still sounds better than any modern truck

@josevillegas9029

5 жыл бұрын

Jacob Jacobson Strongly. Agree.

@milobentlee8668

3 жыл бұрын

You probably dont care but if you're bored like me during the covid times you can stream pretty much all of the latest movies and series on Instaflixxer. Have been binge watching with my girlfriend for the last couple of months xD

@dennisconnor8557

3 жыл бұрын

@Milo Bentlee Yup, I have been using InstaFlixxer for since november myself :)

O old school diesel mechanic. Nothing like a two stroke, v8 Cummins, mack,caterpillar detroit sounds! Don

I just love the sound of this truck. It just sounds of raw power.

@clintonleague1272

9 жыл бұрын

It's a 9-0-nuthin, power not much.

@carterstokoe1479

9 жыл бұрын

Clinton League Hater

@SootyMangabey.

9 жыл бұрын

Carter Stokoe lmao.. nothing hateful about calling the v555 the pile of gutless parts that it is.

@sabrinacordell6290

6 жыл бұрын

555 only has sound

@leoweber3629

5 жыл бұрын

They sound nice, but make absolutely no power are are very unreliable

Unmistakeable V8 Cummins sound effects - lots of gear shifting needed to get optimum performance but what a sound - love it. Had a ride in a UK Ford with this power unit fitted in the 1980's - magic!

@matthewjones8620

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

@DoanldRounds-ig8kd

Жыл бұрын

Diesel v8 sounds. Awesome!

Feels like we should be tailgating Dennis Weaver and his old Plymouth, no?

@randylahey9888

6 жыл бұрын

umpchief14 duel 😂

@plumbingstuffinoregon2471

5 жыл бұрын

Ha ha! I love that movie!

@polybius223

3 жыл бұрын

wait... Duel, has a Plymouth, and a car that kills... Christine... Hmmmmm.....

I started driving in 1978 for a Wholesale Grocery Company in Richmond CA. They still had tractors from the 60's in use, I learned how to drive on a 1962 International Conventional w/a 5x3. In 1980 my daily tractor was a 1969 PETERBUILT 281 w/a 4x4. The newer trucks had FULLER Roadranger 13's & Eaton 10's but us low Seniority drivers drove the old equipment....I miss that Old PETE.....

Great video! I drove a 74 with a 903 for a short time. Torque monster engine with a sound all it's own!

Reminds me of my army days love that dirty heavy agricultural engine sound 😊⛓⚙️🛠

Wow, I love it. The sound of that Cummins is absolute music, gives me chills! You are an excellent driver, you work those twin sticks perfectly. Take care.

Don't know why, but I find this type of range change cool. Always like watching someone use a twin stick setup

wow that cummins sounds great

VTA903 is still being made by Cummins for the military.

@barrydevane7969

3 жыл бұрын

Wow ! That engine is an icon

@stevenowen4150

3 жыл бұрын

Iv got a VT 903 in my cabover Kenny. Went pretty good but i sure as hell wouldnt say it was a torque monster. Very much the same power characteristics of a 8V71 GM, but ya GOTTA KEEP EM SPINNING OVER 2000 rpm otherwise power drops like a brick. Theyre happy at 2400 but even then ya gotta drop gears when ya hit a hill. They are a flat lander motor, crossing long flat stretches at high speed. Eg Australia, Perth to Melbourne. They have a habit of spinning the rear main bearing, or if over reved, throwing a rod outta bed. I found out the hard way. Cruising along at 2500 and oil pressure at 75, normal, the ten seconds later looked again and oil pressure had dropped to 20 psi. Shut her off straight away and pulled over. Temp was 75. Not hot at all and everything else was perfect. No noises or anything out of order. Waited fifteen minutes after checking everything on the motor, turbo lines etc, hopped back in, started first flip and oil pressure immediately shot to ninety then dropped to 75 and then down to 50 . Normal at idle speed. Took off again very easily and all was normal then after about two minutes it dropped to twenty again. About a mile from home a slight hill came up so i nursed it up that at 1500 and as i was pulling up the drive, I got a whiff of something i hadnt smelt before out of her. I hpped out with her still idling at 900 rpm and there was steam coming out of the two breathers. The engine temp was exactly normal, the Horton fan hadnt even clicked into gear. Turned out to be a very expensive smell. Spun the rear main bearing and it was dropping bits of red hot metal into the oil pan, hense the smell. Burgered the crank and the whole block. New motor needed. I would’ve gone to a 855 or N14 but they are longer and because its a tipper its got a very solid cross member where the ram sits and there just aint the room for it by about 12 inches.

