What I like about old trucks

Agreed, I do everything to my truck also. I like talking about this topic bad thing is everytime it comes up someone always gets butt hurt about it.

 

I have a question for you though. In the olden days, did drivers pee all over the truckstops like they do now? That is what keeps me from getting under the truck for a pretrip.

 

I think that's been around forever.

 

I do it at home, with the grill going and cold beer.

 

Same here. I have a nice big concrete drive and can spend as much time as the truck requires to take care of it.

 

I agree. But then, the pc you are using on the internet is not a simple thing. So there are trade offs.

Back in the old days, the trucks that we rolled under to adjust the brakes, also had crappy head lighting. Crappy heaters and defrosters. Were noisy and had spring or rubber pad suspension. But you could weld in it when you needed to. You could usually get it going along side the road with nothing buy a basic set of tools and some duct tape and baling wire. And,............are you ready for this?..............you could test all electrical with nothing more than a test light.

However today, we have quiet cabs. Air ride suspension. Climate control. Intermittent electric wipers that actually have washers that work. Head light systems that make night driving in cloudy, rain filled, pitch black nights a breeze.

trade offs.

 

Not to mention old trucks take a heck of a long time and many many miles before they give up and die ...

 

that's been going on since people have had peckers,