318 Detroit GMC General Loaded

[@1946Johnnyb]

This is probably the best set up General motors ever put together, better with a 13 speed but a number one work horse,..and .. a great job driving her no gear grinding and smooth shifting just a real great video thanks for posting. Johnny b.

[@MeetJoeBlack55]

FINALLY.... someone who knows how to drive these Jimmys and float the gears ..... FINALLY !! Thanks for posting.

[@hard-wired-g3787]

Most of these videos show some guy running around bobtail. Detroits sound their best when pulling a load, thanks for posting.

[@stevenmarcinkowski8577]

Show them in their working and beating environment

[@markc1456]

💯

[@Skipperj]

Thanks much for letting me ride with you,as that has been a good part of my life for many years.I've been retired now for 2 yrs.I'd like to share a bit of one of the jobs I did for awhile. Wow that brings me back about 40 yrs.,I sure miss the sound of a good running Detroit 71 series.It's coincidental that I used to haul shell corn from Plattsburgh NY to Newport Vermont.I drove our 1973 Diamond Reo conventional with a 350 Cummins/with a jake and a 15 speed .It was quite mountainous and bad roadsup there in November.My truck caught on fire one time, coming out of the field,but it wasn't too serious.A battery cable chafed on the rightside fuel tank and burned a hole in it,shooting out flames up over the top of the cab! It happened up by the farm house,and the owner was a fireman,luckily, who came running out yelling "your on fire!".He had a huge CO2 extinguisher and had it out in no time.We recharged it for him later that week,and thanked him.He was a guy I went to high school with .The only other problem was coming off a mountain on rt 105 in Vermont with the jake on.I unexpectedly rolled onto a stretch of ice,and that of course made the traction wheels slip nearly jack knifing the rig! And the usual getting stuck around the farm yards.lol.. We also had a1972 Diamond Reo With the same engine you have with N70 injectors turning 2400 rpm's.It had a 13 speed ,4.44 rears on 22 inch nylon tube type tires.It pulled good and could do 82 mph.It was an experience drivng it.I miss it but will have to watch you and others on here now.Sorry I tried to make it short,but hearing that ol' Detroit wound me up. Thanks again and happy motoring ! Skip J. Titusville Florida

[@tommyw.9424]

Neat stories. I like listening to older truckers and their experiences with the old ri.gs

[@briankrahn2000]

Finally someone that can shift. I learned on a 318 and 13spd in a Louisville 9000 Lot's of fun to drive loved the sound too. I didn't have A/C so with the windows open you could really hear that Jimmy talk. Thanks for the video

[@paradiseroad6405]

...good to see an old school truck still getting the job done...back in the day I never much cared for the 2 stroke Detroits...now that they are a part of history...I can't get enough of them...thanks for posting...

[@darrenbogach3744]

Good old 318 Detroit. Best engine ever at turning fuel into noise and smoke. Love it, nice to see a General working hard still.

[@sandasturner9529]

I'd argue the idea that the 6-71 does just as good of a job of turning fuel to noise!!!!

[@dannysaunders1733]

I love that 8v71 sound, and the country scenery brings fond memories. Why was I so unlucky?- the Titan and the General I hauled potatoes and grain with each had only a 350 Cummins. But the 6-71s and 6v53s have my ears still ringing. Thank you.

[@francisschwartz2613]

God I miss the old trucks, the way they sound and the looks to go along with it.

[@Scionprt2k9]

Excellent video. This truck sounds amazing and the fact that it has no re-gen, dpf filter, or def tank just shows that trucks ran perfectly fine for years without that crap being put on there. Keep on trucking brother.

[@justina9137]

Ahh the General. First truck I ever learned to drive as a kid.

[@passtimer]

Music to my ears from an American Classic! Thanks for the ride! Really enjoyed it!!

[@trainman071]

no clutch just pure sync shifting perfect!

