I’m a city folk desk jockey and this video is like my dream. Nice spread, out in the country, old diesel truck

I used to haul sand and gravel in my 52 peterbilt. It had a 300 cummins with the backdrop manifold and sounded just like this one. The 300 cummins was a 220 with a roots blower. That sucker could pull and I always loved the sound of that exhaust pulling up the grade. It's no wonder i have to wear hearing aids now. I would love to get back behind the wheel of a truck like yours and just two stick my way to oblivion! Hahaha

@thesteelcowboy1621

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like you have some awesome stories! Thank you for sharing!!

@sabbath7081

2 ай бұрын

Weren't those blown Cummins engines called or nicknamed the iron lung?

@jimgeiger4816

2 ай бұрын

They sure were!

I used to drive one just like that with a high side end dump trailer except it had a 220 with a turbo and we called it a 262 .

Wow. This truck is a true survivor. Few of these still around. An ancestor of today's trucks.

@thesteelcowboy1621

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words. Definitely not many out running around still in original work dress!

I drove a 59' when I was 18, now 65 wow that took me back! Cool shit

@thesteelcowboy1621

Жыл бұрын

I'm so happy it stirred up some good memories!!!!

I love it going down that drive way its like going to baseball game where they come out of the corn to play .... great video 👍👍

Great Time Machine. They are only Original Once.

Old School 1951 KW sound good and good 💯 👍

Love that exhaust note!

She is a sweet looking truck I love how she looks from the front the curve of the fender and the grill. GOD BLESS YOU AND ALL WHO READ THIS AMEN.

Great video, loved how the truck looks and sounds through the straight pipes. Please don’t apologise, you did an awesome job steering a changing gears while holding a phone, hope to see more vids of this sweet old girl. Greetings from Australia 👍👍

Totally Old School, Driver's today need to learn

Nothing has ever sounded as good as a 220 Cummins with the back drop manifold

@4321grp

Жыл бұрын

Don Stewart, Nothing, except for a 6-71 Detroit, that is.

My grandfather used to drive one hauling marble slabs on a 1948 flatbed, can’t remember the make of the trailer. Beautiful truck keep the videos coming. 👍🇺🇸

Beautiful! I love the sound of that naturally aspirated Cummins.. Wouldn't mind seeing more of this old girl!

Man, am I jealous! I’m driving around in a whiney company-owned Cascadia. If I ever hit the lottery I’d be collecting and restoring beauties like this. And I’d love to learn to shift with the double sticks.

I'm a freightliner man but Cummins power and that sleeper is so incredible

I'm sure after a day behind that wheel the sleeper looks like a luxury suite! Awesome video!

Drove one ounce between Seattle and LA Calif, a 1950 called the "Dorthy Mae" what an experience.

@thesteelcowboy1621

Жыл бұрын

Id love to hear that story!!!

@donnellwilliams3988

Жыл бұрын

I swear that engine reminds of the truck from duel

@JacksonGuitarsPlayer03

Жыл бұрын

@@donnellwilliams3988I think there was several trucks used in the movie some from I believe the early 50s through early 60s. Some had Cummins and I believe one or 2 actually had a extremely rare 1693 CAT under the hood… Think one or 2 did have the old 220 Cummins under the hood.

@yaboileeroy3038

Жыл бұрын

@@JacksonGuitarsPlayer03 Not a 1693. A 1673 was the motor in the original Duel truck. A 281/351 wouldn’t be able to fit it due to length restrictions. Very few needle nose Peterbilts had long enough hoods for motors like the 1693 or the 12V71.

@JacksonGuitarsPlayer03

Жыл бұрын

@@yaboileeroy3038 I made a mistake and realized that I wrote “1693” Yeah way too big

I remember all of these old trucks back in my time. Miss those days!

sweet truck! I would love to ride this old truck for one day in a todays job. Just to see how it was back in the old days.

@thesteelcowboy1621

Жыл бұрын

It's gone on many 2 hr drives and she's a back breaker lol. I give them old boys huge kudos for running them!

@danielpurcell7395

Жыл бұрын

@@thesteelcowboy1621 I’ve known many old truck drivers that were bent over and bow legged from driving trucks just like yours. They were the Absolute best I’ve ever had the pleasure of being around. They taught me how to drive, God rest their souls in heaven.

thats my definition of a true workhorse.10 hour duty & you knew you worked a full shift.but they got the job done every day.

@thesteelcowboy1621

Жыл бұрын

That's the absolute truth!!!

