12V71 Detroit KW Road Train. Hear this baby sing

12V71 Detroit KW Road Train, owned By Paddy Ward of Orange, Driven by our good American mate Dan Thomas Medford Oregon. Hear this baby sing

[@slimchancetoo]

That is ONE WELL TUNED/MAINTAINED JIMMY. NOT A HINT OF EXHAUST SMOKE even during gear change. MAGNIFICENT. !!!!!!!

[@sourbrothers73]

Why are you yelling? We can hear you JUST FINE

[@slimchancetoo]

@@sourbrothers73 It is/was common practice among drivers of V12 Jimmy's to raise their voices several notches above normal when trying to converse with one working in the background. possibly comes from the days when truck cabins were very poorly sound insulated, lots of hard plastic and bare metal, and the beast was just beneath or in front of you. Drivers of V16's usually conversed in sign language and facial expressions !!!!

[@sourbrothers73]

@@slimchancetoo haha you got me! Believe me, I've worked on CAT generators the size of a conex container. In fact, an asphalt plant I built had one mounted _inside_ a conex box, for easy transport. You needed ear protection to get within 100ft of that thing

[@slimchancetoo]

@@sourbrothers73 "In fact, an asphalt plant I built had one mounted inside a conex box, for easy transport." Ummmmmm those things, completely self contained generator systems and fire fighting pumps mounted inside a shipping container - for easy transport - if that is what a conex box is -- are as common as discarded beer cans in the Great Outback of Australia. Carted many of them to remote sites.

[@slimchancetoo]

@@sourbrothers73 "You needed ear protection to get within 100ft of that thing" Fire fighting suystems set up in a shipping container or in a large building run WITHOUT Mufflers, air or fuel filters. My mechanic worked on them -- said it was a 'very nervy job' the Muthas could burst into life without warning if a fire alarm went off. If you happened to have your fingers in the wrong place when one did burst into life -- bye bye fingers.

[@jimenticer3642]

***BREAKING NEWS*** Man steals entire vintage truck show with the help of a mighty 12V-71

[@Moshe1936]

Miss the sound of those 2 stroke Detroit Diesels.

[@slimchancetoo]

Similar feat was actually achieved about 25 years ago at Gilgandra NSW Australia. Farmer went to a 'clearing/dispersal sale with his LOUISVILLE prime mover/tractor and ONE trailer. Bought several bits of agricultural equipment, a road train dolly and trailer to go with it. Loaded up his purchases and headed home. Decided to spend the night in a truck stop cabin rather than in the sleeper bunk. Came out next morning, his Louisville, lead trailer, dolly, drag trailer and everything else was GONE !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@daveluttinen2547]

Run it up to the governor - shift. There is no sound on earth like it. This is one of those sounds that I would love to have running for ten hours to sleep by. I lived on a truck route on an incline when I was young, and hearing the Detroit Diesels leaving the light two blocks away was always a thrill. Cummins? Yawn. Caterpillar? Fine. Although I did like the Thermodyne because it belched more black smoke than raw bunker fuel. But the sound of the 2-stroke was always identifiable - 6, 6v, 8, 12. Sigh. Thanks for this!

[@MisterMikeTexas]

EPA probably wouldn't allow their production today.

[@daveluttinen2547]

@@MisterMikeTexas : absolutely true.

[@samuelmoravec5401]

Yet the federal government still produces and uses 6v53’s…

[@johnsergei]

You've got the whole classic truck show on board.

[@ThePaulv12]

Yeah, just waiting for a caravanner to overtake then slow down to 40kph then up to 75 then back down to 50. Finally you pull out to overtake and they speed up so you can't get past, then a car comes in the opposite direction, you hit the skids get back behind them and they report you to the cops at the next town.

[@18winsagin]

Was waiting for the Toe Cutter to come by on his motorcycle!

[@honeyblunt5150]

The Night Rider. Remember him when you look at the night sky

[@suparoo100]

Man, those jimmy's sound nice, we use to have 953 KW rig trucks with 16 V's in them, they sounded awesome with 50 ton on the back and fun to drive

[@johnpartridge7623]

Once heard never forgotten, that's for sure 👍

[@harrisonmantooth3647]

I love that sound. My father and his brothers drove back in the day. Most of the Tractors had Detroit's in them. Can't get enough of that music.

