My family is in this documentary , my Dad is Doug , I'm the young girl running down the street , I was 9 ..I just seen this for the first time recently and it's priceless as my Dad is no longer with us ❤️ very well done documentary
@John_R_Jackson_III2 жыл бұрын
How old are you now?
@ktmcandog2 жыл бұрын
Pretty cool to have you dad and you on film. I wish I had film of me when I was a kid running with my father hauling cars,cattle, steel and cement in the late sixties. Real men and real trucks and honourable work. Dad was my hero for sure.
@beckysnedegar11242 жыл бұрын
John I'm 55
@beckysnedegar11242 жыл бұрын
Honestly thought I'd never have the chance to see this documentary that I've wondered about for 46 years .. I love it ❤️
@mayday6071 Жыл бұрын
Love this film very awesome. Especially with Becky’s comments on here. Makes it more authentic. I started in 2001 but couldn’t afford newer trucks so I bought my self 76 352H and had fun.
@carolinawestern38752 жыл бұрын
This is the era of trucking I came up in. Fuel was cheap, rates were good and a man could buy a decent truck and support his family. It was a wonderful time. You didn't see the stupidity out there like now either!
@SerbKing13892 жыл бұрын
I'm 26 now, started driving at 18. I' have a great love and passion for trucking especially this golden era of trucking. I wish I was born earlier and got the chance to experience it. Many truckers are clowns today that don't know what it means to be a trucker. Even though I'm young, I'm an old school trucker at heart
@ricochetey2 жыл бұрын
@@SerbKing1389 I'm with you I turn 25 in a couple days been driving 3 yrs now we really missed out on classic trucking can't even hardly find a manual rig now. I had to quit my old job because they switched to Volvo automatics I said I'm done
@SerbKing13892 жыл бұрын
@@ricochetey bro I'm in the same fking boat. Switched companies a year ago now driving a new volvo. Told mu boss to buy me a manual and almost all the new trucks you can find are autos. I hate it. I miss floating gears man. It dosent feel like you're driving a truck anymore. We really did miss out on those golden years.
@ricochetey2 жыл бұрын
@@SerbKing1389 Wow no suprise, that blows. I'm in a 2001 Mack CH with a 10spd now no sensors, beepers or DEF I'm happy and my new boss plans to keep it that way 1.5mill miles and counting
@bobbywwiggins9042 жыл бұрын
@@SerbKing1389 I
@SuperVostie Жыл бұрын
People here look good. No once is fat, each one os well spoken and there seems to be respect beyween how people interact with each other. Love it
@MetalTeamster3 ай бұрын
I started trucking 1983, I caught the last few years of these days. It is sad, these two fellows were what most most truckers were like back then
@Mike-01234Ай бұрын
In those days didn't sit inside all day nothing to do at home either working, or doing things outside we didn't have KZbin, or internet. TV was 6-8 channels you watched program at night have one TV entire house.
@bahnfire318isАй бұрын
buffet man looked like he was experiencing mild cardiac trauma after his bench press.
@salvatoreshiggerino681028 күн бұрын
The lot lizards looked pretty dysgenic even back then.
@cornsyruptrucker22 күн бұрын
Eyep...I haven't started driving yet but I hear a lot about "you'll find the best of humanity...and the worst of it in this industry." I wonder if I should join the teamsters eventually.
@EvrythingIsALieАй бұрын
This is true lost media, most today will never know how good it was back then, even with all the problems that there were. Thank you for uploading this, I am not crying someone’s just chopping onions near me.
@oldtrucker6722 жыл бұрын
This video just showed my life. Had been trucking for five years in 1976. Had a dedicated lumber run from John Day, Oregon to building sites in Dallas/Ft Worth. Those were the days my friend.
@JHorse5082 жыл бұрын
did you have to tarp im surprised the guys didn't
@oldtrucker6722 жыл бұрын
@@JHorse508 My loads were kiln dried, so yes, I had to tarp. Two of the trucks in this video must've been hauling green lumber. The third truck was tarped. Great question. You are like me; looking for bloopers and call outs. I have to add how much I enjoyed watching those old Freightshakers strolling down the boulevard. Drove a LOT of those old C/O's. Worst thing about the Freightliner cabovers from the 60's was keeping the cab warm in the dead of winter. More than once I took sheets of cardboard and taped them under the dash, and against the driver's door, and then wrapped my lap and legs in a blanket.
@loganjohnson35892 жыл бұрын
@@oldtrucker672 AH yes them old freight shakers wind rain and snow blowing thru all the little nooks and crannies .wearing boot's two pair of socks a heavy jacket .radiator covered over with what ever you had and still being cold .looking thru the windshield thru that one small spot that wasn't frozen over .and when you get outside there were Ice sickles radiating from the lug nuts like a star and your C.B .antenna was covered with ice not to mention the grab bar to get in and out .do remember a trucker who drove Kenworth cabovers .his name was John hunter .
@oldtrucker6722 жыл бұрын
@@loganjohnson3589 I forgot about the lack of defrost! And those dumb ass air powered wipers. I didn't know John Hunter but somebody knows what they are talking about! The icy grab handles and steps could be nasty for sure.
@loganjohnson35892 жыл бұрын
@@oldtrucker672 John was the man who broke me in to truck driving .he was one of the real old timer out law drivers .I hit the road in the mid 80's most of my life was oversize and heavy long haul .I hung up the key's in 2020 .my first truck was an old freight shaker .It was well kept but that didn't go far in the winter .It had air assist steering thank god you could shut it off It was great for the summer and city driving but scary as hell on snow and ice .I lived in that truck for 6 years .I was in my early 20's then .I guess i was lucky the life of a trucker suit me .As the years went by I saw lots of changes in this old world .the one that disturbed me the most was how the younger drivers behaved .the work is the same but the drivers have turned into idiots and whiner's .Well I gotta go some one just told me lunch is about ready .and she's a good cook .so so long old trucker nice to have met ya .