[@Tanner-bg2qn]

theodore scott that’s how we all drive

[@gilbert.kstevenson5046]

Ain't nothing like a beautiful sound of a 8-71 blower on the 318 Detroit I was raised and trained on😀😀

[@Steve.Vaught]

The 1970s was the best era for trucks. Also the 80s.

[@BlackSwan912]

Takes me back to 1973 Cherry Point Alberta hauling hay. 1952 international with square-cut gears, no syncro, gas engine. But that flat farm country, the glare of the sun, a long ride with no worries for a good 20 minutes.

[@dwightcorbett8889]

I miss the sound of the 2 strokes; they're becoming rarer and rarer

[@richardcates2176]

Wow...... truly miss that sound. Nothing like a Detroit, straight pipes, 13 speed& a 2 in. gap in your windows. That's when you say sing pretty sweetheart. Don't need any other music. Just the sweet sound of a Detroit.

[@mrceleb2006]

There are no 2-stroke Detroit Diesels in western Newfoundland...the last time I heard one there was many years ago (I can't remember the exact year, probably mid-2000s).

[@williamarden5441]

Yes that is why maximum overdrive is my favorite movie

[@jimmychambers1501]

@Michael Lepore no you just have no clue. You sound like a ford boy

[@crazymixture57]

Good, so my ears can bleed less and less.

[@jameswilliams977]

Love the sound of the Detroits. Learned to drive in a 68 GMC 9500 long hood with a turned up 8-71 and 13 speed. First truck I drove for work was an International M series with a 6-71 and twin 4 speeds. Great old trucks.

[@BlackSwan912]

Really nice down shifts, man! Very smooth.

[@ChickennGritss]

Love the way a 318 sounds running it through a set of Riker exhaust pipes, you hear the motor and the exhaust at the same time

[@georgewilson1184]

He knows how to make that 318 Detroit talk my kind of language

[@stevenmarcinkowski8577]

Love the sound of the 318. Bringing back the memories of riding along on the central and southern Illinois Baskin Robbins ice cream route. Astro 95 w an 8v71

[@dwayneoxford9719]

Light traffic on the boulevard, love to hear them pulling, listened lotsa hours back when, thanx for the memory.

[@Hellodarknessmyolefriend]

Memories of my days in the generals and bridgadiers in the 80s and 90s.

[@iBackshift]

Great entertainment - thanks for the "loaded" video. Get to see what a whopping 900 lbs torque can pull. I used to drive an 84 General tri-axle dumptruck w/435hp x 8v92; all black interior.

[@jaycraig2645]

Thanks for this video love the sound of that 318 screaming demon

[@catliftresearch]

This takes me back.

[@RJ1999x]

Got to love the nuclear powered turn signals on the general

[@BrodieBr0]

Beautiful rig! I have a couple first gen cummins, next on my list is a good old screaming jimmy. Keep her redlined and she'll run forever.

[@jtoddjb]

nice looking country by the way. Where I live it seems every damn field is now growing a house

[@jtoddjb]

thanks for the ride

[@neonhomer]

Interesting 10spd configuration. I'm used to the range valve being on the shifter. I'd love to have one of these trucks to drive around.

[@b.atwater3904]

The shift pattern is standard 10 speed. Only difference here is that the air switch is down on the side of the stick, instead of on top.

[@trainman071]

nothin like a classic 9 speed with one of these engines wow !

[@virianbouze8438]

Good Job, good driving!

[@ChrisMcCutcheon-wj2pp]

That sound never gets old

[@Trucker1957]

Back when they made REAL trucks, unlike today's garbage.

[@trainman071]

i have to do this i so love this truck and the way it is handled perfect!

[@007outtacontrol]

You get my vote , you driving the shit outta that GMC ain't no doubt . keep the geeasyside down & the shiny side up , yeah 10!

[@trainman071]

that truck fed us so why don't we all say thank you to the driver and that truck for putting food on our tables?? 318 Detroit a American made engine that fed us too say thank you!!! why is it gone now?