[@muffs55mercury61]

Wow and does it ever sing and roar at the same time!!! No diesel sounds sweeter than a Detroit. Not to mention he is hauling some awesome cargo !!! The old school kind.

[@juliusadams1931]

I got goosebumps just listening to that Detroit screaming

[@plumbingstuffinoregon2471]

That is truly beautiful sight. Kind of makes me wish I lived in Australia.

[@paulevans8000]

And some towns have a Main Street wide enough for a Road Train like this to do a U-turn. For example, if you want to walk from one side of the road to the other in Tullamore in New South Wales it’s a good idea to take a packed lunch and supplies of water. Ha ha. Good one.

[@900108Chale]

@@paulevans8000 ROFL!

[@anthonyxuereb792]

You don't get to hear that every day, it's music to my ears.

[@iamphoenix7942]

That truck sounds better than Lamborghini

[@denchero1]

Nice love it music to my ears

[@mr.slaphappy3794]

@I Am Sekou Yes.

[@mr.slaphappy3794]

@I Am Sekou Yes.

[@esoteric1213]

I Am Sekou abso fuckin lutely it does

[@gumballer133]

@I Am SekouThey both sound amazing!

[@juliusadams1931]

Oh yeah The 12V71 Detroit music to the ears

[@Mydickinyoursister]

My heart started singing..."roll on...BIG MAMA, I like the way you sing...

[@jimmybuck1065]

There’s trucks and there’s trucks and then there’s this. Sweet

[@594bolt]

Pulls in to a tire shop: "Your sign says tire rotation for $14.95. I'll wait."

[@900108Chale]

ROFL!

[@suparoo100]

🤣

[@darcyday416]

Love them Jimmy's

[@portnuefflyer]

I put a 3-53 in a pickup back in the early '70's, sounded about the same!

[@brianwilson138]

This guy has owned this truck from new and was about twenty or twenty one years young when he bought it.

[@jacak47410]

Tell you the story of my bosses father,owns a 12v71 brockway from the early 70's Truck worked a long but well cared life,over 2,000,000 miles on her. Truck is more of a show truck nowadays but she runs like a top.

[@bryanmartinez6600]

Back in the days when jobs payed better and things were more affordable

[@Mr-Damage]

Sounds like you.

[@BrianBHatteras43c]

that 12v71 is towing a train of other rolling stock, impressive!

[@mini4x]

Stunning collection on that rig.

[@Bodgemiester]

All that weight and clean as a whistle! Very impressive

[@nimbly1693]

The Buzzin Dozin!

[@SpongeDiamondBlackRed777]

Lovely!!!

[@arthurschopenhauer7737]

First look: well, takes its time to accelerate... Second look: yeah, that´s ok.

[@gearbanger57]

Reminds me of the bullhaulers leaving the stockyards back in the 70's and 80'S. Straight piped 359's and W900's, that's where you went to see the nice trucks, I worked at the grain elevator down the road, mostly all work trucks there.

[@nickaxe771]

Now that does sound sweet.....music to my ears. Great trucks.....real mens trucks.

[@DR10002]

Ok. That was nice.

[@stevepifer7212]

I love the sound of the buzzing dozen

[@patrickkelly8095]

Sweet music.

[@CS_247]

"WHAT DID YOU SAY?!" 😂 I do loves a Jimmy powered roadtrain. Freaking scary meeting it coming for the other way tho. Those little roads are narrow! And bumpy....

[@steveswallows8525]

Gotta love those Aussies.

[@dehoedisc7247]

Man, that V12 sounds awesome, and Lots of Torque!

[@dehoedisc7247]

And, I learned to drive big rigs at Dootson Driving School here in California, and my instructor was an Aussie with over 1,000,000 miles, and he drove a Cadillac Eldorado (front wheel drive) with the 500 cubic inch engine!

