For a young man nust getting started, Mac Reber provided an education which was priceless! Ol' Burrito, Kenny, and several others no longer are with us but me...Richie Sumner...Jimmie Hezer and others still out here know from whence we came...like that old iron of yesteryear we are becoming relics of a past...never to be replicated and never forgotten!! Thanks for the trip down memory lane!!
Many thanks, Russ- Knew most of those well who sat in those cabs & I miss'em all real bad. Most are gone now, but I know where to find them on the other side. If it's half as much fun there as it was here, it'll be a great place. We lived in a neighborhood 1700 miles long & 100 yards wide. It was the greatest place on earth.
I opened for Del Reeves in '72. And for a 17 year old kid that was the thrill of a lifetime. After leaving high school, I opened for Marty Robbins and many more. I'm now retired and when I hear these old tunes, I relive what was more than likely the best time of my life.
In the late '70's, I ran a '71 Pete COE car hauler with a 1693 Cat. Had a CHP call me out on the CB one night, heading east up Donner with a full load of cars. I had hollered at some other trucks that a CHP was going east. I heard on the CB, "Do you think you can get into trouble going up this hill?" I knew it was the cop, and said, "my friends can't, but I can". He backed off of it, and I took the left lane. With a 1693, easing into it was best, and I put my foot down, a bit slow but steady. I walked past him, and he asked what I had for a motor. I said, a 1693 Cat. He said, I guess I shouldn't have said anything-didn't know you had a dozer motor. In those days, I went by "PowderKeg" on the radio. Fun times.
Overdrive Magazine, remember when that was around. Mike Parkhurst I think it was. Used to like it when it had the “ Junk Fleet of the Month” in it. Fresno, Ca, used to run with some hands that drove for McWhorter Transportation The had 359 Pete’s. Usually on I-40 east of Barstow or I-5 north of Shaky. Hacksaw was one ol boy I remember seeing from time to time. This was early to mid 1980’s, great time to be on the road, come on!
I was leased to McWhorter Transportation in mid to late 80s and early 90s he was like a dad to me and taught me a lot. I'm with the company he started after he moved back east now but him and his wife passed away in 20 and 21 his brother owns the company now he is as good a person as Frank was but I sure miss Frank. I bought one of the 359s he had after he sold it to someone in 89 I think I miss that truck. I got the truck that was his personal truck I bought it from him a few months before he died, it's a 379 but I miss that 359 and the way things used to be out here
@@berrymckinley2541 Yes I remember one hand, his handle was “Whiskey Man”, the first few times we crossed paths & ran together he had one of the 359’s, then the last time I saw him was in Missouri I think, on I-44 in a small fuel stop. He was driving a KW that time so I gave him a rash of shyt about that. By the Way I was in a red 359 pulling a yellow portable parking lot all of the times I’d run across the McWhorter drivers, that’s how they’d remember us from time to time. Always bought each other coffee & so on, on the road. It was a great time back in the 80’s to be on the road & I most certainly miss it. Especially the 359’s, compared to the weird looking stuff on the road today, just my observation. And along with the different types of hands I see behind the wheel these days!
There's still an Ol hand running one of Mac's trucks pulling flatbed . He's painted and put an aerodyne on it but still has the blue and gold glitter interior ... so cool
@@andrewnorris1514 Mac Reber owned Golden California Transportation. I believe he was in Fresno California. My dad drove for him and bought one of his trucks.
i to use to drive for mac reber he was a good man to work for thanks mac miss the old days or just get it done and not all the bs alot of the old guys are gone but theres a few of us still here
Great video!! My dad worked for Mac and Bob as well. Started in #13 the needle nose Mac had (not in video) and moved on to a couple others. I still have the framed 8x10 of # 23 on the cover of Overdrive my dad got from the photographer. Someone made the perfect comment earlier... Mac provided a superior education to all of those guys... they worked their asses off. Funny I called them piggy trucks too as a kid .
My dad was driving produce in California 60ies and 70ies. Went with him summers as a teenager and drove...no cdl of course,.Some of his friends Scott Spradley and Bob Johnson were the big v12 Detroit trucks...They drove thru Nevada pretty fast.
