I still have a little hope that Ford heavy duty trucks will make a comeback. I miss the Louisville & LTL models
@razor31064 жыл бұрын
They are making a comeback in Europe with the Ford F-Max.
@bomguy9999994 жыл бұрын
A little cabover 9000 action!
@coreyspence4184 жыл бұрын
Yes they were grate trucks simple but nice would love to see them come back as well
@bentrembath55803 жыл бұрын
Ed Wu I like convoy the children at forward auction in the FordI like Ford Ranger is tough heavy Judy price Emma Slater have a sleep come over late afternoon love you
@4321grp4 жыл бұрын
As a retired heavy truck mechanic, whenever I got a Ford/Sterling to work on, I was glad because they were such a well engineered truck, designed for ease of maintenance and they were a fleets' favorite truck because of that fact
@artkincell4 жыл бұрын
Somewhere I have a picture of my grandfather with his brand-new late 1930s Sterling dump truck. It wasn't his, but he was senior driver and he got the new truck. Truck driving skipped a generation, as my dad didn't drive but I drove for 30 years. I always thought of my grandfather whenever I slid behind the wheel of a Ford/Freightliner Sterling. I also pointed out to some of my rather whiny co-workers, that my grandfather delivered coal products and his first truck was a C model Mack. Solid tires, no doors, no windshield, no heat.
@macksterlingcastilloflores9854 жыл бұрын
Me gusta los Sterling se agregará a Auradon Saludos desde mi Camión
@donotneed22504 жыл бұрын
I really liked the Ford Aeromax and the last Sterling I drove wasn't bad either. That Aeromax had the second best riding seat with the best being in a White/GMC cabover.
@jackseamon70644 жыл бұрын
My Dad drove dump trucks in the '60s and '70s for a company that loved the Sterling chain drives. The double transmissions and ability to change the chain sprocket ratios made a truck that could crawl out of some tough holes. Chain drives didn't have a differential on the rear axle, so clearance was incredible. They certainly were not road haul trucks in the configuration needed for off road work, brakes were sorry when carrying 10 cubic yards of gravel, but they got the job done. Those trucks could plow snow and were contracted to the State highway dept, and would be used to push back bankings created by 2 or 3 big trucks. Awesome brute force. One memory that will stay with me is the sound of the chains "singing" while the truck would be coasting at road speed. Thanks for the video!
@mikelovin74 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see the history of Marmon trucks!
@jackschromeshop82964 жыл бұрын
Coming soon. 😊
@danielaguirre25164 жыл бұрын
I was about to ask the same thing lol. Cause one of their trucks looked at an A model that they just changed a bit and called it their own
@jackschromeshop82964 жыл бұрын
They have a really weird history because they started in cars and then eventually moved to heavy trucks. Also their model numbers are really confusing and hard to document. But, we have a working script that we’re building up atm. It’ll be out before the end of the year. Keep the suggestions coming, we love the feedback!
@dieselfueled_4 жыл бұрын
@@jackschromeshop8296 Autocar would be a good one
@4321grp4 жыл бұрын
@@jackschromeshop8296,Wasn't Marmon formerly Diamond Reo? with a factory in Garland Texas?
@nathanjames10624 жыл бұрын
That sucks cuz I really love Sterling's to me they were the best riding rigs in the tightest turning of them all
@jackschromeshop82964 жыл бұрын
☹️ always really liked those trucks. Really sad to see them go
@DC9Douglas4 жыл бұрын
All of my trucks used to be Sterling, i didnt realize how tight they turned. My current Kenworths seem like they have the turning radius same as the Titanic
@nathanjames10624 жыл бұрын
@@DC9Douglas driver I'm so sorry happy boating
@stihlman83904 жыл бұрын
I drove a Sterling tanker truck. You set high up in that truck compared to all the others I drove. It took me a while to get use to it.
@l.a.raustadt5183 жыл бұрын
My last job before retiring we had a bunch of them. They came in from other states that got updated tractors. The body parts were getting hard to find as fleet owners had bought up last of them! They did their job , not too bad a rig.
@aaroncone67784 жыл бұрын
Stirling & Mack, were the two last manufacturers, to offer the chain drive option (both truck manufacturers, 1951)
@jackschromeshop82964 жыл бұрын
Did not know that! Thanks for sharing!
@mccrackenphillip4 жыл бұрын
I still remember Sterling in the late 90s 2000s
@kevinlamarr14244 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love my 2000 A9500 single axle day cab
@SchnelleKat4 жыл бұрын
Hope to see a Federal & Brockway trucks Doc.