@augustusshook28812 жыл бұрын
This was the best of trucking. I came home from the army in 74 jumped in one of these rigs and it got in my blood and never could let it go. I am retired now and I sure miss it.
@kevincosma79452 жыл бұрын
I can understand why you miss being on the road, but you would not want to be out here with these idiot drivers. They're all playing on their phones while driving and you have to navigate around them!
@christophertaylor24642 жыл бұрын
AUGUSTUS SHOOK THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND GOD BLESS YOU AND ALL WHO READ THIS AMEN.
@kalgstol2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service brother
@rocketlaunch992 жыл бұрын
You must be..shook by that
@loganjohnson35892 жыл бұрын
O How I know that feeling Brother I ran for 45 years my body told me i had to step down .5 years ago .And i still feel lost .
@Kaatu-barada-niktoАй бұрын
I not a trucker but did grow up in 60's and the one thing that jumps out at me is how civil, kind and respectful people were toward each other. It's a rare thing to see these days.
@ФРУН-р4ло22 күн бұрын
Деньги портят людей.
@2ndarmoredhellonwheels106 Жыл бұрын
I started driving trucks in 1992 and retired in 2021. I still miss it.
@MetalTeamsterАй бұрын
@@2ndarmoredhellonwheels106 I started driving trucks in 1983 - I was 20. I liked/loved it until about 1995. By that time all the good guys like Becky's dad, Karl , Bill Laidlow and guys like them were fading away and being replaced by people who would have never in a million years been hired when I was a kid getting in the industry. I don't miss it a bit
@LordHeadcheez Жыл бұрын
I'm a young trucker, in my late 20s, and I do the Portland to Phoenix run all the time. It's super cool to see what it was like long before my time. :-)
@MetalTeamster3 ай бұрын
Go get a Teamster driving job that is in the Pension. Stick with it if you want to drive. Otherwise , the future will be bleak, unless you have other streams of income. Good luck. You did miss the best days…. I caught the tail end…. And then spent years watching the decline
@LordHeadcheez3 ай бұрын
@@MetalTeamster I'm definitely looking! Teamster trucking jobs are sadly hard to come by nowadays. Plus, you're basically unhireable once you have one. Every ex-Yellow driver I've talked to has said that they were denied by every company because they are so scared of drivers unionizing. Hopefully we'll reach a tipping point soon and drivers across the nation will turn pro-union again.
@MetalTeamster3 ай бұрын
@@LordHeadcheez well, good luck, yes, be nice to get back at least some of what we gave up
@jfk-od2wy Жыл бұрын
when I was a kid in the 1970s I used to make a list of every rig I saw during family road trips in Canada, the classic trucks made a big impression.
@deborahchesser737526 күн бұрын
I did the exact same thing, my brother and I would point a nice one out and say that one’s mine and then argue over who’s it was 😆 that and the travel game with different things to spot while traveling and you put a magnetic chip over it when you saw that certain thing until you get a bingo. I miss those days.
@cornsyruptrucker22 күн бұрын
That's rad 😳😃
@paulgrimm2 жыл бұрын
I started driving in 1978.I drove a cab over for ups. I drove 39 years. This brings back memory’s.All them old trucking songs. Fun on the CB.Charles Douglas and Art Bell on coast to coast .I thank God I have myTeamster Pension !My last dedicated run was Houston to Hammond LA and back.650 miles 5 nights a week .Catch you on the flip side Good Neighbor . I got to go😅Keep those pups a pullin
@adampatterson54752 жыл бұрын
It's amazing how different the trucking industry is today compared to 70s and 80s
@franceliakarle_12 жыл бұрын
Hello Adam how are you doing today?
@dewboy132 жыл бұрын
I am of the firm belief that it's so heavily regulated now, because of the sins of the past. I've been driving 13 years myself, and hate the over bearing regulations as much as the next driver.
@buzzfeedright41542 жыл бұрын
What has changed sir ?
@tp40162 жыл бұрын
It’s not different if you run a business professionally. Allot of work but it’s worth it
@YoNeener2 жыл бұрын
I can't believe how many morons call themselves truckers when they are really just steering wheel holders who text while driving and drift into my lane. I literally hate truck drivers.
@georgerenton9652 жыл бұрын
Ya, the golden days of trucking….. when you picked up freight all day and drove all night. Drove from one truck stop to the next to use the pay phone to see if your getting paid for the load you dropped, trying to arrange for delivery of the load you’ve got on, and trying to find your next load. The trucks where interesting to look at from one half of the country to the other due to bridge laws. I drove cabovers for over 30 years. Other than nostalgia, they where a cold bitch in the Canadian winters. Gross weight was 73,280 lbs, and everyone had their hand out. Before IFTA you where swamped with tax filing and licensing. All that tin hanging off the bumper back in the day was more paperwork. Running that short single axle 352 with a set of joints over those snow packed passes took a lot of skill, and nerve let me tell you. Excellent film of realistic trucking in the 70’s. Almost every truck stop was full of cab overs back in the day, then with the blink of an eye they’re all gone. So are the drivers.
@Johnnycdrums2 жыл бұрын
Why no more cab overs, I don't get it?
@j_rainsgoat39292 жыл бұрын
Probably because in head on collision the cab would flip over the front bumper.
