Big Rigs of the 1950's and 1960's

[@cdnsoul5808]

This brings back many found memories. I loved the round shapes of the Macks and the mightiness of the Autocar. It's sad that some of those great trucks disappeared.

[@Skipperj]

Thanks much for uploading some of the worlds best trucks,imo.It brings back to mind a beginning when I started to get bit by the bug that gave me white line fever.It was the fall of 1970 and I turned 18.Went down to the N.Y. drivers license office and got my class 1 permit,as it was referred to back then.My employer had a 1964 H1000 cabover with a sleeper, an old Maislin Bros. tractor that had almost a million miles.220 Cummins with a 10spd. Thus began a career that surrounded me in diesel equipment in just about every shape and size.I ended up as a mechanic more than an operator,for almost 45 years.I retired but as any other carrier of the fever will tell you,your done when they pry your dead hands off of the steering wheel and gearshift, or the wrenches. Happy Motoring !

[@SmartTrucking]

I can tell you've lived the life Clifton! Thanks for watching! Dave

[@DonHow]

Ahhh….The good ole days when the EPA hasn't cut the nuts of trucks like they do today.

[@rickkentner1713]

10-4 driver. Many years of decks, vans, then trains, and more decks,vans, then trains. Loved it!!

[@johnlong3197]

Be still my beating heart, they bring back fond memories, Thank You

[@SmartTrucking]

+John Long Our pleasure! Dave

[@tomharris8263]

The first rig shown reminded me of Kings County Trucking....Same color. I also remember Kimura Trucking from years ago. Thanks for the post.

[@Alexanderofthe9th]

old rigs look so cool

[@SmartTrucking]

+Alexander Chavez Yeah, I think so too! Dave

[@JB-ew6ze]

Look and sound a lot cooler than the modern day products

[@hamishkay3010]

I would so love to buy one of these old big rigs and not worry because I would be a young man back in time. Also I love the tune its wonderful

[@davidhunt6463]

All gorgeous trucks but just in my opinion No.3, the 1954 Mack, was the most beautiful. But they are all lovely.

[@elijahrobinson2362]

1954 Mack is waaaaay nicer than anything they make today. Same year Pete is also a gem.

[@davidcaddell8282]

Just love the antique trucks

[@rolandjenkins7515]

Love the looks of the old trucks and miss the two sticks but I don't miss the lack of power steering.

[@SmartTrucking]

I'm with you on that!

[@CIorox_BIeach]

Remove a few reg's and they could build 'em this way again, just with more power. I'd buy a 2025 Kenworth W924 if it was made of aluminum and iron, and the motor was built like it's 1985.

[@hamishkay3010]

You can't beat the old school rugs

[@diwemdiwem8382]

All great, brings back wonderful memories, thanks.

[@SmartTrucking]

My pleasure sir! Dave

[@sobelou]

At least there was one REO. Enough to make me happy.... Thanks!

[@SmartTrucking]

They're a rare bird these days!

[@theamerican7131]

Wow, some really neat trucks there. Thanks, for sharing.

[@clydeacor1911]

We had an old 1966 needle nose Kenworth on our farm that we hauled seed potatoes with up until 2002 my brother ended up rebuilding the 335 Cummins and turned it up to around 450 horsepower and if you mashed the throttle down hard it would fuel ping even @2100 rpm and blow so much black smoke that you couldn't see behind you and when you left a stoplight the cars behind you would literally have to wait for the next green light to see through the intersection! When he done the engine he restored the whole truck, it was a complete frame off restoration including the factory leather diamond tuck and roll liner throughout the cab and coffin sleeper. I just wished that he would've added power steering and put taller gears in it, top speed was 65 mph. 67 mph if you pushed her really hard. My dad ended up selling it to a guy in 2008 for $6500, that was a sad day!

[@1949peterbilt]

good to see the old trucks that 64 emeryville is my old truck and it looks good

[@lingolddigger]

I love the old Needle nose Pete's and KWs.

[@SmartTrucking]

Yeah, me too! Dave

[@mickysnowden8224]

+Smart-Trucking.com I am done with trucking after 24 years it's not the same

[@brocluno01]

Thanks for the memories. Since I started Class A in 1971 most of these were trucks in the yard. I've driven about 1/4 of what you showed as just old fleet trucks that would get assigned to odd jobs, etc. My Pete was a '62 kit on '53 Autocar aluminum frame rails (tankers you know, every lb counts). But I started in an L model Mack. Don't really miss them. Rough and noisy. No power steering. Not much power ... All spring suspension, or worse, rubber block ... You missed a 2-Story Pete. That was an adventurous ride. Way up there with all the engine heat under the floor (wood) and primitive tech, sloppy linkages for the twin sticks hunting for gears ...

