Whether intentional or incompetent, certainly the case here. Knudsen and cohorts destroyed White Motor with idiotic decisions that were designed to fail.
I own the WHITE Construcktor as seen in my profile pic. CUMMINS 290, tandem, just a shade over 100,000 miles on her and runs like a champ down the highway. 70 mph on the Interstate with no problem. I love this old gurl ~
Had a ‘70 9000 in the 80s. Stretched it to mount a 3000 gal tank then mounted a dump and finally a flat bed. It’s still owned locally by a farmer. I think they used the same cabs on trucks badged differently for years.
These videos really hit a ‘ nice spot” while I’m eating dinner and avoiding “the news of the day”...just interesting history of trucks...Thank you, Jack’s and team for creating and posting. TJ
The first trucks my father ever carried us in for a ride a long was the White 4000 trucks. They seemed very large to my brother and I when we where 5 years old. When I started driving in the 80s I parked my W900 next to a 4000 and realize how much bigger the newer truck was at the time.
Back in the early ninties, I drove for a company that had a 1978 White Road Boss with a 318 Detroit and a straight pipe. It was assigned to the low man on the totem pole which was me at the time. Drivers at rest stops hated my azz when I would pull in at 2 am to take a quick nap using the steering wheel as a pillow (daycab). You could hear that truck 1/2 mile away.
If White Motor hadn't been so greedy wanting truck market share (focus was International's Truck market), it might be still in business today. With purchases of Sterling, Autocar, Reo, Diamond T, & later on, GM's Euclid heavy equip division & then absorbing Oliver tractors (Cletrac), they wanted to own every corner of the market, then Volvo stepped in, & look what happened there. BTW, the cabover White 5000 was a full fiberglass built cab (prone to cracking), then came the White 7000, nicknamed the "Japanese Freightliner". Nice video!
Great video! I had the pleasure of driving a White Road Boss with a 903 Cummins for a construction company for a few years pulling a lowboy trailer. A few years later when I drove otr I drove a White Road Commander (Road Commode) with a 400 Cummins. It was the best truck ever!!
Grew up seeing most of these old trucks.🤩 Still enjoy seeing them out there at shows or on the road. Love the REO trucks! 🥰 I even have an F model REO! Thanks! 🤩
The video and information are great! But one of the most unusual White trucks was the 1940 White truck that was converted by the Zacchini family to have a cannon on its roof and traveled the country with ""Hugo: The Human Cannon Ball! It traveled for 50 years across the country and was seen on circus posters and on the cover of magazines. I was his manager so I stood next to that famous truck and made the announcement to the large crowds many times. The truck is now at the Circus Museum in Sarasota, Fl.
I used to drive a 1968 White 9000 conventional cab....I installed a radio and it lasted about 3 months before it shook apart. I had a board to lay across the seats to sleep on
President Taft’s White steam car is at the Heritage Museum and Gardens auto collection in Sandwich Massachusetts on Cape Cod. It is a beautiful car in a great collection.
I agree they should of added how white took over Oliver, Cockshutt, Minneapolis Moline ik farm equipment isn't something you would put on a truck channel but still be nice
That White model 5000 was one unique truck...it had character, but my understanding is that they had several structural problems. I’ve only seen two in real life. Probably still worth saving as part of truck history. 🧐 Love those old trucks! 🥰
Very cool video I didn't realize White had been around that long,I noticed you had a picture of Newton Transportation in the mix I worked for them back in the 80s.Mr Newton paid for my first chauffeurs licence.Thanks for your hard work Ms Maddie.
I was very curious about the White Trucks Company. Growing up in the 90's and my dad being a trucker. I remember seeing these mysterious trucks and was curious about them. Very informative and clear, thank you.
I worked for Empire White Trucks in Syracuse NY 1969 -73..Ervine Steel was the Owner. he was a good guy, His wife and children were in an air plane collision over Wisconsin, I moved on to Caterpillar.
