I do love the sound of a Detroit Diesel ! Back when I was a boy, I'd keep my room windows open on a quiet summer night and lay there quietly drifting off to sleep listening to the trucks gear down to make it up the hill on Hwy. 41 To the North of Springfield. Usually about 5 or 6 gear downs. I miss those days and that sound

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Cool memories for sure! Thanks for watching

@josepharrington8080

2 жыл бұрын

Spot on👍🏿

@kimmorrison9169

Жыл бұрын

yep thats a big 10-4! Man they would crawl up those hills to howling away!

@grandpafalkenrath2988

Жыл бұрын

Lol, 220 Cummins far superior sound

@juanmanuelmendez5512

11 ай бұрын

Nice place, where is it?

Dane Scott---- Thanks for featuring and honoring 2 members of the Northeast Ohio ATHS chapter. Their matching Crackerboxes are a hit at many local shows, as they're oddities in many shows that seem to draw a gaggle of "large Cars" . Bob's award is special because he survived over 50 years wrenching on many makes and models of trucks.......and engines, but is our local "go to" guy for Detroits. Herm Miller's truck is a beautiful tribute to the late Herman Miller, and Mom Rachael is cool riding with her sons.

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

It was my pleasure ...trust me. I enjoy them at the shows too. Thanks for watching.

Bob worked on my dads 66 cracker box, his had a 6-71 with a 5 speed trans and a 2 speed rear end. Dads was also bought new from the same dealership. I grew up and lived within a few miles from Bobs place up until a few years ago. Dad always said no one could set the rack and tune a Detroit better than Bob. Thanks for the video!

@truthseeker2321

2 жыл бұрын

The Army used Detroit diesels in their tanks and armored personnel carriers. The M-60 tank used a 12v71 and the M113 personnel carriers used 8v71 , I believe, if memory serves me correctly. Those engines were perfect for those jobs, because they didn't require a warm-up period- you could cold start and go full throttle, even in freezing conditions. The first tractor trailer I drove had a 6-71, and that was 34 years ago. My ears are still ringing!

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Thats just so cool. small world. Thanks for watching!

@jimmycline4778

9 ай бұрын

I like the ones without the sleeper the best!

Coming out of the Era of 73,280 and 38' trailers.. 2 stroke Detroit, best engine ever.. Still get parts world wide... Hot in the summer and cold in the winter.. Great trucks !!

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Yes sir the new guys are spoiled lol. Thanks for watching!

Fantastic

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, and thanks for watching too!

That's my Papa ,I grew up in that house ! I love this

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

He’s quite a guy! Your blessed ... thanks for watching

i freaking love those old gmc crackerboxes i grew up with them and hearing those old dirty detroits screaming all day and nite,love em

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

You and me both Brother..thanks for watching!

Another couple that are safe for a while. They are both running well and sounding even better..

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Yes they are! Thanks for watching

Never get tired of hearing that sound

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

You and me both. Thanks for watching 👍

I would love to see these at a truck show. Really loving the cab over videos that are having a sort of cult following now.

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Yes they are getting more attention thank goodness! I’m sure they will be at the Dying Breed Diesels “Family Reunion “ show downtown Columbiana Ohio Oct 2nd. Thanks for watching

I remember seeing Crackerboxes used by UPS on I-70 in Ohio in the early to mid 1980s. I was young and didn't know that they were Crackerboxes because they were daycabs and UPS debadged most of their trucks. But I knew what a Crackerbox was from having seen Benji and Moose on the TV show Movin' On. I remembered the distinctive "A" framing above their front bumper , and later in life realized what they were. UPS was still running White 5000s at that time as well, another truck I wouldn't identify until later in life!

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome memories for sure! I didn’t even know UPS used the cracker boxes I’ll have to look up that info for some pics. I love that set up Benji and Moose used on moving on. I used to watch that show as a kid religiously. Thanks for watching and sharing your memory.

Growing up at a country store out from Tifton, Colonial Stores had a distribution center in Thomasville, and I would see these trucks many times a day pass by. Colonial had a fleet of them.

