redneckchevy9 Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 I've been around this truck since I was 10 or so. The owner has a small fleet of 6 trucks...all KWs and are either W9s or T800s. This guy is top notch as an owner, employer, and his stuff is very nice and he expects the same quality from his drivers. He has very little driver turn around...my dad drove for him for over 20 yrs. Nearly every other driver does the same. The 600 decal is out of date...it is a shade over 700 now. The pictures do not do this truck justice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneckchevy9 Posted January 9, 2019 Author Share Posted January 9, 2019 I forgot to mention this is his truck...it usually only comes out when the roads ain't wet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorenzo Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 ?? Cab overs that nice are far and few between these days. Love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneckchevy9 Posted January 9, 2019 Author Share Posted January 9, 2019 1 minute ago, lorenzo said: ?? I knew you'd like it sir...has an 81 also just as nice that is cracked up to nearly 800 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledgehammer Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Sharp lookin rig for sure. I will admit though, I was hoping for a huge grille and a “buzzin dozen” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneckchevy9 Posted January 9, 2019 Author Share Posted January 9, 2019 Just now, Sledgehammer said: Sharp lookin rig for sure. I will admit though, I was hoping for a huge grille and a “buzzin dozen” I'm IH all the way, but when it comes to trucks, I am a KW guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes806 Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Few and far in between ones looking that good. That is nice. Always liked the KW and Peterbuilt cabover's. Thanks for sharing that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledgehammer Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 39 minutes ago, redneckchevy9 said: I'm IH all the way, but when it comes to trucks, I am a KW guy I know some of those could be had with a 12V-71. For some reason I had in my head you could get them with a 16V and they had a larger grille but I could be way off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorenzo Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 2 minutes ago, Sledgehammer said: I know some of those could be had with a 12V-71. For some reason I had in my head you could get them with a 16V and they had a larger grille but I could be way off. I know of one with a 3408 Cat in Southern Nebraska. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmall1066 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 1 hour ago, redneckchevy9 said: I'm IH all the way, but when it comes to trucks, I am a KW guy ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrodyNC Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 A Peterbilt cabover came through a car wash fundraiser I was working at a few summers ago. The driver heard I liked 18 wheelers and took me around the block in it. I will never forget that ride. I guess the next step is driving one some day. . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RKO Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 1 hour ago, lorenzo said: I know of one with a 3408 Cat in Southern Nebraska. Nice looking truck. I still have my 1971 Kenworth K100 with a 350 Cummins and 13 speed in the shed. Just can't sell it. Bought it when it was a couple years old with 25000 miles on it. It now has 250000 miles on it. The older Kenworths started on 24 volts but the alternator and everything else was 12 volts. Didn't work very good. This truck Originally came with a torsion bar rear suspension. Rode great loaded but terrible empty. also you Couldn't keep bushing in the torsion bars. So I upgraded to Pete Flex air suspension. Guy came from Houston Texas and got the old Torsion Bar suspension. He wanted to build a truck like he started with . First job when I retire is to restore this truck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneckchevy9 Posted January 10, 2019 Author Share Posted January 10, 2019 32 minutes ago, RKO said: Nice looking truck. I still have my 1971 Kenworth K100 with a 350 Cummins and 13 speed in the shed. Just can't sell it. Bought it when it was a couple years old with 25000 miles on it. It now has 250000 miles on it. The older Kenworths started on 24 volts but the alternator and everything else was 12 volts. Didn't work very good. This truck Originally came with a torsion bar rear suspension. Rode great loaded but terrible empty. also you Couldn't keep bushing in the torsion bars. So I upgraded to Pete Flex air suspension. Guy came from Houston Texas and got the old Torsion Bar suspension. He wanted to build a truck like he started with . First job when I retire is to restore this truck. Pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorenzo Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Yes , pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes806 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 1984 Pete that I drove for awhile. Buddy owns it only use on the farm. Has a Cat 3406b with 13 speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledgehammer Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 57 minutes ago, redneckchevy9 said: Pictures? 19 minutes ago, lorenzo said: Yes , pictures. What they said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR.EVIL Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Company I drove had about a dozen TransStar's of various specs, 4 or 5 Saunders Leasing, 350 Cummins & 10 speed, 3-4 Ruan Leasing, couple IH, an Astro 95, Ford CL9000, two White Road Commanders, and a couple IH TransStar's of unknown origin. I drove the Ford one day, 6V-92 Detroit, drove a couple of the TransStar's only because I had to, or take a couple days off. Pulled one of the Road Commander's away from the fuel pump once, just like my Road Boss except steering wheel only half as big, had P/S, which Road Boss's didn't have. An owner operator leased on with that company with a mid to late 1960's KW tilt cab, 6-71 Detroit & 10 speed. Slow, noisey, can't understand how the owner or drivers made any money. Then about 3 years later the dumb a.. I drove for borrowed that darm tilt-cab for me to run local delivery to Dubuque one day. One of my big stops was a big printing shop downtown. Their dock was in back, on the alley. Had to enter the alley two blocks away, over-head power lines and transformers way too low everywhere else, also helped if no cars parallel parked in that street too. Anyhow, only about 40 feet from print shops dock to the brick building along other side of alley, first thing I had to have ALL the print shop help move their cars, them back in on my blind side and jack knife the 45 ft trailer in so the right rear corner just touched their dock. They had a big aluminum dock plate to bridge the gap between trailer and dock. So, KW had NO back windows, no power steering, but I was lucky, hit the dock fine first try. Anyhow, Those KW tilt cabs with the one piece windshields were some of the neatest trucks on the road. They were not normally a fleet truck, owner-operators spec'd them with class in mind like this truck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1958560 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 81 Freightliner, 400hp 855 Cummins 13 spd. 640k, my son bought it from a neighbor cheap as his hired man dropped a hopper off an approach and warmed up the clutch. We did a little adjusting and has been on hay trailer last 3 yrs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorenzo Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 37 minutes ago, 1958560 said: 81 Freightliner, 400hp 855 Cummins 13 spd. 640k, my son bought it from a neighbor cheap as his hired man dropped a hopper off an approach and warmed up the clutch. We did a little adjusting and has been on hay trailer last 3 yrs. Great looking Freight shaker, oops I mean Freightliner.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ny bill o Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 I love seeing those cabovers. you really notice them now on the interstate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RKO Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 12 hours ago, redneckchevy9 said: Pictures? 11 hours ago, lorenzo said: Yes , pictures. 12 hours ago, redneckchevy9 said: Pictures? Im working In Bovina Texas for a few days. But will dig it out of the shed when I get home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RKO Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 42 minutes ago, ny bill o said: I love seeing those cabovers. you really notice them now on the interstate. Getting to be a lot more cab overs on the road the last few years. From what I hear, there is two main reasons. One the stupid ELOG regulation. and the second reason a lot of guys are like me and retiring or slowing down and want the first truck they drove. I know of three cab overs being restored because that was their first truck. Most of the older guys I know learn to drive a cab over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jass1660 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 It would be fun to drive for the first hour..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinj Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 2 hours ago, jass1660 said: It would be fun to drive for the first hour..... Well............back in the day we did notknow any better. Put a lot of miles on cab over fords, jimmies, petes & whites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jass1660 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 5 minutes ago, kevinj said: Well............back in the day we did know any better. Put a lot of miles on cab over fords, jimmies, petes & whites. I did to but I’m in and out 35-40 times a day now and 33 years in one adds up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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