When I used to deliver fuel we had a Volvo bulk truck just like this that was dedicated to delivering to locomotives and railroads. We had a really bad winter one year, and while all our newer trucks jelled up the Volvo was the only one that started without issue. It was a trash heap inside, but reliable.

@rawr51919

2 жыл бұрын

Get the Volvo to tow all the other ones in the shop so the fuel becomes liquid again and lets you run them, easy fix after the fuel deliveries

I absolutely gotta wub that you have this gorgeous truck parked right next to the "No Parking" sign... during the entire review. Good job!

Back when Volvo made a ok truck, i drove one with the Detroit series 60 forever

They sure are handy! The problem we always ran into with ours was it was hard to haul stuff and not be too tall.

@WatchWesWork

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's definitely an issue. Anything over 9.5 feet will be over height. Pretty easy to permit up to 15.5 feet though, so not the end of the world.

Thumbs up 👍 paper work and inspection possibilities every day!

Love Your Volvo GMC

Been awhile since I've seen one of these. We had ten of them in Indianapolis setup as tri-axle dump trucks with the exact drivetrain spec's but with Hendrickson Walking Beam suspension. They were okay for local hauling but for long trips forget it, rode too damn rough. Ours never had passenger seats which made the cab interiors that much more spacious. The nice things I loved about them were the extended doghouse cover inside which featured cup holders, and the tilt steering wheel. None of our 1970s Ford LTS-9000 SBA dump trucks had those. For me, it was my very first brand new truck in my young driving career and at the time I loved it. Now that I'm spoiled with these large sleeper cab, big horsepower trucks, I could never go back to one of these.

Wow, that is a stout rollback! Nice buy!

love older vehicles like your channel

👍wood deck for machinery moves. it's in good hands now.

Thumbs up 👍 but having is what is is.

I like startup business’ like these. You know the value of a dollar.

I like it Wes interesting to see what you do with it. Alan.

sweet looking forward to seeing this one done up

Cool truck. Kind of reminds me of the old Volvo White Road Boss

Looks like a good investment for you!

Sweet rig!

This is another great video WES.

This a WG model as I work for VOLVO. This model replaced the GMC brigadier. Great touch.real work horse. The auto car model had a diff hood but same cab.

@pablocobb5343

3 жыл бұрын

These trucks are super dependable we still use them up to this date but our one had a Detroit series 60 in it

I 'like your videos. You are a real mecanic. Best wishhes from B-E Dahl Sweden . Give puppy a hug from me

Nice looking truck.

old trucks usually always smell like cigarette smoke or mouse....very nice rollback. i would have to agree about the truck's original up fit...i would think a dump body because of the double frame, diff lock on both axles, the 16k front axle and that t suspension. i have not seen that t suspension. looks like a walking beam set up....which would make sense for off road applications.

@WatchWesWork

5 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure it was originally a roll off truck for hauling dumpsters. I bet there is a good chance it was once part of a Waste Management fleet. I'm glad it has a 16K steer axle, it has 11.5K on the steer axle empty!

Sweet truck!

Love it !! We have 3 !! Two freightliners and a kenworth .. We have a rental business here in the North Georgia Mountains .. Only way to get around these tight roads .. 2 of ours have the hydraulic decks and one is gravity. The hydraulic beds are much better ! Thanks for sharing

I live in Connecticut I drove one of those white GMC trucks it was a single axle tractor pulled a three axle flat bed trailer hauling bundles of raw copper off cargo ships to the mill

Very very nice truck Wes👍. Would love to have one myself... But no way could I justify it. It For sure would need to make money. Just the upkeep alone would get expensive quick. Thumbs up

An interesting truck bro. Stay safe

It's awesome! Good luck with this beast. Looks like it's halfway done to add a remote for the bed.

@WatchWesWork

6 жыл бұрын

It has a pendent with a cord. Should be easy to go wireless.

You could put a remote control for your bed real easy. New subscriber from Italia here. I watched your drag line video last night. Good stuff.

She's a Beaut! Wish I had one, lol

I worked with Volvo Penta for 30 years on the west coast of Canada . Industrial and marine diesel and gasoline I/O pleasure marine power units. The Volvo Penta is a great engine. I think you will be pleased with this rig.

I've wanted something like that too, but can't justify for all the reasons you mentioned. It certainly has all the right features to be a good truck.

@WatchWesWork

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, better to hire one.

Congratulations. Boy is this gonna be interesting :-)

It seems to be about the right equipped truck for what you are going to use it for in your business and you can always add a few things to doll it up a bit, fog lights, sun visor, bed lights repaint the wheels, it's hard to find a heavy duty truck for a reasonable price , Freddie out !

Wow nice truck,

That shade of green and the structural set up echoes of a waste management large hopper bin truck .it has an off road set up for land fill terrain travel and other job sites.other applications for this set up also used for cement mixer trucks.

called a “tiltray” everywhere else in the world

Total badass parking right next to the no parking sign! Sticking it to the man ha

@WatchWesWork

4 жыл бұрын

Heh. Well it's my sign...

Nice truck

Matt from Diesel Creek loves the RITCHIE BROTHERS AUCTION.

