Trucking in the 40s - 100 Years of Trucking

What's up Jack's Chrome Fam!? Happy Friday y'all!! Today we are here with our third installment of our brand new 100 Years of Trucking series, with Trucking in the 40s!! This time, we will be taking you back in our very own truck time machine starting off where we left off in our Trucking in the 30s video, at the dawn of the new decade in the year 1940. Let's dive on in, guys and gals!!
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[@glenn6623]

I'm a UK truck driver of over 40 year's, I find this fascinating well done

[@blackscotydog]

I quit trucking in 95 and got a good factory job (still doin it) But I sure do miss the people and the trucks.These videos are great keep up the good work!

[@the.porter.productions]

O-H-I-O Porter greetings 🇺🇸 My brother did both, driving a truck & working in a factory, even at the same time, for many years. He mainly did that when trucking was down. He found driving a truck much more exciting & rewarding though. I know of several people who found good factory jobs…working better hours. Trucking does take it out of you & is quite demanding at times. Blessings my friend.✌️

[@davidrubin1895]

Good informative video. Narrates how all manufacturers helped during the war. I wasn't born yet but find history very knowledgeable

[@perfectfan2006]

gee i remember my great uncles rig he drove when i was just a kid it was way cool it had two horse power both of them were brown had real sweet yellow and black rims,, got about a hundred miles to the bail

[@the.porter.productions]

Loved the review of the old trucks. My dad was driving trucks during that era. They had some great looking trucks back then. 🥰

[@danmekeel7758]

Maddie, you were made for this Job!

[@robertmeade6194]

Great as a kid growing up my dad had trucks at 14 I grease 22 trucks sat and Sunday on cardboard pulling myself on gravel I would ride any time I got the chance.

[@colinlawrence2186]

Awesome Maddie you really have me hooked so much information in such a short time keep these videos coming God-bless and stay safe 🙋‍♂️🇬🇧

[@jonathanchristian1697]

The red ball Express helped us win the war those guys drove night and day loaded and unloaded there own trucks

[@wilbur9416]

I am loving the series so far. I'm pretty sure I'll like the rest also

[@joelee662]

Thank you for bringing the truck series alive well explained I remember these trucks at New England Dragway in New Hampshire had a Kenworthy truck with a rocket on it it went through the quarter mile well over two hundred miles an hour that truck is probably still around performing at dragway's 👍🇺🇸

[@michaelbaumgardner2530]

Awesome video Miss Maddie thanks for all your hard work.

[@shawnriddle3018]

These videos are awesome. thank you sooo much.

[@The_PaleHorseman]

I'm going for my CDLs, was a truck driver in the Army, decided to go back to it civilian side. I love Peterbilts. Just a mean lookin truck.

[@stefankassbohrer2765]

Thanks for sharing ! Great footage and the speaker has a really nice voice. 1:40 ... It is said that British soldiers called the Macks in the WW I because of their flat hood as a bulldog, hence the nickname. 6:48 ... looks like a 2-line brake system. Does anybody know when this system was introduced in the U.S. ? Greetings from a H-D & Mack Truck fan from south Germany

[@tracylemme1375]

I would think that the two line air brake system was original to air brakes, as this is similar to the Westinghouse system use on railroads.

[@Darndiddlyarn]

Loving this series, bring on the 70s

[@7viewerlogic670]

Great video!

[@wh250]

The Interstate Highway System was launched when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956.

[@workingcountry1776]

Lots of errors. They showed images of WWI Mack trucks while talking about WWII.

[@grigorirasputin996]

There was in fact a federal-aid highway act of 1944. It was the precursor to the act of 1956.

[@jackschromeshop8296]

See replies below... Federal-aid highway act of '44.

[@sthier24]

Thank you for the Diamond T references

[@gma729]

GREAT VID !!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@datvik7187]

Nice stuff, I hope to get an old cabover truck one day

[@trplpwr1038]

What's with the 20 thumbs down? This is good stuff!!

[@Bigjoedo66]

Great videos!!

[@jackschromeshop8296]

Thank you for watching!!

[@CreativeComander]

I want truck from the 40s before and After in a nice Simulator

[@ryanpoulin5144]

Can you do a 1950s truck video? If it's okay with you. Please and thank you.

[@jackschromeshop8296]

Coming this Friday ;)

[@robertroy693]

Yes

[@emersonsouza8684]

"Fantástico"

[@danielsmith-ze3wy]

✝️🇺🇸👍thanks for the video

[@Brimstone667]

have a good size collect of 41-44 ww2 trucks myself

[@robertroy693]

I like your program but I would like to see more technical data such as engine types sizes same with transmissions and gvw options etc

[@jonathanchristian1697]

You didn't say anything about the red ball Express

[@Ultrakillerism]

A lot of money was sank into this documentary series, seeing Pathe footage in it. I understand that their footage is unique and really good historic evidence, but damn do they charge a mighty amount of money for it.

[@smug8567]

Say guard put these men on rations of bread and water.

