The Big Rigs I've Driven!

[@markbailey6994]

First truck I drove was Louisville ford,,,,,380 cat and 13 over,,,, they pulled 15foot dump box of her,,,,,put fifth wheel on,, hooked her to 45 foot trailmobile.....hauled lumber...lol,,,,,,,,good ole days!!crazzy

[@TheBostonTrucker]

And away you went! Awesome!!!

[@briananderson3801]

First truck I drove was a bubble nose white with a 427 gas engine in it 5speed with a 2 speed rear I loved it dad tught me when I was real young I used to back it in for him to load that was no power steering and no air conditioning 35 foot trailer the a40 ,45 on up to the 53s 102 wide had to extend the mirrors to fit the trailer lol good memories

[@TheBostonTrucker]

I remember those Whites, they called them Japanese Freightliners, Dad drove one too. My Dad taught me on a White Road Boss.

[@bigdaddytruckerdawg3364]

I sure wish I had stopped and smelled the roses so that I could share some memories with people today. A great 31 years !!!!! Hard times and some great memories !!!! Thanks for the video and allowing me to take a ride down memory lane. 👍

[@TheBostonTrucker]

I didn't stop much then either, wish I took some time to actually see the country besides from a windshield.

[@robthebank9453]

My dad drove a Mack cement truck all his life. As a kid, I thought he was the the best guy ever, driving the biggest baddest truck. How I loved it when he'd stop at home for a samich on his way back to the plant, and take me with him. Id bounce around looking at the smoke outta the stack in awe! Now Ive been jammin gears for 27 years! Love your videos and love of your job pal! Be proud!

[@TheBostonTrucker]

That's awesome! Best way to grow up!

[@daleyhanson5889]

Mike, looks like you started like many other drivers,, single axle cab,,possibly a 238 Detroit or 250 Cummins with 2 speed splitter and or if lucky a 10 speed road ranger,,Lol,,! Great History 👍

[@TheBostonTrucker]

Yes exactly right. Makes you appreciate things now.

[@just-incase3483]

That blue Pete looks just like my dads, he drove one for Robert Hansen trucking out of Darien Wisconsin. Only difference is my dads truck was gold in color! He pulled a 48 ft reefer trailer.

[@TheBostonTrucker]

That's really cool! I remember that company.

[@just-incase3483]

@@TheBostonTrucker my dad and three brothers drove for bob, terminal is still there but the company has been gone since the late 90s. Good days I was just a kid but I’ll never forget the way that truck smelled on the inside, had that Pete smell lol!!

[@billneedham1286]

Mike when you look back it's like where did the time go! Same here. Tnx's for sharing. Bill. 73

[@TheBostonTrucker]

I know what you mean.

[@oldtrucker672]

Mike, you are one lucky guy to have driven so many beautiful rigs. I take my hat off to you. Peterbilts rule!

[@TheBostonTrucker]

Thank you 🙏😊

[@JeremyBurnette-g1u]

You sure paid your dues amigo. Time for you to enjoy that new k.w. Ride easy friend.

[@TheBostonTrucker]

Thank you 😄 that's the plan!

[@donaldbartram6315]

Plymouth Rock had a terminal in No. Haven Ct. Now it's a shopping center. A company I worked for had a contract with STAPLES, out of Plainfield Ct. I worked for LILY for my last 14 years, Retired from there, my last account was with WHOLE FOODS out of Chesire Ct. Delivered all over Boston area with them. You're like me with different jobs but I started out in the construction industry. Drove dumps , conc. block, mixers, conc. pipe & manholes, catch basin delivery, as well as general freight, hauled furniture, Flatbeds for Quickcrete, corrugated cardboard ended up hauling groceries. Then back part time on a tri/axle after retirement. Full circle LOL Still love that SuperDog.

[@TheBostonTrucker]

You've had a full career. I always love your commentary.

[@donaldbartram6315]

Thanks,, Yeah one thing I never did was OTR. I mean when I hauled furniture out of Ct I stayed over nite up in Burlington VT every week but I slept in a motel. Hauled watermelons out of FL to Ct when I was younger, we ran 2 drivers never stopped back in the day, Had a little helpmif you know what I mean, But that was only P/T when I was layed off. I love the way you take care of your trucks, I was like that too even if I drove a fleet truck they were clean & personalized,

[@donaldbartram6315]

How do you put up pictures of trucks. I have some but I can't figure out other than videos?