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Great memories, thanks for watching 👍

A GMC Crackerbox was the first truck I ever drove, just like the red one. learned how to drive a truck with it. In 1975 fresh out of high school a neighbor hired me to help him truck cross country with him I didn’t even have a CDL…called a chauffeurs license back then…. After about six months he said well I guess you ought to get a license and I did. Thought I had something back then hauling freight with that 318 Detroit lol. I went on to truck for a living from 1975 to 2017 but with some big Peterbilts and Catapillars. The good old days of trucking are long gone now.

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Yes they are, which is why I'm doing the channel. What a great story from a great American Driver! Thank you for watching.

I drove one of those crackerboxes for a few years back in the early 80s. Ran NJ pulling a 42 ft trailer. Same year as these 2 trucks. 671 inline 6 238 hp. Couldn't pry the smile off my face back then

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Oh ya! I’m sure the sound is etched in your head lol. 😬👍

Hey there fellow Ohioan. I was born and grew up in Canton and now reside in Toledo. I am a 2 stroke Detroit Diesel junkie. Those are two fine ceacker boxes for sure.

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you brother in the Buckeye lol. Thanks for watching

Love seeing rare gems like this with 8v71 in them

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Thanku for watching

i m from nyc and as a kid this is the only truck i remember , my fav orite and the one in the background i had a king size matchbox double dump truck lol thanks for the show

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Oh ya! The childhood connection is the foundation to the love of these vintage gems. Thanks for watching.

@gerardpoltawsky4656

2 жыл бұрын

@@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE one of the reason why i luv trucks is because of these great design s , thganks for the great mems !

Thanks to Dane for getting these two classics together for this video. An awesome Sunday afternoon of reminiscing about Dad's Steelhauler and the man who turned the wrenches💪

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

I am honored to honor them! See you soon.😬

@annsalsgiver

2 жыл бұрын

This is Awesome I love these guys that's my Papa

The first company I drove for in the early 70s had a bunch of old cracker box day cabs that were old road trucks from Norwalk truck line -they had over a million miles-no power steering and no air seat -after 12 hours in one of those you were beat

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

I can only imagine the pain lol! Thanks for watching.

@truthseeker2321

2 жыл бұрын

No air seat!? After 12 hours in one of those, you could probably use an ass transplant operation. I started out driving various cabover trucks, like Internationals and Freightliners, and they all had air seats, air ride suspension and air ride cabs, and those would still give you a good beating! Can't imagine what it was like before the 80's!

Reminds me of the (Blue Mule) in the movie White Line Fever, loved that movie as a kid, I’m 60 now loved all those old trucker movies

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

I do agree! Thanks for watching

@DanEBoyd

2 жыл бұрын

The Blue Mule was actually a Ford W series.

My ex trucking part- ner's dad worked for a company from New Brunswick,N.J. Smith & Solomon Trucking. They ran a lot of crackerboxes, non sleeper that had derated I-6 71's. From an old GMC brochure when I had collected info from many man- ufacturers, there was a contractor in Michigan that ran cracker boxes with 12V-71's, super size earth mover style single tires on the drivers and the triple axles on both trailers. It looked quite strange with the regular truck tires on the steering axle and the earth- mover style on the drive axles. The cab was non sleeper & the V-12 protruded out the back of the cab.

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

I can only imagine it musta looked AND sounded like a monster! Thanks for watching 😬

My dad was flown to Seattle in the mid 60’s to pick up a brand new cracker box, single screw hay hauler. The stories I could tell.

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

And those stories are priceless lol. Thanks for watching

Beautiful classics!!!!!!

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Yepp, Thanks for watching!

I miss riding bobs (my grandfathers) craker box with him and going to shows, i did that with him since i was little and polished for the shows to, he was taken to early from me and my family and his friends but im just glad that he was able to show his prize joy to the world other than his model t's ❤

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

Ай бұрын

I truly enjoyed my interactions with him. Very nice man 😔

I want to go back to the old days of trucking!

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

You and me both Bud.

