Hank Cosper Driving His 359 Peterbilt Old Yeller

Full story on this truck here • Hank Cosper’s 1987 Pet...

[@MissFlatbedRed]

Full video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qIiQkqyDgrp3aLM

[@andyb9994]

That old timer is smooth....no clutch getting worn out in his truck..that's a truck driver!!!

[@user-jj3ny7er6l]

👍

[@JensSchraeder]

So smooth. Mad skills. Mad respect.

[@hoost3056]

Ayooo, aren't you the one that has a Scatty that did a thing on some backroads? If so, you're pretty skilled yourself.

[@user-qo8yu4hy3d]

😅❤😅❤😅

[@Steve-yf2ve]

He's definitely an old school driver c'mon

[@marcbloemen2082]

I love how gently he treats that gearbox. No need to wrestle it, rather have handling speed and rpm down to perfection. Fantastic!

[@jimwhite1061]

Excellent. That's a man and his old friend

[@reginaldjones9103]

Old school all day - back when you had to know what the hell you were doing.

[@erikbergum8300]

Here her and I are I wore a red dress. Sweetie. 54000. Miles. This year.

[@johnelliott7375]

@@erikbergum8300 enjoy your day.

[@socapaul]

Drove 1 million miles had 1 accident. You name it I could drive it.

[@pierredelecto7069]

I can drive manual. Can float em without grinding. I still prefer an automatic. I pay for the fuel and I get almost 9mpg with the new auto. That's what sold me.

[@smalltownguy76]

@@pierredelecto7069 long as you don’t have tranny problems and if so hopefully covered under warranty

[@michaelyang3851]

Changing gears by timing and being so smooth and gentle, this truck is gonna live for another 100 years!

[@user-mf6ve3sl7p]

Просто единый организм, Бомба

[@dominicnelson361]

If you take care of the truck the truck will take care of you and the engen sound is amazing

[@user-dc7jr8jn4q]

поток мощности двигателя используется ровно без откатов и рывков, только разгонная эффективность !!! Водитель знает как использовать топливо .

[@broburga]

Why didnt he clutch? Isnt that gonna wear the transmission

[@MissFlatbedRed]

So long as you do it correctly, floating gears is about as easy as you can be on a transmission.

[@daveculp308]

Back when they used to have gears and you had to drive that truck and not be wearing no flip-flops thank you Mr Hank drive on sir

[@lindaWilliam-vt7yu]

Hello

[@daveculp308]

Hi

[@gangrebe7228]

Also not wearing joggers and half the time pajamas

[@PROFESSOR-I.C.]

A true professional. Smooth.

[@jamesupton143]

Nice job of floating the gears. You never see him lift a leg to push the clutch in. This is a true professional.

[@kenngrim6984]

Thanks to my automatic I don't have to lift my leg anymore. LOL

[@jamesseegmiller235]

@@kenngrim6984 my son likes his automatic also especially in town driving

[@doncastillo7813]

Lol. First thing I noticed also

[@jjayyoung7335]

You only use the clutch when you start and stop

[@80tontrain]

For everyone that got a manual truck u can’t use the clutch while shifting gears. U only use clutch when ur stopped and u want to start moving or ur going down a mf hill and fucked up but that’s too late u better have engine breaks and good ones at that

[@tanirvosrabib7576]

Пока до последней передачи дойдешь и на точку уже приедешь.

[@ruslanabdijazov4995]

Это дизель, по другому никак

[@Denissakh]

2й рычаг демултипликатор чтоль

[@isokmaxmudov7644]

А когда он сципление нажимает?

[@Denissakh]

@@isokmaxmudov7644 при определённой сноровке, сцепой можно не играть

[@user-nr2mu1je4u]

На американце после того как тронулся сцепление не нужно выжимать ибо отвалится нога на....й так как оно механическое)))

[@SuwanneeHomestead]

I could loop this as music to sleep by.

[@seanray3978]

88 % of America can’t understand just how amazing you are sir. I pulled that number for effect. Splitting clutch-less. It just isn’t done or taught anymore. You are living history of skill sets

[@curtisjones4017]

I’ve driven trucks without using the clutch before, but this guy is an artist. I couldn’t help but watch this a dozen times.

[@kevinmaxwell6610]

Yep me too and his foot never moved all 12 times 👍

[@lextasy786]

Not using clutch in motorcycles and cars as well, but not everyone can pull it off.

[@franklinrosa2763]

es una trasmisión 5/4

[@percillasamora5358]

if u can't fether your brake and throdl

[@lindaWilliam-vt7yu]

Hello

[@philipmason3218]

That isn't easy, the gentleman is an excellent driver 👌 🇬🇧

[@randywhitten6539]

Gotta know what you're doing to float those gears like that!