[@TheBostonTrucker]

@@donaldbartram6315 I'm using a phone app called Video Maker

[@donaldbartram6315]

Can I get it on my PC

[@class8garage308]

Plymouth rock, Branch, Admiral, International brands Bakery out of WOOOSTER mass wonder bread, spaags, hemingway, Halls all nice trucks with nice company paint scheme and not to mention Sanborns with cast spoke green wheels 5 and six spoke wheels painted green better than any polished aluminum u see now days.

[@TheBostonTrucker]

All great fallen flag companies from days gone by!

[@davegibb9525]

Out of all the trucks I really like the Mack superliner

[@TheBostonTrucker]

Great choice!

[@CORYOTR]

Love that black mack 4:25

[@TheBostonTrucker]

It was a great truck!

[@nathantraylor8841]

Man Boston The Man Trucker you have drove some nice rides and have done bout everything in a truck that’s awesome maybe I can achieve those goals in my trucking career thank you once again

[@TheBostonTrucker]

Thank you I appreciate it.

[@tintruck2885]

I drove 20 years grand union 76 to 96 only have 1picture me with truck Made a lot of money!

[@TheBostonTrucker]

I remember them, they had Whites.

[@JamesSmith-co8lq]

You drove some really nice trucks

[@TheBostonTrucker]

I've been lucky this career.

[@jimhagan697]

Great video,can say I have and still roll today.45 yes in this,five more too go. Great too see the new century rig. Met harry one time in the jersey yard.thanks again, jimmy the wheel..........of. Pa.

[@TheBostonTrucker]

Thank you 😊

[@craigkelley9316]

I had white road boss 8v71 dual pipes

[@TheBostonTrucker]

Oh wow! Big power! Any pictures?

[@craigkelley9316]

@@TheBostonTrucker no many a year ago

[@aRSwiftGaming]

Love the fact that every truck you got chrome on it, its always shinning in the pictures. True pride in your ride !

[@TheBostonTrucker]

Thank you 😊 it's the only way I know.

[@reidvathy1572]

AWESOME.

[@TheBostonTrucker]

Thank you 😊

[@davoid96]

Nothing brings a smile to my face like seeing a beautiful 379 trucking along.

[@rustybrown1835]

Boston my highway brother, I myself have driven a crap load of trucks from a B-75 Mack to a Diamond Rio and the only power steering ether one of those trucks had was my arms, cabovers too long hooded large cars of course my favorite was my Pete with a big Kitty Kat purring under the hood. And to all those highway cowboys out there , KEEP THE RUBBER SIDE DOWN AND THE SHINNY SIDE UP.

[@TheBostonTrucker]

Thanks Rusty, sounds like you've been around. Where ya from?

[@rustybrown1835]

@@TheBostonTrucker The Ohio valley just a little south of Wheeling, WV hauled steel an machinery the majority of my trucking career, from the Tri- state area , my father was also OTR driver went on my first road trip with my dad when I was six to the Big D in a late 50's Brockway, I was hooked, pretty much every summer after that I was on the road with my dad until I turned 18 acquired my chauffeurs license then after my dad finished training me too drive he turned me loose on the highway.

[@ALL-bj7mj]

Very COOL! I watched some of your videos in the past of you driving the R model Mack dumps and Superliner....I just subscribed. I choose my dads path of railroading...had a great career on a regional railway Chicago Central & Pacific...threw 2 buy outs I was laid off, then shortline railroad....laid off a few times...in between I drove International 4700 flatbed towtrucks, R model Mack wreckers and did semi dump for 2 seasons...Man I sure wish I took pictures of my work places....every one of them is gone, except for one towing company....my father had a saying "HERE TODAY, GONE TOMORROW".....my most favorite truck you drove, of course is the Superliner at the end, what a classy truck!

[@TheBostonTrucker]

Thanks for your comment. Welcome aboard! Choo choo!

