Man, that's a Cannonball all right. You know, so many of those old trucks looked right, & they sounded right. Heaven knows where we went wrong when I look at this SHIT we've got today!
Double clutching is much slower then going with the engine speed with no clutch. I drove a 6-71 and you can really shift fast if you know what you're doing-and that's not double clutching for one.
@donnactrc I've always felt with my own trucks is the best way is what ever style of shifting is going to be easiest on things like the center of the clutch and the splines in the drive shaft and so on.
Alot of times I find going up through the gears without the clutch is actually easier on the driveline.
Hi! Why is he double clutching with gas while shifting up? I had to double-clutch with gas while shifting down and without gas while shifting up. Does a diesel loosing his rotational speed so much faster than a gasoline engine? Please tell me! Hello from Switzerland
@68knative I guess he has found that to match the engine speed and the driveshaft speed a little throttle in between seems to help. Those old Detroits run pretty high rpm's.
@longroadpro was this around about the same time GM used their TWIN 6? i think the twin 6 was used between 1960-1965 before diesel was being more widely used in big trucks
Note the "I-D-I-O-T" passing @ the RR grade crossing in the beginning???!!! A real horses-ass! Driver is double-clutching himself silly in the C.O.E. Jimmy!
One of the Nicest looking trucks ever built, back in the day...Super nice Restoration ! Back in the 70's there was a fellow up in NH with a "cannonball" sleeper
with a "tweaked" 6-110 stuffed into it, and a double over 6x4 behind her, that 6-110
was set at 2350 rpms...would That thing Fly !!...and really pull a load to. Don't know whatever happened to it. Do you still have the 950 ?? Thanks for the post...brings back great memories for me.
@TurbinePower69 This truck belongs to a fellow in Ontario Canada. I just did the filming for a series on members of the American Truck Historical Society.
That double clutch thing is babying it. The guy said he wasn't a pro driver anyway. If I owned something like this, I would Baby too. Even if it meant taking out the real skill of driving a truck.
@cpd659 There's a show on Speed Channel called American Trucker. They were working on the old BJ and the bear KW cab-over which pulled a reefer in the show. It's great to see more truck stuff on TV.
Seventeen years ago I was one of very few doing anything on video involving heavy trucks.
@MetroLinerXLZ Actually, Spicer Gear didn't get into crawlerboxes until the late 1960's; their air-shifts drove the secondary gear selectors for low-low/split/direct/overdrive. This setup is more consistent with a Fuller RT-nn610/nn710, one of the first integrated-crawlerbox transmissions.
That's something new...I didn't know Spicer didn't make transmissions for trucks until the 60s. I just assume that because the driver had difficulty shifting gears, the transmission was a Spicer (mainly because Spicers were known for difficult shifting).
@MetroLinerXLZ Spicer Gear built simple gearboxes, and their first air-shift auxiliaries were directly based on the manual-shift, close-ratio versions already in use as the secondaries of many heavy-duty trucks in the 1940's through 1970's. Fuller Gear used the crawlerbox approach to allow consistent-drop gear ratios on the main shifter.
Love the sound of that sceeaming ole DETROIT!!!!
ckelley63 3 weeks ago
LongRoadPro - Your videos keep getting better. I'm hooked on these old beautiful machines. Great camera work too!
Robert8455 3 weeks ago
Man, that's a Cannonball all right. You know, so many of those old trucks looked right, & they sounded right. Heaven knows where we went wrong when I look at this SHIT we've got today!
eldorado62 3 weeks ago
The most beautiful, sexy looking truck ever built... ...a work of art compared to today's 'boxes'!
MikeMuk1 1 month ago
sure is a pretty rig ...even if it is an old jimmy hahaha...really nice guys!
okietrucker1 1 month ago
How many gears is that
johnblessing 2 months ago
@johnblessing This had an early 10 speed Fuller RoadRanger.
longroadpro 1 month ago
Double clutching is much slower then going with the engine speed with no clutch. I drove a 6-71 and you can really shift fast if you know what you're doing-and that's not double clutching for one.
donnactrc 3 months ago
@donnactrc I've always felt with my own trucks is the best way is what ever style of shifting is going to be easiest on things like the center of the clutch and the splines in the drive shaft and so on.
Alot of times I find going up through the gears without the clutch is actually easier on the driveline.
Downshifting, I have always used the clutch.
longroadpro 3 months ago
that was awesome thanks for posting, nice ride
GreenMagic89 4 months ago
Hi! Why is he double clutching with gas while shifting up? I had to double-clutch with gas while shifting down and without gas while shifting up. Does a diesel loosing his rotational speed so much faster than a gasoline engine? Please tell me! Hello from Switzerland
68knative 4 months ago
@68knative I guess he has found that to match the engine speed and the driveshaft speed a little throttle in between seems to help. Those old Detroits run pretty high rpm's.
longroadpro 4 months ago
@longroadpro Thank you!
68knative 4 months ago
@68knative I know many Swis truck drivers making double clutching with gas to shifting up, many european truckers have this habit.
traileroperu 4 months ago
Does this truck have a 671 Detroit Diesel engine?