[@aired-downdisconnected4125]

I hear one of these every morning by my house , reminds me of Maximum overdrive. My gf says "shift" when she hears it.

[@LoganFK]

Old comment but 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣

[@robertborchert932]

That's one beautiful rolling collection of old soldiers you have there!

[@cellpat2686]

Wow, that load is well past 80,000 pounds but the big 12 can handle it though. That's brute force.

[@CLASSICAUSDRAGS]

Thanks for putting this on youtube, it brings back a lot of great memories.

[@husnan0221]

Man that DD is KING

[@iloveslideking]

He changed 10 gears and still moving on 25 miles

[@jeriatrix4526]

There's an even bigger 12V 92. Go right by anything but a fuel station! 😂

[@richardmaurer9002]

Another one of those guys who subscribes to the myth of Detroit fuel consumption. Depending on its state of tune, its fuel burn is comparable to a 2” or Big Cam Cummins, again, of comparable hp output. What you detractors can’t seem to grasp, is if they burnt twice as much, or even just a LITTLE more fuel, they wouldn’t be able to sell them for 70 years, much less constantly rebuild them 30 years after they went out of production. No owner-operator or fleet manager would spec an engine in a truck that burns more fuel than the competition and hope to make any money with it. On-road and off-road people know that the profit margin is too slim to be wasteful of fuel.

[@TheTruth_187]

This Detroit Diesel might be the cleanest ive seen!!! A token of excellent maintenance!

[@thejerseyj9422]

Music to my ears.

[@deanberolzheimer2658]

everything about this video is gorgeous, awesome, thanks!

[@eddgong]

Drove one in a KW pulling iron from the gold mines after metal salvaging those big hoppers etc 10spd with a 4spd aux , no limits to what it could pull or how damn fast you want to go,it was off road and pulled many tall hills with over 200K lbs est .on the springs

[@appealingpit]

Beautiful sounding motor.

[@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor]

Whoa now that's a low gear! Hearing the engine revving to the max while the truck is hardly running at the speed of a person walking, it's unbelievable!!

[@vernonwhite4028]

That is totally awesome!!

[@CirocObama.94]

That has to be Australia look at the sky it's beautiful

[@danjohn188]

Ummm no it's definitely not in Australia, we drive on the right hand side here, the driver of this truck is clearly on the left

[@Shelby-fq3eh]

Nope, he's on the right. See at 0:07. Also Ampol is an Australian oil company, so it must be Australia.

[@stephenhunter70]

he's on the right side of the cab, the person you can see is a passenger

[@gjmob]

The description says that its owned by Paddy Ward of Orange. Orange is in NSW.

[@yeahimere9631]

dan john The driver is clearly on the right, he's the one behind the steering wheel, ya moron!

[@900108Chale]

*Brah!* The trucks he's hauling! *Pure Diesel overdose!!* TX! Would have liked to see more.

[@roberttegeler1426]

that truck sounds better than every truck in thE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@carlyoungquist1754]

Ran all of the 71s on a dyno at the factory - used to love pulling the stacks off & listening to that roar.

[@plumbingstuffinoregon2471]

That's an awesome collection there!

[@jelmo8759]

Rocky mountain hummingbird nice I have many miles hearing it sing

[@geoffreywallace9432]

Love that sound.

[@chuckeberth4370]

And sing she does. Nothing like a Detroit 71 series.

[@andrewking9761]

The inline 6-71 and 8V71 Detroit are among the best sounding engines ever made fully loaded in a semi with a Roadranger gearbox and a good driver they sound out of this world at certain RPM's with the blower. I lived near a highway when I was a kid and my father was a truck driver. Qld Australia. near Brisbane.

[@lrtrucking3661]

Beautiful sound 👌🏻 👌🏻 good ol’ Detroit

[@paulnolan1352]

Instantly recognisable to us ex Plant Mechanics. Worked on plenty of 6v, 8v and 12v in mainly Terex Dumptrucks, scrapers and Graders. A common Engine once.

[@ryanehlis426]

love that 2 stroke Detroit!

[@randallfrank5682]

WOW, that is quite a load that tractor is pulling very nicely.