I use to drive a 1960 KW no sleeper up to copper mines out in AZ.would take a load of Dynamite once a week then would haul Ammonia Nitrate mixed with Diesel,lime, acid.That old trcuk had no A/c no power steering.That truck was a a lot of fun to drive.
I drove for Ray Bethers in 70's. I knew Mac & Jay & a lot of their drivers. When it came to horsepower not speed there weren't a lot of trucks that could keep up with the "Rowdy Bunch"
I was with National Carriers ... Some of us had a " competition " with Monfort drivers we knew seeing who could make the fastest trip to NYC, Philly and up Northeast
Bull hauler in the 80's here. Hauled fats from Iowa to Jersey and ran the turnpike with Monfort trucks all the time. Never met a Monfort driver I didn't like, all good guys. Also, I ran 3406 Cat turned up to 475 hp with a 13 speed and I did keep up!!!!!
Yes Sir as kids we watched all the truckin T.V. Shows so that helped many to decide what to do, waiting to turn 18 years old in them days they 21 years old for the long haul O Yea BabEEeeEEee DoSSsseesSSSess
I've had that song in my music library for around 15 years. It's a good thing, I don't drive a large car. I'd likely be running triple digits when something like that plays!
That IDEAL Box Trailer is from a now defunct LTL Company and started long ago in my Home 20 of Norton Ks on US 36 between I-70 and I-80. Think he started with a late 40s Dodge , serviced points between Denver , Indie and much more throughout the good old days.
Yes and if you didn’t know what the Montfort lane was you don’t need to be on the hwy, Montfort trucks from Greeley Co were the fastest on the hwy , now that’s a real trucking company
NOTICE that most of the trucks in this video is KENWORTHS... They tried to explain it in its name WORTH. Its got worth in its name so that means its worth drivin...
For those who may be confused, conventionals were called large cars, cab overs were usually refered to as two story shit houses, most drivers prefer a conventional, a lot safer in an accident.
For a young man nust getting started, Mac Reber provided an education which was priceless! Ol' Burrito, Kenny, and several others no longer are with us but me...Richie Sumner...Jimmie Hezer and others still out here know from whence we came...like that old iron of yesteryear we are becoming relics of a past...never to be replicated and never forgotten!! Thanks for the trip down memory lane!!
Lanny (Burrito) had some good times running with him and mo
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Many thanks, Russ- Knew most of those well who sat in those cabs & I miss'em all real bad. Most are gone now, but I know where to find them on the other side. If it's half as much fun there as it was here, it'll be a great place. We lived in a neighborhood 1700 miles long & 100 yards wide. It was the greatest place on earth.
Great description . God Bless Trucker. God Bless Russell
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I opened for Del Reeves in '72.
And for a 17 year old kid that
was the thrill of a lifetime.
After leaving high school, I opened for Marty Robbins and
many more. I'm now retired and
when I hear these old tunes, I
relive what was more than likely
the best time of my life.
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Thanks for the rembers, brings a little bit tears to my eyes. Good times,
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Long hood, big horse power and tall gears thats how it should always be.
Unfortunately the good ol days of real trucking is dead and gone.
It sure is Brother and boy am I glad I had a chance to partake
It’s hard to see from long hoods
I love them old trucks I still own a 1979 A model Kenworth
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In the late '70's, I ran a '71 Pete COE car hauler with a 1693 Cat. Had a CHP call me out on the CB one night, heading east up Donner with a full load of cars.
I had hollered at some other trucks that a CHP was going east. I heard on the CB, "Do you think you can get into trouble going up this hill?" I knew it was the cop, and said, "my friends can't, but I can".
He backed off of it, and I took the left lane. With a 1693, easing into it was best, and I put my foot down, a bit slow but steady. I walked past him, and he asked what I had for a motor. I said, a 1693 Cat. He said, I guess I shouldn't have said anything-didn't know you had a dozer motor.
In those days, I went by "PowderKeg" on the radio. Fun times.
Powder Keg ..Sneaky-Snake hollerin at ya..happy trails...
That's funny
@@tonystubbe4748 you know Jack Remington?
My dad ran a coe pulled tankers for Telfer oil. Our good friend Tony ( died on Donner) ran a coe freightliner with a buzzin dozen in it.
