What was the first truck you ever drove?
#22
02-14-2008, 05:04 AM
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1971 R model Mack...5 & 2 tranny...Hair raising top speed of 50 mph! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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#23
02-14-2008, 05:11 AM
1973 Ford C8000 kinda like this one, and I thought I was king of the world!
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#24
02-14-2008, 11:39 AM
Let's see. First truck I ever drove... Never did worry about what year it was made, but back in '75, when Mack still had a bench seat, you could turn on the key, push the starter button in, and it would turn over like the battery was dead... Until you reached under the dash,(out of sight) grabbed the knob, and pulled it back to the back-rest of the seat. That was the compression release, and then the engine would spin over almost as if it was already running.
In town, it smoked and made a whole lot of noise. Get it out in the country, and it didn't seem to do a d----d thing. Yes, I am that old.
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#26
02-14-2008, 03:52 PM
Pulled flatbed with one of these babies for Builders Transport out of B'ham
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#27
02-14-2008, 03:58 PM
Well, I can't list nameplates and engine types and gear ratios like some.... I just never cared about such things! And still don't!
In the late 70's, I was in the Air Force. My job was NEVER going to require driving a truck, unless it was for "survival," so I got a "deuce and a half" license at Fort Ord, CA. A few years later, while stationed at NSA HQ at Fort Meade, MD, I was working a second job to make ends meet. We set up "conventions" in ballrooms for whatever "show" was in town. You know, long tables and alot of crepe paper! This weekend, it was at the Sheraton Downtown D.C. The "driver" didn't show up to haul the stuff downtown to the Sheraton, and the boss asked if anyone could drive a "rig." Of course, "I" volunteered! :shock: :lol: This was 1978, so I suppose it was a circa 70 model FORD tractor with 4 high and 4 low. Probably only a 48ft trailer, but it seemed like a lot at the time! :lol: Anyway.... I had to drive it down the BWI Parkway (is that the right name?) and into downtown D.C. Had to back across 3 lanes of traffic and down an alley behind the hotel and into a tight dock. (brick wall on my left.... blind side back.) It wasn't easy.... but, I never cared about "easy!" I just KNEW that "I" was the best qualified person to do the JOB! And I still AM! :lol: Never drove a TRUCK again until I went to CDL school, nearly 30 years later! Don't really remember what the OLD trucks I learned on were. An International (I think) and an FLD maybe. But, my first real job (and current) was in a Freightliner Century Class, and now I'm in a Columbia. Nice trucks! But, a truck is a truck! It's the DRIVER that makes the difference! And I'm a DRIVER! :wink: 8) Sorry, I know this thread was about TRUCKS, and all their differences, but I just haven't met a truck YET that I couldn't learn to DRIVE! And I'd forget her "name" tomorrow..... just as easily as I'd forget a woman I met on the road! :shock: :lol: I may be "anal" at times, but it AIN'T over horsepower, gear ratios, displacements, or guns! :lol:
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#28
02-14-2008, 04:46 PM
First Truck
Originally Posted by Larry Heyns
On my first full-time driving job, I was assigned a new 1967 GMC "Crackerbox" COE sleeper. The tandem tractor was powered with a 6-71 Detroit Diesel cut back to 195 hp with N55 injectors. It had a ten-speed Fuller Roadranger transmission and leaf spring suspension. It was licensed for 67,000 lbs. There was no radio or air conditioning. The interior was extremely noisy due to the screaming "Jimmy". The cab could be tilted by hand with the help of coil springs, after unloading luggage and tools. I drove for a manufacturer in Sedalia, MO, and delivered as far as Rochester, MN; Corpus Christi, TX; and Hollywood, FL.
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#29
02-14-2008, 04:52 PM
First truck
Originally Posted by golfhobo
Well, I can't list nameplates and engine types and gear ratios like some.... I just never cared about such things! And still don't!
In the late 70's, I was in the Air Force. My job was NEVER going to require driving a truck, unless it was for "survival," so I got a "deuce and a half" license at Fort Ord, CA. A few years later, while stationed at NSA HQ at Fort Meade, MD, I was working a second job to make ends meet. We set up "conventions" in ballrooms for whatever "show" was in town. You know, long tables and alot of crepe paper! This weekend, it was at the Sheraton Downtown D.C. The "driver" didn't show up to haul the stuff downtown to the Sheraton, and the boss asked if anyone could drive a "rig." Of course, "I" volunteered! :shock: :lol: This was 1978, so I suppose it was a circa 70 model FORD tractor with 4 high and 4 low. Probably only a 48ft trailer, but it seemed like a lot at the time! :lol: Anyway.... I had to drive it down the BWI Parkway (is that the right name?) and into downtown D.C. Had to back across 3 lanes of traffic and down an alley behind the hotel and into a tight dock. (brick wall on my left.... blind side back.) It wasn't easy.... but, I never cared about "easy!" I just KNEW that "I" was the best qualified person to do the JOB! And I still AM! :lol: Never drove a TRUCK again until I went to CDL school, nearly 30 years later! Don't really remember what the OLD trucks I learned on were. An International (I think) and an FLD maybe. But, my first real job (and current) was in a Freightliner Century Class, and now I'm in a Columbia. Nice trucks! But, a truck is a truck! It's the DRIVER that makes the difference! And I'm a DRIVER! :wink: 8) Sorry, I know this thread was about TRUCKS, and all their differences, but I just haven't met a truck YET that I couldn't learn to DRIVE! And I'd forget her "name" tomorrow..... just as easily as I'd forget a woman I met on the road! :shock: :lol: I may be "anal" at times, but it AIN'T over horsepower, gear ratios, displacements, or guns! :lol:
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#30
02-14-2008, 05:48 PM
Re: First truck
Originally Posted by klleetrucking
Doesn't your arm get tired? The question was about the first truck we ever drove. I told a story about the FIRST truck I ever drove! You got a problem with that? :shock:
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