@wrasyaanderson2149

10 ай бұрын

the bradleys have them in the army im a driver for one now

THIS IS PURE POWER!!!!

God i love that ol V8 cummins!!!

Awesome engine sound

The Triple Nickel 555 Cummins V8. Unmistakable Sound

thats awesome. 66 was a great year.

the auxiliary is not overdrive so it shifts standard pattern, if you watch my 1948 kenworth video you will see the 1-4 against the dash pattern like your talking about and it is overdrive

Just like in Duel, you never see the driver's face. Nice sounding truck.

Great video! Good job on the shifting especially the 4 reverse gear's. Liked.

My family has a 1965 peterbuilt 4 and 4 with a 335 Cummins Engine really good truck

No syncros... the gears are so close ratio that if you double clutch you will have to rev the engine back up to match drive train speed, a simple tap of the clutch lets it fall right in gear with no clashing. If you were to hold the clutch too long it would not mesh and clash.

@MyFabian94

9 жыл бұрын

+Matthew Jones How do you shift the ranges? Are they Synchro? If you shift the main box into neutral you have no control over the Range Box, or do you? Is the Main Box first after clutch or does the range come first?

@matthewjones8620

9 жыл бұрын

+MyFabian94 shift auxiliary 1-4, bring auxiliary to neutral, bring main from 1st tobneutral, pause, shift main into 2nd then rev up engine to match driveline speed and shift auxiliary to 2nd because 1st in the auxiliary would now be redundant. 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4

@ja7175

5 жыл бұрын

@@matthewjones8620 can you jump gears/float up or down any?

@matthewjones8620

5 жыл бұрын

@@ja7175 video was filmed over 10 years ago, I was just learning how to drive twin sticks, I now shift without the clutch and yes you can skip gears. Thanks for watching

I love the "rawness" of this truck....great sound, steering a million turns lock to lock.....I'd take it over a new tractor any day .

@tommyw.9424

6 жыл бұрын

Joe R hah have fun with the 555. About every other motor of the era would be better.

Sounds brilliant

Well its actually a 13 speed because you put main in 1st and auxiliary in 1st then shift 1-4 in auxiliary and then 2nd main and 2nd auxiliary then 2-4 in auxiliary and then 3rd main 2nd auxiliary then 2-4 auxiliary and then 4th main 2nd auxiliary and 2-4 in auxiliary because 1st auxiliary is a lo lo gear and is redundant after you go to 2nd in the main. If that makes sense

@williamh.jarvis6795

2 жыл бұрын

Myself, I would need to reread this a few more times!

One of the most distinktive sounding Cummins I have heard!

@garthks

6 жыл бұрын

This is true, they did have a sound all their own, much like an very large V8 Gasoline Engine on Steroids, lol

shifts 8 times and is going 15 hahah would love to drive a twin stick sometime

Shifting gears while backing up... I used to do that with a 5x4... right on!

@matthewjones8620

4 жыл бұрын

That video is 15 years old already, I was 20 and just learning to shift twin sticks with no teacher, I do alot better now with more finesse

That was badass. I'd love to see that girl run free on the highway!

Awesome - love the sound of that Pressure Time injection. We had some of these V555's in UK in Fords. A lot of gear changing - bit like a 2-stroke, I daresay due to torque characteristics of an oversquare engine. Love a ride in this!

@littledeel

6 жыл бұрын

Tony Griffin in THE uk. It’s an object noun. The English should use better English.

The Duel truck!

yeah I started on a 20 speed 5×4 in an old V8 3408 (450 Cat) Peterbilt old school

Nice truck. Sound good but I wanted to hear some jake brakes

Plymouth Valiant owners stay away. (I realise this truck is newer, but being UK and not having seen many, it still reminds me of the Duel one!)

this reminds me of the movie duel.

beautiful

Looks like he got a good workout:)

back it four shift rev lol I love it ol school let's see more thanks

God DAYUM that Cummins sounds mean! :D

Actually drives pretty good for its age considering it has manual steering

Thats excatly what it sounds like lol and a 6.9 idi

Cool Road Test

awesome.

Man she sounds good!

@matthewjones8620

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks that video was recorded over 10 years ago.

" Boy does that sound good 👍👍🇺🇸 "

Nice >>>.thanks for sharing it....nonturbo...wow....did it have a jake break... would love to hear it sometime if it has one... :)

Cool sound

@matthewjones8620

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Is it just me or does the steering column appear to be moving?

I love the Sound of that Triple Nickel Cummins Engine. They sound like an overgrown Gasoline Powered V8 on Steroids.

@matthewjones8620

6 жыл бұрын

garthks Thanks for watching!