[@johnhull6363]

scream Jimmy scream!!! buzzing dozen

[@mrceleb2006]

Buzzin' Dozen in the Land Down Under!

[@indioparaguayo1910]

Sounds like a rock'n'roll music!

[@lylehart3744]

Gotta love the ol buzzin dozen

[@DeusVult0313]

Legends say that truck was built just to haul his balls around town

[@Ajallday1010]

beautiful sound

[@andrewthacker114]

Wonderful

[@plumbingstuffinoregon2471]

Hey! I'm from Oregon! Pretty cool that that guy got to come all the way to Australia and drive that thing! That's awesome!

[@Philg1953]

Yep that's all my Mate Dan wanted to do was drive a road train in Australia, and on this run he drove 3 different road trains, loved every minute of it. Also slept in an Aussie swag under the Southern cross.

[@johntekuiti]

Very nice sound.

[@jessicaperfrement5002]

That’s a bloody legend

[@copland402]

amazing!!!

[@crazyc99]

Music to my ears!!

[@fexploder3281]

This thing is super damn cool, gotta give it some good love.

[@jacobjakeup7106]

I’ve never wanted anything more in my entire life than that KW I just saw

[@Mark-te5bf]

same

[@davedmk]

So much awesome in one place at one time.

[@user-if8nz2yo5n]

What a beast! Best dog gone sound on the planet.

[@yann5427]

This video is perfect.

[@jackbarrie6007]

A . K WACA WITH A SCREAMING JIMMY PERFECT FOR THE OUTBACK

[@raylarkin5004]

Must be down under. Semi trains a so cool!👍🏼

[@ToyotaTrucksR4Girls]

Nice 12V71 brother

[@jameslobb5795]

THAT'S MUSIC TO MY EARS

[@mnwolfe87]

I like how no one dislikes this... how could you this is frick'n awesome

[@DTD110865]

I see 12 dislikes so far, but I have to agree with you.

[@skydiverclassc2031]

16 Prius owners so far.

[@900108Chale]

Ever since Biden moved in a Gretta learned how to use YT, it increased to 140. *How dare you!*

[@scottpage81]

Now thats what im talkin' BOUT

[@trucnman20]

That's music to my ears brother

[@earthtruthhunters1642]

As Will Smith said- now that's how to drive, that's how you drive...

[@lee2217]

Amazing

[@DomZa100]

awesome

[@roberttegeler1426]

thats the sweetes truck ive ever seen in my trucking career...

[@michaelbaumgardner2530]

Sweet 71 series

[@samazd4015]

Lovely

[@madjack1748]

nice truck

[@TheAussieStig30]

Oh boy would I like to drive a 12V. I drove a 6V92T and that was pretty fun.

[@theq4602]

Some nut out there has bolted a 16v92 to an 18 speed and crammed it in a freightliner classic.

[@oscar.gonzalez]

My high school crown coach bus had this exact sound

[@willbill808]

Oscar Gonzalez Probably had a 6N71. I know the sound well. I used to ride late 70’s Gillig buses. We rode Crown coaches too, but those had Cat 3208 motors.

[@slimchancetoo]

@@willbill808 I was just gonna say ----- NO SCHOOL BUS WAS EVER POWERED BY THE 12 V 71. Simply too much power. !!!! A veteran Jimmy driver can tell the various engine sizes and whether it is turboed (they run much quieter) by the individual sounds they emit.

[@danielh4995]

Feet per gallon Woo Hoo, or should I say meters per litre. Either way love that Detroit sound.

[@Moshe1936]

They will run 24/7 as long as you can keep oil and water in them.

[@stntmn99]

THAT, is why they called them SCREAMING JIMMY'S!

[@cavebandit]

Makes this "Yank" want to visit your country!

[@BRITOJUNIORCAMINHONEIRO2014]

very good!

[@vendetta1306]

Back when trucks were trucks

[@jessicaperfrement5002]

Good legend

[@sheepdog457]

Buzzin’ dozen!

[@coinucopia]

My favorite kind of music!

[@briancash9236]

my father had one of two w models in australia absolutely flew