It is a Super White bus, operated by "Egged", an Israeli transit bus company. the body was manufactured locally over a White chassis and power plant. 3:44 the White "Egged" bus seen again - destination sign on windshield: The dead sea :)
Nothing about the White Mustang? Though technically, it was a Model 4000 with the Mustang engine, it did have the nameplate on the front and was rather popular on the East Coast.
Thank you for a great video I enjoy the history of trucks. Now I have a question would you do a video on the Peterbilt 377 ? I'm a over the road truck driver and I do drive a 1996 Peterbilt 377 my home away from home. Thank you and God Bless
White's history in Australia gets even muddier, the local version of the Road Boss used more than a few parts sourced from the Kenworth W900 parts bin among other deals.
Just about ALL truck manufacturers did good during the wars. No one company could meet all the demands of the military. Kenworth, and peterbuilt were the only companies that did not make trucks for the military. That I know of. If I'm wrong please let me know
My favorite is the White road and GMC Xpeditor models with the Detroit Diesel engines like 6L71 6V71N or TA 8V71N 6V92TA and 8V92N or TA Detroit Diesel series 50 Cummins engines like L10 and 8 3 liter models and Caterpillar 3400 series engines
.........Bunkie Knudsen's named pronounced "Nude-sun", not "Nudd-sun".........could have been overlooked if you hadn't mentioned it several times.......
Corporate mismanagement seems to be the most common cause of companies failing.... great vid.
Whether intentional or incompetent, certainly the case here. Knudsen and cohorts destroyed White Motor with idiotic decisions that were designed to fail.
I own the WHITE Construcktor as seen in my profile pic. CUMMINS 290, tandem, just a shade over 100,000 miles on her and runs like a champ down the highway. 70 mph on the Interstate with no problem. I love this old gurl ~
Had a ‘70 9000 in the 80s. Stretched it to mount a 3000 gal tank then mounted a dump and finally a flat bed. It’s still owned locally by a farmer. I think they used the same cabs on trucks badged differently for years.
These videos really hit a ‘ nice spot” while I’m eating dinner and avoiding “the news of the day”...just interesting history of trucks...Thank you, Jack’s and team for creating and posting. TJ
The first trucks my father ever carried us in for a ride a long was the White 4000 trucks. They seemed very large to my brother and I when we where 5 years old. When I started driving in the 80s I parked my W900 next to a 4000 and realize how much bigger the newer truck was at the time.
Well done! From sewing machines to big rigs...interesting history for sure.
I died from boredom
My GrandPa started his 1st job at White in `17 then got drafted & lost his job... went on to work for Standard Oil for 54 yrs.
These heavy truck companies certainly have complicated histories!!
My Grandfather Matty Wright worked for White Motors in NJ back in the day.
Back in the early ninties, I drove for a company that had a 1978 White Road Boss with a 318 Detroit and a straight pipe. It was assigned to the low man on the totem pole which was me at the time. Drivers at rest stops hated my azz when I would pull in at 2 am to take a quick nap using the steering wheel as a pillow (daycab). You could hear that truck 1/2 mile away.
Im very impressed in the archival photos . Must of been a lot of work. Bravo ! ...
If White Motor hadn't been so greedy wanting truck market share (focus was International's Truck market), it might be still in business today. With purchases of Sterling, Autocar, Reo, Diamond T, & later on, GM's Euclid heavy equip division & then absorbing Oliver tractors (Cletrac), they wanted to own every corner of the market, then Volvo stepped in, & look what happened there. BTW, the cabover White 5000 was a full fiberglass built cab (prone to cracking), then came the White 7000, nicknamed the "Japanese Freightliner". Nice video!
Great video! I had the pleasure of driving a White Road Boss with a 903 Cummins for a construction company for a few years pulling a lowboy trailer. A few years later when I drove otr I drove a White Road Commander (Road Commode) with a 400 Cummins. It was the best truck ever!!
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I have a 1988 white Volvo awesome old truck
I always liked those 3000 series trucks. You could see them into the sixties as garbage trucks.
Grew up seeing most of these old trucks.🤩 Still enjoy seeing them out there at shows or on the road. Love the REO trucks! 🥰 I even have an F model REO! Thanks! 🤩
This is the firm that Destroyed Oliver Farm Equipment.