[@2500mike]

Flds, Areomax,379s and that CH Mack. How cool. 48' trailers with tandems all the way back. Cool shots. You've ran some cool equipment.

[@TheBostonTrucker]

Drove a little bit of almost everything back then.

[@1tuffzx10]

Your showing your age wit this 1 bruh, New Century trucking been outta business 4 a long time. I'm from that area & knew some ppl that worked there. Great collage of the time you've put in. Newer drivers should take a look & see what the love of trucking looks like🚛🚛🚛

[@TheBostonTrucker]

I'm still a youngster!

[@1tuffzx10]

@@TheBostonTrucker even tho I've been in this game since the 90's I'm in the same boat as you. I'm a youngster also, 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TheBostonTrucker]

I'll be 50 next month so I've still got a little life in me 😆

[@1tuffzx10]

@@TheBostonTrucker plenty of diesel still left in the tank, I just turned 54 a few months ago. Got hurt about 1 year ago & still down but I feel good besides the injury. Most ppl don't believe the age & I have 2 pull the license out. We still got plenty left bruh ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿🚛🚛

[@ihonorjesusnot_the_world]

Need the names of these tunes... I got a long drive ahead of me

[@TheBostonTrucker]

The music in my KZbin videos are all on the KZbin audio library. studio.kzbin.info/door/5trbfkhJIMXEck7b4mWh4gmusic?Faudiolibrary%2Fmusic

[@ihonorjesusnot_the_world]

Thanks alot driver..

[@JimKinkade]

Man, I wish I had taken a pic of all the trucks I drove. Great vid. 👍🏻

[@donaldbartram6315]

Me too!,, Back in the 70's I drove DODGE CNT 900's Brockways.Diamond Reo's of course Macks & Autocars Drove a lot of good old trucks.

[@donnebes9421]

Jim Kinkade yeah, me too. 40+ years now, just doing some part time work. It would have been great to look back over my career, some of the memories it would have brought back. Was just never into taking pictures, just work, work and more work. I never use to stop the truck for anything unless I had to, especially picture taking. Oh well. This was a cool video.

[@tjames2376]

Have you ever posted your opinion on automatics in Trucks I go my cdl permit n i know my biggest hurdle will be learning manual shift.

[@TheBostonTrucker]

I think I have when I did a tutorial on our Mack Pinnacle. I'm not a fan of them. Once you learn to shift you'll realize it's not a big deal and you can drive anything.

[@mikerogers5666]

Great video Mike! Lots of nice trucks that look way better with your touch of cleanliness of your daily drivers. Great content Mike

[@TheBostonTrucker]

Thanks EastCoast!

[@ahmetgungor1009]

Beautiful rigs for sure. What is the name of the first music clip in the video?

[@michaellangdonful]

Any of the 379 Petes you drove have Cat engines or Cummins engines?

[@TheBostonTrucker]

Yes, the cabover did, the blue one and the green one did too.

[@red.rightreturn111]

You drove for Ken's salad dressing? That's cool Mike. I always thought they had nice looking rigs and trailers. I remember seeing them on Rt. 128 and the Mass Pike back in the day.

[@TheBostonTrucker]

Yes I did! For about a year and half.

[@ltlshuttledriver]

A lot of nice rides through the years. I miss some of my old trucks. Keep’em shinning brother.

[@stevendinapoli1239]

Wow ! It’s very cool u have pictures of all the trucks U have driven throughout the years. Thanks for sharing!😎👍

[@GRADE8BOLT]

In 2000 I specifically went to werner and yes now its probaly equal to swift but because it was the only company a new driver culd get a long hood Pete 379or freight liner classic .....sadly a lot of new drivers don't care anything about a truck and you see really nice trucks basically destroyed ....lol but it keeps paccar making parts fenders hoods

[@JrFlexing909]

You have been around driving a lot. Different truck and different company's. Keep on rolling.

[@TheSteelman66]

Another Great Video, I have a Good Friend that worked for new century he lives in Burlington, NJ, just wondering if you might know him, His name is Ronny Eades,

[@TheBostonTrucker]

Thanks Gary! I don't remember Ronny.