@MilePost106

2 жыл бұрын

@@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE Great video!

Nice memories...I had lots of jump seat miles in a Crackerbox with my dad..

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Those memories are priceless for sure. Thanks for watching 👍

yes two wonderful cracker boxes....the blue sure is a pretty paint scheme, and of course the carpet interior is the "best looking" interior I have ever seen in one. congrats. Keep them rolling boys....

Love these old rigs. I remember seeing them as a kid. So very cool

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Me too!...obviously lol. Thanks for watching!

my uncle had'63 screaming"jimmy"he drove for United Van Lines in the lower 48 & Canada with a/c

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Loved that old "United" paint scheme! Thanks for watching.

@joeyswafford2504

2 жыл бұрын

If your Uncle had put a lot of wood inside the cab for woodgrain look. I remember talking to him about and admiring his truck at a truck stop in the early 90's. Very nice man to talk to. Loved his ole truck.

These trucks are amazing if only I had one

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Me too! Lol thanks for watching

Nice old trucks!!! Good to see them in such great shape and not rotting in a field!!!! Thanks for showing them.

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree! Thankyou for watching! 😬

👍 , when I first started driving in the 80's . Guys were still hauling steel and grain in my area everyday with them!😂

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Yepp, I remember seein so many of them and lovin how unique looking they are. Thank you for watching!😬

I love the sound of the 8V 71

Old Detroit's. Go to love 'em. Would hear them coming long before you'd

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Oh ya! Thanks for watching 👍

Thanks Dane!! Great video!! Love the ole Cracker Box cab GMC's!! Those 318's sound great!!! Nothing like the old two strokes!!

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Thanku I so agree! Thanks for watching

Beautiful trucks

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

Drove both cracker box and Emeryville for Winn Dixie back in early eightys Louisville KY

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

You've got a badge of honor then..lol. Thanks for watching!

Cracker box was first truck I ever drove.havent thought about it in a long time

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Well my hats off to you driver. Thanks for watching!😬

Another great show. Nice piece of history. Thanks. Dane And thanks to the guys that owned them beautiful trucks.

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ralph and Thanks for watching!

I need one of those. I love the cracker box👍

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Me too! Lol. Thanks for watching

Thanks for sharing. My dad ran crackerboxes in the 60's from Columbiana and knew these guys well. Great memories for me!

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

So glad to be able to share and make the connection for you. Thats what this "Hobby" is all about ....at least to me. Thank you for watching!

Thanks for sharing my Dad’s toys! Bob still plays with trucks and is having a blast with these antique gems.

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

It is my pleasure, the hobby is all about the people that are behind the wheels.

Screaming Jimmies!!! This was great! Thanks for the interviews! Couple of awesome guys!

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Happy you enjoyed it, thank you for watching😊

SO COOL the old trucks are. I was 8 years old when these were new. I remember, as a kid, seeing them everywhere on the highways hauling stuff. Actually, they kinda freaked me out. I was a little scared of them. LOL. I gotta go to one of these old truck shows someday. Thanks for posting this awesome vid!

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

I'm right with ya Budd, They have that mean look to them...and with the sound of an angry Detroit 2 stroke....YES!!!

Beautiful trucks , great guys .

They're both in beautiful shape. Very nice!

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

I'm amazed he could drive and steer with one arm

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Smooth as silk. Thanks for watching

I absolutely love this video. I remember seeing the cracker boxes when I was a kid....not over the road, but shuttling trailer pups off of railroad flat cars and to various nearby industries in the downtown LA area in the late 60's and very early 70's Thank you for posting.

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome memories of the heyday of trucking for sure. Thank you for sharing AND watching.

(Posted by Rick Pickell) Both Jimmy's are awesome. But I'd take that old Dodge shot in the back ground too.

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

And you’ll see it up close very soon. Thanks for watching 👍

With that weight the 71 and 92s needed as many gears as possible. Good HP however light on torque. Great machines! Love them!

@lembriggs1075

2 жыл бұрын

Nope. Heavy on torque as well.

