please..🥲🥲

Save it it'll be a nice spare and something to take to shows since your making the cab over a pulling truck

Forsure that thing would be so cool in the fleet

That's one of the best parts of driving a truck or just having a cb in general is talking on them. Love all my radios. I need to start a shop.

Definitely save the big yellow Pete maybe a perfect resto mod show truck

Brings back memories. My Dad drove a blue Pete just like that one back in the early 80's. There ya go get it and fix it up and do a give away truck Demo Ranch style. Make tons of content and sell special shirts or hats to enter to win.

Needs to say “when life hands you lemons” on the back of the sleeper!

Yes I want a yellow 389... been looking for a while....

In fairness the white car didn’t necessarily know you were pulling into your yard 🤷‍♂️, would’ve expected you staying in the right lane after your turn. Although personally, I would’ve hung back to be sure. Expect the unexpected. Drive safe✌️

Yup

The DOT on the tire tells you the week and year of manufacturing. I.E. 2220 would be 22nd week of 2020. So there is a way of telling how old they are. Just for future reference. Love your videos man.

CB radio, that brings back alot of memories my Dad and grandpa always had one in all of their vehicles.

Good project for ole Tim Gentry, if he could ever finish the air force truck that started his channel!

Save it Bruce it's looks like you could bring it back or pass it Tim Gentry

11,680 on your steers empty is not good. Put it on the scale loaded and see how far over 12,000 you end up

Yup give her a new spring in life I think she'll come back to a beauty.

Crazy the people just don’t have radios they are such a great tool and setup the right way can update on traffic better or just listen to other people talk and put your two cents in on a conversation to pass the time

That banana would look great next to blue collar 2.0 and to have it as a back up if blue collar 2.0 breaks down.

Buy the Cabover...restore it, and your views will explode again. Remember, a cabover restoration got most of us (like myself) interested in this channel.

You should buy it. I would love to see you rebuild a Peterbuilt. And for an older truck it looks to be in ok shape.

Update on the wheelie tractor?

Yeah

Peterbilt ✅️ CAT engine ✅️ so what's the question ? Sounds like yes and yes to me brother !

359 with the Corevette dash... ya that old girl would be a keeper for sure. Put a mor modern sleeper on her and if it had a generator on her... be worth at the very least an in frame or perhaps a more modern Cat in her :-) Classy Rig that one!

Now thats what i call an well organized load 💯👌 love these kind of videos Bruce!! I used to haul my own loads too, until my health went bad, brings back memories for me 👍

My 3 year old loves your trucks Bruce, thance for the awesome content

Of course you should save it. Do a series build, don’t go overboard , make the starting goal a good legal runner and go from there as time and $$$$ permit

you should definitely save that truck Bruce that thing is sweet. nothin beats the sound of an ole kitty cat!

SAVE IT!

Bruce you have an absolutely Gorgeous truck but man you need to hook those stacks up!!!👍👍👍 Now, I think you need to get that Banana "Pete" and fix that Baby up and resell it!!!

needs alot of work but would like to see more of it, maybe build it into a rat rod truck

425cat. Worth saving

Save it and it will save you from the headaches and hassles of def

Glad to see CB radio isn't dead. Would love to see the banana truck fixed up for sure.

Buy the pete and turn it into a pulling truck and turn blue colar into a show truck

Man that truck is in better shape then most out there sitting in the bushes I would buy it and restore it especially with that B model cat

From the UK... Please save big yellow 💪🔥💪

Save it! Dual breather short hood,👌. 1987 was the first year with intercooler and the last year of the 359 to my understanding

That’s a rhetorical question, right? A 359 is always worth saving.

A dual breather long hood 359 is a find! More than likely it's a 3406B! That's the motor that gor Cat its reputation for being the best engine on the road! That truck is well worth saving!

If you can that banana hammock would be an awesome sled pulling rig or semi drag truck but probably that cats got to go. Either way Great video and people are inconsiderate jack wagons that think they own the road.

I agree about the radio conversations I wish more drivers would talk

I would save it and restore it, or give Tim Gentry a call. He might want it for his fleet .

Save it! Will be an epic RU-vid series! Watching the cab over was what bought me to your channel and love it. I do love all the other content but a rebuild series is surly on the cards

Save it man 🙏

I see I'm not the only one that says 'hawt' 24:10 I love that part where Bruce honks back.

Holy shit, almost killed a few folks at that uturn. Gotta watch out for that, couple extra seconds may save some lives.

You need that big ol yeller Peterbuilt Bruce!!

Ouestion : how do you get past the DOT without a headache rack ?

don't know but, you had to pre plan that load and if you didn't. you did a great job, love the will it start videos!!

Mesmo sem entender oq você fala sempre vejo seus vídeos os caminhões são lindo d mais

Just solid blue .. no pinstripen or custom paint necessary.

Spotted the old dominion rig in the background I got my cdl through their training program and been enjoying driving for them since

Here's your pulling truck !!!!! Banana hammock! Would definitely catch attention at a pull

You should save it. Call it Big Yellow

Yes I like the Canary ( tweety bird ) yellow Peter and I think it would be worth buying cleaning up and flipping for profit or turning it into a racing truck.

You should take a Mack Quad box in a B model with twin sticks.You would love that changing gears through the steering wheel.Would make a got video.

Buy the Pit it’s gonna be a cool project and good for the views, everybody gonna watch it, I know I will. Good luck.

That's takes me back too, is having a great conversation on the cb radio with another driver.

I remember as a kid running with my pops That CB never shut up. Good times

That white car, man!! 😄 Some people have NO respect. He come barreling down and didn't even want to stop. It looked like he was trying to pass on the left. I think he had a death wish. He would have been smashed like a coke can. That yellow rig was cool! I might try to save it, or at least the swan hood ornament. 🦢 In case people don't know, that standard Peterbilt ornament is a stylized steer head.

Yes Bruce it will be good if you save the peterbilt Nice look 👍

Love that Yellow

go for the peterbilt 359 be a good truck for ya

Yellow truck is very worth saving. Hell im sure ol Timmy would love to get his hands on it to help ya build it

Save it brother. I’ll lend a hand if you need it. But you don’t see engineering like that very often nowadays 👍

Yes

I’ve got one in my work pickup here in Ky and no conversation in sight I’m only 30 years old and remember my childhood every truck had a radio that was the only way to communicate back in the day

Glad you got the trailer fixed seems like a slick piece

Get both that would be awesome

Weeks auction is the best great group of guys .

Hello Bruce I think you should save that 359 body on it was in good shape buddy.

Nice Peterbilt it will be nice to save that old yellow truck!😎👍

Yes save it it would make some very good content

you need that peterbuilt semi i love the banana yellow color

Buy it, these old trucks have so much character and make for good content.

The Banana Truck is awesome. Great project!

Old boys told me things got so boring in the winter time that they raced belt Sanders at the local watering hole for entertainment...great video Bruce. Kool ❤🐘🇺🇸 Hey, what did they do, have a rouge ice storm🤔

You could always ask Tim about the cat engine Or there's a guy out of Canada twinsticks garage who might be able to help you a little Or at least tell you what you'd be getting into because he is working on restoring A 359 Tim also has WA500 loader that he is trying to sell if he still has it that is

Rebuild that motor and you'll have 3 things that'll work in your favor. A reliable truck that doesn't have all the computer stuff to slow you down and need repairs as much. Basically a new motor that can go another million plus miles. And mostly a pre-def truck that is ELD exempt so you can run a paper log book and save thousands on not having to buy DEF fluid. Plus already has a APU on it. I'd say buy it. If nothing else you can make it work and sell for a huge profit.