Old School Cabover Trucks -- We Like the Way They Roll!

[@eddieradford113]

I'm glad I found this vid. Again. I lost it somehow.

[@braddvaughn6076]

Always find your videos interesting! My Grandfather was a trucker and dispatcher for over 50 years. Many of which He ran his own business as an owner operator. He passed away 6 years ago. I wish I would have asked him to teach me how to drive an 18 wheeler before he died ! It would have been a valuable skill to have learned .

[@richardswann5300]

Always loved cabovers , even as a kid. I'd draw truck pictures in class at school and always drew cabovers. Finally ended up owning two great ones. First, an Astro with an 8V92 475 HP What a sound !!! Music !!! Then a Freightliner, loved that last truck !!

[@clintcarlaw5643]

Got my first truck a 79 Freightshaker from my dad..miss him a hellava lot more than the truck! But thanks to him cuz still rollin to this day.

[@raynagel7462]

I have been out of trucking so long that all I ever drove were cabovers, I remember I drove a conventional cab for about a week and was impressed with the difference in the ride

[@milla698]

The cab over trucks hold a special place with me. I drove one for a lot of years. Also the music you picked for this is perfect

[@SmartTrucking]

Thanks for watching Robert!

[@derail6969]

My dad drove an old Int Transtar for years and was what I was taught to drive around our farm backing and spotting trailers. The first time I drove a hooded truck was big surprise when I stared backing!!!!!

[@randallwilliams2274]

I love these old cabovers. Back in the day it took a real driver to Hurd one cross country. I started out driving a cab over freight shaker in the 70ies. School kids would have a lot of trouble.

[@powderriver2424]

I love yesterday's trucks. I was a kid in the glory days of trucking when truckers were considered the good guys of the road; oh what has changed but seeing restored rigs going down the road is wonderful. I see many and with truck prices so high restoration/rebuilding is now a cost effective effort lets just hope the EPA and the Canadian equivalent doesn't spoil that.

[@muffs55mercury61]

While you might not see many working, the style is now becoming a collectors item. For someone who has the funds to restore or refurbish one there are many out there to choose from. Many were still running when parked which would eliminate a huge engine or transmission repair bill. I think had the flat floor come out sooner than the mid 1990s the style would have remained in production longer. Ahhhh such memories.

[@eugenebell83]

i don't know why drivers don't appreciate cab-overs more than they do. They can get into tighter places than other trucks. They do have their purpose.

[@eagleone9574]

Good video, The old cabovers may be back but only in my nightmares. The CO on the cover was once an Atlas Van Lines bedbugger. Been trucking long haul for 70 years now and seen'em all. You young drivers be thankful. Setting over that steer axle for 3000 mi. just aint no fun !!!

[@BNSFTIM55]

we need to bring them back

[@billchapel5248]

My last run in a cabover was in 86, it was a 85 Freightliner, my wife was ready to deliver our daughter any day, well I was in La when that happened, after three days in a truck stop in Ontario Ca I got a load back east, it was to go to Chicago, but I brought it back to Indiana and parked the truck, and never looked back, that was the end of my OTR driving,

[@dalewilbur]

My first truck I owned was a 1972 Freightliner. miss her. Thanks for the memories.

[@kalebowmanable]

Im 18 and im trying to buy myself a 1995 Freightliner cabover for my first truck to start my own trucking company.

[@the.porter.productions]

Love all the cabovers!!!!! A rare breed of truck today. I’m glad to see some here and there as I travel the roads. I still have one...an ol Walmart IH 9670 model.

[@SmartTrucking]

Nice, hang on to it! They were good trucks!

[@allanhunter2328]

the old cabovers are the best.

[@my2cents616]

Wow very cool,i remember the cab over days,don't miss driving them. The last time I drove a cabover was in the late eighties,with JB Hunt,and Fulton trucking,and was glad to get into a conventional.

[@the.porter.productions]

Cabovers rule! I have a 95 IH 9670, ex Walmart truck and a 51 REO F22 wrecker. Good to see some cabovers.

