ROCK TRUCK, 1954 EUCLID HAULING LOGS, BETTER QUALITY VERSION

[offamychain]

Hate to sound mean, but these are the exact type of people who make it to the Darwin Awards each year. This truck was designed to have weight resting ON the rear tires ..... NOT 15 feet out on the sides.

That's why they make skidders & trailers. Not only can the job be done 4X faster with the correct equipment, but 100X SAFER. A dead operator not only gets no work done, but can be a HUGE financial disaster after the lawsuits & such start happening.

[Pontiacse93]

it is good to see that old truck are still in use for work

[Alsaire]

he stops when he turns because this truck has air assist steering and he has to let the air pressure build to turn the wheel. old truck. lots of air leaks

[jusportel]

@Alsaire No on both counts, the steering was a conventional hydraulic ram boost, and that truck had a great air system. No leaks at all. If you steer with the truck in motion, the booster doesn't have to work at all.

[cumminsdurango]

Actually they are very similar, because the superchargers used on gas engines are modified versions of what Detroits used back in the day. Look at the model numbers of the superchargers, and they are numbered after the Detroit engine that size was used on...for example, many big-blocks use 6-71.

[iownurmom123]

he stops because he doesnt want to tip her

[wannalayya]

everybody out of the wayyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!

[Nexarianz]

our county school buses sounded just like these when i was going to school, sadly they were replaced by newer ones, I really miss hearing the sound of these great engines.

[024reredrum]

I wonder what a 6-71 would run like if you somehow replaced the old fashioned blower with a modern screw type supercharger that is found on top fuel dragsters for example.

[jrkepler]

I doubt it would run much better, might notice a few more horsepower but not much. It is at its core a big heavy diesel.

[cnrailman2]

2 stroke Jimmy smoking because it is old,

poor maintenance, dirty filters, dirty injectors low compression, not because it is pulling a heavy load. when the engine is running right all you should see is heat vapour coming out the stack.

[jusportel]

A Jimmy will smoke when lugged down, even when it is new. The engine gets more fuel than it can use when it's lugged down. You'll notice that in normal service it hardly smokes at all. The 6V92 TA will often blow a puff of black when you first start out. So do Cat engines.

[brian93ist]

@jusportel yes and this is a very old truck they dont even make them anymore terex bought them out

[jusportel]

@brian93ist No, Volvo did, then I think Hitachi. GM owned both Euclid and Terex, but if I remember right, the US Government made a stink that GM had their fingers in too many pies. They forbade GM from making trucks for some years, but they kept the tractor and loader lines going under the Terex name. They also continued to build the trucks in Scotland and Canada. Something like that, anyway. Check Wikipedia!

[cobra96svt570]

@cnrailman2 10-4, the detroits run extremly smooth when there maintained and tuned rite, except like jusportel said, they do puff when you first startout, or when you lugg them because of the fuel buildup/not completly combusted.

[ntrains]

sorry m37

[ntrains]

is that an m35 in the corner of the screen

[tman06798]

M37

[Xx69roadrunnerxX]

Looks like its burn oil with all the blue smoke its spewing...

[jusportel]

That's because it's lugged right down with that load. Notice how smooth the two stroke Jimmy is! A 6-71 is as smooth as a four stroke V12.

[Xx69roadrunnerxX]

haha good stuff! its a big ass load!

[jusportel]

This video sounds AMAZING on stereo speakers! Almost like being there. I live two miles from here, and I could hear this truck working all day!

[Xx69roadrunnerxX]

I need to get some steroe speakers for my labtop, the stock speakers dont really cut it! Ive hear Detroit's in real life and the computer doesnt do the sound justice.

[024reredrum]

Do they still run this truck?

[snowbiker111]

how cool is that...