Bottom falling out on pre-emission trucks?

You know, thinking about it is the worst part. I had a self imposed rule, to never step on a steer tire to get in a truck, and for the most part, it worked. I bet I drove 10 conventionals for every cabover. The 362 Pete I drove, we called "long nose cabovers", because they were really nice trucks, hardly an issue backing in somewhere, and comfy too. Not all though, the IH Transtar I drove was a good truck, rode awful, and I didn't care for the K100, and the less said about the Freightliner set back, the better but the Petes were nice trucks. Heck, I'd even take an Astro, they were nice trucks too.

 

Depends, anytime you cross the line to a truck that is in high demand, people have deep pockets, and this kind of misses my point. If you have a jillion bucks, want to go hobby trucking in a classic 359, by all means, there you go. The classic car hobby today is no different. I'm saying, if a person really wants to do this, and make a buck, 6 figure trucks, especially to start, is the kiss of death. There was, among others, a '87 W900, big sleeper, Cat motor,,,$42,000. Throw them $35 cash, be a quality truck and would haul the mail until you make such a success of yourself, THEN buy the $150 grand, classic Pete.

 

Sorry, I said anything without research, as usual, with automatics, I'd have to think 10/13 speeds would be in piles, like VW motors in the 70's. Regardless, I think, history will repeat itself. After deregulation, there was so much freight, ANYBODY with a truck could haul something. Many farmers threw in the towel and used their old Freightshaker to haul diapers. Don't laugh, when I had my truck( late 80's, leased to a power only RR can hauler), there were several farmers, cool guys, that did better with their old Mack hauling TP out of Green Bay,, than at the farm. As people get more and more fed up with regulations, and costs, people have already shown a lack of interest in trucking today, there will be a revolt, of sorts. And not this Canada thing, a MAJOR meltdown, right here. We already can't supply the public with goods, and it's getting worse. In the name of money, gonna have to move the freight, and I think outlaws, for lack of a better word, will again resurface, no ELD, no DEF, just a old '87 KWhopper with a big old manual Cat motor, and falling through the cracks,,again.. Maybe not to the extent of the 80's, but there will simply be no other way to get goods from the factory to the public, just like in the 70's. VIVA LA REVOLUTION,,count me in,,,,hey, who are you? Where are you taking me, HELP,,,Chinatown,,I went too far,,