Does anyone Daily drive a K100e anymore?

Here in the western edge of ‘The Hill Country’ of Texas, there is a couple of cabovers that run local everyday pulling belly dump trailers. One I know is a Pete, the other looks to be a K100, flat roof.

 

@Phantom307 I think it would be so cool to drive a K100E Aerodyne as a daily driver. My all time fav.

 

Buddy of mine runs a freightliner Cabover with an n14 swapped in, usually 4ish on the quarter

 

East coast to Denver and back with a reefer, idling, ~70 mph, aerodynamics of a brick…

60 mph head winds through Nebraska will drop a tank down into the upper 3s

 

Why would I drive that when I have a nice Cascadia that is like driving a Mercedes Benz with a Manual Transmission...

 

I run out of Nebraska and do most my miles in Nebraska in a Flat top Cat powered W900L pulling a reefer and I'm usually at 6 on the quarter. I only run 62-65, but still 4 is crazy. The worst I ever got was 4.8 in a quarter running 80mph everywhere I went pulling a cattle pot at 94k.

 

Most cab overs were comparable in fuel economy. 5.5-6. I’m sure a good operator could squeeze 6.5 out of one.

 

Well, I do applause your initiative, but using BJ as an example is poor, monkeys are disgusting creatures. Oh so cute in their little clown uniforms, they throw their feces at each other, and worse.
Anyway, moving on from that unpleasantness, great choice. If you have Facebook, the ads are inundated with older trucks. KW cabovers seemed to be more prevalent, because the owners loved their trucks. A IH 4070 B, not so much. Back in my time, the K100 was the top of the line, none better. 4 mpg is a bit on the lean side, most trucks then, regardless of make or engine, all got about 6 to 6.5. We called it the great fuel mileage conspiracy, and an Aerodyne will get a bit more, but a word of caution, once you drive that KWhopper, you won't want anything else.