[@shortboxification]

Yip ! Now that's old school. FEEL IT and then grab it. I've done it for 45 years . Great Job Boss man

[@frankloree2462]

Those were the days of real men. Chain drive wallets boots and belts. Two lane roads and no jakes. Throwing iron to get up the mountain and feather the brakes and don’t take it out of gear to get down. Fancy Gap. Black Mountain Snowshoe The Grapevine Donner pass . These were the Knights of the road. Now it’s beavers and smokin dope tennis shoes loud music and no common sense. Glad I retired accident free and in one piece.

[@oriolesfan7807]

Fancy Gap, VA on either US-52 or I-77. Black Mt, NC on I-40.

[@longtimepittsowner5589]

You had to remind me of Fancy Gap . I broke down just as I got to the top in the morning fog. Two or three rigs passed me by… boy was I all alone up there. A trooper with lights on even passed me by. About an hour later I tried the engine and she fired! I nursed it all the way down….as I passed one rig rear-ended the other right to the back of the cab. The trooper was apparently responding to the crash….guess I was lucky after all. Wow!

[@richardcummings9793]

That fog on Fancy Gap is no joke. I call it Scooby-Doo Fog. So thick you can cut it with a knife.

[@corbettmanley932]

You and me both, I started out in a 59 Autocar, with a 5x4 tyranny, 220 Cummings. Hauling timber in Maine and N.H.

[@nativepatriot7017]

You was out there with my pops back then,he hauled a many loads of livestock up and down the gap with the old two stick's,way before the interstate

[@russvoight1167]

This is a 10 speed Road ranger with a 4 speed Spicer auxiliary transmission. The air selector switch is for the hi lol range on the main box. 40 gears forward, 8 in reverse

[@elcasquito]

That is insane!! Thanks for the explanation

[@kevinmccaffrey3807]

How do you get rolling. I know u don't need a clutch. But how do you start from a stop. I can't really see the floor is there a clutch down there???

[@russvoight1167]

Yes there is a clutch as with any manual transmission

[@russvoight1167]

I remember those trucks vividly from years ago

[@russvoight1167]

I watched another video on this truck and the main transmission is a 9 speed Road Ranger, same concept

[@68-72mmALKYstyle]

That’s TALENT at its best!! What a BEAST of a truck!!!💪💪👊

[@tuckerdogglass5383]

Brownie transmission is what I learned to drive in in 1978.What a great driver this man is. Thanks for the post!

[@robertbradford7892]

Learned to drive on twin sticks when I was a kid.

[@tonythompson9049]

Me to Robert

[@scottwilke3966]

Me three men !!!

[@jamesparker9754]

You gentlemen get all the praise from me.... I'm a young buck in truck driving..... Old school family friends told me about how it used to be driving those type of trucks with two levers..... You guys are the real drivers this new generation we just holding the steering wheel..... You get all the praise my brothers

[@timatwell3728]

yelp my first driving was in a 5 an 4 white miss that ol truck

[@jimmycannon8057]

​@@timatwell3728 69 peterbilt cabover 4x4 spicer . Good old days

[@miguelangelcordero4749]

Miren a este honbre todavia ganandose la vida honradamente Saludos desde Mexico y q Dios lo vendiga

[@derekstocker6661]

Fabulous vehicle, the gear changes are so beautifully done and must take years to do properly, can you imagine on a long road trip how many changes were needed, absolute work of art driver!

[@eleuteriodiaz3653]

Masterfully done…smooth operator…that’s awesome.

[@lissamacauley5126]

I so miss being with my dad in his kenworth.r.i.p.dad.

[@suzieq2268]

I have always wanted to see how two stick shifts get used in a rig...now it makes sense. Thank you 😊

[@davidspears6500]

The true truck driver shifting without the clutch

[@ricardogarcia6071]

Mis respeto para el gran señor ya chóferes como el quedan muy pocos

[@byronreyes6946]

Por lo mismo que camiones de eso quedan pocos

[@user-by6mo5hd2c]

В россии таких водителей очень много

[@jayknight8406]

So smooth! Never touch the clutch- a true driver!

[@stephengibson2869]

Watching the gentleman shift gears and no clutch- just gently feeling it in the gears. Skill!👍

[@edwardcook2973]

This reminds me of riding with my dad in the 1970s-1980s and watching him do this just as smooth as silk. He drove for 46 years, and is the reason I became a truck driver.