@alejandrozarate8299

2 жыл бұрын

Rebuenisimo.mejor.que Los nuevo De ahora Eso socamiones nunca. Vía acá. En argentina lastima los otros camiones si como Sus camionetas

Man, brings back lots of memories. Two of my brothers drove cracker boxes and I rode many miles in them. Ruined me lol been trucking 38 years this year myself. Thanks for the memories..

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Hats off to you driver and thanks for watching! 😬

Love the sound of those 2-Stroke Detroit "Screamer" engines!

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

And how!😬thanks for watching

@bertgrau3934

2 жыл бұрын

Clyde, I agree, nothing sounds like a 2 stroke Detroit, I lost some of my hearing because of those loud noise makers, still they sound sweet

Nice job you guys, first semi truck I rode in. Now I'm a 40 year driver. They look amazing!

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

9 ай бұрын

Hat tipped to your service Driver! Thanks for watching as well. 😬👍

This is the first time to see one of your videos. I just subscribed. I was born in Youngstown in 1950. My Dad hauled steel out of Youngstown back in the 1940's Back in the early 1970's I drove a 1968 Pete COE with an 8v71 engine and 4x4 trannies hauling produce from California to the old Chicago Produce Market. Top speed was 105 mph. The sound of that Detroit is music to my ears. Thanks for the video. :)

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Yes sir! Thanks for watching!

@topturretgunner

2 жыл бұрын

Huh??? What? I can’t hear you. It must be that 318 DD screaming in my ears.😂🤣😂

@oldtrucker672

2 жыл бұрын

@@topturretgunner 10-4 on the "screaming in my ears". Vietnam started my tinnitus, and then the Detroit Diesels finished it off for me. All I hear now is ring, ring, ring. It is maddening. But a person can get used to just about anything if forced to.

@topturretgunner

2 жыл бұрын

@@oldtrucker672 My friend as a former President once said. “I feel your pain.” Like you I’ve had tinnitus most of my life. Listening to a 318 DD and then the cab noise and the high pitched turbo charger whistle finished the job. I’ve got 35 and 40% hearing loss. You weren’t artillery over there were you?

@topturretgunner

2 жыл бұрын

@@oldtrucker672 If I pay attention to the ringing it’ll REALLY get on my nerves.

What absolute beauties, thanks for sharing!

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

Жыл бұрын

Yes sir, and thanks for watching 😬👍

This was a really cool video the GMC cracker boxes and Emeryville were two interesting looking coes for their time neat that the blue one originally came from Zelienople Pa I use to drive for a company out of Zelienople!

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Hats off to you driver! I agree. Thanks for watching 👍

@hermanmiller6287

2 жыл бұрын

My father bought the blue one from the owner in Zelienople, Pa. Only 2 owners to my knowledge 😎

Very cool,bring them over to my shop,can put them on the lift, thanks for being a great math teacher mr.miller im across from the dragstrip

Amazing I was born in 68 lol way kool seeing this stuff still exists love it what a history lesson

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

I know, such a great time in America imo. Thanks for watching 😬

Had 2 friends that , 1 owned the cracker box and the other was a great welder/metal worker. They made a double wide cracker box! It was as cool as cool can get! Would love to find it again!

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds killer looking. Thanks for watching 😬

@cuttnhorse2013

2 жыл бұрын

It was, they also stretched the frame some, can’t remember how much,but it looked great back in the day! The truck was red. Forgot to mention that in my first post.

@joeyswafford2504

2 жыл бұрын

I believe I remember seeing that truck before. Can't remember where but wondered if it was a factory double bunk?? That's kool you mentioned it.

@cuttnhorse2013

2 жыл бұрын

@@joeyswafford2504 Thanks, Cletus ran mostly out of Detroit, Cleveland, North and South with steel and lumber.

I love the sound of V8 2 Stroke Detroit....

@js7447

2 жыл бұрын

The V-12's sounded like a diesel symphony orchestra 😊😊😊. There's a guy on KZread restoring a '72 Peterbuilt COE with a DD V-12 Two Stroker... Thing sounds wicked👍👍👍

I MUST have a truck like that. Single rear axle, though. With sleeper.