[@Forsaken_Angel_of_Darkness]

brings back memories growing up with the cabovers. There is an old Freightliner at a shop down the road from me just collecting dust and rusting away. makes me sad

[@SmartTrucking]

+Anthony Tillman Maybe think about saving and restoring it, if you have the time and the money. Dave

[@markkinslow128]

I truly miss my first cab-over...

[@frankrojas480]

the good old days off trucking

[@adamsmith7203]

Never got to get behind the wheel of a cab over since I started driving in 2002 but they still turn my head when I see one on the road. I've heard the horror stories about them but you just have to appreciate the look of them.

[@stanleybaker3400]

I don't care what anyone says I would drive a cabover anytime

[@SmartTrucking]

As long as they've got air ride! Dave

[@waynestruckshorts]

Me too

[@stanleybaker2798]

I have always love cabover trucks first cabover I drove was a marmon

[@Tedkelvin]

Love the wide Bully Dog stance.

[@bananamonkee]

Love this! Love the old cabovers, although I am not a trucker.

[@johnnoonan5802]

beautifull pictures of wounderful american trucks wow thank you smart trucking god bless all truckers out there

[@ryangahr4540]

thanks for the vid...I still use my 79 transtar 2 for hauling my excavating equipment and I always get compliments...the 290 Cummins never lets me down

[@SmartTrucking]

+Ryan Gahr We had a Cummins engine in our '84 Kenworth... rebuilt it a few times. It was a good engine, very reliable. An old Transtar... a real keeper.;)

[@eddieradford113]

All these vidios take me back to when I first switched from driving local to long haul an had a brand new frieght liner an.new trailer 350 com a. Alone.13 speed. But never had a chargeable accident safe driver awards 2 an always kelp in that what was behind me could kill. Me very quick an that I not all an a bag of chips.

[@masmith1960]

first job I had drove a 71 international with a 4&4 and a Detroit. Nothing like the sound of a two cycle Detroit. They are all music to me but I still love that old school Detroit. .

[@SmartTrucking]

Yeah they had a neat sound, didn't they. I learned on a 318. Dave

[@BluTrollPro]

There is a guy local to me in the Ft Worth area still running an old K100 aerodyne, always seems to be rolling up and down I35. As much as my Petey has oodles of space in the bunk, I would trade it in a second for one of the Euro cabovers I started driving on before moving to the US. Something like a Sisu, Cat motor, ZF trans (sorry but ZF ecosplit is the single best trans I have ever used, puts Eaton to shame), legendary Sisu driveline. With a little bunk and a rear lift axle, totally not needed on Texan roads but I just miss the way they steer.

[@mikeservais888]

Real good video Dave miss the cabovers but was younger back in the day for getting in and out good music!!!

[@rmorgan0876]

MY first cabover I drove was a Wal🤓mart International....9 speed that was the good old days in trucking

[@dawilson47]

Thanks for the video - in the early 60s my friend's father owned a small trucking company in rural Virginia. They had 2 or 3 White 3000s and one 5000. We thought that 5000 was the "truck of the future"! Thanks for the memories!!!

[@SmartTrucking]

+dawilson47 You are most welcome. We love to see cabovers on our travels.... not many out there on the road, but the ones we see, are real head turners! It was fun putting this video together. Yes, great memories for sure. :)

[@lisakigar9850]

I loved cabovers the Best. 🥰💕

[@pstpupful]

really brings back memories

[@desmondorr3837]

here in NZ nearly all our big rigs are COE's.I like them as theres a lot of room in the cab an no disappearing cars at traffic lights,but bonneted trucks do look cool and the odd time Iv driven one,it has been a good ride an theres something reassuring looking out over that long hood.Id truck in either with no preference

[@eddieradford113]

Love you guys at smart trucking😔

[@Smooth_Operator_83]

This was really cool thanks, I have a 83 Pete 362 myself.

[@2view428]

All the COE Favorites Thanks !

[@theamerican7131]

Great video. I really enjoy looking at those older trucks. It brings back a lot of great memories.

[@cretinousjester3475]

When I asked my dad which was better he told me "Simple: Drive in the city, cabover every time. Drive long haul- you want a long-hood".

