Delivering A Dead Volvo Gets Me Thinking Of My Family Roots I Never Knew

I am reminded of my roots when delivering the Dead Volvo to Addison Illinois.
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[@arrowkart4j]

I started in 1979 driving a 1965 B-61 Mack. Twin stick. New drivers today would be like what is that? I was trained by an old man, I kept my mouth shut and my ears open. The clutch is only used for starting and stopping. Float baby float. Fun times.

[@elcomandante9299]

Self taught at about 12 years old.

[@charlesroer972]

Damn sounds like me same Mack type truck with NT350 Cummins . 18 speed quad live twin screw tandems i started driving 1974 heavy transport dozers ,scrapers , concrete batch plant s. Some of my favorite times haulin construction equipment . No clutching just a floating . Worked on the equipment , drove to relax . Have a good one

[@haystack_mikey25]

I never been able to drive a semi yet, but i really really hope to learn to drive a twin stick one of these years.

[@user-fg2nr2ns9n]

Started about 1986 driving a B 61 Mack 5+3 self trained about 16 years old was so easy compared to under powered tag axle 3 ton gas truck

[@allan9603]

I started out with my dad who was a "bed bug", learning to drive a cabover 1971 Brockway with a screaming 318 Detroit, and a 10 speed. No Jake Brake. My career would lead me to the army where I drove the old deuce and a half, 5 tons, M 915s.. Then, got an "edumacation" and decided I wanted to be an officer, and that ended my truck driving days😮 Great experience! Thanks for the video Steve, and hope you feel better. Major

[@jerryplante4239]

Shifting is a frangible skill as well. Mountain Man Mike (Riding Shotgun channel) has an automatic for 10 years and now he's hauling oil off road in Utah. Watching him shift is painful.

[@loquatdumpling]

True statement about new drivers. Actually I've noticed it since 20 yrs ago🤙🤙🤙🤙

[@shreddder999]

6:08 If you take your test in an automatic, your license is restricted to automatic only. I took mine in a 9-speed manual.

[@carlbernard4197]

My test did it in a Mack with a 10 speed up on Deerfield, Massachusetts. Didn't have autoshifts in any of the trucks I trained on and also in my first driving job in Westfield, Massachusetts. 😊

[@michaelgreen4838]

I wish everyone would keep old memories going on and not forgotten!

[@clarencewiles963]

I’m happy to see the clean up. And he was doing good work of it. Thanks again for the family history. We need to keep our history going. 😊

[@steveminer8341]

Merry Christmas Steve, to you and your family. Thanks for sharing that bit of history of your family with us.

[@edwardwilliams9874]

Great video brother love the end we will never understand what our grandparents and great grandparents went thru. As hard as we work its nothing compared to how they worked that long ago again great video take care be safe 🙏

[@ricksmith4736]

So sad what has happened to the country they fought for....

[@gusfc1842]

Steve my whole family's from shenandoah pennsylvania just down the road from wilkes barre I grew up in that town

[@marinablueGS]

Appreciate the family pics. I like looking at the past.

[@bobby9623]

That reminds me of a place in Cary I used to go. Put on right side. DUGDON DUGDON MOVE CAR MOVE CAR

[@SteveCChapman]

Cary NC?

[@bobby9623]

@@SteveCChapman no sir. Illinois

[@DrDiff952]

I used to live in Davenport Iowa drove I 80 across Illinois to Indiana countless times!

[@mikerooney7928]

Leaking truck, rust free chains.....I feel your pain.......send the Receiver, the invoice to clean trailer? I've done it, way too many times to count. Stay Safe and Merry Christmas Steve and Family 🎄🏴‍☠️

[@carlbernard4197]

At least the gut who unloaded the truck got a pressure washer out and cleaned his deck. Had plenty of situations where I had to clean out a nasty mess after a unload because the crew wasn't permitted to do that.😊

[@petematusick7471]

Steve, I viewed your video about your dad and I walked those same tracks! My family history is there in Parsons and Miners Mills. I had an aunt that her house was by the tracks and Main Street.