[@jamesdavidson9626]

Thanku Ed !..I been driving 30 yrs .flatbed..I have 4 sons..my middle son says I burned him out..lol..he's seen 25 states an he's jus 19 now..lmao..an he can TARP..lol

[@antonioluis6531]

​@@jamesdavidson9626 o

[@NorthernVulcan]

Comes from a time when truck drivers were the real thing. Love to see today's drivers try it.. (Where's the "D"...??... lol.)

[@carlosduenas2254]

100% agreed with you

[@32degreesretarded62]

You talkin about the trans or the fat?

[@Docstantinople]

If automatics were invented you’d then be complaining about, “nowadays everything’s manual with twin sticks, back in my day we had automatics. Kids these days don’t know anything.”

[@tonygirney3516]

Lol you mean steering wheel holder

[@bobmoe9221]

@@Docstantinople mine is manual. Every now and then I have to drive an automatic and I hate it.

[@fadinreigne]

I started driving in 1987. I was PRIVILEGED to have a driver who was 72 years old teach me to drive a five and a four in 1990. Thank you for this.

[@fidelochoa1478]

So you've gotten real knowledge fk trucking school haaa

[@michelleadkins5684]

OMG that brings back memories I really miss driving a Truck that's the first trk I learned to drive in.

[@danielj1063]

rowin' yer own ...

[@sundaynight5870]

I just can't stop watching I'm loving it

[@stormyweather9054]

Nothing like a ol 10 N 4 - now that's old school cool right there . Nice job hand ....👍😎

[@bradbramlett505]

Nodout

[@franklinrosa2763]

ésa trasmisión es una 5/4

[@ricardofelini8797]

this is a real truckdriver

[@robertknight4378]

This guy knows how to drive especially shift he never wants to use the clutch great job👍🏆💯🇺🇲

[@user-jc1jb4ku1m]

Look at his face though, all concentration and determination, his senses picking up every sound and vibration, every scent and the unfolding scene of the road and he's fundamental to it - he knows the meaning of Life.

[@henrywashington3732]

I'm a new CRE driver (3yrs). That looks so freaking cool! Dual shifter levers. Love driving stick cars and sure I'll get this one day.

[@jesusernestoalvarezmillan7248]

احترامي ياله من اسلوب رائع انت رجل نبيل على عجلة القيادة بارك الله فيك دائما.

[@phillipsprague3275]

All about matching the RPMs of the engine to the speed of the truck! And that spitter action is masterful!

[@Torsee]

Very cool! Freaking great skill!

[@timbertrans]

He never hit a shift, he had to feel them all. Not great

[@davidfasching9859]

@@timbertrans that's exactly what I was thinking. Not very smooth.

[@jamesparker9754]

I've been floating gears for 15 years...... And I thought I was the shiznit until I saw this gentleman....... I ain't got nothing on him...... These are the type of drivers we need out on the road

[@kirbyglover3868]

I loved driving spite shifters at first it was hard then after a week driving I got the hang of it I injoyed it it was alot of fun .I was driving a Texas longbed hauling tanks too drilling rigs .

[@juanluisgonzalezgomez481]

Que tranquilidad para su cambio de la 4 ,4 todas a tiempo mis respetos para este sr operador como el hay pocos saludos 🇲🇽

[@christophermay4998]

This guy is one with the truck...........even if his ears are hammered from years of diesel rumble..........he can feel what his truck is doing........nicely done sir

[@Mike-er1hr]

A man with a flawless feeling for the gearbox. This is what you dont see a lot anymore. Golden times

[@boopah4365]

Like how he shifts one, and checks the other right after to make sure it's in position.

[@coeneschamaun1735]

Beautiful! I'm definitely in awe. He makes it look SO EASY!! Wish we could have drivers like him teaching the rookies.

[@Knight404]

This gentleman has great skills. I love to watch him.

[@oldscoolcooldiecast1879]

Love his shifter knobs along with everything else I bet he has some great stories and also knows where the best truck stop diners are as well. 😂. His generation was the best reminds me of my grandfather

[@dustinwilliams8692]

He didn't miss not one gear That's a type of guy you would be lucky to have as a instructor.

[@rodbagley1686]

You missed him nudging it into that one gear. Little bit odd a grind but if that's as bad as he does, goos job.

[@kenbowser5622]

who the hell wants a new pete? I had one, wiring harnesses were shit. old school every time.

[@ruthgodfrey6955]

God bless him, expert driver.

