Freightliner Powerliner Tribute

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[@josephherrmann6304]

Time with a different mentality of truckers. No sandals, no earrings, no sloppy dress, fun, friendliness and consideration. Cabovers ruled the roads.

[@samueldiazmedel8556]

I love Freightliner and the song!!!

[@frankleonard6570]

man those were the days! happy days for me! golden days of trucking! 👌 miss it every day!

[@lovedadonald.]

Frank are you related to Jimmy Leonard from Alabama ?

[@bobball3719]

Wait they can't melt the transmission in the stick shift bobo's fucking automatic boys wouldn't be able to drive them

[@kgilliagorilla2761]

I drove a 87’ COE double bunk Freightshaker. 400 Cummins, 13 speed Eaton, dual air-ride seats, in a beautiful dark brown color, with a Utility refer wagon. The guy I drove for was leased to a company that back hauled for Aldi in Batavia Il, mostly produce. It was truly a joy to drive. “Big old brown Freightliner, don’t take me to far away”.

[@rayray4192]

Real trucks have long hoods. I’ve never seen a good looking rig painted brown.

[@kgilliagorilla2761]

@@rayray4192 You probably have never driven a real truck. Go away.

[@rayray4192]

@@kgilliagorilla2761 Turned my first wheel on April 1, 1979. Oakland California to L.A. night runs. I run high end siding from Seattle to Atlanta. Kenworth W900L is the only tractors I have ever purchased. I’m at 4 million miles and still counting. I hauled mining equipment mostly. Lots of off road deliveries to gold mines and silver mines and copper mines. Cab overs are ugly, and have always been a bad way to truck.

[@kgilliagorilla2761]

@@rayray4192 Why you gotta go ripping on folks? I drove in every state except Vermont, for ten years and drove Fla. and Ca. Az. Tx. mostly out of Chicago. Then I had enough. I drove a few conventionals, yeah they ride nice. So what? And dark brown metal flake looks great. Enjoy your life.

[@rayray4192]

@@kgilliagorilla2761 I ripped cab overs. A good ride is a safety issue. Fatigue makes for a less safe driver. A comfortable ride is not a so what issue.

[@rondye9398]

Worked in the Freightliner development shop on Columbia Blvd. in Portland when they developed these trucks. Originals had vertical headlights to fit the radiators. Later owned and drove one of these with a 3408 CAT and 13 Speed. High rear end gears never used top 2 gears. Would easily do over 100. 43 years OTR Mostly West coast. Great memories.

[@joekrim6557]

A day when truckers flashed their headlights in respect "you're clear good buddy!" We wave thank you and signal back in front and each go on their way....

[@dennisaldrich536]

I started in 76 thanks for the memories I'm still out here

[@Rollercoaster555]

Your a glutton for punishment bud As the saying use to go Have Fun on your run

[@dennisaldrich536]

@@Rollercoaster555 Let me add that I'm still out here doing it in a 1986 359 extended hoodLiving the dream lol I really do still enjoy it

[@alanfoix9911]

My dad worked for freightliner in Portland, Oregon. In the 70s, 80s.

[@the.porter.productions]

O-H-I-O Porter greetings 🇺🇸 Some may say, The glory days of trucking. Well, it was some hard work, but I know many truckers who made some good money back in the day! I feel that most of these trucks are better than most of what we have today. At least there’s NO DEF & such! Well, and there’s no cabovers today either. How is that!? These were some wonderful pictures! I saw a couple of Freightliners that I didn’t know they made, but I would take a couple of them, no questions asked! Cabovers Rule!! Beautiful rigs!! My dad started trucking in the 1930s. All of us boys have gotten into trucking as well. What a JOY! Trucking has changed quite a bit since then, but some things have stayed the same.🥰🤩✌️

[@alanburge2725]

Since I was a boy for some reason I favoured cab overs. I like the big steep cliff like wall look to the design. They always looked big and imposing and real somehow to me. The way a truck should look. Kenworth or Mack. Freightliner. Ford. White. You name it. Only in more recent times I seem to have moved to conventional or bonneted trucks. Just personal preference I guess.

[@michaelsorrentino9279]

Thank you for the " GREAT " old shakers with big engines !!

[@danielwebb9306]

Awesome i love the old school trucks wish they would bring back the old trucks better then the junk they make today.give me old school trucks any time

[@georgerenton965]

Trimac had one of the early KT 450’s in one of these, we had to remove the fan from it. The fan is gear driven, and Horton didn’t have a clutch fan designed for it yet. The engine was running too cool. The rads, not sure how many passes, but was huge sq inch area. I think Freightliner realized with the engine manufacturers that they didn’t require all that capacity, and discontinued the Power Liner. If you ever saw the foot well on the passenger side of the cab, I don’t think you could stand up a golf bag. I think who ever designed the front bumper for the Power Liner had a good eye. Not just a slab of chrome that is so typical on todays “ large cars “. The same goes for the “ Truck Mate “ bumper option on 70, and 80’s Kenworths. It looked good on a K100. It was similar to the “ gull wing “ bumper, but more refined in its lines.

[@jeffsutton950]

Hello George you still with auto haulaway?

[@Rollercoaster555]

Exactly

[@georgerenton965]

Hello Jeff, it’s been ages man. Hope your well. Parked the old KW in 07. Had an other opportunity involving tug boats, but I’m back on the road still.

[@curtekstrom9531]

Freightliner should have never stopped the Powerliner cabs. That larger Grill looks better than the standard Half size Grill on the regular cabs.

[@dand3975]

The bigger windshield glass looks really nice. Freightliner should have revised the doors and made the glass in the doors proportionally bigger too.