[@nascar3fan108]

Emissions laws

[@cigarillo22]

treehuggers👎

[@trainman071]

@@cigarillo22 remeber this when you are eating grain foods suck as wheat or corn,not maple trees! except when one lands on your house during a storm and kills one of you. lol

[@mikaelakeonikane2734]

@@trainman071 huh? I dont have worry about that problem. I was complimenting on DDs but hinting its assassination by trehuggers.

[@trucnman20]

I totally agree Theodore Scott i drove one just like this one for 5 years put lots of food on the table and paid lots of bills i believe Nascar3fan has hit it on the head EMISSIONS

[@garc0113]

I used to drive a k-100 cab over single axel Detroit 12 speed.1982. my ears are still ringing.

[@dwayneoxford9719]

Thanx for loaded video. Ran them MANY a mile. LOL! Oughta be deaf.

[@mariomorozinbajcic3408]

Que buen manejo y dominio del camion con el detroit.....muy profesional, felicitaciones

[@ralphj.deslaspalomas6600]

G.M.C. GENERAL: What in the world is wrong with you General Motors ? Why did you stop manufacturing these beautiful trucks ?😨😧😲

[@lewiemcneely9143]

The engines are still made for military stuff but we can't get one. Go figgure.

[@lewiemcneely9143]

***** Sure can BUT we have to put up with the computerized garbage while they have the trouble free stuff. Figures, don't it. I wish the best for our troops, having been one but it ought to be flat across the board but never has and never will be.

[@lewiemcneely9143]

***** I've been around the 2-cycles since I was a kid and after that I ran them in power units and in trucks. Will start when nothing else will.

[@skittlkat2739]

because volvo bought them

[@runningbear1982]

Every military Detroit is DDEC. They have just as many electronics as a civilian version would. The LHS M1120A4 refit to CAT motors adds even more crap to go wrong. It is substantially quieter though, which can make a difference on the battlefield.

[@markquiswest6607]

Them old diesels are better than the new diesels!

[@bennydonajkowski9610]

53 and 71 are the series of engines the first number is the number of cylinders, v is for a v style engine, 6v71 or 671, t is for turbo, grew up with them screamin 2 strokes, too bad my son might have to go to a museum too see one

[@trainman071]

i can feel that truck let alone drive it i miss Detroit engines and heavy hauling the weight has its distinctive characteristics

[@TBfarmandranch]

You should do a video of teaching how to shift those trucks.

[@slowpoke7759]

From the looks of it, it appears to be a R910 road ranger. There is no splitter on top of the gear lever.

[@369Bandido]

A Detroit Powered 5 Star General and a One Lane road!!!! god I miss rural life. Sin City can go to hell!!!!

[@lewiemcneely9143]

Already is!

[@michaelflores2318]

I think the GMC General came out for the 1978 model year Don't remember seeing any before that

[@FRANCIS576]

Beauty truck GMC General

[@gordonbryan8381]

For those of us that enjoy the wailing of the Detroit, would someone please do a video on the layout of the shift pattern. Gas powered cars usually go left to right, but it sure seems these old trucks go back to the left after some gear and you work your across the cab again. Is it the two speed rear end of the truck, or some magic hidden inside the transmission? An inquiring mind wants to know.

[@MisterMikeTexas]

It revs high for a diesel. But the sound is addictive!

[@tjlovesrachel]

Nope it just sounds like it’s revving high… that thing is governed at like 2200 rpms

[@georgewilson1184]

I cant seem to tell what state this is hard to make out his state inspection decal on windshield I am thinking this is Michigan that is what I am leaning to but could be other states Indiana Illinois Wisconsin Nebraska Kansas ??????? any one know where this guy is domiciled I do like that big jimmy that Detroit 2-stroke music is awesome I got to drive some of those old sing-a-songs back in 87-89 before they phased them out around that time period

[@mattt1670]

Nice!! The old gal looks to be in good shape from the inside, I'm looking to buy one just to have for odd jobs. (price is right). What do you think of it on the hiway??

