where have all the cabovers gone...

CAB OVERS= When Men where MEN & Trucking was TRUCKIN'

 

Right beside where my mom works theres a movie company with a whole bunch of Cabover trucks just sitting there. I did not get a chance to check them all out as i spent all my time there looking at one really nice old "White Freightliner" Not sure which year but im guessing maybe mid 70's or earlier?. It was white in Color and had maybe a 30 inch bed behind the drivers seat and it had windows around the whole thing. IM guessing that was an owner option back then.


As for the argosy. I think they look really good. But thats JMO. Theres a guy at my uncles company who owns two (I think he may own a third one as well) straight truck argosy's. Nice paint jobs and i remember how amazed i was seeing the steps come out the first time.

 

anybody that pines for a cabover didn't spend several years laying down on yer back and throwing you legs in the air to get yer pants on every morning.

I hope all the coe's are in hades where they belong

 

i was driving a flatop for a few weeks,

THE WORST

i yearned for my double bunk back

i dont know how guys can do it these days, but many love it

 

I spent a couple years with this one....


The new kws look neat ..... Maybe I'm loosing my mind...!

 

I can still hear the change in my pocket falling down behind the matress.

 

The company who runs a lot of the asphalt distributor trucks out here uses mostly long wheelbase Cabovers to mount their tank and spray bars on. Most are Bearcat's. When I get hired to go chip sealing we do a lot of subdivisions with tight radiuses, culdesack circles, etc, and the distributor truck drivers seem to have a lot easier time getting around in tight quarters than when a hooded truck shows up (1 day in my 3 years chipping).

 

ive got 1 here in my yard now ..belongs to my brother in law international 315 cummins..ill get a pic of it tom. to post nice running little truck

 

The owner of the company I'm leased to has 3 or 4 cabovers as company trucks and usually drives one himself. All of them are Petes and KWs. He has 3 or 4 more project cabovers sitting out back waiting to be redone. He even has a 4 door freightliner cabover. A few weeks ago I drove one of the KWs for the first time to haul my truck home. It took a little bit to get use to the seating position compared to my truck.