[@davidanderson2093]

I really enjoy watching you load and unload. You are like an old master. I really enjoyed your run in Flagstaff when you were having some slippage going up hill in the snow. 😅 You drive that like it's a VW. Keep on keepin on.

[@vaudevillian7]

Manual transmission is standard for all drivers in the UK, so if you drive a car you almost certainly drive a manual - as I’m sure you’re aware. But of course now most gearboxes have synchros

[@neilmcintosh1200]

Your enquiring mind, your passion and your keen observation will already have rubbed off on Shaun , Matt and to a certain extent on your nephew. Those young men are fortunate because then have been shown to look beyond their immediate surroundings.

[@fsctrucking]

They are better now than I ever was.

[@freesicily]

The d13 engine of this day cab volvo is on my european volvo cabover FH. With 500 hp... Smooth engine but nothing special. Cheers from Sicily

[@Fritzie73]

That Richie Brothers what jerks for not draining the fluids! They knew it was leaking but put it on your truck anyway. I would have been pissed if I got stuck behind you and that crap was flying all over my windshield!!

[@fsctrucking]

Don't tailgate.

[@Fritzie73]

@@fsctrucking lol don't worry I Never do!!! That crap would have gotten some Air! I'm not blaming you Steve gees, come on! They put you in a bad position and the people buying!

[@davidkelly7314]

That was a nice video ending in memory of your grandfather and it would be nice to know more about the coal mine where he worked.

[@richardhoneywell7411]

Great video Steve really enjoy all the different camera angles and your commentary and the music. At least they cleaned up your trailer and your chains and binder. Thanks for sharing your history of your grandparents.

[@FromLandVegemiteSamich]

Your dad sitting on your bike looked just like your grandfather 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[@fsctrucking]

That was his bike. Currently Mathew's bike as Dad can no longer ride.

[@FromLandVegemiteSamich]

@@fsctrucking awesome, that’s cool it’s stayed in the family

[@Blackwater_House]

Most unusual Gear Box I ever drove was a 1938 London Double Deck Bus, for which I wasn’t even Licensed, but with 4 Policemen onboard downstairs, 8 Policemen onboard upstairs and 8 Police Motorcycles escorting, just the simple fact that I was willing to drive the Bus, was all I needed. Gear changing was the absolute hardest part. Firstly, select the next desirable Gear using the Stick Shift Selector, then press the Clutch Pedal down to the Floor and then release it back to the upper position. When the Clutch Pedal came back up, you were then in the new desired Gear. So very hard to remember that, whilst trying very hard not to hit anything else on the road.

[@Justme-jt1ef]

That was the best explanation of the gear shifting. I drive a 5 speed total different but the same. I guess.

[@erikwilliam1254]

I drive a 5 speed as well, but i did get to try a 13-speed. if i remember, their truck was a 1978 Kenworth dump truck. W900A, i think, was the model. Started off in like 5th gear or something when i was actually going for 2nd or 3rd gear. Was my first time driving something with more than 5 gears and was only going around the block, so i didn't really get a chance to get familiar with it. The reason i tried for 2nd or 3rd gear was because the truck was empty, and you can skip a couple of gears.

[@elcomandante9299]

5 speed with a hi/lo axle?

[@edwardwilliams9874]

Back in 82 it's all we had either you learned it are you didn't drive it. Your not being mean brother it's the truth . Wouldn't have an automatic unless I absolutely had to.

[@hansstellingsmanetherlands5548]

This is beautiful to go back where it all began..history at its finest ❤ where i love is also a great history in coal Mining...

[@scootercarneal9625]

When I drove back in the early 80's drivers always wore cowboy boots

[@arrowkart4j]

I still wear mine.

[@jimnivens9214]

In the70's to

[@troyarneson3280]

I go out there to Rochelle to the truck wash all the time. I’m up and down 88 all day long usually.