Nice find, but reminds me why I stop at 25,999lbs. LOL

Looks like the old military MARMON green under all that white, your right about the waste management idea they have trucks the same green on the mountain behind my house hauling roll off's in every day.

"Look at this abomination" ...LOL

@WatchWesWork

6 жыл бұрын

It's not going to win best of show.

At RB I like to go the weekend before the auction and look in person. Then do the bidding online.

same in the UK Wes nice truck as a starting point though👍👍

I have the very same truck. Mine is a 1991 but rigged up as a roll off container bed. It’s unstoppable. My 8LL trans is set up on a horseshoe style shift pattern but I love it. The only problem I ever had with it is that a rocker arm came apart and wedged between the cam and the block. The cam won. I ended up welding up the hole in the block and been running ever since and that happened in 2001.

@GarbageSean

Жыл бұрын

Do you still have the truck? If so, I'd love some super long unedited driving videos on it, especially loaded, so I can hear that engine and exhaust sound! If it's got the L10 Cummins, the L10 is my all-time favorite Cummins engines! Please let me know ASAP.

Good ol Morris Il Richie Bros, I go there at least once a week for deliveries

@11:50 HEY! Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I think she is a cute lass.

Matt from Diesel Creek of Deisel Creek loves the RITCHIE BROTHERS AUCTIONS

I guess that T spring setup is how Freightshaker got it's reputation. Hopefully that doesn't rattle the CNCs off the back. ;)

We4s i just know you will get it right but a very intresting to watch you get it right i will keep watching david in ireland

I bet that heap has made you good money over the years...

Beautiful truck! I'm a huge fan of the Cummins L10 engine - all the old garbage trucks (WhiteGMC/Volvos) around here used them and the Allison HT740 automatic. Can you please do a long driving video of this truck? Would love to hear it out on the road, running through the gears a bunch of times, driving, and whatnot. And make sure the exhaust sound is nice and loud - make sure it growls really good. Maybe take the muffler off and drive it straight piped. Please let me know ASAP.

Hey Wes, I did some research on these trucks, and it turns out White GMC trucks are a joint venture between Volvo and GMC to sell trucks in the american market. They were marketed and badged as "White GMC" or "AutoCar" trucks. Hope that sheds some light on this beauty's identity crisis. I'm assuming this was a Waste Management truck and probably had a fender bender or a paint problem, so it got a new hood with the Volvo badges.

That deck is cool on this old rig @Watch Wes Work

Very cool

God-dam gur-ment, all up in ma sh1t askin' der god-dam questions....'bout to go all terminator one 'em witin my AK, god-dam!!!

White divested their operations in 1981, and both White and their Autocar division were sold off to Volvo, with Western Star going to Canadian energy company NovaCorp. Seven years later, Volvo created a joint-venture with GM, the Volvo-GM Heavy Truck Corporation, and introduced a new brand, WhiteGMC, to go along with Autocar.

I've been thinking about getting one of those too.

@WatchWesWork

5 жыл бұрын

Getting it is the cheap part. Getting it on the road is another story. $$$$

@alskdjfhg3712

5 жыл бұрын

@@WatchWesWork for sure. I've done it for an F800, but with farm plates. No idea about DOT, IFTA, etc stuff. I'll need to do it eventually.

When they build flatbeds as we call them in California the bed comes with its own subframe that part is mounted to the vehicle frame but Nord amount that and get the clearances that are needed they typically cut the truck frame after the rear axle and then the rest of it takes place the subframe is for the bed it's part of the bed just a little info I thought I might add

Nice!!

Nice truck, I'd get 5 cans of Fluid Film and WD-40 and mainline it in between the double frame rails. I've seen a Buffalo NY fire tanker with a split rail

@WatchWesWork

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah that happens. I've failed trucks on inspection due to rust jacking between the double frame rails.

It runs and drives and bed works that's 90% of the battle. Cosmetics can come in stages as you go.Maybe swap cabs is easier than body work.I wonder if you can make a nozzle than can shoot rust preventive between frame rails. that might save it or just shoot drain oil not PC but might work. I would love to have it it ain't pretty but will get the job done.Ran a single axle freightshaker the last couple of years before I retired surprising what you can do with them.Show up at farm auctions and you will have more work than you can handle when guys need their junk,I mean treasure hauled home .LOL

Hell yeah. Expedite cabover cab

nice!

I can see using a truck like that for hauling logs, lumber,metal

He actually just admitted he was crazy

Looks like it will do the job for 'ya...possession is 9/10th of the law! She's yours and that's what matters.👍

thats got the diagonal bar behind the grill a volvo trademark in Europe

i would buy that truck no questions asked... i drove that truck in trucking school

Was that an old Sunbelt Rental delivery truck at one point? Seems likely with it once being painted green....

I think that winch is off of a duce and a half, or 5 ton army trucks

Probably a j.c Smith creation!!!! Lol he’s good man

I bought a few things from Ritchi Brothers. Most people are unaware of this. When you have a partner who won't make a decision you go to an auction. No time to think. You can buy what you need. My last purchase is saving me 60% on what it used to cost to do a days work. Nice truck

@WatchWesWork

6 жыл бұрын

It's kind of a dumping ground, but if you are careful you can get a deal.