Great stuff! Keep up the good work and thank you very much for the fun history.
You guys bringing us a lot of information thank you very much.
The video and information are great! But one of the most unusual White trucks was the 1940 White truck that was converted by the Zacchini family to have a cannon on its roof and traveled the country with ""Hugo: The Human Cannon Ball! It traveled for 50 years across the country and was seen on circus posters and on the cover of magazines. I was his manager so I stood next to that famous truck and made the announcement to the large crowds many times. The truck is now at the Circus Museum in Sarasota, Fl.
saw it just a few years ago at the museum ! The Ringling mansion right next to the museum is a MUST to see as well ~
Thanks for sharing. Awesome video.👍👍👍
I am waiting history of Brockway, Marmon, Autocar, Daimon T, Reo, Daimon Reo,Pacific, Canadian Scott and Hayes 🙂
You must be a big rigs nerd#!!!
I play snowrunner. One of my trucks is a white-western star. I ironically named it walter.
I used to drive a 1968 White 9000 conventional cab....I installed a radio and it lasted about 3 months before it shook apart. I had a board to lay across the seats to sleep on
A big part of American history👍
President Taft’s White steam car is at the Heritage Museum and Gardens auto collection in Sandwich Massachusetts on Cape Cod. It is a beautiful car in a great collection.
drove white cab over straight jobs, semi white mustang & 4000. tough, noisy, but well built.
Kinda neat to hear the history of the company & the other companies that it took over. Stay safe.
I agree they should of added how white took over Oliver, Cockshutt, Minneapolis Moline ik farm equipment isn't something you would put on a truck channel but still be nice
That White model 5000 was one unique truck...it had character, but my understanding is that they had several structural problems. I’ve only seen two in real life. Probably still worth saving as part of truck history. 🧐 Love those old trucks! 🥰
Very cool video I didn't realize White had been around that long,I noticed you had a picture of Newton Transportation in the mix I worked for them back in the 80s.Mr Newton paid for my first chauffeurs licence.Thanks for your hard work Ms Maddie.
"""I just passed a Jimmy and a white
,,I been passing everything in..... sight ,,,,, six days on the road"""🚛
WHITE... so that's where the meaning of that word in the song came from! I always found myself thinking... white what!! Thanks...
@@chickey333 yes,,, and a jimmy was a GMC semi trucks back in the days!!
Fun fact, they made tractors after the combination of Oliver, Minneapolis moline, and Cockshutt.
I was very curious about the White Trucks Company. Growing up in the 90's and my dad being a trucker. I remember seeing these mysterious trucks and was curious about them. Very informative and clear, thank you.
I remember seeing the tilt cab Whites when I was a kid.
Sweet vid. Could you do diamond reo marmon and brockway? I would love that
All great trucks
Sorry to here about your departure in the business. Wish I could of met yall. Thank you for documenting what you have.
That was a very interesting documentation!
Thank you for sharing!
Greetings to all from Hellas Europa!
I worked for Empire White Trucks in Syracuse NY 1969 -73..Ervine Steel was the Owner.
he was a good guy, His wife and children were in an air plane collision over Wisconsin,
I moved on to Caterpillar.
We had an old single axle day cab. Cat and 10 speed. We worked the hell out of that little truck.
GREAT WHITE STORY, LIKE TO SEE, AND I, SUBSCRIBE. LOVE TO SEE THIS HOLD STORY. GREETINGS FROM PORTUGAL🌞🌞🌻🌞🌞TANKS TO SHARE🚚🚛🚚
Loved it, I saw the truck I grew up in, a 66 9000.
At 3:10 did anyone else notice the bus was about to run over the retaining wall?
It is a Super White bus, operated by "Egged", an Israeli transit bus company. the body was manufactured locally over a White chassis and power plant. 3:44 the White "Egged" bus seen again - destination sign on windshield: The dead sea :)
Israel huh, I was looking at old Cleveland streets
Great video!
Great content!! Ty guys!!
Drove the Volvo White COE's and liked them very much.