[@carlbernard4197]

Have personally used that Love's he was at a couple of times over the years myself 😊

[@gusjones9388]

Nice to hear good English being spoken at drop-off.

[@fsctrucking]

Good enough to get the job done.

[@treetrimmerify]

Truck drivers have to get in the habit of learning that what it takes to shift smoothly you need to get gears to slide in by finding the mesh point. Increasing or decreasing rpms to make it happen - proper gear to align with your speed.

[@user-dg9sn8fj8g]

I would also get the check first before unloading.

[@maxracingteam23]

35:38 I thought that was a freedom seed going off! Never know being in Illinois!

[@amoswoodside5551]

Great video to share about ur great grandfather and the history about the historic place

[@edwardwilliams9874]

Good evening brother getting kinda chilly now

[@joebarnaskas]

i had a K100...one day the shaft from the clutch pedal snapped.....i drove that thing home with the clutch pedal ....on the floor........and had to stop for toll booths.....350 cummins 13 speed n 411 rears......had to shut the thing off and then have the brakes released......push the level near LOW and hit the starter button.....i got me home

[@fsctrucking]

I got my 379 home that way once.

[@ruston723]

that was nice of them to spray you off

[@philipmichel215]

Thanks for sharing history of your Grandfather and family.

[@jeffcooper5789]

Always nice to know your past.

[@markfleck7981]

I totally agree with you on the standard transmission. If you can not drive one you should be in a truck driving

[@user-dg9sn8fj8g]

Yes it's best to pay tribute to your family heritage.

[@mattahern5263]

Very cool that you showed the history of grandparents and the history of where he worked at. God bless him and his family. And Marry Christmas too you And your family.

[@robbalex1963]

I have a genealogy app on my pc, i have several generations of ancestors i have collected . it's neat to look back at where they all came from .

[@Carsonsgaming203]

Steve, you mentioned in a video or 2 ago that your Dad is a Ham. Do you know is callsign? I've been a ham operator for over 40 years, my Dad was a Ham his whole adult life and myself, my Dad and 2 of my brothers all drove truck. My Dad hauled clay pipe all over eastern US and brothers and I all hauled steel out of the Ohio Valley.. Stay Safe out there..

[@carlbernard4197]

My oldest sister is also a HAM operator and president of the local HAM radio association in her area 😊

[@Wipedout114]

Great job Steve,we both share grandparents from polish backgrounds, Both lived in almost exactly the same years ,They knew nothing but hard Work ..These youngsters are privileged today ,No one wants to get their Hands dirty !! Merry Christmas to you & your family

[@georgewilson1184]

Your among some of the last true real down to earth nuts & bolts truck drivers Steve you & Mike a.k.a the Boston trucker & Justin Sturgill in CN Ohio and Adam a.k.a DIY Semi and Mike Life on 18 Wheels a Patrolleum tanker driver in central Louisiana and Mark Rump for trucking answers Layfayette Indiana And Dominique the lovely lady Dump Truck driver in Seattle WA And myself even though I am retired on disability

[@philosophyoftrucking]

I got a Super Ten that will act very similar until she’s warm.

[@emt5451]

Steve can you explain to us non-truckers what you do to detach the trailer? Because I’m curious why you have to drop the air suspension and unpin and detach before you detach the actual trailer and put a board underneath the 5th wheel and then raise the suspension.

[@JohnHallgren]

Not a trucker myself either, but having watched this process a few times on his videos, I think it’s to get the front end of the flatbed portion down to ground level where it can be detached (and driven up onto via ramp) but then raising the front sorta L shaped portion with the timber so that it stays level and doesn’t drag on the ground when he moves the cab away

[@fsctrucking]

You got it.

[@larrybrowning]

Hey thanks for the videos after watching you all this time I see more cabover out there on the roads I like seeing them best trucks around. Happy Holidays to you and your family 🙏

[@johnsadventures6783]

Steve says, "Show me the money."

[@carlbernard4197]

Exactly 💯. I leased on to a company for over 3 years when I had my Freightliner.

