Old days of trucking vs. New days?

Yep.

 

You are confusing auto vacuum wipers with air wipers, different animal all together, but yea those sucked. lol

 

I had mixed feelings with cummins big cam series and original.

Let's see the 350's from say Gettysburg to Harrisburg was useless. Every time you managed to get to 55 in those days you hit a little grade and down three gears you go, after having wound out in each one.

Some of the 400's were overweight and failed to perform. One in a 87 COE with DM Bowman in about mid 90's pulled Townhill grade for Breezewood at 80000 flatbed at 19 mph when it's 50 or colder outside. The newer Mack day cab CH or CL model with the 350 that replaced it ran the exact same Fishertown loading up that same hill at 45. Made a world of difference in time. But I did love that one old 400. It was very reliable. After the first 15 miles day in and day out the gauges were in agreement, just so exactly as it was yesterday and will be tomorrow UNLESS something is broken.

 

400 was over weight, what does that mean?
It depended on cpl how well a stock tuned 350 or 400 pulled, but they can be worked on and made to pull with most modern stock engines, not even a lot of difference in fuel mileage.
If a guy tried to let the computer drive them he could toast the engine before he gets out of sight, no steering wheel holders in mechanical engines. lol

 

Some of the old trucks I drove were triple digit trucks, no counting the stripes or 60 second mile markers. lol
The old song hot rod lincoln was more in line.

My first car was the only one I had vacuum wipers on, I would love to have it now. It was a factory 2 stick car, console with 2 chrome shifters, I have never seen another one like it except on the internet.

 

This thread is going just like an Old Corps vs New Corps on military forums

 

Old Corps here. Relative Chosin Lt Retired Korea and spouse Sgt in the 80's onwards. Back when women were a little difficult then. Im just a pooch. Nothing to it but a lot of yap.

 

Yeah. One of the better threads by a new comer, I'd imagine.

 

Actually the only thing on that list I have / use is a cell phone, and I have threatened to heave it out the window. lol