[@wyattdean5658]

Ford F8 was 1951 in video. Cool story.

[@detnaw8489]

Waiting for the autocar video

[@DLSWV]

👍😉

[@jimschermerhorn5370]

Can you do something on Corbett trucks ?

[@SuperWooba]

4:56 Am I living in the twilight zone or does that ticker in the background say "President Trump"? Now that's just friggin eery as hell lol

[@armchairwanderer1287]

👍

[@danphariss133]

I think you gave IHC little less than you should have here. IHC built 113000+ trucks in WW-II and unlike many with larger military contracts IH supplied trucks for commercial use in the US all through the war as well as military vehicles. Someone had to keep things rolling HERE and IHC was instrumental in this. The L and nearly identical R (1954) series of heavy trucks that you finally mentioned was so good for some things it was still in production into the 1980s. You also managed to miss the wide cab Westcoaster diesel model that was radically different than the K/KB series cab.

[@flyingled3176]

They also made m1 garands

[@andrewreimer4777]

No mention of Federal Motor trucks?

[@pointingdog7235]

Great video thanks

[@rjackson778]

You lost me at 1:50 where you showed WW1 era trucks as WW2.

[@user-gl5ui7il8e]

🙂👍👏

[@crewcab1984rv]

Where are the GMC 900 series Conventionals????????

[@Sergei_A_Shevtsov]

Am I only one subscriber from Russia?

[@outinthesticks8176]

You might be , have you thought about making a video about Russian trucks over the years

[@l92375]

Still no mention of the Detroit 2 cycle?They were in trucks at this time.

[@jackschromeshop8296]

We have an entire series called Diesel History that encompasses the history of all things diesel engines. Detroit will be coming soon there :)

[@l92375]

@@jackschromeshop8296 Awesome,thats good to know.I like your diesel history videos.I thought you might throw a little something in the trucking history videos since other diesel engines had been mentioned.

[@12121149]

Hmmmm, in the first part of the video, Those trucks,were from World War one,not two,?????? Just sayin'

[@svtirefire]

Whiney comments incoming... "BuT wHaT aBoUt ??!!"

[@jackschromeshop8296]

That’s about half our comments lol

[@svtirefire]

Haha yeah I noticed. As if a 10 minute video is going to be a comprehensive encyclopedia rather than an overview.

[@tomasarroyo4113]

At 4:59 of the video did it say president Trump?

[@markaylott1780]

It really grinds my gears that you yanks want to take the credit for winning WW2. Great Britan, Europe, the Middle East and Australia had been fighting the war for 2 and a half years while the USA just sat and watched. Great Britan fought off invsion all by itself for the whole of that time. It wasn't until you got attacked at Pearl Harbour that the USA got involved in the fighting. While I acknowledge the efforts of all your brave young men that gave their life, it was a joint effort that won the war, not the USA by itself.

[@jackschromeshop8296]

The US was the ONLY reason GB and the allies won WWII. You are vastly downplaying the significance of our efforts.

[@grigorirasputin996]

The Battle of Moscow, was the true tipping point. Honestly though ww2 was unwinnable for the axis forces. They severely underestimated the implications of world conquest.

[@bigKANG420]

@@jackschromeshop8296 this response is exactly what the US public school system and hollywood videos of WWII are designed for. It is truly sad to see. I hope our young men do not go off to die for a race of ungrateful people who hate us again.

[@genewoody7187]

I've watched the last one of these videos. GMC and Chevrolet had a lot more to do with trucking than what you cover one these videos. So I won't watch anymore.

[@jackschromeshop8296]

I'm sorry to hear that Gene! This series is intended to be a more broad overview of the events of each decade including trucks and the history surrounding the industry during that time frame - so it's rather difficult to include each and every truck that we would like to! However... If you'd like to learn more about a particular truck or manufacturer like GMC trucks for example... We do have a video series called "Truck History" and an episode entitled "History of GMC Trucks" if you are interested! History of Chevrolet Trucks will be coming in the future as well! Thanks again Gene and we hope you'll consider watching our Truck History series as well as other videos on our channel! :)

[@genewoody7187]

@@jackschromeshop8296 Thanks for replying to my comment. I saw your history of the GMC trucks, however, they should have a better representation than what you give them in your 30s, 40s, 50s 100 years of trucking etc. than what you give them. Both GMC and Chevrolet had a heck of a lot more to do with trucking than you give them credit for. Remember the old tv show Cannonball.

[@frankmlchaelglasscock6539]

Not good OK

[@jackschromeshop8296]

What isn’t?!

[@frankmlchaelglasscock6539]

@@jackschromeshop8296 I thought they could do a better job

[@jackschromeshop8296]

Of the video??

[@frankmlchaelglasscock6539]

@@jackschromeshop8296 yes

[@jackschromeshop8296]

Oh yikes. We thought this one was pretty good. Sorry for disappointing ya

[@swapsplat]

That's s coincidence, not an irony.