[@mikebonnett7730]

Interstate 88 in Illinois used to be Highway 5 and was a toll road I ran it back in the 80’s I used too deliver to the Carnation company’s distribution center in Rochelle Illinois and it changed to Interstate 88 in the late 80’s

[@stansdds]

That's some yummy looking milkshake on your trailer's deck. 🤢🤮 The unloading looked a little on the sketchy side, but at least you are rid of the PITA dead truck.

[@lynnkritzberger244]

My grandfather worked the in the mines there at 13 years old , for 20 plus years and was taught to use diamite there. And we have prapity up in Promise land at Greenfield, PA.

[@barryyoung5022]

Steve I always enjoy your videos! Thank you for a glimpse into your family history. Have a great holiday season to your family

[@tomkelley8313]

OJ is very good for you!!!

[@davidmorris7696]

Here in WV, we had many nationalities and immigrant groups come to WV to work in the mines. Today, we have a few pockets of "Little (you name the nationality)" remaining in the state....from Italians, Russians, Spanish and Lebanese!

[@carlbernard4197]

Also Croatian. My grandmother Anna was born in WV to parents that immigrated from Croatia to WV. 😊

[@mikemartinsr5350]

Nothing but manuals in 1977 when I started trucking

[@sleepervega71hill28]

Hello Steve. I agree 👍 100%. On not' able or willing to manually shift a gear. Newbie's would be glad to put hands on a shift to somehow get going again. "They'll be lucky not having to use two at a time each shift. 😂😂

[@dksayt]

I watch your videos and have some comments here pertinent to this video. I live in WB and my significant other was married to a man whose family owned the coal company. When I was a youngster growing up on the farm I could float our Case tractor. Only four speeds but hand clutch and hand throttle. I could double clutch it too. Floating was much easier.

[@carlmarr2984]

In Nevada if you do your CDL driving test with a auto tran. your lic. will say auto tran. only

[@pecheur1951]

Knowing how to shift a manual transmission is handy but it is the person behind the wheel who ultimately makes the difference between being a truckdriver or being a steering wheel holder.

[@jasonbabila6006]

I made truck driving a career back in 1989 and we didn’t have automatics back then, we did have the spicer and brownies.

[@user-ih5vl7ty3y]

I'm completing installing a automatic transmission on my 88 Kenworth cabover, it's not by choices as I'm adealing with some mobility issues in my left foot.😢🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@coryhoover01]

You said something in your last video, about travel time that he charged. If he charges 1 for it it’s only fair that all others that. I do believe 4 hrs is standard rate now a days

[@jrw41069]

Great video. Love the history lesson at the end. God Bless you and your family ❤

[@user-uv5rt5pg6l]

that whole vid was top shelf stuff man.. had my 1st kid in 77 ran road for years and now get ta watch (u) some real truck driver's an love Orwell as well. the sounds are very soothing . they used ta call me "redeye" back in the day. Have Happy Holidays from our family to yours!!!

[@larrybrown7273]

Another great Steve we veterans at this thing called life'work

[@jamesschramm4739]

Hope you had a 🌲VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS🌲..................

[@RailroadBill2024]

Hey Steve, you should’ve stopped at the diamonds in Rochelle Illinois for some train videos. Very cool place maybe one day

[@S3pra]

Really liked your choices of music in this video Steve! nice work as always

[@roberthaycock8400]

I was tought young long before i got a license how to drive manual on a old school twin stick mack. I guess that's part of a family business back in the day. I couldn't agree more with you. I'd be lost in a automatic semi. I was tought you use a clutch once when you first take off then you don't touch it again till you stop

[@jezof9048]

My family has coal mining roots as well. If you’re interested you may want to consider visiting Scranton,Pennsylvania and visit the Lackawanna County Coal mine tour. Thanks for the great videos . Happy Holidays to you and yours.

