1975 Kenworth alaska hauler cummins start up

[jamesy1966]

wow what a great truck.....this video has made me want to finish my old AMT Alaskan Hauler model kit.

[localcrew]

Great work! You must respect a truck with diamond tread steel fenders. That's just a given.

[spencnaz]

The governor is hunting at idle, does it do that normally?

[tuffenuff77]

man i do appreciate an awesome truck like that. reminds me when i was a kid.

[TrainboyRR]

That's a nice truck.

[BlakeMason2]

Nice work!

[mrclean73]

Great truck thats a real work horse! Good job on resteration.

[Lunchbox21984]

Beautiful Truck and awesome sound.

[1339LARS]

I never thought that I´d love Diesel engine sounds, but I do! Why are they called Alaska haulers?

[1339LARS]

OOPS! You totally lost me with all the gears hither and dither, but the Cummins do´es sound very nice and it´s older than me!

[1339LARS]

Nice sound to that Cummins!

[nokiaicon]

Put a dual fuel line on it.....email me i'll email you a lot of safe things you can do to a big cam to obtain more power

[nokiaicon]

is that 15 speed very good for pulling heavy loads?

[hanks1961kw]

@nokiaicon Very good for heavy loads.

[Amed2012]

is it a heavy hauler?

[hanks1961kw]

In reality no. Just a regular truck with a 18k front axle 40k rears and a 400hp 15sp trans.

[nokiaicon]

What CPL did you rebuild it to?

[Bucyruserie28W]

1975 with Ac nice

[hanks1961kw]

Thanks our 1961 also came with factory ordered ac.

[hondarider100r]

isnt 15 speed when u split low range ?

[hanks1961kw]

15sp is design with 5 deep reduction gears 5 mid range gears and 5 high range gears. The deep reduction gears are mostly for dragging heavy things out or steep inclines they are hardly used most of the time but come in handy when needed.

[DickWheels]

so under normal circumstances does that mean 5-6th gear is really 1st?

[hanks1961kw]

5th gear would be used under normal driving as 1st gear

[1973RoadRunner440]

Sounds great! Awesome job

[hanks1961kw]

Thanks

[bigpete405]

great job. looks amazing

[hanks1961kw]

thanks

[peterbiltexd]

saw this truck on showusyourtruk

[hanks1961kw]

right I submitted the picture.

[peterbiltexd]

she looks great  shows all the new trucks that vintage trucking is still alive

[hanks1961kw]

Thanks for the compliment vey much appreciated.

[poorboy126]

Can't wait to see a video of it pullin a load and really workin. Awesome old KW, great job guys.

[hanks1961kw]

We are putting in new air bags shocks and swaping the rears this week hopeully get out on the road next week so heads up for a better detailed vid Thanks for your comment

[rezst88]

nice job...you guys do good work...lots of detail...sounds good too

[hanks1961kw]

Thanks. alot of work almost everything was done to it. Will post another detailed video of the whole truck later. Thanks

[w900a73]

Thats a sweet old truck, motor runs great. Glad to see it fixed up.

[hanks1961kw]

Thanks its a regular w900a with the butterfly hood and diamond plate fenders my dad liked that way. We redid almost everything. I will make a future video of it later Thanks