Wow nice old rig keep it running don't let it go to rust

2 tachographs fro running team! Truck same age as me😉

I loved every second of that and when I was little my father use to drive a few different slope nosed kenworths for this logging company here in Oregon they may sound completely different and I get that the truck he drove was from the 90s what I would give to be back in one of those trucks with him again best memories I have with him and I hope one day I can get into a log truck but anyways thanks for the slight trip down memory lane

Even back then, Kenworth didn't mount the mirrors on the doors. I've driven Kenworths and Peterbilts, both excellent trucks but I prefer KW just for that reason.

I appreciate you sharing this video! It was a little difficult for you with two sticks n steering wheel videoing but I thank you for the ride ! Haven’t heard that sound in a long time 👍🏻🇺🇸✌️👋

Perfection!!!’ Outstanding

I sure would love to see that little flame sneaking out the exhaust stacks at night ! How many old timers can remember that?

@thesteelcowboy1621

Жыл бұрын

Would be fun to try and capture the fire on a good pulling hill

My dream truck. Hope my 57’ could look this good someday

WOW!!!! That rig is super nice, are those Tac-O -Graphs working too? and the tires, those are bias ply correct???. The sleeper is a real kick in the pants, a square box with padding, heck, the sleeper can double as a rubber room for those days you sit in traffic hour after hour, all you need for it is a straight jacket!!!...lol Beautiful truck, thanks for sharing!!!

@dudleydoright2706

Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of the old "Coast Transport" KWs, the old fender toppers that were a scale man's nightmare.

She sounds good ol son. ❤ from pnw oregon

Beautiful truck , what a treat !

@thesteelcowboy1621

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I'll work on more ride alongs with my other rigs once it warms up!

Spectacular

Man, that K wop sounds like a locomotive. Way cool. That roar takes me back. The sleeper is a freak house... Scary. Enjoyed the vid.

Awesome trucks

What is a "Back Drop Manifold" or "split" & what was it's benefit? .. Magnificent! .. Thank you.

Now that's a cool KW, been driving class A for 19 years. It's been a dream of mine to drive a twin stick truck, maybe one day.

@thesteelcowboy1621

Жыл бұрын

Id give you a few lessons in the old rig!

In UK these engines wer in Atkinson's and erfs remember that sound well 💪

@thesteelcowboy1621

9 ай бұрын

They definitely have a sound of their own!

That is too awesome!!!

@thesteelcowboy1621

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

Hello you must do more videos on this truck I love it. Please tell us the story of this truck. I could listen to the sound of that Cummings 220 all day.

Prehistoric ELD on the dash

Thank you for this video wish it was longer

@thesteelcowboy1621

Жыл бұрын

I'll make another once things warm up!

Awesome Truck I sure hope you will be doing more videos of the truck I would love to hear more about the truck and trailer

@thesteelcowboy1621

Жыл бұрын

I surely can once the 4 ft of snow is gone lol.

That bark of the back drop manifold sounds much better then the whistle of a turbo beautiful sound

The old girl sounding good.

Wish I could get back out there

Awesome,would love to see a longer cab ride video of the same but out on a highway love the truck

@thesteelcowboy1621

Жыл бұрын

I'm planning on that this summer. Thank you for the compliment!

@jimgeiger4816

Жыл бұрын

Yes please do and have someone sitting shotgun filming you mixing up those sticks! 🙂

@weldthatiron3683

Жыл бұрын

@@thesteelcowboy1621 awesome

And that trailer is also really rare.

@thesteelcowboy1621

Жыл бұрын

Wish I had a reefer unit for the front of her!

O-H-I-O Porter greetings 🇺🇸 I noticed the hood mirror right away! I know what that’s for!! The brief walk around was good at the beginning. Is that a Dorsey trailer as well? I’ve pulled a few of them in my day & I’m not that old. My dad bought several to use for storage & transporting tires & wheels to Ohio. What a unique sound! I love the old trucks, but even more so when connected to an old trailer as well! Do you keep this truck in a garage or barn? That mirror is for looking at the sparks from the exhaust. I’ve heard many stories about the old trucks & the sparks they made. I come from a trucking family & have heard many unique stories from the drivers. It looks like both of the tattletale boxes work. It has been a while since I’ve seen 2 of them in a truck. Good stuff! Thanks for sharing! Blessings! 🥰😎✌️

@thesteelcowboy1621

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so kindly for your reply. The trailer is a fruhauf. Not sure of the year but late 40s early 50s. Yes, the truck is parked in a dry building!

Twin Tachos!

@chriskolbeck517

Жыл бұрын

Speedometer and tachograph

A wild bit of gear. Check out the drive tyres

Truckers nowadays wouldn't last 5 minutes in this ol girl

Amazing rig. New SUBSCRIBER here driv,ah

@thesteelcowboy1621

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

worm drive rear ends? never heard of that.