[@dirtyolcanyanero]

That 54 pete HOLY! That is a beauty!

[@brockawesomeeyegunslinger7510]

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[@1965Gindy]

The 70s was even better. That was the golden age.

[@SteveCarras]

REAL trux, real motors, real power, real smoke, and no EPA to stop it in that era! Oh, and you had to be Popeye or Superman to shift those two stick deals.:)

[@overtaxed3628]

1963 White Freightliner is the most recognizable truck for me as an european because that truck is most seen in American movies. But to me that truck looks like it was designed in the 70s.

[@Chris_Troxler]

I want a old 359 sooooo bad!

[@lucylou9243]

I've always loved the Diamond Reo trucks

[@gregruscitti6620]

I love the 1950 through 1960 trucks that you had on there the old Kenworths look almost similar to the ones that are producing 2 today I love the old B model and Max and the Diamond T trucks the one problem with Diamond T is they got a notorious thing about Fenders if you don't undercoat them my family member had a trucking business he had a couple of them ever every couple of years he was replacing Metal because they rusted the fenders cheep metal I high cost from dimond t if you replaced them you ended up with fiberglass which was $600.00 per fender and a lot of work .

[@SmartTrucking]

Didn't know that! Dave

[@justal883]

We used to put diamond plate on the fenders to reduce the chance of rust

[@mdlclassworker3384]

Thanks again for another great video

[@SmartTrucking]

Thank you! Dave

[@markstengel7680]

Reminds me granddad took me to his barn Hemingway then became Novick id beep horn & activate starter was 1964. Great collection Big Rigs of Yester Year !

[@markkimbell3009]

that is soo awesome I miss so much riding the ribbon. sad to see what it is today.😞

[@vbhall3407]

That was a great video...and man those diamond t trucks sure we're sweet

[@SmartTrucking]

Thank you and yes they were!

[@vbhall3407]

@@SmartTrucking your welcome..and thank you for putting out the great videos...

[@SunnyIlha]

Wow, what a great truck in the thumbnail. And snapshots.

[@realmccoy9597]

Still rocking my 1962 k-dub!

[@bluesosa3224]

This is a cool video, nice music.

[@SmartTrucking]

Thanks for the visit!

[@joedaly2362]

This appears to be a conventional site. I know that conventionals are some of the the nicest looking trucks. Just the same the cab overs were what got the grit work done. No long haul here, just take that truck and get it done. I honestly believe that one could say that cab overs were what built this great country.

[@SmartTrucking]

Don't get me wrong, I love the old cabovers. Check out Andre Bellemare's Freightliner! Dave

[@sisutrucks]

nice old trucks :)

[@igriffith456]

My grandpa drove during the 60s he drove musly internationals

[@clydec.barrow242]

No matter the trucks today all look the same No matter the maker😭

[@SmartTrucking]

Yes they do, don't they?

[@thomaskuzyk9802]

I drove for EATON, S OF CANADA and wrote ME AND MY RADIO JUST KEEP ON TRUCKIN HOME by FLO AND CURLEY

[@schmenkspeedtyping218]

:)

[@tellmesomething2go]

67 pete was nice!

[@2view428]

wow! I Like all the coe and conventional s they where real Trucks. Thanks for video.

[@happydays8171]

Never could figure out the difference between a Diamons T, REO, or Diamond Reo. Were they all the same company? When I started fixing truck tires in 1980, you rarely saw an aluminum split rim (the corrosion between steel ring and aluminum rim the ring would pop off), but there were a bunch in this video.

[@richardfote4083]

brings back a lot of good memories I spent 9 yrs in a truck garage growing up and the garage had a mack b 61 single axle tractor was across the street. question? did the macks have shutterstats on the rad. thanks

[@SmartTrucking]

Good question, I seem to recall the R model that I drove did, but I don't know about the b61's Dave

[@normangilbert1236]

We drove Macks B-73 's single drive axle with tag axle , out of Toronto about 1973, also White Mustangs models

[@normangilbert1236]

Tag axle had air lift, when extra traction was needed

[@geartwister]

great vid

[@jimmyjukebox4209]

I love the Peterbilt trucks even more if they got a cat motor.

[@SmartTrucking]

Me too! Dave

[@markstengel7680]

Nice Truck's Period...