[@oldpete3153]

The best part about any cab-over I ever drove was when I got out of it and walked away !! ☻

[@SmartTrucking]

Ah, man, that got a chuckle out of me! They could be rough old girls, couldn't they! Dave

[@DanielMartins-sm7bc]

Nice trucks

[@ronalddaurosr9686]

Ran as a mudflap '84- '87 , bedbuggin , NYC to Florida. Was 18 years old. No rules, no limits . Switching seats right over the doghouse between tolls, I-95 @ 55 MPH, Carolinas . 8 hours of sleep for the driver when I drove both States. Got state license in 1988, grandfathered in in 89 when feds took over( CDL). STILL AT IT , automatics killed it. Computers and crash detterant systems , cameras and now sleep apnea bullshit . FINAL STAGES.

[@SmartTrucking]

Stay safe Ronald! You're almost there! Dave

[@ronalddaurosr9686]

Smart-Trucking.com THANKS Dave . Happy healthy to both of you . 😉

[@sirannikus]

Cabovers look more aesthetic!

[@steveberg6813]

cool video thanks for sharing those trucks rock!!

[@larrymccoy9045]

last time i drove a cabover which is what i first learned how to drive a big truck was 1991

[@crispinboulton8473]

Awesome video love the old school truck's.

[@lewiemcneely9143]

Classy.

[@kevinrichards3288]

🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛 I don't see many cabover semis out on the roads anymore. I've always liked them because they were easier to turn, park, & manouver around obsticles while backing up tractor trailers into loading docks.

[@SmartTrucking]

I don't see many either but by coincidence I did see a nice old one today. Freightliner. Dave

[@Machi74005]

Thanks for the video. Most cabovers I see today are old used rigs purchased by farmers pulling grain gondolas about this time of the year. I did see an early 80s Peterbilt pull into a former employers' place a few years ago. It had a stretch frame like western states trucks(I'm in the east). Driver polished it while waiting at the dock for the load as if it was a show car at a muscle car event. :-)

[@SmartTrucking]

+Machi74005 Yes, I find cabover owners are pretty serious about the appearance of their ride. They are usually the ones at the truck shows, who just polish and polish all day long and just never seem to finish the job! They are fantastic trucks, and we love to see them on the road.... rare as hen's teeth on the road, but they'll turn MY head every time. Love to see them.

[@alain.r]

+Smart-Trucking.com I am 14 and my dad owns a 1989 IH 9670 with a big cam 3 855ci 315 hp. I love riding in it, although conventionals are more comfortable the cool factor and everybody staring at it makes it even.

[@SmartTrucking]

+Alain Renteria Those were great trucks. I learned to drive in an old transtar. Dave

[@maverickdallas1004]

+Smart-Trucking.com ...In Europe, COE's are pretty much all you'll find, including the latest offerings from Mercedes, Scania, MAN and others. Some of them look quite luxurious!

[@georgekuersten5984]

I was a mechanic back in 91 for a Denver refrigerated carrier. They ran 150 IH 9600's (?) More than once, I jacked up a cab and had a TV roll out of the bunk, onto the windshield. You also had to watch where you parked your tool box when the cab was jacked up. Saw that happen a couple of times. Changing a clutch in these trucks was a breeze using a cherry picker. The transmission was exposed behind the cab. Shifting was a little funky, due to the short throw shifter, and long linkage.

[@SmartTrucking]

+george kuersten those were the days! Dave

[@levistiernagle8929]

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[@markkimbell3009]

loved the 67 Mack.keep up on the good work with the videos.😀

[@SmartTrucking]

Will do Mark! Thanks! Dave

[@vintageprolink]

Bueatiful looking trucks! Long live these trucks. They look Awesome! Love to have one these! For cruising around with. Not for work! Ha ha ha. 😋 yum.

[@roadlinktransport6258]

Good content👍 ! Thanks for sharing!

[@joecantu5726]

Good old days

[@crxtfr]

Great Video, thanks for posting. I see at least one just about every day running between Niagara and Quebec

[@SmartTrucking]

+crxtfr No kidding? I hope they're making a comeback. Dave

[@levistiernagle8929]

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[@1BEAVIS13]

Cabovers are nice to look at, but I don't miss driving them.