@camd46482 жыл бұрын
@@Johnnycdrums They're still fairly popular in Europe.
@civlyzed2 жыл бұрын
@@Johnnycdrums You may find this interesting: Trucks in USA compared to Europe. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gam1fHmFlLSch68
@zeo50092 жыл бұрын
@@Johnnycdrums truckers generally don’t prefer cab-overs due to tighter living spaces and difficult engine access. After the 70s restrictions on overall truck length were relaxed, and hence many truckers opted for the longer bonneted trucks. In Europe due to smaller roads and tighter length restrictions cab-over trucks are still popular, which is why some in this comment thread are mentioning them.
@SaltyMilkandCoin52 жыл бұрын
Thx for uploading this Retired Brit. This truly was the golden era of trucking. Deregulation really fucked our industry up.
@electron82622 жыл бұрын
What did it do?
@aguy5592 жыл бұрын
I remember as a kid in the 80s doing the honking motion to get truckers to honk at us. They’d do it 💯 of the time. It was always a thrill for us. I guess we were easily amused. 😅
@christophertaylor24642 жыл бұрын
Adam Edwards I remember doing that too always loved hearing those air horns blow.
@Phantom-309-e9p2 жыл бұрын
Started trucking in 81. Still honk the horns. The pleasure the kids have when you do that is priceless!
@northmanlogging27692 жыл бұрын
Don't worry, Most of us still do it, if we can see ya anyway. Had an old fart give me the signal awhile ago, I giggled all the way home.
@cornsyruptrucker22 күн бұрын
They still do this !!! I've even wanted to do the horn honk arm thru my cars sunroof lol still haven't
@jeffreybennett88932 жыл бұрын
A lot of truck stops were great. Good people to talk to, good atmosphere, fun games and - the food. Can't trust people these days. A whole different world today...
@daMillenialTrucker2 жыл бұрын
I wish I could drove back in those days. I don't speak to other drivers at all and I don't care to because I don't trust nobody and I don't trust nobody because I don't play by the rules.
@bredwhite67862 жыл бұрын
@@daMillenialTrucker super trucker
@daMillenialTrucker2 жыл бұрын
@@bredwhite6786 rat 🐀🐀🐀
@iraeaglemind2 жыл бұрын
I agree.
@Weezy105802 жыл бұрын
Lots of shady corporate truck stops that are straight up dangerous. Now no more mom and pops truck stops and zero camaraderie among drivers. It’s just plain sad
@ian93sc282 жыл бұрын
Man I need to find more lifestyle documentaries like this from the 70s this is the best thing I’ve seen all year my goodness this is fucking gold
@dregstaАй бұрын
Lol me too im diving into the 1970s 60s rabbit hole of entertainment.
@DieselDucy Жыл бұрын
As a former trucker, trucking today is a shadow of what it once was. My first truck was a cab over. I miss it so bad. This documentary was AMAZING!
@gregorybarth930Ай бұрын
Single screw COE with wiggle wagons
@markrhuett2 жыл бұрын
I grew up in that era and couldn't wait to grow up and be a truck driver. Now, all the trucks of that past era are in the junk yards or even museums. Everytime I see one of them it brings back a flood of memories.
@loganjohnson35892 жыл бұрын
A men brother .now i know how that old fire house dog feels.
@Navistar5112 жыл бұрын
Same here. I was corrupted by a show called Movin On.
@whitefarms19912 жыл бұрын
We got three late 60s mack r600s and a r700 &r400 they are showing thier age but they anit dead yet
@Phantom-309-e9p2 жыл бұрын
Our new truck is a 92. California is the only state we don’t run. 90 & 92 379s for the long haul, R model Mack dump & building a 1980 W900A for my last truck.
@robertsmith-zz7ot2 жыл бұрын
My grandpa & grandma we're team drivers in '76. I was 7 yrs old and spent part of my summer school break on the road with them. Tbey drove an International cab-over. Never forget sittin on the doghouse. Good times.
@keithlanham74252 жыл бұрын
Love these vids. Started in 1980. Still at it. Yea I’m getting old lol. Spent first 9 years in nothing but cab overs running cross country. Last 33 years running local , pulling tankers. 21 years of that as an owner operator. Thanks for the old vids. I still haven’t seen myself in one yet lol. Take care
@loganjohnson35892 жыл бұрын
you ever run across a guy named Logan his handle was the Barbarian .he moved boat's up and down the i5 corridor in the 80's .
@Tyronebabydaddy2 жыл бұрын
I’ve been on the road for 18 years now. Coast to coast. Bardstown, KY - Barstow, Ca. “Keep the bugs off your glass and the bugs off your…”- C.W. McCall.
@luismagana97842 жыл бұрын
What’s up Keith! I’m owner opp myself running tanker up in down from Oakland to Modesto! Respect to you Keith
@johncholmes6432 жыл бұрын
I still truck my 1979 Peterbilt 352 cabover to this day
@Tyronebabydaddy2 жыл бұрын
@@johncholmes643 cab-over Pete with a reffer on and a Jimmy hauling hogs.
@dawaynecleckley86732 жыл бұрын
This was a great documentary and a nice throwback to a bygone era.
@michaelashcraft85692 жыл бұрын
I started Trucking in 1976, can't do it no more, too old, too sick, but, old Truckers NEVER die, they just get a new Peterbilt. Mad Mike- retired Trucker
@danjohnson33042 жыл бұрын
Me also sir !!!!!
@Diego-tm3dj2 жыл бұрын
I hope you are well.