@garthks

6 жыл бұрын

Welcome... I used to drive a 1974 Dodge 900 Series Pumper for a small Volunteer Fire Dept in Upstate NY, and it had the 555 Cummins Non Turbo Engine in it, with a 5 Speed Transmission, and a 2 Speed Rear Axle. It carried 1,000 gallons of Water, and could pump 1200 gallons of water per minute.

The only v-8 Commins that I know about were the 903's I never knew one that would RUN but have always heard of some that would, this was in the 70's..

@danapicray9040

4 жыл бұрын

vern linkletter we called a nine oh nothing

ih you are a good trucker float the gears

So for a 1966, how does it feel to drive ? Is the steering and shifter loose or still tight ?

better save that clutch for when u need it!

Sounds like a crossplane crankshaft. Or is it?

Is this like a fully manual "powershift" gearbox?

Why 2 gear sticks? Is it split transmission?

is it syncroed? you are not double clutching nor floating?

wow super

wheres the soundtrack to duel when you need it

you don't see too many OTR drivers run them old dinosaurs like that

@richardcates2176

7 жыл бұрын

love the fine art 2 stick shifting.

É que nunca viu um brasileiro tocando um FENEME.! FNM

do you still have this truck?

cool!

that is sweet

fantastico.

Synchro?

when you say 4 an 4 trans, would this effectively be 1 trans behind the other? do they run any sort of over run coupler or clutch between them? as your back box will effectively be still driving the back gearboxs input shaft as you shift the front. Reason I ask is I'm building a 4x4 landrover with twin gearboxs to get an effective crawl ratio

@michaelwilson5851

5 жыл бұрын

Two transmissions bolted to one another. No clutch between them. Just a couple for output to input shaft. Popular off road dual setups run SM420 or SM465 for an effective 4x4 setup. But, for a crawler, it would be dual transfer cases instead of dual transmission. This setup is because the older diesels can't make anywhere near as much low end torque as modern diesels, but the trailer weights and gross weights haven't changed in almost a century. The more gears you have, the easier it is to stay in your power band.

Truck is fucking rad those 555s didn't make power for shit but they shure sounded cool

@garthks

6 жыл бұрын

The 555 was actually a fairly decent engine for Cummins in terms of power, and torque, and not bad in the Top end Dept. either in terms of decent Speed if set up with the right Transmission, and Rear Axle Gearing, and had the right person behind the wheel to make them talk, and get on down the road.

1:45 wholly shit !!! The truck ate that mini truck

can you do another driving video like this but with a better view of your clutching

Are you working this truck or just restoring?

Plz say that tractor is on the way to your shop for complete resto and custom build cause damn it would be so trick

bradleys have vt903s in the army im a driver for one now man there a smoke stack😂

Am I seeing things or is he shifting the auxiliary out of order? Looks to me like he's shifting 1-2-4-3. All of the shift patterns I've seen show 1 and 4 against the dash.

top

What is the lever facing horizontally in front of the sticks?

@matthewjones8620

7 жыл бұрын

Alex Bassett trailer brake hand valve to apply just the trailer brakes and not the tractor

@Headshot51423

7 жыл бұрын

Matthew Jones Okay thanks! In the movie Duel they use the same truck and right before it goes over the cliff he pulls that lever and always wondered what it did

very nice i will love to buy it if you will sell it how much

what is his max speed?

i love old trucks, but it must have bin a hell for the drivers who drove them back in the day, because there's no sign of any luxury, and the interior looks like a iron toolbox, and i gues that it doesn't have a/c, so imagine how the drivers must have alot of sweat left in that seat, and sure the engine sounds great, but when you would have to drive in that 60 hours a week for a living, i can imagine that you would get hearing problems.

@jodyng85

9 жыл бұрын

60hrs would've been nice. The few times it happened it was nice! Try more like 100-140hrs/wk much of the time, more some, & lots of 80-100hrs. That's mostly seat time. A little of it was loading/unloading. The rest of the week was used for repairs, servicing, & then rest- if any time was left. Sleep & rest always comes in as least important.

@Workhorse.est.1997

9 жыл бұрын

3DPeter trucking is not a luxurious job. You have to like the lifestyle of the job and back then guys didn't care that the trucks were that way because they loved the lifestyle of the job, they were truckin thats all that mattered to them. Today, you have trucks that have too much luxury and unnecessary features. You also have guys that are disgustingly overweight that find it acceptable to wear flip flops and gym shorts on the job. You just dont do that. the bottom line is, back in the day, drivers trucked because they liked the life style and they didnt mind the primitive design and they didnt do it because it was just another way to make money

@3DPeter

9 жыл бұрын

Daniel Miller i never said that it was a luxury job but that it must have bin a hell. I drove a similar old truck in the 80's, and i was fun for a few hours a day, but not for a living.