[@thermidorlevrai65]

my dad drove a 1985 gmc brigadier with a detroit 318 he went in the montreal tunnel with the jake brake

[@alfredaterry5372]

318 is the horsepower add a turbo and it is a 350 detroit

[@damienodonohue1327]

And take out the N65 And replace em with N75👍👌

[@johnreeves468]

I am a man of few words but this is fantastic reminds me of west Tennessee

[@santopiantado1161]

Great video, great truck!!!! How many mpg are you getting ?

[@georgewilson1184]

when movies are made in Hollywood and T.V. shows and a semi truck is in the scene they always use a rig with a Detroit diesel because that sound is awesome and is what most people associate with big trucks even if they don't know any thing about trucks even little kids know that Detroit sound the movie people will dub that Detroit sound in the film though they are running a cummins or cat that Detroit sound is a drug and it is a sweet addiction

[@matty8371]

Looks like one lane road country up there.

[@wazza33racer]

hopefully, in the making of this video...........bicycle riders, Prius and Tesla drivers were suffocated by black smoke and had the daylights scared out them by the Symphony of the Devil!

[@stevenmarcinkowski8577]

I used to ride along with my brother in law when I was a kid. He drove an Astro 95 with a 318 Detroit and a 13 speed. I miss the old stuff. Pure work engines. Tach her out. Baskin Robbins ice cream route Central Illinois ice cream delivery

[@theobsoleteman7935]

What was the top speed loaded?

[@stevenmarcinkowski8577]

@@theobsoleteman7935 top speed with the 13 spd and the low gear rear ends about 76-78 MPH

[@theobsoleteman7935]

@@stevenmarcinkowski8577 what's was the rear? Thanks for the reply I want to get a old truck and run it as a full time work truck.

[@nmontgomery2015]

Not too many working Generals around anymore, or old Detroits either.

[@bracsim]

+Nathan Montgomery your are right about that, I miss my old 444 cummins but this 318 Detroit sounds like heaven

[@soundlessleaf8032]

Whenever Im in Peterborough (using the 401 Highway) usually every other weekend I go there is a White Coloured General still in work and still hauling loads. I see it everytime I head back from Peterborough.

[@jimmychambers1501]

They work all over here in Amarillo. We don't cry about horsepower noise or emissions

[@turhanruffin]

I wonder if this truck is still on the road.

[@chriswells991]

Unfortunately it is not. Still have the truck, just parked due to age.

[@jeffgarrett2114]

The birth of Detroit diesels. GM Said we need a diesel and needs to be powerful enough to put in landing crafts locomotives and over the road trucks busses and heavy equipment. Let's make them in all sizes and cylinders, they'll be painted green or red or yellow and put blowers and turbos on them. And they'll leak oil so you can tell if they have oil in them or not finally they'll be 2 stroke and loud enough to make the dead cover their ears

[@traingp7]

It looks like the dash is missing gauges. What gauges are missing?

[@chriswells991]

those are just holes where gauges could be added. All the factory gauges are still present.

[@hoost3056]

We're so spoiled now. A 318 Detroit only was putting out 860 ft/lbs of torque and making things happen. The Volvo I drive has 455 hp and 1850 ft/lbs and is nowhere near as musical as this stroker. Even the 8V71T was rated at 350 hp and 1030 ft/lbs of torque.

[@mikelewis7899]

sweet !

[@caseyjones3684]

I really miss the old Semi trucks on the road. Let me know when you want to SELL it if of course if you still own it... Sounds like you're doing 65-70 when you're only going 20 mph

[@animal16365]

I see your starting out in 1st gear and what rpm are you shifting at?

[@slr379x9]

sweet video. What's the shifting pattern?

[@chriswells991]

standard 10 speed H pattern

[@slr379x9]

oh really? I couldn't tell. I'm not a truck driver lol. Nice sounding general sir!