@jeff77642 жыл бұрын
I hope you get well
@trevillianshem90692 жыл бұрын
I pray you get well sir...i also have a passion for trucking..starting soon
@marsdenk.6162Ай бұрын
❤❤
@mikeroberts56462 жыл бұрын
Oh how I wish I was back in that time,this is Americana at its best
@MetalTeamster3 ай бұрын
Absolutely, so much more friendly and relaxed back then
@stevewintermute1952 ай бұрын
If you were white….not so great if you were black or hispanic
@justinrayguitars60242 жыл бұрын
I started in the 80s and started my own company in the 90s. Sold out right before the 2008 crash and never looked back.
@anthonyr.hodgson99882 жыл бұрын
Truckers were rock star 🎉back in the day, they had fun with all those good looking ladies
@electrolytics2 жыл бұрын
That Jubitz Truckstop was still going up in Portland when I pulled in there around 97. One of the best truckstops I ever went to. Was a little surprised at the seediness this film portrayed. Any trucker can avoid 99% of that garbage if they want to.
@truckinfam22072 ай бұрын
This is not seedy. True trucking.
@erickpacheco16234 ай бұрын
I had to pause this Fantastic Documentary to read the comments..my God im reading it like a book..To read the child becky now 55 texting and others joining in is absolutely mind blowing..Im a trucker sitting in my bunk getting loaded in Richmond, VA headed to Bedford, PA...I love running out west but hasnt payed well in years so alot of companies dont book loads west..2021 was the last Run in my own Rig and i can tell you those mountains are tough on older trucks especially if your Not Geared for it.. east cost mountains are hills compared to Colorado, Idaho, cali ,etc..Ive been White knuckled more times than i can count driving through blizzards out west...
@brokendown632 жыл бұрын
Ahh the time of Cabovers and 48" Trailer's. I was 13 in 1976, riding shotgun in Grandpas 73 W900 with a 1693 Cat and a 5/4, (god I miss that Truck!) learning how to drive a big truck. Took me a lot of years to realize I was taught by one of the best. Sadly things changed and none for the better. What I really miss is the English language on the CB , hell I even miss the CB itself as nobody uses one anymore, and of course Johnny Cash on the tape player. Thing I'm curious about is why the Boss is driving the only single set truck.
@jerrymcjunkin8398 Жыл бұрын
Man I ready like this it set me back to yesterday I am so glad I watch this ❤ my heart go out for you ❤ keep the videos comeing I am going to back on out of here and enjoy the video God bless you !!++
@nickaxe7712 жыл бұрын
I am in the UK.....now a retired truck driver.....remember this coming on UK TV in the early 1970s....thought it was fantastic then....still do.
@franceliakarle_12 жыл бұрын
Hello nick how are you doing today?
@Navistar5112 жыл бұрын
Has trucking changed as much in the U.K. as it has here in the states?
@JoeBlack-k5tАй бұрын
Good old days, America's Golden age, no camel jockeys, its all gone unfortunately ...((
@IcelanderUSer5 күн бұрын
@@JoeBlack-k5t how rich coming from a Russian.
@bobdobalina29312 жыл бұрын
Just a couple of observations. That old Pete was a real utilitarian truck and that sleeper cab looked very cramped. None of those trucks had power steering and probably didn't even have a power clutch. Also the water level at Lake Mead was nothing like it is today, most of it has dried up. Finally, this was 46 years ago. Most of the people in this film are probably dead by now but the Jubitz Truck Stop out in Portland is still going strong today in a much expanded way - it even has a hundred room hotel and a cinema. All power to today's trucker everywhere in the world.
@windrider232 жыл бұрын
Ya Bob, I stay at Jubitz everytime I get to shut down in Portland. In fact just last week I did the Portland to Phoenix run.
@rrobins98572 жыл бұрын
Big grin when you bring up Jubitz. Spent some time there!
@beckysnedegar1124 Жыл бұрын
My family was in this Documentary..my Dad was Doug , he passed away in 2015 , my brother Robert was killed in 2000 ( he was wearing the cowboy hat , in loyalton where my Dad was home with his family , I was the girl running down the street ... ) Carl and his wife are no longer with us , but everyone else is . I seen this for the first time about 2 months ago and always wondered about it. When I seen it I was mesmerized by everything about it 😊
@maxmowers1434 Жыл бұрын
@@beckysnedegar1124 when did Carl pass away?
@beckysnedegar1124 Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately I don't know when Carl passed away 😞
@bigdaddydaddy32032 жыл бұрын
I love the old cab over trucks what beautiful rigs I drive moving heavy equipment and watching this makes me think just how tough these men and women had it
@michaeltuggle31772 жыл бұрын
I remember being a kid back in the day when truckers were in high regards with movies and TV shows about them were common. One helped my mom get into a town in rural kentucky. He was following her, saw her weaving (she was nodding off and weaving) blew his horn to wake her up. I remember the radio lingo. My ex best friend is a trucker. No real cb radio activity anymore, no real comradery anymore. Like everything else in contemporary society, just another cold aspect of today. I wanted to grow up and drive trucks, wound up a scientist. But it was always a cherished moment being with my old friend in his truck going where ever running freight. Always imagining the romantic thoughts of the trucking culture of my youth.
@Movingvolations2 жыл бұрын
Different country but pretty much the same here in Australia, l miss that era... some people may disagree with me but just take me back. Thanks for sharing...
@internetcensure5849 Жыл бұрын
good
@RTWGraphics2 жыл бұрын
That whole first. 30 mins of video was filmed on Hwy 58, btwn Eugene and Crescent. I'm a firefighter in Crescent and recognized a lot of those landmarks. We spend a lot of time on the pass in the winter picking truckers of the ice.
