I claim no rights to the music or any other material in video only a love of trucking. I chose cabovers in the video because that is what i started driving back in the 80s when trucking was wild and great.
You are so right. I remember going to a truck stop getting a nice meal and I always looked forward to the monthly Overdrive magazine. Everything has changed.☹️🚛🚛 STAY SAFE out there.
Only had to drive a COE a few times in my career of 40 years ... still prefer a hood ... but definitely long for the good ol' days when carefree trucking was the rule, helping each other out, and not having so much legal mumbo-jumbo and other BS to worry about ... You tried to stay safe, keep your equipment in good shape, and get the loads delivered ... good ol' basic trucking ... glad I'm retired !!!
Most new-breeds can't even climb into a COE. .much less drive one. They were uncomfortable and would beat you to death, but they were extremely cool. Thanks for posting.
I was lucky enough to drive many just like these, and lots of good and bad memories. Manual steering, no a/c, hard ride, no power anything, small if any bunk. The good....fun times, great front end space for tight maneuvering, miss those days sometimes..
those were tough days but at least the drivers back then had respect for each other flash lights for u to get over stop to help if u were broke down. running 2 paper logs to make your delivery cross country. black beauties, pink hearts, and coffee without fear of a drug test, lol
I remember riding in an ol cabover with my dad in the 80’s and never understood why he had 3 of those books he wrote in! Now as as a driver I long for those cabovers and the times my dad drove in cause it’s just not the same as it was back then
Shane Woods three of those log books was what you had to have to keep a solo driver look like he was always legal. Trucking sure was great during the 70s and 80s.
"Back when trucking was trucking", ain't that the truth. I spent a large part of my life looking out the windshield of a cabover. A big part of it while riding over a 400 Cummins big cam 3 engine in the cab of a White Road-Commode (road commander II for all of you non-trucking types). Always figured if I had a wreck, there was no doubt I'd be the first one on the scene lol
Trucker5933 love this at 343 my grandfather ran for greenstein he's gone now but my grandma still has that picture of his ol greenstein truck my heart sunk when I saw that in the video I've watched a hundred truckin videos an seen all kinda trucks in them but never a greenstein truck thanks For the memory God bless
God bless your Granpa, same to all us old timers dreamin' of them good old days, all that's left are the places, and the faces past, always, the highways... 10-4!
When was a youth in the 70s me and a best friend from the Scout s all we thought about was Trucks Truck models ( girls also) and driving a cab over one day. found out more as adults he got to drive on the road I became disabled life has a path for all thanks for share.
Pompano Beach,Florida. Red set the rates and the farmers market was like home.Man im all crippled up from fallin one night while gettin fuel but you took me back,just for a flash,but driver THANK YOU and I can turn afew more miles in this ole wheelchair.
Cabovers are few and far between these days but back in the day they were the backbone of the country. I started out in a Cabover Freightliner and ended my career in a 389 Pete.
Thanks for the video of all the old cab overs. Drove a lot of 'em in my day. My favorite was a '68 Freightliner with a 318 Detroit and a 10 speed. Loved that old truck. Drove Transtars, Petes, Macks, GMCs and KW's. All of 'em good old trucks. Nothing like what they got today.
Marmon cabover WOW that is a rare truck even for back in the cabover days. Diamond Reo Raider was another GEM hard to find.Glad I had the opportunity to drive a White gmc WHL and a few walmart cabovers in the day.
I'm a retired OTR driver of over 30+ years. 90% of all the tractors that I drove were COE's. And right up to the day I retired in 1997, I still prefered COE's over conventionals. Now when I see the far and few COE's on the road, I take a second look at it and think of the days when they were the real power houses of the hiways.
I had a 9670, transtar II and a GMC astro. I have driven a Pete 362 and 372, but all conventional in last 25 years s2375, 8600, px612 andbest conventional is the 2017 freightliner cascadia 500,000 plus miles Detroit diesel and my first automatic. rides like a cadi, pulls good and all power toys and tilt and cruise control.