[@chriswells991]

Yep start at 1 go to 5 then switch to high range and start over lol. Thanks

[@trainman071]

you know how to drive that i drive exactly the same way no bs

[@calvincrews3885]

Enough of those Cummins and Caterpillar Diesel engines this is the best of them all it's the 8V71 Two Stroke Detroit Diesel engine that stands above the rest of the Diesel engines

[@AGDemo]

Bad Ass!

[@jamesbrothers9626]

Nice!!!

[@maxpuppy96]

those Detroit's ran good on the flat, hit a hill and they would die

[@CowSausages]

They were what they were... I was told "as soon as it hesitates drop a gear... ignore the rpm" it's just having to shift more.

[@RJ1999x]

You actually drove one then

[@بدرالقحطاني-ح5ق]

انا مهتم بها جدا ❤️

[@decnijfkris3706]

what are you hauling?

[@chriswells991]

Corn

[@decnijfkris3706]

Okay. Be careful, is some dead weight.

[@decnijfkris3706]

@Randy Wiesendanger no clutch?

[@decnijfkris3706]

man you chase that thing high in rounds

[@decnijfkris3706]

you're not much of a talker though @Randy Wiesendanger

[@dowingfaith]

Good vid but you got to wind that rubber band tight

[@trainman071]

80000 perfect!!

[@brittanycollins3251]

is this a 13 speed or 10 speed?

[@chriswells991]

10 speed

[@rbagel55]

I always thought a 318 Detroit was a 6V53 not a 8V71, because 6 X 53=318 and 8 X 71=568. Just saying.

[@chriswells991]

The 318 nomenclature is based on its HP rating. That's how they are called around here. Not by there displacement. Because a engines displacement is no measure of the work it will do, it's HP is. Just saying

[@rbagel55]

Fighterofwars Didn't know really. I know a little about Detroits. I was in the Army from 84-88 and drove a HEMTT with a 8V92 and a Gama-Goat with a 353. The 8V71 was a very common semi engine. Out of curiosity, is a 8V92 more or less a bored out 8V71 or is a 8V92 a bigger block?

[@chriswells991]

That I do not know. I haven't been around a 8v92 personally to compare them

[@rbagel55]

Fighterofwars I just Googled it. Actual dimensions from model to model vary but the 8V92 is a slightly bigger block, weighing in about 2400lbs est. while the 8V71 is around 2250 give or take. All Detroit's are heavy, a 353 is about 900lbs a 453T about 1250. a 6V53 is about 1600lbs

[@1979peterbilt]

A 6

[@leemargalski9494]

My ears hurt already

[@jerrydavis5081]

That needs a driver badly..

[@chadwilliams2973]

That's a 8 V 92 my dad had one in a 79 cab over IH first class A truck I drove. I was 16 years old lol

[@chriswells991]

Tag on valve cover says 8v71, but neat story about your dad's truck

[@maltesecrs9557]

great \

[@CosgroveNotts]

Who changes gear anymore. Where's your ear muffs? Al

[@tjlovesrachel]

cosgrove notts real drivers shift gears... if it don’t have more pedals then you have feet... it’s not a real vehicle

[@RJ1999x]

Real truck drivers

[@jacksongay6848]

Half the comments are about how they sound and half are about how new trucks are garbage

[@decnijfkris3706]

Yes copy that

[@بدرالقحطاني-ح5ق]

لدي واحده في السعوديه شبه جديده ولكن يعرفون صيانتها ولا اطفئها عند التشغيل 😅

[@stefanproject253]

Keren

[@donnebes9421]

The gmc general was one of, if not the biggest piece of shit class 8 truck ever manufactured. There is a good reason gm hasn’t produced commercial trucks in ages. They were just cheap junk.

[@jmjfanss]

Stfu moron.

[@RJ1999x]

You have no idea what you are talking about

[@willyo57]

Use the brakes, silly gearing down.

[@busdrivernine]

you drive a detroit as if you stole it wide open and don't lug it as it will come apart on you

[@tomlowe8563]

Using the gearing saves the brakes or jake brake