@FUBBA2 жыл бұрын
US HWY58 is between Atlantic Beach and Warrenton NC where I live though? I think you're thinking of Oregon Route 58 brother.
@VasilSch29 күн бұрын
Прикольная документалка. Интересно посмотреть.
@Mayito_Tamps Жыл бұрын
Wish i would of truck drive in this era Always love sitting with the old timers and hear amazing stories in the truck stops and customers My 7 years of trucking is thanks to all the tips and advices from the old timers my hat and respect is always to them
@buckeyfan76232 жыл бұрын
When cabovers ruled!
@MrJakec0072 жыл бұрын
MACK F serie
@loganjohnson35892 жыл бұрын
@@MrJakec007 Chevy titan V12 Detroit
@babydriver81342 жыл бұрын
Just remember to keep your left pinky finger away from the wind wing!!
@kevinbaughman2307Ай бұрын
Love watching this from my first youngster years riding along with Bill
@reinaldosouza2622 жыл бұрын
Esse documentário do transporte rodoviário dos EUA nos idos de 1976,me traz as boas lembranças da minha infância na roça aqui no Brasil,nesse tempo eu já contava com os meus 12 anos de idade,ainda não tinha muita noção de tempo e a nossa satisfação era ouvir os programas sertanejos a noite e ir a algum festejo de pagode a moda caipira nas casas dos outros. Ituiutaba-MG,Brasil 🇧🇷,as 15:39,em 12/10/22.🤠🙌
@igorluiz95512 жыл бұрын
45 minutes of footage and a not a single flip flip in sight, good old times
@BrokenWrenches2 жыл бұрын
Cool video…interesting to see the three basic types of truckers all packed into one video as a group of videos. Also seeing the different outlooks for the future,,,,the young guy who wants to be the old guy and have all the trucks and be rich, the middle aged guy trying to juggle the family life and still hopeful of a bright future and lastly the old guy who is just counting down the days until he can afford to quit,,,,as his wife said the future “isnt looking to bright”. Here we have the true story of life for most working class people.
@hendo3372 жыл бұрын
This was an incredible little film with some very nice people, thank you for this.
@oldpain76252 жыл бұрын
Awesome time piece. I'm going to be more like these guys for the rest of the day.
@chosenone1012 жыл бұрын
I do see these old trucks in the junkyards on my travels! Great video!
@himanshu94182 жыл бұрын
Truckers all around the world deserve more respect from people and government. Everything man made thing we can see with our eyes has been in some form (raw or finished), on a truck at some point. Without trucks we would have nothing. Trucks stop, world stop.
@trickolas782 жыл бұрын
The scene with the lot lizards was my favorite
@Phantom-309-e9p2 жыл бұрын
Carl’s last comment right at the end is rather chilling about losing the ideals the country was founded on. We commonly think of individual liberty and limited government. But, there isn’t a lot of difference between leviathan government and leviathan companies, especially when the two are intertwined like they presently are.
@failranch95422 жыл бұрын
“..there isn’t a lot of difference between leviathan government and leviathan companies, esp when the two are intertwined like they presently are.” BOOM. Best comment of the 400+ I read.
@aaronrider40512 жыл бұрын
Damn right, Phantom!
@kman-mi7su2 жыл бұрын
He's absolutely right! Spot on here in 2022. I doubt he's still alive, but he'd be terrified today to see where the industry and this country have fallen to and become.
@thrillseekerman012 жыл бұрын
They were the real truckers back in those days and now trucking will never be the same as it once was but I will always have respect for all the truckers after being one myself for over 6 years, keep them trucks rollin 10-4.
@ForgotteMemories1012 жыл бұрын
Jfc, the world we live in looks and feels dead compared to this. Nostalgic for a past I never even experienced.
@Jay-kk3dvАй бұрын
The truckers are still out there 24/7 365
@levonschaftin36768 күн бұрын
@@Jay-kk3dv yeah but now they're indians
@Nova-m8d27 күн бұрын
I started driving for Schneider in 1991. It was an international cab over truck and paperback atlas. No cell phone, no GPS, no in cab fridge or microwave oven or TV, no air condition, no automatic transmission and you'd swear no suspension. We did have a CB and payphones. That was as high tech as it got. It was rough.
@InsaneBimmer2 жыл бұрын
Makes me proud to be carrying on the tradition. Can't imagine life out of the saddle.
@Sammydx12 жыл бұрын
I was born in 80. Grew up with my Father's dump truck company in Chicago. I remember going to the yards and job sites.
@patriley94492 жыл бұрын
I remember these days. Lots of cabovers due to length restrictions in various state. I have not seen a cabover in years. I guess that they are all antiques now. They sure rode hard.
@L1berty17762 жыл бұрын
I still see a few its pretty cool to see them. Never drove them as you said most are relics. See a bunch of them in yards as scrap kinda sad. Still see a bunch of long hoods on the road i cane to America in 96 and those trucks were brand new whereas now they are getting old. Still glad to see them truckin. Whenever i have to use my loud horn it takes me back to when i used to go to the highway overpass with my dad and position the truckers in a horn pattern and they would blare their horns. Btw i team with my dad now so its nice
@ktmcandog2 жыл бұрын
Ahh, the sound of those 318 Detroits makes me teary eyed.
@rev.randall2292 Жыл бұрын
Things havent changed much since I got in and out , 30 yr or so , it just picked up speed and developed new problems along the way. The older I got , seeing things vanish , fighting new rules n regs , and being held at gun point just because it involved a truck , the more that romantic vision I had of driving trucks and spinning them Dave Dudley , Willis Bros. , Red Sovine albums in my room at 3rd and 4th grade age slowly faded away. Right along with America. Breaks my heart.
