Two guys under polar weather conditions, in night, trying (and managing ) to start and drive a 63 year-old truck....cool and crazy!!

Back when trucks where trucks! Super cool!

You're a lucky man getting to crank on an old Kenworth. Man it sounds good.

Great will it start old kenworth👍👍👍

The smoke rings it spits out are cool to see!

That was one fun cold start! Sounded great!!

This KW needs some love...

It doesn’t get any better than sassy old Kenworth shenanigans.

@mintyman1968

Жыл бұрын

You’ve got that loadstar and F600 now, should start moving up to the big diesels

That is one Bas ass KW! My uncle used a 57 KW in his logging company from 1970 until the 90's. I really loved that truck. It was a triple stick with a 270 Cummiins and was streched out to fit a log loader on the back. Thank you for reminding me of him. Regards from Ody Slim

I hope you post more of this. I love these late 50s early 60s kenworths. I have a 67 and 69. Little newer

You guys are CRAZY!!

Them smoke rings are killing me 😆 bad ass old rig

Love the sound of that Cummins

O-H-I-O Porter greetings 🇺🇸 I was feeling quite bone-chilling cold for you & I noticed you had only 1 battery in that old beast. WOW! I expected plenty of cranking for sure, but you got her running without too much of an issue. Well, it seemed that way, but when you’re COLD, working around cold metal is longer than desired. She sounds rather good & moved as well. Does that Cummins have a compression lever as well? I’m not too familiar with them as you can tell. You had fun & had more fellowship as well. All good stuff! Love the old trucks! Happy New Year my friend! 🥰😎✌️

There's a 59 and a 1950 for sale by me in Nc. Both trucks are in restorable shape.

3:21 Look at it splutter into life! Man! What an amazing noise!

Let's keep up the semi video's bub🤘🏻🤘🏻 twinsticks needs those air cleaner bands

59' KW .....Very rare model.. gem :)

❄❄Very cool!! ❄❄

Keep that beauty plugged in!👌

@rmaksdirtroadderelicts

Жыл бұрын

I'll run out there and plug it into the current tree next time

to think I used to work on those KW, 230 Cummins, back in the day, worked at Empire White Trucks in Syracuse NY, yet while it was still viable City, back in the late 60's to the early 70's like that old tractor, they be gone now. lots of king pins bearings suspension work. general service and clutch R&R jobs. The company would broker glider kits, piggy back them in. three at a time. Caterpillar was my main line of work, went back in to the dirt.

Love it!

Hell ya man! That ol gal wants to run. Keep er alive!

This truck will restore beautifully.

@nickmaines907

Жыл бұрын

It’s not getting restored

@huntermossakajunkerman9646

Жыл бұрын

Ever? Or just for now?

@nickmaines907

Жыл бұрын

@@huntermossakajunkerman9646 never. Got better trucks that needs less work. It works fine as a yard rig the way it is.

@1965Gindy

Жыл бұрын

Doesn't need to be restored

@huntermossakajunkerman9646

Жыл бұрын

@Steve Vaught. I had a feeling you'd be here. How have you been? I just hope no raccoons get in it. I've had bad experiences with raccoons getting into vehicles, won't go into full detail. I'll let your imagination run wild.

It's a trooper

Как же я люблю американские грузовики мощные красивые большие))) он похож на советский грузовик краз

Cool old rigg.

Seen that old tattletale on the dash !

Вот это легенда , уважение.

The smoke rings indicate a hole in at least one piston

Good old Ether… Is there nothing you can’t do?

Wow, where do you find all these pieces of history?

@rmaksdirtroadderelicts

Жыл бұрын

Just get lucky sometimes, other times we seek them out

That Cummins doesn't have a compression release on it? They fire pretty good then

@nickmaines907

Жыл бұрын

It does but it don’t make a difference when it’s this cold trying to start on used oil

In europe we still use tachograph on the trucks but you need special card for the tachograph idont how the works in usa today i hope at you have great celerbration on new years :)

@rmaksdirtroadderelicts

Жыл бұрын

These would have taken a special card too, unfortunately this one doesn't work, happy new years to you too!

@nickmaines907

Жыл бұрын

Just use paper logs, no logs at all or for the newer rigs the ELOG

almost seems like it was twisted by a trailer tipping over. do you know how the frame was bent? kinda goes with the dented tank.

@rmaksdirtroadderelicts

Жыл бұрын

No idea how it got that way

@nickmaines907

Жыл бұрын

Mostly tweaked out because the suspension is absolutely toasted. Those torsion bars are real bad about it. I got a 64 925 also with this 59 and it’s not much better suspension wise

@naterussell6025

Жыл бұрын

@@nickmaines907 it's awesome that you guys have the antique semi tractors. some day i'll get an old mack.

Nice truck. I doubt a new truck would have started.

@nickmaines907

Жыл бұрын

Sadly the new trucks do in fact start a lot better even at -30f

What motor does she have? But man I love that Kenworth, that's my favorite year of Kenworth when it comes to conventional Kenworths. And is she a twin or triple stick? But I really can't say enough how much I love that ol Kenworth love that she's original too.