[@SmartTrucking]

+1BEAVIS13 I gotta admit, I don't either. Dave

[@5FaLlEn5]

I miss my 2001 362

[@michaelreynolds3798]

Love the old cab overs drove one for year's these driver's today couldn't handle a real truck

[@cahcah3194]

Astros were crazy..good ride though..

[@itsjustnopinionok]

i remember that first one from Iowa 80 truck stop. i believe it was 4,5 million miles on it. im not sure.

[@cherrylove3656]

you notice ho much nicer these old trucks look next to these new trucks today cars now days and cars can't compare in looks to the older vehicles all these trucks were impressive

[@TruckingIRL]

Awesome

[@eh4447]

Super Duper Video c/w Great old Cabovers & 1970s Easy Listening Pop Music...Anybody know the Performers?

[@johnmccarty1942]

My first was a 76 international tran star 2

[@317perrycon8]

Why did they get away from the cab overs? I live in Indianapolis and there's a grain station close to me and they have one they use all the time.

[@SmartTrucking]

The market share dropped drastically. Everyone wanted to buy a hood. Dave

[@cahcah3194]

Spent 5 yrs in those

[@larryfisher5796]

My first job trucking was a was a cracker box GMC hauling crushed cars had a ten speed road ranger transmission a 238 Detroit engine

[@hunterriley9904]

I like the trucks at 2:11 2:26 & 3:38. Nice!!!!!😎😎😎

[@LexusLs-dz3zy]

Were they good truck? Someone is selling a 1990 for 8k running, is it worth it? I'm looking to drive as my first truck

[@truckingjamaicans5045]

love coe freightliners

[@trucks8137]

no wonder cab overs are back, theres a few lost in the city truck vids around

[@texasentertainmentnetwork3777]

I always wondered why these type of trucks were discontinued..

[@SmartTrucking]

When the Surface Transportation Act made overall length laws obsolete, everyone went to the long hood conventionals because they rode better , were easier to work on and quieter inside. Cabovers were bad in a head on collision and an awful lot of roads were still only two lanes back then. Nobody was buying cabovers anymore and the manufacturers basically discontinued them. Dave

[@texasentertainmentnetwork3777]

That's a good 10-4!

[@Zmbiekiller-gn3sc]

I was going to say that the Pete looked like a 1976 because mine was a 197 and mine had the long step

[@Zmbiekiller-gn3sc]

I loved my cabovers my first was a brand new 1976 freightliner 400 c 13 spd axle my 2 was a 1979 Pete 2 axle KT 600 c 15 spd best bull truck I ever drove you could set a cup of coffee on the dog house never spill a drop if 5th wheel was in the right spot

[@SmartTrucking]

Yeah, I loved the old cabovers! Dave

[@struedel25]

Just one thing. The Peterbilt you have listed as 1997 is a 352, and 1980 was the last year. Maybe '79 instead of '97?

[@SmartTrucking]

+Steven Strimling Yup, Typo, thanks Steven. Dave

[@stanleywilliams134]

could it have been a 362?

[@struedel25]

No, 352. The video owner reversed the numbers of the year.

[@stanleywilliams134]

Ah okay

[@rogerthornburg8794]

Thats all my dad drove were cabovers mostly freightliner

[@rogerthornburg8794]

Maybe thats why i love them so much

[@terrencegroves7191]

I want a K100 aerodyne

[@jeysonfernandez8782]

*I like the white freightliner more*

[@scottp4063]

Back breakers!

[@Durahan82]

6:14 I want to own one like that

[@SmartTrucking]

She's a beaut!! Dave

[@charlesdyer2376]

Luv em ol co's stretched out.Wit chicken lites all around (ol school)

[@stevecollis7720]

Cab overs rule MCL from steve Australia and remember keep the shiny side and keep on truck,n

[@SmartTrucking]

10 dash 4!

[@Mr-Damage]

There is nothing that takes more punishment than a Australian made K-104 Kenworth. 

[@frankjackson7971]

Nice vid but i have never been a fan of coe's but some did look nice

[@SmartTrucking]

+FRANK JACKSON They had their good and bad points but back in the day they were cool. Dave

[@gtrefghuk]

What year was B.J and the Bear's cab over?

