My first time driving a semi truck!

[oldbuckshot]

Who are the two assholes that would thumbs down this? Nice shifting! Ive seen guys that have had many years under their belts driving and get thrown into a two stick truck for the day and doin 20 times worse. I remember my first try clank clank grind bang

[titiajohnnie]

That was great Hotrodx, my first was a 1949 ej mack, and as I remember it had me hi stepping, you just keep on trucking, the schooling your dad is giving you is the best school out there,I wish so much some of my children would've been interested in trucks...God bless Johnnie

[ICpenguinproductions]

I was 15 when my dad let me drive his Peterbilt, I didn't use the clutch either, clutches are bullshit. now I'm 20 and driving the same Peterbilt I learned to drive in.

[ShadowRayzzz]

I drove a truck for a year, and i hate those old ass, huge boat wheel trucks so much, later i switched to a new International, its way more awesome then my Rexton

[455]

This was pretty dope to watch. It put a smile on my face for sure seeing that truck puttin' around at the end and listening to it. I never drove any truck either but have decided to buy one for the hell of it and learn to drive it while fixing it up. I've found a few I'd like to look at. Been looking at a '59 Pete 351 and a '72 Kenworth Cabover. Found a few old Mack B-61's as well. Hard to pick one because I like em all.

[auaiao9]

You look like a man that know what he's doing. Good job in the driver's seat.

[Hotrodx199]

@auaiao9 Thanks man :)

[mrspivvy]

hey, good job!

[willisdude12]

keep going man, there is nothing better than drivin truck, i started on a 1965 autocar with a 13 speed when i was 14, been in love with trucks ever since.

[willisdude12]

keep going man, there is nothing better than driving truck, i started on a 1965 autocar with a 13 speed.

[bobbyhill789]

gotta love shifting in a cabover lol

[1973RoadRunner440]

I wish I coulda learned how to drive truck in one this cool! I got to learn in a 1984 International 9370 with a Big Cam 400 Cummins and an 18 speed.

[zachdaney13]

th first truck i ever drove was a 1983 white road boss with a 400 cummins and a 10 speed transmission, it was an old plow truck

[enterreigle]

Good luck to ya. Nicely done. If anyone reading this knows where to find a 70's GMC Astro 95 w/ a 6V or 8V Det. with twin turbos, or not, daycab, Please let me know. There are some in Michigan I saw on another video called "Old Truck Junk Yard pictures" Thanks letsgotruckinllc@yahoo.com

[enterreigle]

I wanted to swap out my 18 speed for a 6x4. My friend Danny did it to his 359. I am 41 and I don't know how to drive a real two stick. Had to drive a dump truck with a 5x2. Pretty easy. I too learned to drive in a cabover daycab. Best days of my life. When mom learned her cancer was terminal, Louis, (stepdad) was asked to do something with the boy. It was 1978, he taught me to drive. Can't find that truck, but another video has me on the path to one like it. A 70's Astro 95 318 det. twin turbo.

[enterreigle]

Hey. Can you any more grass roots than that? Probably, but it wouldn't be easy. Good job. 16, I'd bet back then many truckers weren't much older. That was a different time. Yeah life in general has improved over the years. But That was living. I wish at times I were 20 years older. Would love to had been a real truck driver when it meant something. Good job again. Getting your cherry popped in a cabover these days, rare, a daycab no less, And a 5X4 transmission! Bless you Bubba!

[zooders]

@Hotrodx199 wow...you not in the video then??? dumbass

[Hotrodx199]

@zooders I am, but you cannot automatically assume i can't do shit because i'm "skinny" or some other crap.

[1973RoadRunner440]

@zooders Oh wow, you're 22 years old and you're raggin on a 16 year old about the first time he drove a truck? Go get a life or something. I don't see any videos of you trying to do shit

[zooders]

@1973RoadRunner440 ive already got my class A i dont need to put a lame ass video up

[1973RoadRunner440]

@zooders Good for you. You're old enough to get a class A, he isn't. I don't know many 16 year olds that know how to drive a truck or even have the interest to, so just lay the fuck off

[zooders]

@1973RoadRunner440 wow, you sucking his dick too, cause it sure sounds like it with the way you defend him, or did he pick you up at a flying jay and make you his bitch....

[1973RoadRunner440]

@zooders No it just pisses me off when douche bags like you think they need to comment on videos like this saying things like "my sister could kick the shit out of you kid." Who the hell says shit like that? If you're some bad ass super trucker lets see a video then.