@luismagana97842 жыл бұрын
Rip to some of these OG TRUCKERS
@1roundleft8212 жыл бұрын
Crazy to think these guys would be like 80-100 years old today.
@carolinawestern38752 жыл бұрын
Dad was an indep. O/O from about 67-86. Back around 84, the cdl proposal was quite the controversy. Everything he predicted, came true. One was, once the gov't opened that door. It'd go too far before the error was realized. Then, there'd be constant laws. Trying to tune & adjust the mistake. Not ending till they figured out how to be in the cab & supervise you. Hence, the E.L.D. law!
@pixseedustaerialimaging819128 күн бұрын
What happened to all those awesome old Cabovers?? Don’t see those anymore.
@failranch95422 жыл бұрын
3:01 those air powered windshield wipers. Dad’s were always jerky like that too. All these years I thought there was something wrong with them. Looks like that’s just how they were.
@jwfinley78082 ай бұрын
Back in the 70s your Dad was cool being a Truck driver!
@shawndoyle75312 жыл бұрын
It's very interesting to think about how different trucking is today but also how independent owner operators still suffer from the same issues as they did back in the 70s
@snowcelica0012 жыл бұрын
Now these truck drivers are the real cowboys of the road 🙂
@steves78962 жыл бұрын
WOW! This little gem was ON POINT on so many levels, what a window into the past. One critique, it would be awesome if you corrected the aspect ratio. Thank you for posting this!
@trickolas782 жыл бұрын
God bless the truckers of America past and present
@davidfulkerson11872 жыл бұрын
I've done that exact route from Portland to Phoenix. Went up williemette pass many times when it was cold and snowy.
@Baidwan8o82 жыл бұрын
Why though? Why not I5?
@sfmuslАй бұрын
Started driving in 1979 and this video never gets old for me because of so many good memories back in that era of truckin. Good ole cabover days too, cut my teeth driving a slab cab Intl 4070 pulling doubles locally.
@chadha14122 жыл бұрын
Depends who you were in the seventies as a trucker. Some made great money some just got by. There were periods in the '80s where there was great money in trucking. Recently it was great in 2020 and 2021. Today it is almost suicide. Now I'm talking money wise.
@franceliakarle_12 жыл бұрын
Hello chad how are you doing today?
@johnburugu89672 жыл бұрын
2020/21 was a great year
@franceliakarle_12 жыл бұрын
@@johnburugu8967 yea was a great year, hope all is well with you?
@Suburbanhotrods2 жыл бұрын
I know a guy that started in 1970, and we got into talking about pay. He did routes a thru out Manhattan down to dc, and in his first couple years he started around 700 a week and went up to 1100 by 1972 only crawled after that to around 1600 a week when he retired in 98. My grandfather was a trucker from 1960-1988 but he died a little bit after I was born. But he was able to support a family of 5 on that single income for nearly 30 years. Funny thing is now at 22 being diesel mechanic at a union shop I only take home 1k a week which is considered good rn but no where near what they made in the 70s and 80s in relative terms for inflation
@civlyzed2 жыл бұрын
@@Suburbanhotrods My older brother, much older lol, drove a truck in the 70s and 80s and was able to buy a nice bit of land and build a nice house. I used to enjoy listening to his stories of driving all across the US. His last year of driving was mostly local routes and I got to ride with him on a couple trips in 1983. Fun times.
@CEOkiller2 жыл бұрын
Back when trucking was fun and profitable
@loganjohnson35892 жыл бұрын
A good wage was 13cents a mile in those days .
@edward14252 жыл бұрын
It still is fun and profitable. Just like in those days there are drivers making out like bandits and drivers struggling to get by. It all comes down to the driver if they know what they are doing or not
@growinlegit2 жыл бұрын
Cab over era, man them cab overs are so nostalgic. You still see them here and there in the farm lands of Oregon putting around hauling spuds or whatever.
@cpufreak1012 жыл бұрын
where I work there's a local guy with a cabover mack that he comes into the plant with everyday, loads up with coke, and takes it to where it needs to go. always kinda wanted to have a chat with the dude but never had a chance.
@chiefslief18862 жыл бұрын
Wow...this is a Big part of the backbone of the us. Working Class. Respect and hats off to them they keep them families fed. Reminds me of our dad❤️👍🏻
@thomashudson57232 жыл бұрын
my dad started trucking in 1976 after he retired 21 years in the navy his first trucking job was d.s. russell and son’s trucking out of norfolk va my dad did the east to west coast over the road with them until they went out of business in 1985 then he thankfully got a local job in norfolk with valjar has anyone heard of any of those companies he retired from local trucking in 2001
@danielthrasher23322 жыл бұрын
To all the truckers out there i say thank you I come from a long line of truckers and we no your pain love from Louisiana.
@paulmorley12252 жыл бұрын
Back when men could be men without being shamed for it.
@kyoaklandАй бұрын
Shit I'm still a man with no shame 😂
@EarlBeasley-y4pАй бұрын
🤨?! How are men being shamed for being men!
@rollin19Ай бұрын
The feminism has stepped in,they compete with men,they shame them,that's why there is no real men left and why women are even dumber then you can imagine today.
@carlsaganlives6086Ай бұрын
@@EarlBeasley-y4p They're not. What does that even mean? Some type of political 'statement', I suppose.
@avi8r94424 күн бұрын
@@EarlBeasley-y4p he means back then you could be a total pig with no consideration of how your actions affect others and no one would call you out on it.
