What is the oldest...

Just after college I drove a '68 R model pulling a Rogers Croucher. the 'backup' tractor was an old 1947 white gas job! Two sticks a 5 and a 3....single axle.

I'd shut it off in gear and pop off the gooseneck to deck emergency airline to set the trailer parking brakes...

 

I've pulled some early 70's brenner tanks before with spring ride only suspensions. pulled pretty nice

 

One of the first trucks i drove was about a 1972 model BrockWay Cab over.
No AC,no radio and no air ride.The bunk was just wide enough to lay on your side in.
I then got a cab over Marmon,Dang good old truck and pulled like a beast.
My first hood was a long nose KW.I thought i was in the big time then...lol!

These trucks today are more like driving a big car....no comparison to the old days.

Man,These were the days...cool video,

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A 1962 B model Mack, converted to a dump truck, with a 9 speed duplex{2 sticks}.

In the late 80's while working for CLTL I got on a dedicated run from Columbus Oh to Sacramento Calif that required a dedicated dry bulk trailer. The trailer was a 1968 Butler, 1500 cu ft air can. That trailer made 3 turns sometimes 4, each month for 2 years and never got an equipment violation. It was the proud owner of a California CVSA inspection sticker.

Also pulled a few of those mid to late 70's Freuhauf's that had those govt mandated, misguided attempt at what was supposed to be anti lock brakes. Any load over 35,000 lbs and a hill over 3 miles @ 5% grade was a guaranteed brake smoker if you didn't have a Jake.

 

I would love to even ride in a classic Pete like that, much less drive one! But as far as you guys talkin about driving trucks with gas engines, really wouldn't care to experience that, sure couldn't of pulled much weight very fast compared to a diesel!

 

when i started driving a mixer they put me in an 82 r model mack with a twin stick.
52 mph top speed , empty or loaded with 8 yards

 

The first truck I drove was an '87 Mack Superliner. Bit rough around the edges, but a good truck. Lately I have been helping out a neighbor hauling hay. He has an '80 Pete cabover. First cabover I've driven. Better pay attention when getting out. That first step is a doozy.

 

lol! drove a 78 international 5/2 gas engine with drum brakes and a fan mounted on the dash for ac hah! thru the twin cities always slipped out of high gear aka the death machine.

 

I started in '72 and drove trucks from a '58 pete to a '65 FL...

When I was with UPS in the late 80's I regularly pulled a set of pups to Chicago... a '64 in the lead and a '57 at the tail end... both 12' high for those low underpasses in the Windy...

New trucks were a real luxury back then.... fleets usually kept their equipment for 10 years or more... UPS would dismantle their old feeders (road tractors) and put 'em in the recycling dumpsters.

 

66 Ford cabover with a 351 gas engine converted to propane. I do miss that truck, I sold it to buy a 1980 Chevy C60 to tow the cars with. Krooser, they keep trucks a hell of a lot longer than that now at UPS, I seen a old Mack cabover the other day in the lineup. Spaeking of old straight trucks, I had a 1979 as of two years ago. UPS doesn't like to buy new trucks.