[zooders]

wow floating gears...lol. and love how much this skinny punk bitch love to talk like hes a big hardass. my sister could kick the shit out of you kid.

[2strokedetroit]

@zooders motherfucker dont hate just cause you cant drive as good as this kid

[SeaDollarsBertram]

@zooders dude, how old are ya exactly? Yer talkin' shit to a 16 year old who drove a semi for the first time in his life (at that timelol), and yer raggin on 'im? That's pathetic. I bet you couldn't even float the gears when YOU were 16, so obviously yer jealous. Suck it, and go pick on somebody your own size

[jimiot]

learnt to drive in an '84 Mack R686

[coyner254]

First time I drove was my Dad's 85 Pete 359 with a 13 Speed at age 9.

[airsoftman50]

You should like edit a bunch of videos and make an epic drama series like ice road trucker :D

[ramkidd123]

i liked the older rain cap better. this one rattles too much

[alex189100]

I started @ 13 to learn

First drive, on a Freightliner FLD 120 of a friend of my brother

[TheDavidpayne]

i leant to drive when i was 10 then when i got to 13 i leant how to drive buses now i can drive every thing check rivercourtcoaches u tube and ul see me driveing a red leopard round a yeard and a combine

[SpecOps1987]

@TheDavidpayne Maybe at 10 and 13 years old you should have been in school learning English Language Arts instead of driving your dad's trucks... Then maybe we could understand what it is you're trying to say.

[Marzyxx]

@SpecOps1987 Rofl

[SteveCarras]

Going by the tags this ia 5X4. I guess someone as young as 16 can learn..I'm 49..If I was driving, I know you're not but I would double clutch..

[jimiot]

@SteveCarras 22 and I double my VNL!

[EwfChairmantd2]

i started driving a ford L9000 when i was 12.

[12v71jimmy]

the first tyme i drove a truck was 1 year ago when i was 14 years old. i drove my dads 1987 white/gmc with a 7 speed trans. and a L10 cummins and i just about mastered it the first tyme. i had a little bit of trouble putting my foot on the go peddle because i think most big trucks jusmp if you dont put the right acceleration on it at a tyme i havnt driven enough trucks to know that though. thats my first drivin storie.

[SteveCarras]

Is the seven speed trans in just one unit with different positions [reverse and three of the gears on top or bottom, the other four vice versa like an extended H pattern], or did it come with a splitter or Roadranger type thing to complete the seven speeds..

[12v71jimmy]

trucks are alot easyer to learn than a car, i think, standards anyway

[amtmodeltrucker]

drove my dads 2000 kenworth with a 3406e and man was that awesome

great video

[shadowmattp]

daves farm?

[Hotrodx199]

HAHA NO! I don't think dave would be having semi trucks. Although i wouldn't be surprised if he owned at least 1, beings he has a school bus.

[Maine684]

@Hotrodx199 BUT! FUCKIN SPAMMERS!!!! NO MORE DAVES FARM!!! GOD DAMMIT FKIN SPAMMERS... sorry... i miss davidsfarm

[026495]

i got to drive one and im 14 :) i honestly can say to it was easyer than i thought

[GarrettJDB]

does she have power steering

[Hotrodx199]

Yes. I think hydraulic power assist.

[redneck123000]

Nice, closest thing ive drove to a semi was an early 1970s gmc bucket truck with an ol detroit in it. I was about 8 at that time so i dont remember alot of details about the truck. I had a hard enough time shifting the old gmc, i cant imagine shifting a twin stick.

[mongo5888]

I learned how to drive truck on a '68 Kenworth when I was 14. I'm 21 now and still head over heels about trucks. I love the road. ^_^ Keep on truckin' brother! Nice Freightshaker by the way. :D

[RAIDEN123524]

dude I'm only 12 and I know how to drive a a semi

[Rawtrucker]

Like Rowdy says in Days of Thunder about Cole Trickle... "Let's see how he does in a crowd" My first time behind the wheel was 9 in a gravel pit with my dad in a Brockway with a 318 Detroit. I would not say back then I knew how to drive... anyone can be a steering wheel holder and shift... let's see how you keep it between the lines and the shiny side up and the greasy side down one of these days. BUT Hotrodx199.. NICE JOB and video. Keep 'em comin. Won't be long and you will have your CDL!

[smartepants777]

Keep on trucking, dude.:D

[KYLEMORICE]

the best way to learn to drive a rig is to start with a twin stick. keep on trucking safely..kyle

[jonnytruckfest]

Awesome drivin man, Wouldn't mind trying that for myself ! LOL But shame am in the UK, But hopefully moving outta here into Canada soon though! Dang awesome Vid, driving & Truck! Keep up the good work !