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

Excellent video!!!!

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you and thanks for watching 👍

That blue one is the cleanest running Detroit I've ever seen. No blue cloud.

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

It IS beauty in motion. Thanks for watching

@hermanmiller6287

2 жыл бұрын

Engine still runs great and hasn't been touched for any major mechanical work in over 25 years 😎

Thanks for the memories !!

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Glad to take you down memory lane.😬👍

I want one!

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Me too! lol. Thanks for watching.

Just love all this, a man’s world!

Rember these old girls grow up & started to learn to drive on these type of trucks nice viedos

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, and thanks for watching too!

This was a blast to watch. Years ago I drove for a United Van Lines agent, and we didn't have any crackerboxes, but we had two White Freightliner cabovers (a '73 and a '74) that both had 8V71s. God, they were fun to drive, and they sounded just like these Jimmys. They were the fastest tractors in our local fleet, and I think the only guys that could outrun them were the OTR drivers with 430 Detroits or 425 Cats. Nice production on these videos - they remind me of Lindsey Crawford's work from 15 or 20 years ago. Thanks for sharing!

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed them too Kevin. Love the freightliners as well. Thanks for watching

Hey Dane i aways enjoy you're videos. In 1972 i was 12 yrs old my dad had a 64 or 65 dark blue crackerbox wasn't the cadilac of the interstate i would always lust after the KW's and Petes but something about tht old work horse that appealed to me that has stuck with me to this day. A few years later he bought a used KW. I have only seen one dark blue crackerbox that reminds me of my dads it was online except that it had no sleeper. to me crackerboxes have such a devious look about them that is so boss. Dane thank you sir keep the coffee perkulatng!

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

I think we have the same love of that “devious” look of the Cbox. They are very unique! Coffee’s on! 😬👍

Those cracker boxes are nice trucks, TY for getting the history on them and getting the men to drive ‘em around. I also saw an MCI bus and a Dodge semi in the background…So cool Dane! Love truckers lounge!

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

Жыл бұрын

Yes they certainly are Glenn. Thanks for watching too. 😬👍

Hey guys, thanks for sharing your trucks. Love the Detroit Diesels. I live 8 miles from West Point Ohio.

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

You should come to the Dying Breed Diesels show in downtown Columbiana on Oct 2 and set up a display of your models. I’m sure Braydon Tucker who coordinates everything would love that.

@bigcharliesmodelgarage296

2 жыл бұрын

@@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE cool. Didn't know about that. Where they showing models at or just set up a table?

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

If you shoot me ur number in an email I will put you in touch. It’s soulman@gwcmail.net

That blue and white rig sounds amazing with the straight stacks!! What a beauty! I've sacrificed a kidney or two back in the day to a few of these rough riding S.O.B.'s!!🤣👍👍

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

10 ай бұрын

Lol, we’ll hat tipped to you Driver for your service and sacrifice 😬👍

Great video, beautiful trucks with a glorious sound. Thank you. I have an old Chevy Titan that I use for a grain truck every fall. Wish it had an 8V71 in it. I have a small cam 350 Cummins. Good power but nowhere near the cool factor of the old Screamin Demons. The only thing I didn't understand was the owners comment on the blue truck that his dad had changed the hubs over so he could switch from 22" to 20" rims. I thought 22" and 20" used the same rim and the only time you would have to switch hubs would be for 24" rubber. But I'm no expert on this stuff so probably just me.

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I wasn't sure what that meant myself lol. Thanks for watching!

@bertgrau3934

2 жыл бұрын

I think you would have to change the hubs, because every size wheel needed to fit the spokes, with disk wheels, you can used any size wheel, from 20 inch to 24 inch. If you use 22, or 24 with the spokes, you can use the 22.5 and the 24.5 with the 22, 24 tube types. There's not much difference and they can fit from 22 to 22.5 with no problem personally, I prefer the disk wheels, look better

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

@@bertgrau3934 Thanks for watching

I hope you don't mind swearing, but from an Englishman who appreciates all things V8.........those look and sound majestic as fuck!!! MURICA!!!!