[@travis4588]

Cool video and nice taken care of rides... Says alot about a trucker! Carry on my brother and God Bless.

[@TheBostonTrucker]

Thank you

[@thomasdaniels6824]

I hope all your employers appreciated how well you took care of there equipment

[@TheBostonTrucker]

Most of them did.

[@caterpillard8n717]

REALLY, REALLY AWESOME VIDEO! Some beautiful trucks in there sir! The second song, I've used that one before in one of my videos! lol Cool tune and very cool video!

[@TheBostonTrucker]

Thank you very much! I threw this video together real fast. I appreciate your comment.

[@caterpillard8n717]

@@TheBostonTrucker No problem, thanks for sharing the pics with us all. I'll bet it was nostalgic going through all of those old photos? Do you have a favorite truck over the many years you've been doing this?

[@tylerlaw9694]

Man makes me wish i was around back in the day to see some of those beauties on the road

[@RyanDutchak]

Cletus Snow same

[@KevinBarakauskas]

Awesome video Mike fantastic to see a lot of history

[@orangeguys2767]

What was the second and first trucks

[@TheBostonTrucker]

The first was a picture at 15 with a White Motor Company Road Boss, that was the truck I learned on. The 2nd was a Ford L800, my first driving job.

[@bigtstacks12]

I drove for jevic and new century they with Gully now under a new name

[@TheBostonTrucker]

Did we know each other?

[@kp__truckin]

Wow Bud Meyer that was a good company. I remember seein them!!

[@gaiaalfa9949]

Really nice vids loved all of those trucks, also love those trucks from caradillo. Cant wait to see lettuce mans new truck Keep up the good work. 😁😀🖒🖒🖒

[@66kenworthowner]

Damn Mike, you really have driven a lot of trucks... You’ve got me beat !

[@andrewslavick7150]

Nice collection

[@undecidedtrucking]

Well driver u sure wasnt picky! U just about drove them all lol good video

[@carlwilliams8354]

How did you like that Ultra Liner? The air ride cab on those things could make you seasick!

[@TheBostonTrucker]

One of the best trucks I've ever driven! Definitely the nicest cabover!

[@carlwilliams8354]

They were nice and I like the looks of them! The logger I worked for had one with a 350 Mack and a 9 speed.

[@lennymiller9308]

Wow, that's some history there Mike, cool pics

[@TheBostonTrucker]

Thank you

[@Torsee]

I didn’t see a GMC Astro in the mix. Did you ever drive one?

[@Torsee]

Great video by the way!

[@TheBostonTrucker]

I grew up in Astros.

[@Torsee]

TheBostonTrucker, Very cool! Loved the Green Leaker! A fully decked out Astro was quite nice! Seats made to look like over stuffed sofas.. 😂

[@jessicaarlinekirby2648]

I think your trucks are sexy! 🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱 FREEDOMs-ism-ish.. 🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱

[@gabrielhernandez2970]

Those Macks!!!!!!

[@Sv-md8iy]

Dude i love "The Ken's" products lol. I have never seen their Trucks b4. Are they still around?

[@TheBostonTrucker]

Yes they are! That was a great job but some of the drivers tried to unionize and they got rid of all of us.

[@Sv-md8iy]

@@TheBostonTruckerdont hate that. It takes a few bad Apples to Spoil the whole damn tree. I have never seen them here in Texas.

[@brianabbey3969]

❤❤❤

[@GRADE8BOLT]

I never understood if a company gives you at least one free wash at beacon and steering wheel holders never wash their truck no pride in their ride

[@TheBostonTrucker]

If I remember correctly I use to be allowed 2 washes a month at Blue Beacon. I used them plus sometimes paid for another two a month out of my own pocket.

[@TrainboyRR]

i like the video

[@raymondbradley6788]

👍👍👍

[@GRADE8BOLT]

And yes I have a picture of 85% of all trucks I've had I think anyone who does that separates you from the steering wheel holder well that and a good driving record

[@ralphsmythe5697]

M

[@charlesschwab6771]

All paid for by somebody else, nice

[@christiantruckstrains6126]

Who ever dis liked this vid ur a bot