@Workhorse.est.1997

9 жыл бұрын

well some people dont mind that atmosphere and some do its a matter of preference i guess

I'll bet that he pissed-off every neighbor, to no-end . ..... ..lol

sounds like an old gas big block espically it not being a turbo...different too watch but pretty sick tho.

как на таком ездить можно?

ma chi è che guida?

What of u forget what gear ur in lol??

sounds like en 7.3 idi :D

I didn't know Pete used the 555. Sure it's not the 903?

@matthewjones8620

7 жыл бұрын

Tom Christman no it definitely aint a 903

Duel baby :)

@brucewerner3459

8 жыл бұрын

+Darin Wissbaum This truck is 11 years newer than DUEL, it's a V-8 Cummins here as opposed to a 1674 Cat that DUEL had, this one is a 2 sticker and DUEL had a 13 speed in it. Not a lot of similarities other than both were Pete's.

@dwissba68

8 жыл бұрын

+Bruce Werner Cool...thanks

@sydneycbr6466

8 жыл бұрын

+Bruce Werner Actually there were 3 trucks used in Duel and one that was purchased for it but never used, the first two for the original TV film and the second two for the filming of additional scenes for the theatrical release. The one used for the additional scenes was a 351 and from the 70s, not a 66 like the original 281 that was destroyed. Also I'm not sure if they meant all of them or just that 351 but the later one or maybe both were modified and fitted with twin-turbo cummins V8s so they had enough power for higher speeds.

@brucewerner3459

8 жыл бұрын

+SydneyCBR6 Some of your story is a bit flawed. The original main truck for the TV production, was a 1955 model, not a 66. It had the 2 piano hinges down the hood--not just one. I worked for Dan Jackson, the owner of the truck, and I drove that truck right up to the day it was picked up at our yard by Universal TV to make the movie. It had a model 1674 Cat engine, 245 horsepower, and Dan had put in a new 13 speed Fuller Transmission well before the movie was made. Part of the purchase price of that truck (7,000.00 as I remember) was that Dan Jackson would retain back the salvage after the big smash up wreck at the end when she went over the cliff. All that junk came back to our yard on a flat bed, and that motor--the Cat, was on board. No V-8 was ever in that truck, and the sound of the exhaust in the movie was exactly the sound that truck made. True story. Many countless Union 76 drivers still alive drove that truck part time for Jackson, and could verify my story.

@panhead55

7 жыл бұрын

Hi Bruce. Great insight on the old Peterbilt. Did you guys know the truck driver, Carey Loftin? What did Dan Jackson end up doing with the wrecked truck? Thanks!

555 cummins?

@matthewjones8620

6 жыл бұрын

theblackmech yes

Good ol 90-nothing....stout running 318 give a n/a 903 fits....

Miyagi.

Is this a 281?

@matthewjones8620

Жыл бұрын

Yes

У нас так на ПАЗике переключают!

Twin sticks... talk about driver safty.. rough. Grab the wheels... hell i cant im shiftin twin sticks....

@matthewjones8620

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

@DAMEBRAMAGE

5 жыл бұрын

Matthew Jones anytime, i like to hear the diesel scream an the short shift frantic throws! Im in no way being anything but showin respect an love! I wish i had a old detroit to scream around still what im currenrly after!

@matthewjones8620

5 жыл бұрын

@@DAMEBRAMAGE that was filmed over 10 years ago, 1st twin stick I ever owned. I have a recent video uploaded of a mack with a 5 and 4 quadraplex

The biggest Cummins V8 diesel in 1966 was the V8-265 displacing 785 cubic inches. The 903 was not out until 1969 (1970 model year), while the small 555 (aka "Triple Nickel") wouldn't come out until another three years later (1972; 1973 model).

@matthewjones8620

6 жыл бұрын

ClassicTVMan1981X thanks for the info, that video is from 10 years ago, wow time flys, I was 21 yeard old

@ClassicTVMan1981X

6 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

Nice V-7.

Sounds like a Camaro

not is easy ! i am truck driver in BRAZIL the roads is terrible and payment not is good !

@ThatOneSniper

5 жыл бұрын

I did it in Australia with a special Kenworth built for the military. It had a big old cummins V8 and honestly in Australia it's pretty rough.

thats one big nose on that Peterbilt...

Hey Matt like your truck!! Check mine out, 1979 Freightliner with VT903 hauling John Deere backhoe Thanks, Gary

Sound like scania R530 v8