@josephjarzynski3 жыл бұрын
Me and my dad own 4 sterling's, 2 1942s, a 1945, and a 1948
@elizabethcherry9204 жыл бұрын
I got in a tiff with someone and I was right, all the 90s and 2000 models were just plain Fords with badge engineering with an exception of 2 models.
@thelonelypancake15274 жыл бұрын
Something different like the history of Diamond Reo or Autocar would be cool to see
@jackschromeshop82964 жыл бұрын
Coming soon 😊
@thelonelypancake15274 жыл бұрын
@@jackschromeshop8296 Awesome 🤘
@GreatNW4 жыл бұрын
Do Hayes and Pacific trucks next but thier history's are intertwined so I would suggest both in the same episodes.
@troydaigle1260 Жыл бұрын
I'm with Mike. Would love to see an episode on the Morman trucks. And Autocar. Thanks
@bigbluetruck75554 жыл бұрын
Excellent episode. Thank you for developing this History of Trucks series , I am enjoying watching all of them, Dawn (IN)
@jerameehill3 жыл бұрын
Ford still has the f6 & 750s all together to this day
@Sergei_A_Shevtsov4 жыл бұрын
Hello and thank you very much from Russia 👍
@jackschromeshop82964 жыл бұрын
Hello! Greetings from the US!
@donavanstewart85584 жыл бұрын
I would love if gmc trucks or white or diamond rio or brockway
@Miguel_Garcia.2 жыл бұрын
Still see a lot of sterling trucks on the road
@johndoornbosch528 Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@davidbell16764 жыл бұрын
That's funny the steering wheel was on which side of the vehicle to start with
@juliangerardcascio11113 жыл бұрын
I like TOO see the Big Ford truck,s make a comeback too, as well as the Mercury Line of Car,s !! Maybe even a Mercury Pickup Truck, like they did up in Canada !!!!
@rogeralsop34794 жыл бұрын
Beautiful!
@traingp74 жыл бұрын
When are you going to do Autocar?
@jackschromeshop82964 жыл бұрын
Soon!
@mebe2k2 жыл бұрын
I miss driving my old 2000 Sterling..would take that truck any day over these new Freightliner Crapscadia Mercedes designed shitboxes.. .
@Chevy4x4dawg4 жыл бұрын
Been around and drove several Sterlings, some dump trucks and some haul trucks. The cabs bounced way to much. Frames twisted and cracked. Good luck finding one that still has an original grill. Cheap plastic cracked and broke. Getting cab parts is impossible. The plastic dash that holds air brake release and supply buttons cracks. Not a lot of good to say about them. Sad because the original Sterlings were tough and still see them at truck shows. The Freightliner junk Sterling is just that junk. Almost a case of stole valor?.?.?.?.
@billrudolph81854 жыл бұрын
Just like any other JUNK Ford truck , lol
@caldwelljackson94822 жыл бұрын
Bill Rudolph They're better than the junk trucks you drive.
@7viewerlogic6704 жыл бұрын
Good info.
@stevemarroquin97664 жыл бұрын
Unmentioned: Sterling Silverstar and “Night Shift” model
@danwalters97813 жыл бұрын
Can you do leader trucks and Foden trucks
@timsweet32244 жыл бұрын
bet nobody has one of those eight by eight war trux in private collections ?. oh them other sterlings are cool nice looking truck they be YARP .
@debknow84414 жыл бұрын
Thx y'all
@jackschromeshop82964 жыл бұрын
No problem. Thanks for watching!
@joshteshek11553 жыл бұрын
I always thought sterling was a company made by Ford to sell more aeromax trucks
@Sun_set_Trucker_Cascadia4 жыл бұрын
Freightliner4Ever
@jeffscott83234 жыл бұрын
Looks made up out of spare parts
@michaelcronan9903 жыл бұрын
I drove 2 sterling trucks assigned to me when I drove for kroger I also drove other ones when mine was in the garage.they are the worst driving trucks I have ever seen the air ride cab rolled around and made it squirrely they were poorly engineered and should not have been allowed on the road.
@mebe2k2 жыл бұрын
Strange I also drove many of them for Kroger..the truck that was assigned to me (2000 Sterling with a Series 60) was probably the most reliable truck I've ever driven....the newer Sterlings with that piece of shit Mercedes engine were garbage...I also hated the Crapscadias when we first started getting them..horrible electrical gremlins..one of them caught on fire in the yard and burned to the ground.