I have a 1965 B 83 Mack with a 220 Cummins.

The camera has to be in cab for best effect Love the truck

The convex mirror on front of the hood, I read those were so the driver could see the top of the stack. Too much black smoke meant to drop a gear. This information was from a web site about the Duel truck, which had that mirror.

@thesteelcowboy1621

Жыл бұрын

They used the stack mirror to monitor the flame coming out on non turbo trucks. When the flame disappeared you dropped a gear is what the old timers told me.

drove loota trucks,65 KW 315 cummins twin stick 77 , 671 gimmy twin stick that is one slow truck .

I have been looking for ever to find a video like this with this truck the night cab and the trailer was beatiful! Thank you, also is it a cummins or detroit?

@thesteelcowboy1621

Жыл бұрын

It has a 220 cummins

When men were steel and ships were wood.

Whattuh sweet ole girl! That's awesome! awesome! the oldest truck I ever drove was a 1969 bullnose International cabover with a 250 Cummins & 5x4 combo setup!

@thesteelcowboy1621

Жыл бұрын

That would be fun to see some old pics of her. What a cool rig bud!

@truckerray7533

Жыл бұрын

@The Steel Cowboy That was that 30 yrs ago & no pictures of her, unfortunately, She was painted a dark Grey color. I have no idea what has happened to the ole girl today. probly a heap of scrap metal. . . . .I dunno!

Sounds and looks really good, dude! Also, you said in the description that this truck has worm drive axles. Do you happen to know what gear ratio they're running? And also what's your opinion on the worm drive axles over the hypoid drive axles? Again, good looking and sounding truck!

Theres a piece of history! 1 yr older than me to. Not one but two tachographs! Let me guess, 220 Cummins? Those straight pipes would be hard to live with over the road thou.

@williamgillette4086

10 ай бұрын

Tachographs? You mean squealers or tattlers.

@kimmorrison9169

10 ай бұрын

@@williamgillette4086 well yes, slang names.

STICK IT !!

Fantastic only drove one 220 c. Was i h with 4. And 4. Single drive! C a nt drive commercial anymore, medical, just do accrual ag!

Awesome rig! What brand of drive tires are those? They look like old bias plies

@thesteelcowboy1621

Жыл бұрын

Yes they are old 10:00 20 bias plys. I can't remember the brand. I'll take a look for you.

Whats the two thingies on the dash board

@thesteelcowboy1621

Жыл бұрын

They are cLled tattle tales, which were e logs of the day. You inserted a paper disk inside, set the time on the clock, then went to work. They would scribe a line on the disk for every rom, speed and time of where you are. So when you turned them into your boss they could see if you were on time, over reving a truck or speeding etc.

What are the the two clock-like devices top center on the dashboard?

@thesteelcowboy1621

Жыл бұрын

They were called tattle tales. 1 is your mph the other is your tach. The clock in the middle is your old school e log. You inserted a white round paper disk in every morning, wound the clock up, set the time and go to work. Inside there's a scribe that marks your every rpm, speed, and if you're running on time, speeding or over reving the motor. At the end of the day you'd turn that into your dispatcher and he could see how your day went all from the scribes on the paper.

@gp3yt

Жыл бұрын

@thesteelcowboy1621 WOW, that is amazing... and very cool. I remember seeing these tattle-tales on the old GM Buses as a kid growing up when we would go on Charter trips.. as a kid I'd love to sit up front listen and watch as the driver would rev-match and shift that screaming soprano Detroit.. I took it all in, the sounds, the smells, professionalism of the driver.. the art of work.. different time and mentality to be sure - and your beautiful rig reminds me of that sir. Thank you

@thesteelcowboy1621

Жыл бұрын

That's very kind of you, thank you. I remember the sounds of them old Detroits on buses as well. Seems so long ago!

@gp3yt

Жыл бұрын

@thesteelcowboy1621 It doesn't seem that long ago, but it was... oh, and one more childhood favorite your rig reminds me of; the TV series "Movin On" You plan on restoring the whole truck or just keep as is? That Mercury bunk is beautiful and very interesting! You got in from the outside, no pass-thru from inside the cab. Did Mercury also make trailers and campers?