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoy. Thanks for watching 😬

Thank you i used to drive the cracker box;s my self now i drive a volvo 98 with a 3406 cat thanks again ross hemming temming tow

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching 😬

When I was a kid in the mid-60s, my dad drove a "crackerbox" (at the time, he called it a "slab cab Jimmy") for a while, hauling lumber out of Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, for an outfit called Fleron Lumber. I remember a few trips with him down into Michigan. Man, was it loud in that cab! Thanks for bringing back some old memories for me.

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

Жыл бұрын

That’s what it’s all about for me, being able help connect us to some great memories. Thanks for watching Rick.

I had a friend that ran one of these coast to coast until he bought his first Astro

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Wow! I’m sure that was a long ride of “comfort” lol.

@Retired88M

2 жыл бұрын

@@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE This was before all the interstates we’re completed and the US Routes we’re in better shape than some of today’s interstates because they were built to last not to fall apart to keep the construction guys working

I live about a mile from Bob. The first time I saw his truck was at the ATHS Show in Auburn, In

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

That’s neat! Thanks for watching 👍

AMAZING CLASSIC TRUCK.

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

Those first 12 seconds had beautiful music coming from those trucks. Love almost all the old Detroits especially a 6.71 straight 6. And almost right when you started talking I could see that it was a 1971-73 Cadillac you were driving (I've had several in the past so that was an easy one to notice) The hood confirmed it. I love the stories behind these trucks and it reminds us when the USA was a mighty industrial power, devoid of things made in China and employed millions of people and kept the middle class intact.

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

I can tell you appreciate the finer things in “retro” life 😬. Days gone by ... great times in America. Thanks for watching!

@muffs55mercury61

2 жыл бұрын

@@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE I live in an old house, still use old things (more reliable than the new imported stuff such as appliances) drive old cars, have old things made in America on the shelves. Yes we're appreciating it by all means.

I had a 67 day cab cracker box. I so wish I still had it. What I learned to drive truck in.

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

You went to an elite school lol😬. Thanks for watching

Love it. Just don’t see any of these beauties anymore. UPS ahead a bunch of them in our local yard. In Yorktown Hts , NY Was always good to see them driving thru town day and night. Great video Dane thx.

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

John! You mean UPS did use Crackerboxes? I was wondering

@johnwhohasanopinion7939

2 жыл бұрын

@@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE Hi. Dane. , I stand corrected on the cracker box and UPS I researched an old high school buddy on Facebook who drove for UPS back in the mid 70s, I see that what he was driving back then was the short cabover Mack I looked up the cracker boxes as well and see that GMC was produced from 59 thru 1968 so I had them mixed up , memories aren’t as clear as they once were but I do remember seeing him in the brown cabover, looks like from his Facebook page he spent a lot of time on the road but he’s older now just like me , I’m guessing that we (you & I) are the same age. 63. Why else would we like everything old lol thanks for the quick education. J

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnwhohasanopinion7939 Ya I remember all the Mack’s but never saw any Crackerboxes so you had me wondering. Anyways you’ve got a few years on me but who’s counting? Lol.

beautiful trucks!!

Hey....I see a Dodge cab and cowl....in the back there....another cool truck. I remember when I apprenticed at the Kenworth dealer back in the '70's and we had a customer with a crackerbox with the V12 gas motor in it, not a diesel....what a cool unit!

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve heard of those ... would love to see and hear one.

Love your show

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Don

O-H-I-O Porter greetings 🇺🇸 I’m getting around to this video. I had not seen it before…shocking! I love hearing the stories & the action as well! WOW! Herman had his at your show & it was so good to see it in person. It’s one sharp rig! I saw a Crackerbox at a show years ago. He was looking for a parts truck. I saw one in a field when I was out one day & checked it out. I made an offer on it so the owner wouldn’t junk it. He delayed a bit & then called me a week later. I had a friend tow it to my house. When I told him I had he decided that he didn’t want it. I kept it for quite some time, but never attempted to start it. My brother saw pics of it & wanted it, so I gave it to him. He was so thrilled to get it. It was a project that we were gonna do together. We never got that far on our brother projects. I love the way those trucks looked & sounded. They are so cool & unique in so many ways. I have yet to ride in one. Thanks for sharing! Jaw dropping AWESOME! 🥰🥰✌️

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

Жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy, sorry you didn’t get to share that resto with your brother. There’s just something special about them…. At least to a lot of us.