[@LRGDuran]

Love it, no talking. No annoying tictok voiceover. Just twin stick gear jammin

[@MissFlatbedRed]

You must be new here. My shorts let the trucks speak for themselves. But the long form videos are the good content - with the owners talking through the history of the rig.

[@grubby1975]

Doin that Two Stick Shuffle like its a Sunday mornin walk in the park! Now thats a Hand!

[@NEtrailrider1]

smooth operator right here, it's like he's part of the truck.

[@jamesshort8660]

That is one hell of a skill there I never drove a double stick, but I've always wanted to at least try

[@russvoight1167]

My Dad was a master at it, and a lot of the old drivers liked them. As I always say, it was back when trucks were trucks and truck drivers drove them

[@williamkirkland7002]

I have two of your oldyeller cattle hauling tees. its nice to see who Mr Hank Is. My Stepfather drove bull wagons out of Oklahoma's Stockyards for years, maybe you hauled together. thanks MissFlatbedRed for the ride along. Merry Christmas 🎄2023🇺🇸

[@MissFlatbedRed]

In case you didn’t already see, here’s Hank telling the story behind the truck kzbin.info/www/bejne/qIiQkqyDgrp3aLM

[@erniesanchez991]

Every child should experience truck drive it was fun coming home from school every beat harvest season with grandpa until night till morning

[@paulfleming5734]

A lost art and a dying breed of professional drivers. You're awesome driver.

[@t.l.r.5584]

Damm I miss those boxes he is driving 40 gears forward and 4 in reverse

[@jimanderson5770]

Yes on the 40 but no on the 4, he has 8 in reverse, the 8th would be moving on!!!

[@jimanderson5770]

The main box is a 10 speed

[@jimanderson5770]

With a 10 and a 4 he has 40 forward gears and eight in reverses 4 in low range and 4 in high range on the main box!!

[@levis6945]

That guy is smoother than a fresh jar of skippy

[@mr.glabalabadubeestuthemex3845]

Float shifting like a damn pro. Mad respect!

[@tractorboy31]

Wow sounds so nice and doing really smooth job shifting. He knows his trk

[@pennytull6459]

Nice Video Mr. Casper. Well done. Brings back lots of memories.

[@quintanaquintana2212]

This is a skill very few drivers even know of .

[@SaintMichael-js5kh]

There’s a lot going on here and he’s doing it extremely well. This young man is exactly the type of guy new truck drivers should be looking to model themselves. He is smooth! I love the name “Old Yeller” for his truck.

[@mikehotchkiss8975]

Prettiest truck ever made. Drove a 359 on a cold winter day (not a two stick though) it was small and cold on the legs but still sweet to see

[@semiprofessional8470]

What no 12 speed computer control drive assistant forward facing auto braking stability control automatic transmission? How did anything get delivered back then

[@crazyoilfieldmechanic3195]

Back then a MAN did it not what they have driving most of the trucks now.

[@user-wz3um6ty2g]

Вот это аппарат🤔 без перекура рычаги дёргает.

[@user-te5km9jb7o]

😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁👍✌️🤙

[@gunterschneider2070]

Cool Driver. Expert for good old gearboxes. The Sound is great

[@JoseGonzalez-hf7xg]

No hay más satisfacción más grande que manejar una máquina de estas mis respetos al don !!

[@user-nk3gt2hz6f]

Высший пилотаж - как он нежно переключает передачи....!

[@user-gj8bc3iq5x]

Мне краз вспомнился! 🤣

[@architector6605]

Вот это, "К-700",!?🤣👍

[@barsbigyt]

Турбинка свистит.

[@anatolimoroz1140]

Примерно да как в к 700

[@user-pf1ur1wg9s]

😊😊😊

[@user-bw5yw9ft3q]

Вооот как надо включать передачи, мягко без нажима, чтобы слышать руко, как зубчики шестерен входят друг в друга. А многие втыкаю с звуком хрясь и лям брям недожав сцепление и не дождавшись выравнивания скорости шестерен. Можно и без сцепления, но это у классных шоферов.

[@lex9273]

@@user-bw5yw9ft3q левая нога смотри без сцепы вкл передачи

[@user-nf9dq7ul6j]

That’s a true Trucker thank you my friend😅💪✌️🫵

[@angelmendosa4164]

Mis respetos para este sr. Toda la experiencia. La vieja escuela se impone. Saludos desde Iztapalapa cdmx. Me quitó el sombrero.

[@julianspavon9283]

No mames sin clutch que chingon es este sr. Mis respetos

[@BonzoFan1]

¡Hora le!

[@JohnDoe-id9hi]

That's experience right there, never used the clutch pedal.