[@101Volts]

What mah' grandaddy would'a bin drivin', boy! :p

[@bushwacker3292]

Beautiful seen some I have drive 😵

[@bigmig7972]

*nice*

[@marcusgarcia3100]

i want to run something with a detroit 8v71. 70s-80s (as a future o/o)

[@genereynolds3771]

The driver's in those trucks today couldn't drive these old trucks.of yesterday

[@tsimmons1974ts]

Nice !!!!!

[@Shelbyproductions]

hey Dave on the cra website it states you can do a simplified log to show meals for 10 hrs or more on trips. now i was wondering im on the 160km exemption can i show a simplified log on my book would that fly with the d.o.t? as im in a day cab

[@SmartTrucking]

+ron johnson I would think so,but why do that instead of the standard vehicle check form normally used for the160 km guys? Dave

[@marshallbaldwin395]

Them old b model macks would put a hurting on your knuckles with that windshield post if you weren't carefull

[@josephsullivan1760]

10 thumbs up👍

[@TedSchoenling]

It's possible my granddaddy sold the macks in this video.. he was a mack salesman in the 1950s!

[@janehanson6937]

Love this video. What is the name of the tune you have playing?

[@MarkBedingfield]

Succotash... Silent Partner

[@slr379x9]

those are the kinds of trucks driver take pride in driving... these pos plastic cookie cutter trucks today aren't the same

[@SmartTrucking]

+Justin Hood I agree! Dave

[@the0to1smell86]

but you still drive them

[@genereynolds5103]

The steering wheel holder's of today couldn't drive those glorious trucks of yesterday

[@johnnythesailorman]

I wanna see what the sleeper cab looks like

[@dewaynemiguel3349]

My dad hauled hay back then you didnt see much chrome

[@vintageprolink]

More into those bigger wider brute an long nose trucks! Then those pony narrow trucks. Not toys! Some of them trucks to round in places of the look of 1940's.

[@yamahaguy1732]

#1 is a 521

[@WickedIntentSemi]

hi can you make a video explaining your views on the upcoming elog mandate on all rigs please? I also heard if a fleet has under 10 rigs or run a certain radius your exempt..anyways it'll be great if u make a video on your views of all this bs

[@SmartTrucking]

+Ira Forbes I will try todo one on this. Perhaps if they ever settle on what will be law we can get a finalized set of rules for elogs. Note that OIDDA has filed a new suit just recently once again against the implementation of elogs which will result in another delay of a finalized set of rules. Dave

[@jasonlisonbee]

+Smart-Trucking.com Just curious. Did you mean OOIDA?

[@steveblatvtbke5840]

Smart-Trucking.com

[@_____7704]

Kept my cool until the 59 Peterbilt @ 1:13..... *drooling excessively*

[@Starkster50]

And I thought restoring muscle cars and hot rods was cool !

[@SmartTrucking]

It IS !!

[@Hitherto90]

I wonder how powerful these trucks were.

[@SmartTrucking]

300 hp was a big engine back then. Dave

[@JamesEDennison]

We had a 67 freightliner cabover with a 335 cummins in it.... think they were 850 ft. lb. of torque, I remember pulling the salmo creston at 18 mph..... new ones have over double the torque.... I still miss that old truck

[@jenq1712]

Very beautiful design trucks,hello from russia

[@speedsterjohnny7191]

Not one Brockway?

[@jimmyjukebox4209]

who's Dave ?

[@garydaltonolecountrymusic2711]

Great rigs. Never ever liked the cabover. Loud and brutal. Rough and extremely uncomfortable to drive especially long haul.

[@SmartTrucking]

Cabovers have more of a nostalgic appeal rather than a "take me to the coast" appeal!

[@amilcareposti2437]

👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏

[@LukeLGK]

WHY DID CABOVERS GO AWAY? BAD DESIGN?

[@SmartTrucking]

When the length laws were loosened up many years ago, the long hood trucks took over. They were deemed rather dangerous as there is no hood to protect the driver in the event of a head on crash. Still good for maneuvering in tight spots and city driving. They still make cabovers.

[@SFtruckerWolf]

In Europe is no made anymore conventional just cab over's because laws of lenght.

[@brianballa3086]

weeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@JamesDuphay]

😊😊👍👍💨💨

[@oneman1812]

Air hornz 5 Eva Moore's curb.

[@oneman1812]

Can wee say conVoy!. & Amen

[@jguadaluperodriguezvaldivi121]

is god trcks nice