@rmaksdirtroadderelicts

Жыл бұрын

855 series cummins, not sure exactly which one, 230 or 270 we think, no twin sticks, it's just a roadranger 10 speed, we think someone swapped it long ago

@chadbailey189

Жыл бұрын

it was swamped, no turbos in 59 , still awsome!!

1 foot of Hawaii went under

Blowin smoke rings, wow lol Kool old truck!, two years older than me lol

Cheechin smoke rings like that girl from high schoool

please give updates

Torsion bar suspension

Hey its your truck! I call it abuse

@huntermossakajunkerman9646

Жыл бұрын

Why? It's better than it getting shredded at a scrap yard.

@andrewnorris1514

Жыл бұрын

@@huntermossakajunkerman9646 rebuild er

@huntermossakajunkerman9646

Жыл бұрын

It takes time and money but it can be done. One step at a time.

@eddieweigel9490

Жыл бұрын

At least let the oil get up

@thomasnordqvist9619

11 ай бұрын

Bad motor only going on 3

No compression release ??????

That’s a great truck. Perhaps I missed it in an earlier video, but what happened to the frame?

@rmaksdirtroadderelicts

Жыл бұрын

No idea, he bought it like that

gretta is not happy lol

Pull the compression release

@nickmaines907

Жыл бұрын

Makes little difference in this weather. Currently -40f. But then again I was the one using the screw driver key and then the man in the cab

Poor kwhopper struggling while battling hybernation.

A little "Cosby in a can" haHa!

Pull the compression release. I thought a 59 had a 220 Cummins, not a turbocharged engine.

@nickmaines907

Жыл бұрын

It doesn’t help much when ya ain’t got the amps to turn it over

What no compression release

Sounds like a iron lung cummins

Engine sounds like it's not hitting on all 6

@nickmaines907

Жыл бұрын

It definitely isn’t. Hasn’t the whole time I’ve owned it

@keepontruckinoutlawlife1248

Жыл бұрын

@@nickmaines907 right ever think about fixing it?

@nickmaines907

Жыл бұрын

@@keepontruckinoutlawlife1248 yah but not until more die. I had to put gasoline and diesel in it to get it fire up. It had straight used oil in it with no fuel filter on the truck.

@georgerenton965

Жыл бұрын

As an old Cummins man I’m thinking a sized injector, or bent push tube. If you get it running ( when the weather is warm enough you don’t need to torture it with either 👎) and as it’s just starting to warm up, take you bare hand and touch the exhaust manifold on each exhaust port with your fingers. You will feel to see which one is cool longer than the others. 1 and 6 will take a little longer to heat up. Eventually they will get too hot to touch. The one that’s cool is the cylinder your problem lies with. To get that far won’t cost you anything. Please don’t rev up a cold engine. Pushing the full pedal down when cranking the engine over tells old timers you don’t know how a PT fuel pump works. It’s a nice old truck. Hasn’t been loved, though.

@keepontruckinoutlawlife1248

Жыл бұрын

@@georgerenton965 I agree 100%

Why not restore it?

@nickmaines907

Жыл бұрын

Well it was a $300 auction buy. The amount of work that would have to be done is just something I don’t wanna do when I’ve got other trucks that need less work. I like it the way it is

Да уж, сейчас такое не делают - тягачу уже 63 года, а он заводится практически как новый.... И такое повсеместно..... Очень сильно сомневаюсь, что любой современный автомобиль будет заводиться через 60 лет. Он скорее разрушится от коррозии

@user-it4kt1qr1w

Жыл бұрын

Пластмасса не ржавеет))

@nickmaines907

Жыл бұрын

@@user-it4kt1qr1w but it gets brittle and falls apart

Where's your starting fluid???!!!

Нельзя ему холодному обороты давать, а со стартом быстрым поршневая выйдет на околоземную орбиту.

Nou battery frends

Ребята, факел в воздухофильтр, и с пол тычка пусканете

У вас там тоже холодно ребята? У нас -24

@rmaksdirtroadderelicts

Жыл бұрын

About 15*f (-10*c) when I did this video

NOT a Wagner tacho . You need some schooling on older trucks and equip't

@rmaksdirtroadderelicts

4 ай бұрын

Gee whiz, I would've thought the thing that says Wagner tachograph was a Wagner tachograph...learn new things every day, I guess

She got a bad miss…

@rmaksdirtroadderelicts

Жыл бұрын

Yup

Why didn't you just give it a squirt to help it start? Why are you doing this in the dark?

Nejraději startuji opuštěný náklaďák v noci-pěkná blbost.

@rmaksdirtroadderelicts

Жыл бұрын

When the sun sets at 4pm you learn to live life in the dark, it's not really abandoned either, its sitting in my yard.

@nickmaines907

Жыл бұрын

Didn’t know my yard rig was “abandoned”🤣and well when you’ve only got 3 hours of daylight choices are limited

Bet it out pull newer one but slower