@kevinrichards32882 жыл бұрын
Back in the day when cabovers were common here in the USA🇺🇸. Nowadays there's only a very small number of them around. At first I didn't know why most of them disappeared & then I've learned it was because the law increased the length limit which made them no longer a necessity.
@daMillenialTrucker2 жыл бұрын
Which is a great thing, I couldn't do that tiny little space and not being able to stand up in my truck at 6'2"
@kevinrichards32882 жыл бұрын
@@daMillenialTrucker & leaving the scene of an accident through the windshield.
@daMillenialTrucker2 жыл бұрын
@@kevinrichards3288 lmaoo right 🤣🤣🤣
@kevinrichards32882 жыл бұрын
@@daMillenialTrucker the weight limit was increased too which also eliminated the need for cabovers to pull loads that exceeded a certain weight since cabovers are lighter & have a shorter wheel base than conventional cabs. Cabovers have a wider cab than conventional cabs but both have the same overall width. Some semi drivers who drove cabovers back in the day told me some stories about them saying they were awful & they do not miss driving them. They rode like you had a jackhammer up your butt & would get very hot & noisy inside the cab. Sleeping inside the sleeper was like being inside of a coffin because of the motor underneath which was why it was less space than in a conventional cab. You'd have to remember to remove all of your stuff out of the cab before letting a mechanic work on it or else it'll go all over the place & leave a big mess inside & sometimes break the windshield too because the mechanic has to tilt up the cab for access to the motor. You got to be careful not to slip off one of the 2 steps while holding onto the handrail bars on the side of the cab as you enter or exit the cab since the second step is above the front axle which you got to take a big step between the first & second steps which are kind of far from each other. Unlike on a conventional cab where the steps are in a straight line for easier entering & exiting the cab instead of at an angle like on a cabover.
@daMillenialTrucker2 жыл бұрын
@@kevinrichards3288 I can see why they say those were the days when men were men lmaoooo look, if I had to deal with it, I would but if I didn't, I wouldn't lol AINT NO WAYYY.
@modocroughstock5700 Жыл бұрын
Great episode.. love the cabover trucks
@MetalTeamster3 ай бұрын
I gotta tell you, few of the drivers who drove them, self included, ever enjoyed them. They were rough , they were cramped, your feet were often cold unless you had the cab roasting, they were difficult to change clothes in and somewhat blind on the passenger side. The engines in those trucks in this vid were 2 stroke Detroit diesel engines which sounded cool, but notice how slow they were on hills? But, I understand people getting nostalgic
@modocroughstock57003 ай бұрын
@@MetalTeamster true warrior for sure.. hot, sticky, frozen feet, deliverin' the goods.. rest well goat..
@MetalTeamster3 ай бұрын
@@modocroughstock5700 thanks…. I only did year in a cab over. And mine was a 84 Peterbilt… with a 8v92 and a 15 speed. It had all the bells and whistles. I was really very lucky right from the start.
@lebaillidessavoies38892 жыл бұрын
This was a very nice documentary , great pictures , good music from the 70's ( Barry White), good stories, very nostalgic . From Europe those trucks were one of the symbols of usa.
@ffnelson782fmfd42 жыл бұрын
I remember my dad trucking back in the late 70s, and into the ’80s buying his first truck a 76 international trans-star 2. Cab-over.
@loganjohnson35892 жыл бұрын
I used to drive one of those .
@ffnelson782fmfd42 жыл бұрын
@@loganjohnson3589, that was rough riding truck lol.
@loganjohnson35892 жыл бұрын
@@ffnelson782fmfd4 Thank god for inventing air ride seats 👍
@ffnelson782fmfd42 жыл бұрын
@@loganjohnson3589 yes, sir!!
@oleggorky9062 жыл бұрын
It gives you an idea of the immense size of the west. And also the CB craze of the 70’s. Interesting upload! 👍 Back here in the UK, CB radio didn’t become legal until the end of 1981. By that time the commercial appeal of CB had already been on the wane for a couple of years back in the States, even allowing for BJ and the Bear which was still showing and I suppose you could loosely put The Dukes of Hazzard in there. After the first Convoy and Smokey and the Bandit the follow ups weren’t as good, but then again I can see the appeal of driving one of those things for myself way out west! 👍
@just-incase34832 жыл бұрын
We still use cb radios here in the states, I talk on my radio almost everyday and if I see a driver I know we talk for hours while going down the road.
@oleggorky9062 жыл бұрын
@@just-incase3483 The first illegal ones became popular in here in the port cities like London, Southampton and Liverpool in the late 60’s. Sometimes they were probably used in places like that as communication by smugglers but not exclusively so because travellers and bikers used them also, though not so much the more popularly thought lorry drivers in those days. They became legal in late 1981 here, though the ones with the wider range and more channels needed to be licensed until they were deregulated in 2006.
@babydriver81342 жыл бұрын
We used to tell each other about road conditions up ahead, no more. I was recently stuck in a jam on I-40. Got out of my car and approached 5 different trucks to ask if they could tell me about our traffic jam. No one had a CB, they knew nothing.
@oleggorky9062 жыл бұрын
@@babydriver8134 That’s a shame. Living in states where the elevation can change by a few thousand feet in a relatively short distance the CB has the potential to save many lives. I know you can get weather information off of your phone and such, but in the mountains conditions can change in minutes with accurate forecasting not always being possible because of different air masses moving in so fast. Heck, I have been told that some places in the Rockies and the western cordilleras generally, can make their own weather patterns!
@davejamieson4262 жыл бұрын
love the music. does anyone know who sings the 'hooked with my home on the road' song from around 12 minutes in?