Only the older trucker will have fond memories here. It's bringing back some great memories. Really good times when truckers were a respected kings of the road.Those days my good friends are gone. The new age of everything is here. Where the trucker or the American worker have been dumb down. The amount of truck accidents out there is out of control but they rather replace a truck than to pay for a quality operator. It's just the way it is.
in my decade of trucking before my stroke, I went through a few trucks and my favorites were the Volvo 780, KW W900L, and the Freightliner Argosy and that's being 6'1 265 lbs
I did that 10-4, 35 yrs startin' 1976, ran a couple o' log books sometimes drivin' 24hrs straight, no accidents ever, but, now I'm 68yr old. I do miss it, but, a lot of great memories, knew a lot of truckers, God rest many of 'em, never got the respect they deserved keepin' America hummin' , and, the freight movin'! Trucker Mike 76-2011
I know that I am definitely sick in the head so I don't need an excuse for owning a cabover just because they make me happy. Cabovers and Harleys are what I live for!
That wasn't JUST ANY PETE.... That went to the Driver that had been with HUNT the longest ... in the early 80's there were TWO of his old time drivers that were still there one got a Pet and the other got a Marmon
@@jessgilley4961 That’s interesting to know. Back in the early to mid ‘80’s when we were running out to Shaky & the Gay Bay Area, some of the J.B.Hunt drivers were the early version of the Swift drivers are these days. They had the cab over 9670’s then the 9700’s when the set back axel versions came out. It seemed like no matter where we went there was always a J.B. driver somewhere in a unfortunate situation. Good Day to You!
In the 80's I worked for a company that wouldn't put power steering on their trucks and spring-ride tractors rode like a buck-board. Trucking in the 80's sucked. Trucks today are like the space shuttle compared to the 80's. You can cross I-80 and maybe drop a gear or two. Its almost like riding in a car. Back in the 80's running I-80 was work and it took a lot longer to get across to Delaware Water Gap then it does today.
I find it amusing drivers on here complaining about trucks in the '80s. I was driving Interstate when I was 18 in 1968' Most Trucks had no PS, had twin sticks, most still had GAS power. Lucky if you got a 220 Cummins. You shifted non stop to take advantage of any momentum. Finally got turbo 220's for 250 hp. but got too hot. 318's were real power houses!
I love to look at the old trucks. I saw a comment about Riss international, I use to work for them along with my brother. I didn't think anyone would remember crooked r as their nickname. Brings back a lot of old memories.
Only drove 4 cab overs in my 44 years of trucking; a 73 White Freightliner with s 318 and a 13 speed with 4:11 rears and a 38k lbs Reyco 4 spring suspension, 2 F 700 puppy dogs , one with a 237 with a 5 speed later swapped out with a RT-910 road ranger , the other with a 250 Cummins and a 10 speed and the last great cab over Mack made the MH ultra liner that only had the 300+ and a 9 speed but darn it it road so soft
I owned a drove an 89 Pete 384 / 425 Cat Cabover for 10 years, I sold it to go back being a company driver, in 2006 my boss bought me a new Pete 379 it was nothing like the old ones, it was just as shitty built as the cheap trucks, after driving it for a year, I told him I wanted the IH Eagle back that I had before, one of the younger drivers got the Pete and thought he was special, I didn't have the heart to burst his bubble,
Yep. I remember those cabover days very well. No AC, no air ride, no radio, no power steering, 318 Detroits and 290 Cummins pulling the Grapevine at 16 mph. I’m glad those days are gone but I’ll never forget them. 🤔
I spent many years driving cabovers. I don't miss them. Rough riding, a pain to tip the cab, having to dress in that narrow sleeper and that damn dogbox in the way.
I remember seeing convoys of trucks of all kinds on the interstate when I was a kid. Cab overs have a unique personality to them. I have always enjoyed listening to Ronnie Milsap. I haven't heard that song in years and it went well with that video.
I love the ol COEs. Miss seeing them as much. I know the ride was a little rough, but you could do a couple of things to help with that. They sure looked cool.
I use to see an almost identical cabover Peterbilt 352 as the silver , red and blue one , at the show Pärlrallyt or rally of pearls here in south sweden which takes place in late august every year , outside the town of Landskrona . It`s owned by a person in the my neighbor country of Denmark . It used to drive for Northlake Transport Duluth Minnesota . It still carries the colours and text and decals .
Conventional trucks are much more convenient for doing engine service on the side of the road. In a COE you had to secure EVERY SINGLE THING befor lifting the cab to access the engine.