The White road Xpeditor 1 and 2 are special to me
Nothing about the White Mustang? Though technically, it was a Model 4000 with the Mustang engine, it did have the nameplate on the front and was rather popular on the East Coast.
or the WHITE Horse
White company was the General Motors of trucks.
Tommy and Boyd carlylie owned Apache transport out of lawerenceville ga my uncle was leased on with them back on the late 80s
How about a video about the history of some of the hood ornaments like the brockway husky the autocar flying a Hayes polar bear ect.
Your right they should do that...
I had a Whit GMC Volvo 1988
Hi thanks for the video. What about making some videos about Soviet trucks ? Thanks in advance
Try driving an old White truck!! Everything after that would feel like a Rolls Royce!!
Thec1 white and red western star pulling a,flatbed was leased to the company I am now leased to.
A&P Transportation, Marlborough Mass at 10:04
Tanks 🙏
The town I live in has a White/GMC truck for a fire tanker. I believe it is a ‘85 WIM64T
Need to add the buy out of Oliver farm equipment
Thank you for a great video I enjoy the history of trucks. Now I have a question would you do a video on the Peterbilt 377 ? I'm a over the road truck driver and I do drive a 1996 Peterbilt 377 my home away from home. Thank you and God Bless
Keep the shiny side up and thank you for driving.
@@jasonm1713 your welcome
Spent a lot of time in road boss 2 still have a bunch of nos parts
White's history in Australia gets even muddier, the local version of the Road Boss used more than a few parts sourced from the Kenworth W900 parts bin among other deals.
Muddier, been awhile mate but I`d be interested in knowing... My GrandPa was a White man in Cleveland
@11:23 the cabover has drive tires on the steer or some type of lug tire.
The company name would be considered offensive in today's pc culture
Do autocrat next!!
Autocar
Kool thx
My father would buy nothing but White trucks for his business for 10 years after the war. Slow, but rugged.
I liked the 65 66 67 to 70 71 72 too cabovers sleepers too 350 Cummins too twinscrews too kh
9:21......Road WHAT?.......Xpiditor. Just like it looks.
I want All Truck Brand that Named here in American Truck Simulator!
I would like to see the history of Scott Trucks
What about the White-Mustang?
Too bad White didn't use their steam technology in their trucks
Saw Jay Leno's White steam cars on his channel.
Just about ALL truck manufacturers did good during the wars. No one company could meet all the demands of the military.
Kenworth, and peterbuilt were the only companies that did not make trucks for the military. That I know of.
If I'm wrong please let me know
Maddie has the best, most unique voice . She could read the dictionary and make it engaging
Why is the channel named after Jack? I only ever hear you
Suppose they could of added the purchase of Oliver ,Minneapolis Moline ,Cockshutt since White's truck division was doing shitty in the 60s
I initially read the title as "The History of White Truckers". I must mis my pop's.
white made a 12 cylinder engine in the 30's? i cant find any info on this
I drive 1995 white gmc rise roof sleep truck
My favorite is the White road and GMC Xpeditor models with the Detroit Diesel engines like 6L71 6V71N or TA 8V71N 6V92TA and 8V92N or TA Detroit Diesel series 50 Cummins engines like L10 and 8 3 liter models and Caterpillar 3400 series engines
Do autocar diesil
Like buying all these companies lol
Autocar trucks were well made heavy Duty trucks
My Late Dad Robert had a 1966 Autocar they were made by white trucks
Hut hut nutson
Walter white??????? Lmao
Walther white was Killed in a Truck Crash i didnt finished Breaking Bad and i hate spoilers
.........Bunkie Knudsen's named pronounced "Nude-sun", not "Nudd-sun".........could have been overlooked if you hadn't mentioned it several times.......
If you found it so offensive you could have stopped watching the video.
@@gregw8232 dig his slanky mouth prop
So White had a CEO named Black Interesting!
Very confusing.
Is there a history on Black Trucks
Get it?
Barf
@@gullreefclub both of you need a hobby
No more White trucks ...
seems rscist to me
Lol
Kinda interesting that a guy named Black ran the White Motor Company