@the.porter.productions

Жыл бұрын

@@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE 🇺🇸 I saw it just yesterday. My niece asked me if I wanted that truck, too. I really didn’t know what to say to her. I have kept adding to my list of projects. The good thing is that I have at least one of my boys that is wanting & willing to work on these truck projects with me. I have such good memories of my brother & his legacy will live on through me as I work on my trucks with my boys. My brother was quite special & unique to me! Anyone who knows me surely knows how I feel about my family. Who knows what trucks I will add to my collection. Time will tell! Blessings!🥰😎✌️

That thing started faster than my accord

I love the sound of those Detroit Diesels

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

I agree totally. Thanks for watching 😬

Cracker Box Jimmies.....Awsome Back when Trucks were Trucks Drivers were Drivers....Hello from Butler Pa The Birth Place of the Jeep. Just up the road from Zelienople.....

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Hello back and thanks for watching!😬

It amazes me that over 50 years ago someone was able to figure out how to build a cabover with a virtually flat floor.

Good 👍. Nice rigs..

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Yes they are! Thanks for watching

I had a Ford WT9000 back in the 80,s hauling frozen turkeys ,Mn to Ca. It was also an 8-71 with 13 speed. Those were the days

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing AND watching😬

A bus company I worked for in the early 70’s had a US Mail contract between Reno and Las Vegas. They had 4 single drive axle crackerboxes pulling a single 26’ trailer full of mail. As the Assistant Operations Supt I had to driver the route if one of the truck drivers got sick. They were a hardy bunch of drivers. The only time they called in sick was twice a year when the new Sears and Montgomery Wards catalogs were mailed. Each mail bag weighed 70 lbs with those catalogs 😆

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Lol,.... catalogs.... awe yes the good ole days😬. Thanks for watching 👍

@mikeisaacs2314

Жыл бұрын

😂😂

I had a 1973 GMC ASTRO 8v71 318 13 speed 433 rears on record 4 spring. Nolan amusements had crackerboxs when I was a kid at the county fair!

@DanEBoyd

2 жыл бұрын

It's kind of ironic that GMC went from making one of the weirdest looking cabovers, the Crackerbox, to making the absolute most beautiful Cabover ever, the GMC Astro 95!

I have always loved the cracker box.

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

Жыл бұрын

You have impeccable taste my friend 😬👍

I remember back in the early 70s, an LTL carrier named Georgia Highway used these with day cabs. That company got bought out by the same company that evolved into Transus/USF/Dugan.

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

Old CO’s are the best. The old Emeryvilles, Transtars and Macks or my favorites. I had an uncle who drove an early 70’s International CO.

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

Oh trust me I agree!😬

@whiskeyrunner43

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget the ford 2 story falcon of the mid 60s. My first ride.

Dang. Looks like 2 DFR 8000's. Can't believe how many guys were hauling iron with those around Buffalo Cleveland and Pittsburgh. There was a guy that had one with a single axle and a three axle trailer. Last time I saw it was around 2009. Hell of a Ride.

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

No doubt! 😮thanks for watching!

@kelvintorrence5994

2 жыл бұрын

yes i got a picture of 1 for sale like that,it was leased to stone y s trucking in youngstown ohio,with a big forsale sign in the window

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

2 жыл бұрын

@@kelvintorrence5994 you mean for sale now? Any pics or contact info?

Love you Tractor

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

17 күн бұрын

Thank you 😬👍

The first truck i was ever in was a cracker box, i loved the yellow transit ones.

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

Ай бұрын

Man that’s a great pedigree to have 😬👍