Driving the 1949 peterbilt down the road

[BCRification]

That was the "hot set-up" in its day.....cool video! Love the old "johnny bar" on the dash. They looked like a train throttle or something!

[hotrodZack1948]

rad!



[79tazman]

What is that big lever on the pass side is that for the fifth wheel?

[NcalBiker]

Brings back memories. First truck was a '49, 335, 5x3, 255"wb. Love the old flat dash Pete's. Have fun!

[Cscholl1982]

Looks like the guy is just trying to shift to quick for the rpm, but i would to if it had sat that long, not trying to over run a motor that sat for ever. Ive driven a few of these older style trucks, it can be a night mare if your brains not functioning or if ya didnt get a full pot of coffee in before trying to drive them lol

[apollonorm]

These trucks were made to be hard to shift so that way idiots couldn't drive them. Unlike today where any retard with a license can get behind the wheel and kill someone.

[THOMASOAKMAN]

I wanna learn this art. My VW's 5 speed is so simple compared to this.

[Hotrodx199]

@THOMASOAKMAN It's hard to learn, i drove a 13 speed my first time last weekend, it takes practice shifting. You can practice getting in gears with no clutch with your 5 speed if you're careful, i do it all the time

[KENWORTH8470]

can't bet the old fuck new i drive a 2010 T660 kenworth fucking hat it no power yeah and its got 550 HP yeah sucks!!!! lol will got to go bye drivers and be safe out there ok!!

[volkscom]

@KENWORTH8470 English Motherfucker! Do You Speak It?

[ahnbra]

I understand that it's harder than it looked and it looked medium hard. How is the restoration part going? Do you or any one have videos of the work or picktures that could be made in to a movie of some sort? I like classic cars and big rigs also. I would like to see pictures or videos of the finished rig when it gets done please. Thank you for the reply also.

[ahnbra]

Why were you having so much trouble shifting? Were you not double or teipple cluching or are you that unfirmilar wiht th shifting pattern? I am just wondering why you were grinding the gears os much. I have never driven a maunual that big befor so I do not understand and want to understand please. Nice video. I am glad you guys didn't tip that tuck over after all that would have sucked. Good luck wiht the restoration.

[Hotrodx199]

@ahnbra It a non synchomesh transmission, and with 2 sticks it's rather hard to shift it double clutching or not if you're not used to driving one. And the guy driving this hasn't driven a twin stick for awhile, just a little rusty but he has it good now.

[forkdriver500]

@Hotrodx199 No point having "teeth" if you don't keep em clean! (old dad joke about grinding gears :P)

Dosen't anyone understand the term "crashbox" anymore?

[Hotrodx199]

@forkdriver500 i don't think so, i think another term is dogbox but im not sure.

[moparchris67]

@ahnbra you have to have the transmission spinning at the same rpm as the motor because there are no to get a good shift so you have to double clutch it and if you don't you grind the gears.. a truck tans is so much different from a cars do to not having synchronizers

[deepwoodskentuckian]

@ahnbra dude those old trucks were box gear setup. you have to keep in mind these were a pain in the kester to shift. truckers are thankful these are gone

[240sxtwintubro]

If it was newer way newer I would be the shit

[Hotrodx199]

@240sxtwintubro why way newer? lol

[herbienbrian2]

FIND EM AND GRIND EM!!

[odatmatt]

ya gotta let go of the wheel to split shift it !!! shift both sticks at the same time and you won't grind it like that!!!

[roadhawk203]

lov that truck i still drive an old 4 and 4 in a 74 kw loggin truck would not ask for anything else

[TheJerseyhillbilly]

Sweet truck, Ya certainly carry out the phrase "if you cant find it, grind it" lol

[ezzzstang1]

the man taking the video is a great thinker I love the man shifting the transmission and I could only imagine the story the truck could tell!

[toyomore]

If that truck could talk, I would definitely sit down and listen! Good stories for sure!

[Hotrodx199]

Update on the truck: It's been sitting for at least 2 years but we recently put a new set of battery's in it and it must of turned over once and it fired right up. Old diesels never die, they just look that way.

[FBIisurmama]

is this truck for sale

[TRUKER96]

sittin all those years and the brakes werent froze

[vincentkhoful]

not easy to drive right

[john6218att]

the oil truck shifts too early as well and has had 3 tourque converters since 2003, the 466E engine was a lemmon from the start. My boss had it to the dealer several times for injector problems, leaky oil seals and the tranny problems. Then once the warranty was up he had our own mechanic fix it, I have a friend who owns an apple orchard and has a 99 int,but with a standard and he has had his share of problems with the 466E as well,injectors and head gasket problems

[john6218att]

yikes! the oil co. I drive for has a 99'int w/ the computerized allison and has been trouble on and off since it was bought new with at times irratic shifting while just driving along. I DO like being in controll of shifting gears vrs automatic ,I started on a 59 Int190 firetruck double clutching the SQUARE TOOTH tranny.