GOOD TIMES and made a good living doing it. Too Bad what its turned into
Overdrive Magazine, remember when that was around. Mike Parkhurst I think it was. Used to like it when it had the “ Junk Fleet of the Month” in it. Fresno, Ca, used to run with some hands that drove for McWhorter Transportation The had 359 Pete’s. Usually on I-40 east of Barstow or I-5 north of Shaky. Hacksaw was one ol boy I remember seeing from time to time. This was early to mid 1980’s, great time to be on the road, come on!
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I was leased to McWhorter Transportation in mid to late 80s and early 90s he was like a dad to me and taught me a lot. I'm with the company he started after he moved back east now but him and his wife passed away in 20 and 21 his brother owns the company now he is as good a person as Frank was but I sure miss Frank. I bought one of the 359s he had after he sold it to someone in 89 I think I miss that truck. I got the truck that was his personal truck I bought it from him a few months before he died, it's a 379 but I miss that 359 and the way things used to be out here
@@berrymckinley2541 Yes I remember one hand, his handle was “Whiskey Man”, the first few times we crossed paths & ran together he had one of the 359’s, then the last time I saw him was in Missouri I think, on I-44 in a small fuel stop. He was driving a KW that time so I gave him a rash of shyt about that. By the Way I was in a red 359 pulling a yellow portable parking lot all of the times I’d run across the McWhorter drivers, that’s how they’d remember us from time to time. Always bought each other coffee & so on, on the road. It was a great time back in the 80’s to be on the road & I most certainly miss it. Especially the 359’s, compared to the weird looking stuff on the road today, just my observation. And along with the different types of hands I see behind the wheel these days!
There's still an Ol hand running one of Mac's trucks pulling flatbed . He's painted and put an aerodyne on it but still has the blue and gold glitter interior ... so cool
I've seen these ole' kenworths only in print. Who was this guy named Mac? What was the company name? What city and state where they from?
@@andrewnorris1514 Mac Reber owned Golden California Transportation. I believe he was in Fresno California. My dad drove for him and bought one of his trucks.
@@beautegt6872 Cool Lookin KW's
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14 years later, thanks for this. Had a good time watching it.
Broke down on top of cabbage in Oregon back in the late 7Os and got a ride down to Woodpecker international from a Monfort driver,many thanks
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@@franceliakarle_1 doing fine,miss the trucking industry but I would like it the way it is today,have a good day
@@johnstecz9169 awww 🥰 nice. Hope all is well with you?
1693 Cat (clank clank clank) sounded like a bucket bolts but with enormous power.
That Sound. It said yeh I got a couple extra bucks
i to use to drive for mac reber he was a good man to work for thanks mac miss the old days or just get it done and not all the bs alot of the old guys are gone but theres a few of us still here
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Great video!! My dad worked for Mac and Bob as well. Started in #13 the needle nose Mac had (not in video) and moved on to a couple others. I still have the framed 8x10 of # 23 on the cover of Overdrive my dad got from the photographer. Someone made the perfect comment earlier... Mac provided a superior education to all of those guys... they worked their asses off. Funny I called them piggy trucks too as a kid .
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Great Vid...I like looking & watching old trucking footage & pics
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Those are some beautiful trucks!
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damn,, finally someone who knows what a real truck is,,way to go kenworth fan
AMEN. Some who really knows!
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@@franceliakarle_1 iam good and you how are you
@@williampierce1000 that’s nice. I’m okay thanks for asking, hope all is well with you?
@@franceliakarle_1 so where are hou
My dad was driving produce in California 60ies and 70ies. Went with him summers as a teenager and drove...no cdl of course,.Some of his friends Scott Spradley and Bob Johnson were the big v12 Detroit trucks...They drove thru Nevada pretty fast.
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I use to drive a 1960 KW no sleeper up to copper mines out in AZ.would take a load of Dynamite once a week then would haul Ammonia Nitrate mixed with Diesel,lime, acid.That old trcuk had no A/c no power steering.That truck was a a lot of fun to drive.