@Kingsoupturbo

4 жыл бұрын

I went to a giant one up here in edmonton alberta, people online from the USA were bidding stuff up like crazy, its super pressure, a lot of stuff sold for much more then it would have second hand and you can't drive or fully test the trucks before hand, clearly some deals to be had though!

Commercial vehicles in Illinois is a nightmare. County's here like to be roadside judge & jury's. No higher than a D plate here or you'll pay more in fees than you'll make.

@Xlaxsauce

2 жыл бұрын

barrier to entry is a great way to keep the little guy down. Just like I hear from millionaires who went from poor to rich. The first million is the hardest to earn but its smooth sailing after. But that is bussiness

that'd be awesome for a cnc machinery auction, just winch stuff up. We have a huge Ritchie brothers that moved from Maytown, WA even further south past chehalis. Then their maytown lot was first filled with earth moving equipment then some truck dealer filled it with same color light green new peterbilts....a huge lot and a ton of trucks. Did you ever sell the CNC gear?

@WatchWesWork

6 жыл бұрын

I sold some of it.

Wow dog that a hell of a truck not much rust on her where you get her from. Where are you located at for that matter

i watched two of ya vid's lately.. This were you buy and old truck and the one where your wife has the oldest Dishwasher in the world..

If that was mine I’d be putting container pins in the deck. I’d also have an eye out for an ex otr tractor that has cross liking Diffs, and the right wheelbase to take that bed once the bunk/sleeper is removed. Yes airbags are a pain, kenworth 8 bag are the best of them.

@WatchWesWork

4 жыл бұрын

The problem with all the OTR trucks is they have 12,000 lb steer axles and you can't haul any weight with them. They are really only made for use with a trailer.

@bobbob-fg5wy

4 жыл бұрын

Watch Wes Work it’s only overweight if they catch you 😂 Less likely if you’ve got 500hp double overdrive on 3.9’s 😂

@bobbob-fg5wy

4 жыл бұрын

Was good buying though, if you got it for the right price, very handy truck now with all the work you’ve done 👍🏼

i always like these. whaat r u gonna be using this rig for?

Oh yeah, baby. I smell some possible machinery moves in your future. Cheers, Gary

@WatchWesWork

6 жыл бұрын

Definitely.

Everything was good 😌

@catherinefoster5819

3 жыл бұрын

What 🤨

@catherinefoster5819

3 жыл бұрын

The only thing that I could 😒

Id love to buy my own truck just to say its mine would be cool but with the headache of having it on the road paying for permits and license insurance and a big truck payment... thats why I drive for a guy who's leased to a company and I just drive and get paid. He can deal with all the other stuff lol

Probably started off as a Roll-off from Waste Management.. Looks like a ledwell gravity drop body

@alfabeech

Жыл бұрын

I noticed green and orange?

I almost thought this was an international at first glance, but when you mentioned it was volvo and white you threw me into a loop. if i recall Volvo bought out whites in the 80's? i think GMC discontinued the class 8 trucks all together in 1986 after the general / bison / brigadier lineup was purchased by volvo? *after some research I found this: Following the GMC General, Volvo GM produced the WhiteGMC WC/WI Class 8 conventional, introduced in 1980 as the White Road Boss 2, the model line was produced through 2000 in various forms as a White, WhiteGMC, Autocar, and Volvo.

How you making out. Think for this to use as a tow truck

looks like a jenkin's bed ,

west do you still have this truck hanging around

Neat truck. Turned down saved it from the people before you

that aint not volvo, thats a vulva ! ahaha

Oh a Hummin Cummins well they made a good Engine ALSO Then you will not drive it to Key West for a winter holiday HA! Just a simple work truck ...

Hey Wes, have you picked up any paying work with the truck yet? I'm considering this as a business in my area (Southeast).

@WatchWesWork

5 жыл бұрын

Yes. At this point I do enough work to cover the license and insurance. That makes the truck basically free for my own uses. It's tough to get the gravy work here because there are probably 30 towing outfits in town and I'd guess at least 10 of them have a tandem rollback. They soak up almost all of the work moving forklifts and equipment.

nice, to bad it has dayton wheels, it's useful truck,

you can haul cars forklifts backhoes you can make some money

Even though my pick up can legally haul into that commercial threshold of weight there is no way I would register it as such being an individual.

Ah the Cummins L10 straight 6, the engine that killed off Gardner in the UK, as it had more power, and better economy,, still p155es oil everywhere, just like a 6LX series

Check the rpm rating on the hydraulic pump before you raise the governor.

@WatchWesWork

6 жыл бұрын

The engine is at idle or just above when the pump is engaged. Shouldn't be an issue.

The dashboard fan will help Move the air in the cab but when it’s hot 🥵 that’s all it will do is push hot air. Bus any is better then nothing.

You gonna put 2 steel plates the length of the bed and carry a spare pig, for machinery moving?

@WatchWesWork

6 жыл бұрын

Something like that.