[LRCVWDude]

You lucky sonuva....man i wish i lived in oregon, i'd love to try that once ;).

The outside shot of the truck coming towards the camera? All i can say is 'Duel' 8)

[pete359l]

I was 14 when I started driving a 6x4 and it is tough but it's fairly easy one tip though is don't rev it so high espacailly when shifting the main box in 1st, 2nd and 3rd gear just rev it no higher than 1,000 rpm then 3rd to 4th and so on you need to rev it to about 1700 rpm.

[brindeeee]

Great tranny to learn on you'll be shifting with both hands in no time

[bigboi1245]

ohhh ok i get it now see you learn sumthin new everyday. Well thanks for clearin that up noone wanted to tell me that so u only use your clutch when u have to put it in first or just do like u said match the rpms

[bigboi1245]

ok im stupid and why do u not shift with a clutch i meann ive never drivin a semi but doesnt that mess up the gears or sumthin

[Hotrodx199]

These big truck transmissions do not use synchros. using the clutch doesn't help. You match up the rpms on each shift and it will go right it without grinding unless you shift at the wrong rpms then it will grind and not go in very easy.

[Rawtrucker]

That particular truck has no syncros CORRECT. BUT I learned (not that long ago) when a driver said his syncros went out that a "roadranger" type trans. with the air range selector uses syncros as well as the splitter if a 13 or 18 speed. I never really thought about it... but that makes sense. Somebody tell me if I am wrong. I am not a mechanic and do not know the inner working of transmissions, but what the guy told me made sense.

[logdog01]

the syncros in a roadranger are in the back half for the range shift the main case that you shift with the stick are unsyncroed

[jimiot]

@Hotrodx199 sometimes after 2 weeks or so on the road when i get into my personal vehicle shifting is a problem!

[KYLEMORICE]

nice driveing man..kyle and keep on trucking safely

[JohnnyActros1985]

Did you have the driving license?

[roadwolf2]

how could you shift a four speed 4 times ?

[Hotrodx199]

start from 1st and go to fourth

[Tugengineer]

In Yacolt Wa. Yea, i had some job issues and had 2 days to move out of town! had to drop it.....

It fun! I bought it in Woodland wa out in a field , hadnt ran in 8 years..

[Tugengineer]

LOL, I was lookin at that truck like man, That looks like the one i had. IT IS. i sold it real qucik a couple years ago, I put in a Kenworth air ride seat, and fixed all kinds of crap on there, was going to re build it, Looks good fellas!

[Hotrodx199]

That's crazy! Were you the guy that sold it to us last summer?

[redcarpetlounge]

You doin' better than the douche' bags they turn out of drivin' school.The ass pilots now adays wouldn't know what to do with 2 sticks and no p/s.Bunch a sallys.

[gm16v149]

I guess that's a start, a quiet road somewhere would be good but I suppose that would be hard where you live and not get caught. Looks like you live in some real nice country, better than the middle of a big city somewhere, you're lucky.

On my last trip my nephew who is 15 wanted a steer when we were in the middle of nowhere but we were gossing 180,000 lbs so I thought "uh-uh!"

[dueltruck700]

i learned on dads 20006 mack vision wit 13 speed eaton fuller...was quite the drive..considering it was 2am LMAO...nice drivin bro

[Steven4014]

Aww, that video makes me jealous. I'm 16 years old too, and i'd love to drive a truck. But we don't have that much place, to drive and yeah nice driving man.

[dieselpower4ever]

Not bad, I wish I had the chance to drive a semi truck. I've never done it but if I had the chance I could do it.

[justinshell01]

Keep it between the ditches.

[F239141]

heck yea twin stick your first time

would that be a proud dad filming you???

[Hotrodx199]

Yeah haha

[104trucker]

my first truck i drove was my dads wicked rare 1962 Brockway integral sleeper with a 13 spd. then i drove the one on my background. its supposed to be 'Mine"

[IDIDieselJohn]

Awesome, the first rig I drove wasn't a twin stick thought :( lol Great job son !!! That's an awesome old truck to learn on :D

[Hotrodx199]

Yeah it is :) I still need to get my drivers license before i can really go drive it... Besides that i'd probably drive into a ditch if i drove it on the road because looking into the passenger side windshield from the drivers seat it i'd look like i'm always off the road haha. That's a cabover for ya

[uscar17]

good job son :)

[Hotrodx199]

Thanks man :)