MrBrombomb 4 months ago
@MrBrombomb Yes, that's a 671.
longroadpro 4 months ago
@longroadpro was this around about the same time GM used their TWIN 6? i think the twin 6 was used between 1960-1965 before diesel was being more widely used in big trucks
GMCman82 3 months ago
i saw those trucks when i was a kid. timeless style
Mac10Mackey 4 months ago
Double clutching like a pro! Cool truck.
morailfan 5 months ago
sweet machine damm
MegaBesomeone 5 months ago
Note the "I-D-I-O-T" passing @ the RR grade crossing in the beginning???!!! A real horses-ass! Driver is double-clutching himself silly in the C.O.E. Jimmy!
cmf1965 6 months ago
Truckin of yester year i lov it
truckindadd 7 months ago
it jus tsaying i want more
gohabsgo1fan 7 months ago
thats a beautiful truck/trailor combo,,i love the sound of that ol detroit!
Metal4Life572 8 months ago
Comment removed
Metal4Life572 8 months ago
One of the Nicest looking trucks ever built, back in the day...Super nice Restoration ! Back in the 70's there was a fellow up in NH with a "cannonball" sleeper
with a "tweaked" 6-110 stuffed into it, and a double over 6x4 behind her, that 6-110
was set at 2350 rpms...would That thing Fly !!...and really pull a load to. Don't know whatever happened to it. Do you still have the 950 ?? Thanks for the post...brings back great memories for me.
TurbinePower69 8 months ago
@TurbinePower69 This truck belongs to a fellow in Ontario Canada. I just did the filming for a series on members of the American Truck Historical Society.
longroadpro 8 months ago
That is one sweet rig!
Fireheart528 8 months ago
That double clutch thing is babying it. The guy said he wasn't a pro driver anyway. If I owned something like this, I would Baby too. Even if it meant taking out the real skill of driving a truck.
jamesholz63 9 months ago
Really nice RIG I enjoyed your vid!!!
...Jimmy...
altecman21 10 months ago
Great restoration job! But it drives me nuts to watch guys double clutch a 10 speed.
No need for it.
rpm371 10 months ago
what a sound!
gohabsgo1fan 10 months ago
Nothing better than watching a master of double clutching walking through the gears!
saludahead 10 months ago
Look at the old ice box reefer!!!!
cpd659 1 year ago
@cpd659 There's a show on Speed Channel called American Trucker. They were working on the old BJ and the bear KW cab-over which pulled a reefer in the show. It's great to see more truck stuff on TV.
Seventeen years ago I was one of very few doing anything on video involving heavy trucks.
longroadpro 1 year ago
Cool Truck!
gfemg 1 year ago
My uncle drove a truck like that back in the day, He said it took two men and a boy to steer it. For a 60 year old he had big arms.
Hardcorediver44 1 year ago
I love them old trucks and cars keep the videos comin my new friend
abikerinpa 1 year ago
sweet,sweet,sweet A - 1
lugnut49 1 year ago
Love that old truck.
neal478 1 year ago
Thats a lot of work, double clutching and feathering in the splines. Thank God for syncromesh.
pnotuner1 1 year ago
@egpg2000
Yeah, it looked like it was a bit difficult to shift. Perhaps the tranny was a Spicer (known for difficult shifting).
It still sounded good to hear the engine revving at those RPMs though...
MetroLinerXLZ 1 year ago
@MetroLinerXLZ Actually, Spicer Gear didn't get into crawlerboxes until the late 1960's; their air-shifts drove the secondary gear selectors for low-low/split/direct/overdrive. This setup is more consistent with a Fuller RT-nn610/nn710, one of the first integrated-crawlerbox transmissions.
bcschmerker 8 months ago
@bcschmerker
That's something new...I didn't know Spicer didn't make transmissions for trucks until the 60s. I just assume that because the driver had difficulty shifting gears, the transmission was a Spicer (mainly because Spicers were known for difficult shifting).
MetroLinerXLZ 8 months ago
@MetroLinerXLZ Spicer Gear built simple gearboxes, and their first air-shift auxiliaries were directly based on the manual-shift, close-ratio versions already in use as the secondaries of many heavy-duty trucks in the 1940's through 1970's. Fuller Gear used the crawlerbox approach to allow consistent-drop gear ratios on the main shifter.
bcschmerker 8 months ago
Comment removed
doltoy 1 year ago
I enjoyed listening to that truck and watching him shift the gears. That's one awesome Cannonball.
MetroLinerXLZ 1 year ago
Awsome I have a model of that truck i hope to buy one when i grow up could you make anymore videos like this??
310sj 1 year ago
lol, fast truck and awesome.
is it a 10 or 13 speed
MegaZsolti 1 year ago
what motor does this truck have in it?
wickedblackcamaro 1 year ago
@wickedblackcamaro 6-71 detroit diesel
dalekrueger 1 year ago
Do you have to use the clutch in those old trucks or can you float it into gear?
Boomer617 1 year ago
jajaja, gesto muy, muy común; estirar tu pantalón,
pacok11 1 year ago
No había termo-king bastaba poner hielo en el bunker delantero, encender el motor de 2 tiempos y soplar aire eso era caja refrigerada.
No T.K sistem, only ice in front bunker, start-up 2 stokes eng, blow cold wind ,= cold trailer
pacok11 1 year ago
萌え☆
NTC335 1 year ago
that has got to be one of the nicest rigs ive ever seen. sounds like it has some serious nuts to!
nicksurreal 1 year ago 7
Awesome rig !
Auggie56 2 years ago 2
hey by any chance if u have the interview video can u post it up? id love too here the history on the old truck
Unlimited3406 2 years ago
I can probably post that segment today.Stay tuned!
longroadpro 2 years ago
man thats a nice cannonball i love those old gmcs great camera work by the way
Unlimited3406 2 years ago 2
THAT IS SURE A NICE UNIT AND GREAT VIDEO
70dapete 2 years ago 12