[@SmartTrucking]

+iblockpuncheswithmyface Not sure, have to research that. Dave

[@markom.4855]

+iblockpuncheswithmyface ........1984 Kenworth. As 10/12/2014 still delivers land line magazines. Check out Google

[@gtrefghuk]

John M. So it was pretty much brand new during the TV series.

[@stevenpistole6557]

iblockpuncheswithmyface The Kenworth on Bj and the bear was a 79,the year the show started

[@truckinmadfella3805]

Renault bought the mack cab over but than Volvo made all the good titans but those cruise liners where the best and Metroliners

[@m.miller2374]

seemed like they did away with the coe's fairly quickly, wonder why?

[@SmartTrucking]

I think they found that the drop nose trucks were almost as maneuverable and alot easier to work on. Dave

[@grizz555]

you missed a great truck the Hayes cabover

[@SmartTrucking]

You are right! They were a great cabover. When did they quit making those? Dave

[@grizz555]

1976 I owned a 1975 that i bought new in 75 with a 420 cumins go like stink

[@cahcah3194]

Marmon druel dude...

[@ryanp4338]

can you do another video like the lcv clown show at the petro or just more lcv rants man did i ever laugh.

[@SmartTrucking]

+Ryan P As you can tell, we are NOT fans of LCV'S. The governments and authorities post rafts of rules how they should operate on the roads, but yet they aren't monitored as promised..... trucking companies have their hands in the back pockets of the provincial trucking associations and governing bodies... get my drift? They are dangerous.... usually the only ones to defend the LCV safety is the LCV driver making a lousy few cents extra to drive one. They are getting seriously ripped off and are too foolish to see it.... just our take on the subject.

[@levistiernagle8929]

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[@charlesabbott8517]

Cabovers l drove one for 2yaers it was fun back in 1990s now I don't want to kral up in not.wen third a hood to.drive

[@makeupyourmindinator]

It would be nice if they brought back the COE but I’m afraid that engineers would just ruin them and make them look ugly.

[@jamesmorfison2008]

my homroided ass was weaned on the k100 probably were the homroids come from

[@maverickdallas1004]

You need the Trucker's Survival Kit: Rolaids, Doan's Pills and Preparation-H!!!

[@embreesmith7613]

no thanks, Dave !! I like my meat roasted, not me

[@bobburnitt5389]

I will NEVER understand why you guys THINK COE's are worth a damn for anything. I drove them back in the 70's also drove Conventionals, cab overs SUCK!!! They ride rough, they are TERRIBLE in sub-zero weather or in HOT WEATHER either one as the engine heat rises in to the cab. But in subzero weather the cold air hits the front head on and penetrates the sheet metal in front of the driver. Also they are a PAIN to jack up and do just normal things like change a fuel filter. They ride ROUGH as hell as you are sitting right over the front axle, and if you have a WRECK you are THE FIRST ONE TO BE THERE!!! AND THEN being in the SLEEPER Berth is a nighmare as it is nearly over the front axle too. You cannot lean over and crank down the right side window etc. They SUCK, be GLAD everyone is driving around in a Long Nose Pete now. At one time THAT was a BIG DEAL unless you lived in California or the Pacific Northwest where everyone had a Pete or Long nose KW. If you REALLY want to sit in a PILE OF JUNK, climb up in to a Cracker Box Jimmy, or a Japanese White, or a Cabover Fruitliner. On a Cracker Box Jimmy or a Cabover Stalk Cutter, you had to DUCT TAPE the LEFT Door and vents on the DRIVER SIDE and climb in on the Passenger side to keep from FREEZING TO DEATH in winter. A cabover Fruitliner would give you a BATH in a Rainstorm even though you have the window rolled up. Man, some of the things people are "nostalgic" over amazes me. The ONLY thing good about a Cabover was, it was a little bit easier to BACK a TRAILER and spot in to a Dock as you are sitting on the outside edge of the truck footprint. On a Pete or KW Long nose you are sitting CLOSER to the MIDDLE of the truck. Furthermore I would not be caught DEAD in a Droop Snoot Truck, that is bad for your Self Respect!!! I prefer the STANDARD Conventional Pete or KW, the rest are just imitations. They will starve you to death no matter where you work or what you drive, might as well drive good equipment. BB