@genewalter50222 жыл бұрын
These were the type of people that I grew up around. Independent, get the job done. The American way.
@marlobreding74022 жыл бұрын
The music reminds me of Good Old Red Sovine we had a boat named after the song Giddy Up go get a lot of fun in that boat. Red was one of dad's favorite artists. Roll on.
@sullybiker65202 жыл бұрын
Don't make them like they used to. The men, the trucks, and the documentaries. What a great film.
@reaperct34546 ай бұрын
Will when the truck is rocking dont come knocking
@billykidd25092 жыл бұрын
I have a question to ask at 11:42 I know it Dave Dudley but what is the name of the song that playing I can't find it on Spotify in his music very great video of the olden days of Truckin
@jonolson20572 жыл бұрын
"I am hooked" dave Dudley 1973
@jonolson20572 жыл бұрын
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@franceliakarle_12 жыл бұрын
Hello billy how are you doing today?
@straightline30712 жыл бұрын
Red Simpson
@jonolson20572 жыл бұрын
@@straightline3071 wrong dave Dudley "iam hooked" 1973
@truckinfam22072 ай бұрын
My those where the days. Life was uncomplicated. We ran coast to coast with no road rage , no blocking the fuel island. I’m still out here but it just not the same. Days are numbered. 69 and holding.Bean Pot Lounge Phoenix Arizona
@jonallen19852 жыл бұрын
That one guy is mutton chops were epic gotta love the 70’s 😂
@bobyjones21032 жыл бұрын
That's pretty cool, it's still cool today I started driving 5 years ago and it's been awesome, bought my own truck after 8 months of driving a year later bought a house and a year after that I got my own trailer, and some toys along the way boat and motorcycles everything paid for accept the house, there's good money to be made if your willing to work and take on responsibilities
@mikelewter1922 жыл бұрын
Spent from 13 til I was 27 on road with my dad started in 74
@scottberry52662 жыл бұрын
I loved jubitz back in the early 80’s. Fun place to go. Could always score on a jubitz queen 👸
@ericlee3032 жыл бұрын
I just noticed how nice all that lumber is, not like the driftwood builders use these days that look like the side of a tree or something they fished out of the lake. I wish I could time travel back to 1976 and go on this trip with them once. I was also born around 1976. I don't remember many details of that era but I remember the feeling. The world felt quiet in comparison. People always stopped to help and would offer you food and a ride to where you were going if you were stranded on the side of the road. People weren't too busy for you. Edit: I agree these guys were real men. Boy have I seen some strange truckers out there these days.
@kerstas102 жыл бұрын
Less co2. Trees grew slower. Better wood overall. But that is something you cant change it, unless all production/world goes super enviroment friendly, or we back at 1930 with the production worldwide.
@JhonnyBoi2 жыл бұрын
Population over was wayyyy less. They were cutting down all those trees in Oregon and Washington with no remorse, and you couldn’t really tell. But now as the population has skyrocketed not only in this country but worldwide, we have to replant trees, cut them way younger, and find other alternatives to meeting demand.
@CycolacFan2 жыл бұрын
Just goes to show that however good or bad things are there’s always nostalgia for how much better things used to be a few years before…
@noahlinden96412 жыл бұрын
Or we’ve just been in a constant decline since the end of ww2
@CycolacFan2 жыл бұрын
@@noahlinden9641 I do like an optimist.
@sardar_gurjot2 жыл бұрын
@@CycolacFan you can be whatever you want to be but truth is gonna remain truth.
@CycolacFan2 жыл бұрын
@@sardar_gurjot yes, if you choose to always look on the bad side of life that’s exactly what you’ll get.
@DoctorBrodski2 жыл бұрын
@@CycolacFan That's right. A textbook case of 'confirmation bias.'
@Boots_And_Slicks14Ай бұрын
No climate controlled Volvos with sleepers, no flip flops and pajamas, no GPS, no cell phones, no turbans, no cameras everywhere, no safe zones, no political correctness, just survival of the fittest. I bet it was magical (and more dangerous in some ways) driving through the Cascades, Sierras, the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts back then.
@stuartwarrick6444Ай бұрын
I bet it was far more enjoyable and less mental health
@kevinbrar4817Ай бұрын
What u have against turbans
@dregstaАй бұрын
Lol
@ericthiel40535 ай бұрын
Part of me really wants to do trucking, but I would give anything to do it back then. Its a completely different world now but the 70s, and even most the 80s was so much more genuine.
@vault_dude2 жыл бұрын
Golden time, golden years, golden music and peoples 🚛🚚
@tonynimmons1112 жыл бұрын
Great old school video. Those days are long gone.❤❤
@mike79292 жыл бұрын
Back in the 70s and 80s we had real truck driver's fast forward from the mid 90s to 2022 all they have out there on the road today is steering wheel holder's and half of them ain't even steering wheel holder's I drove for 30 year's I retired in 2008 I'm glad I'm not out there sharing the road with what's out there on the road today
@franceliakarle_12 жыл бұрын
Hello mike how are you doing today?
@johnburugu89672 жыл бұрын
Judge not if the government is not complaining about them who are we to judge them probably people during your time were still thinking the way you think of new drivers different era different things
@franceliakarle_12 жыл бұрын
@@johnburugu8967 yea you’re right.
@richardsavoie10732 жыл бұрын
Same story. I am with you
@franceliakarle_12 жыл бұрын
Morning
@plantfeeder6677Ай бұрын
Spent three weeks at Jubitz truck stop in portland in 2016. Nothing has changed about the place from this video 40 years earlier. One of the better truck stops in America.