[@Bikerguy5845]

Love them old cabovers!!

[@genegilbert2224]

Grew up on the right hand side of a many of those freightliner cabovers spent the first 10 years of my driving career in them ... I'm 54 now been 32 years since I started my own driving career now I spend my days in a pretty conferrable Volvo (yes I said it) but let me tell you this I wouldn't care if was going on 90 and in a wheelchair and someone had to help me in to one I would be there just to smell the smell of the good old diesel and feel the power of 400 horses running right there beside my right leg!!!!

[@russvoight1167]

Love seeing the International Transport trucks. I've known several guys over the years that were leased to IT. IT didn't hire steering wheel holders

[@kimmorrison9169]

Old IT, Rochester, MN. I worked for Tri State Motor Transit, Joplin, MO back in the day. C&H, Tri State and I.T. were the big boys in oversize loads back then.

[@russvoight1167]

@@kimmorrison9169 Anderson Trucking Service, or ATS in St Cloud, MN was and still is big on the heavy haul work

[@kimmorrison9169]

@@russvoight1167 yep forgot about Anderson’s red trucks. St Cloud, MN

[@russvoight1167]

I knew some of their drivers from back in the day when Harold Anderson himself was running the show.

[@user-lv2su4gf7b]

I love these old songs 8.oo

[@failranch9542]

If I remember what my dad told me in the ‘70s, if you ordered it with anything more than a 350 Cummins, it came as a Powerliner.

[@derrickzenner9300]

I got the freightliner fever. They just makes sense.

[@RoadRunnergarage8570]

I would love to see a model kit of the Powerliner someday...

[@robertgould6984]

Stunning truck when it came out. Up to 600 hp

[@russvoight1167]

All examples of the Powerliner

[@erickjasper9409]

When America had beautiful trucks

[@geraldseely2203]

I wish I would of seen my dads Powerliner a all black one leased to Pirkle. Big grill means big power

[@mintyman1968]

If you have Facebook, join the pirkle group, and ask for a photo

[@dangit4341]

When truck drivers were real men. Just subscribed sir.

[@australiantruckspotting8883]

They were beautiful trucks

[@scrappyjunk8793]

we salute the front tire ryders a tough bunch

[@c.d.porter9366]

Hoped I might see a Bertolino double bunk 12V71 dual turbo, 5x4 powerliner cabovers. Thanks for some pics of the type.

[@mintyman1968]

Couldn’t find any pictures of them, but I do know what you’re talking about.

[@jodavies8952]

Great pics from a great era👍

[@zeus-mt7wx]

I hope I get the chance to drive a big powerful Cab Over before I retire. From England and just adored the American tractor. In America now have been driving an 18 wheeler for 10 yrs. Retirement in September this yr, and still hoping. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@tonytusk5524]

TO DAMN KICKASS!! AWESOME FREIGHT SHAKERS, AWESOME MUSIC!! CAIN’T BEAT DAVE DUDLEY AND OVER THE ROAD COWBOYS!!

[@franco24ist]

I wonder where most of these cabovers r sittin or rotten currently

[@ranasneed451]

South America,Mexico and island countries like Jamaica and so on.

[@Carolinastrucks]

Most likely…

[@rk-ec7kx]

Unfortunately they probably have been melted down and made into a Volvo

[@Carolinastrucks]

@@rk-ec7kx yeah :(

[@WillChandlerFLD120]

Patio furniture

[@donnyjohnson2229]

Excellent video. Thank you for posting it.

[@phaggarty4636]

I got the fever😅

[@user-ng7bb5ql8l]

Hermosos semitraile y la música de fondo excelente agradable 🎸🎸

[@prestoprecision3045]

never saw a crew cab cab over. 1.54

[@Phan-Xu]

Shreveport, Louisiana

[@Mookie21378]

Them days are over...

[@renaldojason]

1:56 oh yeah

[@JimPfannenstiel]

Wait, at 1:21, They made a conventional Powerliner? Or is that some sort of a mockup? Never saw one of those before, but then I've only been driving 40 years. Very interesting, thank you for the video.

[@mintyman1968]

Prototype!!!

[@JimPfannenstiel]

@@mintyman1968 I kinda thought so. The hood looks rough around the edges, but it has plates on it for road testing. Very interesting, thank you!

[@garytemple9258]

You don't see many cabovers much anymore.

[@chickentrucker2009]

nice video mann

[@keepontruckinoutlawlife1248]

Nice bro hope all is well man

[@mintyman1968]

Hope all is going well to you too man

[@user-db1yp5xb2r]

When you had to be a driver to get a license I don't think there any automatic trucks when I drove

[@user-uv3cj6uc7n]

Trucking was a proud profession years ago now you have 0 experience- flip flops- shorts and a dog as a passenger .

[@lovedadonald.]

Just the truck for a V~8 Cat or V~12 Detroit and of course the Cummins KTA 600. These were a rare sight even back in the day.

[@rayray4192]

Cabovers always sucked.

[@mintyman1968]

Just like your comment 😂

[@rayray4192]

@@mintyman1968 cartoon emoji from a little boy masquerading as a man. Celebrating a cab over Freightliner is asinine.

[@Rollercoaster555]

I loved my K 100 bought it new in 79

[@failranch9542]

I think all those who had to drive them back in the day pretty much say the same thing. It’s ironic how these days they’re what all the young guys want. It wasn’t long ago when you couldn’t give one away. Nowadays they’re bringing stupid money. Especially the Paccar twins.

[@goratgo1970]

​@@failranch9542Just have a quality air ride seat, much better maneuvering in town and unobstructed view.