Posted by The tractor vet on January 18, 2017 at 05:45:19 from (104.179.81.68):
In Reply to: Re: Truck Drivers posted by 4520bw on January 18, 2017 at 04:05:40:
Well i may be getting there on the old trucks thing , but NOT that old . As i have driven a 57 B60 Mack , a White Mustang a white 3000 Several Auto Cars a Couple Brockways, Two Diamond Reo's and the list goes on , First truck that i drove with Power Steering was a 4200 I H , First truck with A/C was my 77 4300 Eagle and the first air ride was the 98 9400 Eagle First Jake brake was on a 70 R700 Mack with a 318 . Talk about big Horse power wow you could drag a forty ton load of coal up our hills at 15 to 20 MPH .Now talk about how warm it got in the cab's of the OLD trucks on a warm summer day while pulling a hill once you found the gear that she would run in on the old gas burners the drivers door would come open and you would be standing outside on the tank with one hand on the wheel and your right foot glued to the floor. Then when winter came on out came the long johns as the heaters were just about enough to keep the frost off the windsheild , and if you were unlucky enough to drive a Cracker box you had best have a buggy blanket to wrap your feet and legs in. now as for ride quality back in those days Ah a lot of the old trucks DID NOT EVEN have and air ride seat . The spring suspension was was so stiff that it took a big load to even think about smoothing out the ride. Nothing quite like a 44000 Hendricks on a 180 inch wheel base tractor with a 14000 lb steering axle or a 44000 lb Mack camel back.
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