I wish I could find a F 700 Mack with a V-8 in halfway decent shape or even Detroit, Cat or Cummins powered to get out of retirement at least for the warm weather months
Cabovers are the best, look at all the movies like white line fever and hijack lots more and All country songs back than like Freightliner fever, look at today nothing only about a Chevy pickup. No more cabovers no more country songs and movies.
Cabovers suck. Higher rates of industrial injury from falls and twisted ankles. Its silly to have overall length laws that limit cab length. Trailer lengths should be regulated in a reasonable bridge law formula. Then you can have longer tractor wheel base that accommodate conventional tractors with an easy entrance/exit.
loong nose in more comfortable. you are not sitting on a hot engine with all that noise and vibration. in a cabover when you hit a bumb or hole it goes right up your spine it gives you severe back problems after a while. The sleeper can also be much lower to the chasis giving the driver room to stand and space for all kind of things such as fridge , microwave and closet space for clothes and food. I should point out that in europe cabovers still rule the road.
I find the nostalgia and all the praise of Cabin overs a little hilarious. I guess I miss the old days too, But i don't miss these miserable things one bit. To many days weeks months and years in Cabin overs made me old before my time.
John Kelly I started out in a 1979 Freight Shaker cabin over. The sleeper was just a bunk, no frills. I almost had to stand up to turn the wheel. The only thing in that cab that worked was ME! Back then, we EARNED our money! But back then, not just anyone could be a trucker. Nowadays, they hire people who couldn't make it in fast food, send them through 3 week "driving school", then send them out to "haul freight". How things have changed!
the old ones yes. newer ones are okay. its different than driving a longnose. you are ON the centre line. its weird at first. but easier in cramped roadways and parking areas I will admit.
The shorter the wheelbase, the closer you can maneuver. If I was so tender that I needed super-soft ride, I guess I'd put a 5th wheel on the trunk of an old Cadillac.
My first truck 1951 white freightliner with a coffin sleeper it was a nightmare spent as much time under it with a wrench in hand as i did driving it cab did not tiltyou took the dog house apart to work on top engine in it when i got it 200 cummins 4x3 no power steering no ac bought my first new truck in 74 44070a transtar had all kinds goodys big power 335 cummins 13 speed jake brake ac and the strangest power steering i have ever had damm near killed myself when i first got it it did not return to center you had to turn the steering wheel back made for some interesting moment's when i first got it
Checking this out again. Sure enjoy the cabovers...glad to have driven a few of them. 🤩 What would that cabovers look like had Ford, Dodge Marmon had stayed in the game? 🧐They sold out, got out of the game too soon! 😳 Cabovers rule! 🥰
I'd love to see a picture of that. The one I had leased to IT was a 1968 Mack with a 8V71 (318) with an RTOO15. It was about 1973-74. It wouldn't go very fast, but it could climb any hill you could find, just VERY, VERY slowly. :-)
Not keen on cabovers, I preferred conventionals. Mostly because of the ride and the bonnet. Ever hit a bull, horse or a 7ft kangaroo in a cabover? But anyone that has the passion for truck driving is ok in my book no matter what the ride 👍😎
The worse one I drove was a '53 Freightliner. It had a 'cable' parking brake (not air), had a 'fake' grill, it was just metal painted black with 'chrome' colored stripes on it. It had a handle, and you opened it up like a door and that is how you checked the oil. The radiator was on the passenger side in the rear, kind of like some modern-day Motor Homes. The stack was on the passenger side, but the sleeper (which was 18 inches deep) had a place cut out where the stack went. This was in about 1977
cabovers were only popular so they could make longer trailers and have the shorter wheelbases to get the trailers in the tight docks, it will be going back to it soon too. wait and see. companies want more freight and 57' trailers will be used more even east of the Mississippi
It sure was .....drove one to California and back home to Tennessee every week for years.....when I got an IH conventional, my driver drove it....people always told him they thought he was me in that truck...always wished I went back to that ole Mack
Random Stuff In Oregon I feel ya, I came up in the 90's the tail end of it all Trucking was still exciting then for me it started to go downhill mid 2000's.
I much prefer to drive a cabover than those long nosed monstrosity's. I've driven both and the cabover scores way over the conventional. I was a long haul driver for over 40 years, so I do have some experience.
Wow ,started out driven a f modle Mack camel back springs a 300 HP motor and a 10 speed with double over drive an now steering wheel holder won't drive if there radio don't work amazing how fare down trucking has gone !