[@paulwilson3369]

I would like to see you in a truck with a five speed main and a four speed brownie transmission I used to drive one

[@Pretty_Pooch]

Great story and a show of respect for your heritage 🤠🤘❤️

[@frederickwoodard9551]

Well, there isn’t that many old school drivers like you Steve most people are like me that do not know how to drive a manual transmission. 🙂

[@tonyrhoton6613]

He was born 1977 how is that old school

[@timbullins6852]

That is exactly what I think l am glad I am not out there anymore because of road rage I would not be safe trying to deal with what is out there today 😅

[@ruston723]

the more trucking videos i watch you start to wonder where we live you may need to start using a phone translator

[@justinmcclanahan6036]

I know how you feel, Steve, I don't like these new rigs with the automatic transmission in them & I'm not even a truck driver, but I rather have a manual transmission any day over an automatic transmission & I like the older rigs from the 80's & earlier that's manual transmission & what the heck was that little toy that he took the Volvo off with,I know it was a case but it looks like a toy,Lol & merry Christmas & happy new year to you Steve & your family

[@carlbernard4197]

That loader was about at its weight limit. The way the rear was bouncing was a little unsettling. 😮

[@Paladun100]

should have added 400 for a wash job hahahahah

[@claytondaniel7832]

The automatic transmission in a big truck gets better fuel economy than the manual. I am not a trucker but this is what I have heard in other KZbin videos. Is it true? I don’t know but every penny matters in trucking.

[@johnsherwood9960]

U got an air swtch under the frame for the bags🤔

[@fsctrucking]

A valve. But yes.

[@donaldfinkler2490]

I live 11 miles north from Wilkes Barre that's the VA that sits behind you I can the park I visit that gives tours of a old coal mine

[@PhilipWilson-oi2ku]

I have worked in the coal mines underground for 24 years in West Virginia as my father and his father before him. It is a proud heritage best people I know work underground

[@clarencew.brooks1.1.1.4]

Hello Steve, Merry HoHo. I sincerely hope you find a peaceful resolution to your family problem. I really didn't like how you responded to me on live stream, I believe you misunderstood. Hope you have a better new yr!

[@garrymacdonald7449]

Lol, it's so easy. Wow. Shifting clutches. My trainer would get so pissed at me. It all about the RPMs

[@royphillips4132]

I probably just missed a chance meeting you I was at that Love's for a quick restroom break probably around 6 ish pm on 12/18

[@larryoswalt2098]

Some companies require that you use the clutch at all times

[@Leotheconstructionguy]

How would the company know if a driver is doing it or not 😂😂😂

[@tractorboy31]

How can not us3 the clutch. The trk wouldn't move at all if you didn't use the clutch unless you weleded the input shaft to the flywheel😅😅😅

[@Leotheconstructionguy]

@@tractorboy31 you don’t need it to shift gears

[@tractorboy31]

@@Leotheconstructionguy you missed the joke. All it is used for is to send power thru to connect trans to engine

[@lindalewis3955]

Add to expenses for load, 1 pair of leather gloves and a trailer wash.

[@cowboy5252]

Happy Christmas to you & yours Steve from the UK 👍🏻🇬🇧

[@jairomedina4321]

Go foo, best part of the video 😂

[@skwerlz]

You sure you didn't want a mop instead of a pressure washer? spread that stuff around nice and even? I hear oil finishes are popular in woodworking 😛 Also, pretty sure I'd have needed the pressure washer for my pants after those forks snapped together.

[@23431]

Merry Christmas to you and your family Steve and thanks for the rundown of your shifter and gears for me

[@johnveeeight1828]

great video

[@davidklauer3422]

I love autos now, but I still “manual shift them with the lever on our new Pete’s I can still float with the best of them though lol

[@Darrgo316]

This might help in your quest. Good luck 😊

[@regtimmins1944]

I remember that's how my pop used to shift the same way

[@user-kk3hz6oc3z]

Great video. I wish you and your family a merry christmas and a happy new year.

[@ericvonwiegen5672]

Nice 👍

[@DakotaOdum-we3sz]

Awesome video 😀👍

[@troyarneson3280]

Oh that looks familiar North Avenue and rt53