[@davidnabess8494]

You only need a clutch to stop and start.

[@kennethhuff7158]

No clutching, that's when you know you and your truck are one.

[@Roger-fs5yo]

I've been driving 25 year's and am a 5th generation truck driver. But with that being said I will NEVER leave a legacy like this man or my grandfather and uncle's left. But I'm cool with that ya know😎

[@user-pi2ll8uq6p]

Мальнький флажок делителя на рычаге мкпп у камаза🤣🤣🤣 80 годм🤣🤣🤣

[@Vanek109]

Ето грузовик 50-60 годов

[@Vanek109]

Ето грузовик 50-60 годов

[@roydeanjones9040]

That's when driver's were real trucker then

[@SantiagoMAXIMOleon]

Same truck my pappy had when he brought trailer of coke to the good ol US of A

[@josephwilkins3982]

Been driving 25+ years, 8’s to 18spds. Watching this old school fella… lm dumbfounded at how smooth he is. 😅

[@hendrikjbboss9973]

Excellent. Got me wishing I could have one or even just drive it ❤❤

[@ericvazquez2558]

Exelent, Nice job 👍

[@charliedunivan2660]

Like a boss

[@mauroibarrasanchez1612]

Que bárbaro! Ya no cualquiera sabes maniobrar esas cajas! Magnífico

[@samuelallen5372]

That's incredible. Lots of drivers these days couldn't drive a super ten. Much less this with the split gears. Fantastic video mad skill.

[@Mr_Smarty_Pants]

6x4? is that a 2 speed rear end button on the one stick?

[@russvoight1167]

More than likely a 10 speed Road ranger with a 4 speed Spicer auxiliary transmission. A popular set back in the day. The up down switch is not for a two speed rear end.

[@russvoight1167]

No a

[@Mr_Smarty_Pants]

@@russvoight1167 thx, i just assumed it was a 5x4 or 6x4 then i wondered what the extre switch was for haha

[@russvoight1167]

I hopped in a T800 on heavy haul that had a 15 speed Road ranger with a 4 speed Sicer auxiliary transmission. You don't use every gear, but are available

[@CarlosCastro-rb9yz]

Mis respetos

[@jonlittle3738]

The 1st truck I learned to drive on, 45 years ago, 2 shifters

[@rodneypattonsr3179]

So smooth! One handed, feeling them gears, awesome job right here folks. I miss them ole' twin stick trucks. Well it's a two sticin', tooth picking, possum grinnin', road show passin' through your town!!!!

[@user-xf8ik1vn1d]

Может там ещё второй руль есть 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@user-cn6lm6ql8n]

У него коробка на 10 передач есть 13 и 15 передач там 3 кочерги

[@user-ox6ni3lw3r]

@@user-cn6lm6ql8n кто то в 2х неделях путается, а тут 15 передач и 3ри гачерги👍

[@user-ox6ni3lw3r]

@@user-cn6lm6ql8n точнее не тут, а то что вы описали😁

[@johnmayerislovee]

Now this is a professional trucker !

[@firefighterpk2440]

First truck I owned was an '86 359 with a 425 A model Cat.

[@peteramari7776]

Wow twin shift I'm really impressed at his calm way no wear or tear n all lives it's life safe n sound old drivers hate giving up there rides for new but u buy it n put in the corner see n drive the new one ,I've watched a few n he's like golden ,my dad was great driver n always did the right things ,big trucks he go well I'm speeding lol love his everyday he wake me we breakfast n go do the runs in the country in his old dodge perkins ,never let him down he was great n I might not drove for him bit I use his politics n vision he showed the industry's changed but the owner operator was a specialist and great bloke love n hugs up there dad n mum

[@jasonsqcorner4293]

Shifting gears is just like women get in to it and when she is ready she'll let you slide it inside!!

[@mere619]

Respect to you Sir.👍

[@IRONHORSE427RACING]

Makes me remember riding with my Uncle as a young lad. He was a Log hauler most of his adult life. His old Conventional Peterbilt (he called her "Fat Sally" why I have no idea. But she had a Detroit Diesel in her that he had custom built and I spent many happy hours riding up the mountain to get a load of logs at 4:30 A.M. and back down to the Mill and turn around to go get another load....we worked before sun up till sun down and its hard work but I wouldn't have it any other way. See I now own the Family Logging Business and my Uncle's Pete "Old Fat Sally" is still driven daily from the landing where the logs are sorted and stacked to the mill . She still runs like a swiss watch and we take extra good care of her.

[@baddog4307]

As an old trucker, the old 359 is a classic. Balls to the wall my friend.