@thesteelcowboy1621

Жыл бұрын

I couldn't bring myself to cut a hole in the cab to crawl in the bunk, so I put plywood over the hole on the inside with vinyl interior. The outside I covered with aluminum. Mercury never made anything but sleepers as far as I know. This bunk was built at the 1st of their 4 locations, Bell California. According to 1 Mercury historian guy, this was the oldest Mercury he's ever come across. I've decided to leave the truck alone with its current paint job. The truck brand new was all red, rims frame cab and hood. Originally bought by United Truck Lines of Spokane Washington. I have all paperwork and owners on the truck. Had a Buda diesel when new and was supposedly recalled to have a cummins 220 installed due to issues with Buda engines.

does this have ellis split manifolds on it? beautiful truck

@thesteelcowboy1621

Жыл бұрын

Not a Ellis Cummins split manifold

@SootyMangabey.

Жыл бұрын

@@thesteelcowboy1621 oh okay that's the backdrop manifold with the baffle in it..

@thesteelcowboy1621

Жыл бұрын

@@SootyMangabey. yes sir

@bobnelson1428

Жыл бұрын

Love the sound

What are the two gauges on top of.the dash?

@thesteelcowboy1621

Жыл бұрын

Ones a tach, the other a speedo. Also you would insert a round card in them. There is a scrib inside each tattle tale gauges. So it can monitor your rpm shifting speed and time between the two of them. You would put a card in each at the beginning of your shift and turn them Into your boss at the end of the day. They could then see if you were over reving the motor, speeding and making your stops on-time. 1950s style e long. Lol

@shagz5759

Жыл бұрын

@@thesteelcowboy1621 wow that's cool

@waynekarjala2032

11 ай бұрын

Funny how the tachograph cards got coffee spilled on and fell in mud puddle. Also, we had another brand with a locking cover. They all got locked with no cards and then all the keys mysteriously disappeared.

why is the inside so dirty ?!

Great video about a great truck! I'm a model builder and would like to build one of these early Kenworths. Unfortunately, here in Germany - and also on the English-speaking Internet - I can't find important reference values for this. Are you able to identify three measurements that I need? I would need the width of the cab at the back, the overall width of the vehicle at the height of the front fenders and the height of the doors. I am thankful for every help!

@thesteelcowboy1621

9 ай бұрын

I could help with that yes

@atelierhcp

9 ай бұрын

People like you are the reason that I haven't completely lost faith in humanity. You would really do me a big favor! How can I show my gratitude? Name the model after you? @@thesteelcowboy1621

@atelierhcp

9 ай бұрын

I don't want to seem rude, but can I ask about the dimensions again? I wouldn't bother you if there was another option. Unfortunately I don't have them here in Germany. Thank you for your effort!@@thesteelcowboy1621

@thesteelcowboy1621

9 ай бұрын

@atelierhcp tell me what you need and I'll try to help with measurements

@atelierhcp

9 ай бұрын

Thank you! I need the following dimensions: 1. Width of the driver's cab at the rear wall 2. Width at the bottom and top edges and height of a door 3. Width of the vehicle at the front fenders 4. Width on grille 5. Width and height of a front window I hope I'm not causing too much work for you. Best regards@@thesteelcowboy1621

Show us how u shift that twin stick

@thesteelcowboy1621

Жыл бұрын

When Summer hits I'll make that video for you!

Time clock on the dash 😂

Is this from Minn. ?

@thesteelcowboy1621

Жыл бұрын

Yes

@andrewnorris1514

Жыл бұрын

@thesteelcowboy1621 is this KW the one Fannel Phil had on his channel? She sounds Beautiful . Beleive I saw her pulling in Kasson with no bunk?

@thesteelcowboy1621

Жыл бұрын

Yes. Philip lives a few miles up the road. Great man and friend. I have pulled it at Kasson for probably 17 years. Various forms of dress, no bunk, 60 inch Merc and now this 36 inch Mercury. I appreciate your kind words. Thank you

Fact - If you ran up on a 4 wheeler with that truck, they would think they were gonna get murdered.

@thesteelcowboy1621

Жыл бұрын

Honestly was told that 1 time. I was getting fuel at a gas station and a woman kept staring. She went in and paid for her gas then walked straight to me saying, this thing? This truck! Looks like a nightmare hahaha. Thank you? I said lol. 😆

@scottskinner577

Жыл бұрын

@The Steel Cowboy HA nice! 🍺 And it's a great truck. Can't wait to get one. But for now it's kids taking my money. I'm a KW guy but opted for a Western Star for my first big truck. Everyone's got their first right

@thesteelcowboy1621

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely bud. If you're ever around Minnesota I'd take ya for a drive!

@scottskinner577

Жыл бұрын

@The Steel Cowboy Thanks man that sounds awesome 🍺

She needs a Detroit. Wake up the world.

@thesteelcowboy1621

Жыл бұрын

The old 220 is plenty loud lol.

Das sind richtige Lkws geiler sound nicht wie jetzt dieser Schrott nur elektronische Mist

Perfection!!!’ Outstanding