[Hotrodx199]

@john6218att yeah his allison was having trouble shifting, like it would usually shift too early and bog the engine down, but this time it did the complete opposite. I don't think it was an electronic allison. And it was kinda slow, with 4:33 gear ratio and the cummins turning 2400 it did about 62, but it was a lowboy truck so it's supposed to be gear kinda low

[john6218att]

that's why Allison invented automatics

[Hotrodx199]

@john6218att and that's why my friend blew up his cummins because the allison downshifted from 5th to 1st going 60 mph.

[Haffschlappe]

Lovely sound these old trucks have!!!!

[redneckmechanic5]

how old was the diesel in it?

[cowboy1180]

Bellfountain OR and the Hull Oaks Lumber company I'm guessing?

[Hotrodx199]

@cowboy1180 yes sir

[cowboy1180]

@Hotrodx199 I lived up there when I was younger, and I spent a lot of time up in those hills.

[mekydro]

Quite a skill driving those by the looks of it.

[BigHoss3030]

Jammin gears has got to be a fever. Cause' men become addicted to the grind. It takes a special breed, to be a truck drivin' man, and a steady hand to haul that load behind. Merle rocks.

[hcminis]

Where is this truck located? Would he be willing to sell it? That is a sweet truck.

[oltrucksrule]

It takes a driver for that truck not a steering wheel holder

[d4don2006]

Thanks, grind me a pound!

[EMD645E]

Even with just over 10 years driving under my belt you do better with a twin stick than I could and I learned how to drive a truck in a 359 Pete with a twin stick. So ignore any grinding comments you get. I love those old trucks like that '49. They are real trucks. Not like these plastic things we drive now.

[DedhedWaldo]

Who was that that put a "dislike" up there? I wanna kick his ass!

[estrellablanca]

you should use two hands to change gears

[hullchipper]

when your don breaking it ill fix it

[ITFxTurbo]

@hullchipper its spelled done retard

[ford1979truck]

Takes Still to drive one of them Sons of bitchs . Respect !

[bj99ful]

Seems to run quite well for it's age and after sitting. Was the engine rebuilt?

[chris1422]

For those that are asking. The NT280 Cummins has 780 ft lbs of TQ. You don't want to use the clutch with this setup. Using the clutch will allow the input shaft to slow down. Once you get the input shaft going too slow and both boxes in neutral at the same time your done. You must completly stop to get it into any gear.

[MrBrap32]

grrrrrrrrrrrkkkkkkkk

[TheReid2]

Are you serious two gear stick???

[cipmars]

What's the tap on the dashboard? The one in front of you.

[Webber362]

@cipmars trailer brake handle for locking the brakes on the trailer

[cipmars]

Thank you.

[LucioMauroBombeiro]

puta que pariu

[CHEVYMUDJUNKY]

If you can't Find 'Em, Grind 'Em ; )

[916toy]

this looks like hull oaks lumber company in or.

[MARTINIROCZ]

hey men, i have a question, this truck have air brakes ? in the 50´s the kenworths and peterblits had air brakes ?

[NathansBackwoods]

You started out at hull oaks lumber, i would like to go there again...

[MAFM9984]

Precisa debrear a embreagem 2 vezes tambem antes de reduzir e passar as marchas!!!! thanks!!!

[MAFM9984]

need low clutch friend!!!

[jimiot]

i live in British Columbia so i see old trucks even these used as logging trucks all the time!

[dpalladini]

kinda cool! (gear jamen)

[dpalladini]

kinda cool!

[SeaDollarsBertram]

0:31-0:36 USE THE CLUTCH!!!!!! lol

[whb1965]

you have to move the shifters through neutral at the same time.. use both hands... lol i know it sounds crazy but it will work once u get used to it..

[jpgbrookes]

Nice ride man. I would seriously take this over a ferrari any day lol

[MegaZsolti]

LOLOL 2:10

no catch? XD

[Hotrodx199]

@MegaZsolti LOL i just noticed that!

[nem427]

@Hotrodx199

Maybe become dentist-after all those teeth must be very 'clean' by now!

[johnsenkenn]

@Hotrodx199

What does 280 means, cubic inches ?.

[Hotrodx199]

@johnsenkenn hp

[MegaZsolti]

sounds ossim anyway

[bob1862]

i ha ve always wanted a needle nose pete i came from a trucking family and i myself drive a truck

[mrwireful10000]

sounds pretty good for being 61 years old

[NTC335]

萌え☆

[uscar17]

clutchless gearchanges on the way up, allright I can get it ? But dont you gotta use when shifting down ?

[MattytheDem]

@uscar17 cclutchless downshifts can be accomplished (it takes a bit of practice) but it ca be done

[uscar17]

@MattytheDem alright ! Must be real hard

[mrclean73]

Great truck I love old Petes... I would love to restore one myself someday, Great truck!

[xxbal1inxx]

how much torque does this thing put out

[nchayfarmer]

They will make them gears outta rubber next year lol just skrewin with ya. sounds good to me

[4NZZZ454CATEngine]

I am wondering if you took off the mack rear ends and make this go faster?

[Hotrodx199]

Well if we put Rockwell SQHD 5:29s it would do almost like our freightliner, which is about 60 mph.

[MegaZsolti]

@Hotrodx199 why dont u put timken or eaton rear ends on? :P

[Hotrodx199]

@MegaZsolti I guess we could. It would definitely go faster then 42 miles per hour then haha.

[MegaZsolti]

@Hotrodx199 lol

[MegaZsolti]

@Hotrodx199 hey i have an idea.

find a big dump trailer and make it a semi. :P

[Hotrodx199]

@MegaZsolti We are going to make it into a log truck!

[MegaZsolti]

@Hotrodx199 i just had an idea lol

[4NZZZ454CATEngine]

Grind 'em!

[4NZZZ454CATEngine]

1:32 ther's the 12v71 1975 peterbilt 359 and the 3000HP truck! LOL!

[IRONSEAN7]

that was cool,,, when i seen it gettin pulled out,, i had no idea it was gonna run,,,

[jsmitty1974]

Man, this is cool. How about an update on the truck?

[Hotrodx199]

Well it's been sitting since it's been brought home, nothing much to update but i'll make a post when there is one.

[fgb729]

Whats the difference in the sticks. Like one is high gears one is low gears? I drive stick in my daily driver but this boggles my mind.

[chevyboy4920]

im interested in getting a semi truck just to restore, if you dnt use it for hauling, do u still need a commercial license?

[13svincent]

@chevyboy4920 most likely u will b/c of the weight and air brakes. but really its not hard to get a cdl.

[crazyoz25]

Why there is 2 gear sticks?

[Hotrodx199]

This is what they used before the 13 speed was invented.

[AceofSpadesau]

@Hotrodx199 before range changes and splitter boxes, there were two transmissions, main and auxiliary.

The newer designs just intergrated them into a more user friendly and smaller arangemnt.

Hotrod, love the vids man. Got diesel in my veins, and there arent many old girls like this left working in australia.

[forkdriver500]

@AceofSpadesau Nah mate, you just retire them from line haul and make gravel junkies out of them :)...not that old though.

[dueltruck700]

hahah reminds me of the inside of the duel truck...

[Hotrodx199]

Oh this wasn't my dad driving haha. It was a friend of ours, this is his truck. My dad was following us going 42 mph top speed LOL

[BigRiggerJ]

Has this truck been restored yet?

[Hotrodx199]

Not yet, it's been parked since we first brought it to dads friends house back around the date i uploaded this haha. He has like 3 other petes, a 42 (We are keeping orginal, it still has orginal 150 or 180 cummins in it) a 49 (this) and a 51. The 51 is getting a v12 in it.

[BigRiggerJ]

So, your dad just likes to buy old junkers and restore them?

[Hotrodx199]

This is my dads friends truck, the one that has a 51, 49 (this) and a 42 peterbilt. At his place he has over 100 detroit diesel motors sitting at his place that is someone elses. His place has a lot of stuff that can run haha.

[BigRiggerJ]

@Hotrodx199 oh ok, yea sorry i misread

[Hotrodx199]

No worries man!

[BigRiggerJ]

Shoulda told him, "Pull this shit over and let me give it a try!"

[Hotrodx199]

hahaah yeah.

[ramblinmantoo]

I would think the 4spd aux is a double under, direct, and OD. so 42 is tops even in OD, damn thats low

[chevydodge85]

that is cool that the truck is in good shape for it age and sitting so long

[calitrucker1]

that's what i'm talking about. my cousin has a '57 pete with a 5x4 trans.

[Graveltrucker]

The rear axles look like Mack they are probably the old toploader Rockwells.

[Hotrodx199]

Yeah they are old toploader mack rear ends. The Ratio could be anywhere in the mid 6.00s range maybe near the high 6.00s range.

[logdog01]

the off road petes came with mack the highway trucks had rockwells this guy also has a42 and a 51 also with mack bogies

[tgardone]

Man, how did they do it back then....big noisy rough riding twin stick trucks like that?

Find 'em, don't grind 'em!

[straightpipesrule]

sure does make you respect the old timers, sitting in those tin can cabs all day&night

[mongo5888]

Amen to that! They were a different breed of men in those days.

[christdholt]

SWEET!!!!!! lost as hell when it comes to shifting 5+4 transmission looks sweet!!!

[puncho11]

Oh well its always nice to be around antiques like that. Waiting on more vids from the kw with the 3406e. Thanks

[puncho11]

God, is there a truck u guys DONT have lol. Nice vid AGAIN!

[Hotrodx199]

Well we only have 1 truck the 65 freightliner, this is a friend of ours which he also has a 42 peterbilt and a 51. He's dropping a 12v71 in the 51.

[1968spawn]

Very Cool! Thanks for the ride!

[uscar17]

that is one REAL truck, asweome

[Macklowentry]

SWEET!

[MrNFortune]

thats sweet man i love blowing the dust off something old and letting er rip

[IDIDieselJohn]

That is one awesome old truck :D

[keanerulz25]

is that a brake lever in front of you?

[Hotrodx199]

I think so yeah.

[AgentHog]

Looks like a train brake, lol

[Hotrodx199]

yeah haha

[keanerulz25]

thats what i was thinking

[Buckshot3715]

Sweet man!