10 -4. Everybody said look at the arms on that guy
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I drove for Ray Bethers in 70's. I knew Mac & Jay & a lot of their drivers. When it came to horsepower not speed there weren't a lot of trucks that could keep up with the "Rowdy Bunch"
I remember those Ray Bethers trucks, there are still a few kicking around the Vernal Utah area
Remember the Dean Rapelge trucks out of West Jordon...
My dad drove for Ray Bethers for a while.
We didn't call the left lane the Monfort lane just cause it sounded cool. If you could out run a Monfort truck then you had a bad hot rod.
I was with National Carriers ... Some of us had a " competition " with Monfort drivers we knew seeing who could make the fastest trip to NYC, Philly and up Northeast
@@jessgilley4961 did monfort win?
Sometimes Monfort did win... Beat me a time or two
Montfort had 2 drivers to deliver hunts point in 30 hours. It's kinda hard to race a good team
Bull hauler in the 80's here. Hauled fats from Iowa to Jersey and ran the turnpike with Monfort trucks all the time. Never met a Monfort driver I didn't like, all good guys. Also, I ran 3406 Cat turned up to 475 hp with a 13 speed and I did keep up!!!!!
The truck at 0:50 was the one my dad drove for Mac. He ended up buying it and changing the gold stripes to purple. I still have a picture of it.
Wheres the truck now?
It was wrecked in the 80’s after he sold it.
If you run them long enough odds are they will get wrecked
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Yes Sir as kids we watched all the truckin T.V. Shows so that helped many to decide what to do, waiting to turn 18 years old in them days they 21 years old for the long haul O Yea BabEEeeEEee DoSSsseesSSSess
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Cooool trucks. Love that pin striping on those '70's showpieces!
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This video has Awesome examples of the finest Large Cars. Russell hit a Home Run Great Song also
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Texas, Nevada, Arizona, California ......... LargeCars owned the desert highways rolling many miles through the nights.
You got that right. More than one night we have just turned them loose.
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Love the ole days the hell with Biden and Harris bring back the good ol.e days
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left lane gang my ddaddy is a truck driver he has a 1984 pete cabover and a 1997 kennworth w900l
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I've had that song in my music library for around 15 years. It's a good thing, I don't drive a large car. I'd likely be running triple digits when something like that plays!
That IDEAL Box Trailer is from a now defunct LTL Company and started long ago in my Home 20 of Norton Ks on US 36 between I-70 and I-80. Think he started with a late 40s Dodge , serviced points between Denver , Indie and much more throughout the good old days.
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There were very few, and I mean very few that were telling any Monfort truck to get out of the way
Yes and if you didn’t know what the Montfort lane was you don’t need to be on the hwy, Montfort trucks from Greeley Co were the fastest on the hwy , now that’s a real trucking company
And another trucking company that was tops were real driver came from , the original Lisa Motor Lines ,Ft Worth Texas
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I rode with Judd Naegle and I'm sure one of the trucks was his in the u tube what a great guy I miss him every day.
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I drove for Echo trucking at the time.it was also called Harrington out of Benton AZ.at the time the dispatcher was Victor
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Mate 2:11 & 2:46 what a beautiful machines,top job Russell...
God Bless Russell Spawn
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I love kenworth
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Its funny how common those old "Luberefiners" were on PACCAR's (and other trucks I'm sure) of 70's.
Filtration was lacking. Hell look at how oil has advanced
Bella colección 2020
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Left lane chain gang doing that deal. Cluck cluck out yonder and back.
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Nice classic semis
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Part of an Emeryville at 1:26. Need an Emeryville Video. Great clips thanks.
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Good song
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hell yea
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Pura chulada
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estos si son camiones de batalla no como los de ahora,que son de juguete
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NOTICE that most of the trucks in this video is KENWORTHS... They tried to explain it in its name WORTH. Its got worth in its name so that means its worth drivin...
NO QUESTION. That is why this is such a cool video
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Thanks for the trip down memory lane rest in peace fuzz Mueller I wonder if the burrito bandito is still alive if anybody knows let me know
I knew Fuzz. He was friends with my Dad. I remember Burrito also.
@@beautegt6872 were you from
Fremont Nebraska. I’m in Bellingham Washington now.
@@beautegt6872 I live in cedar bluffs I'm originally from valley
Kenny is gone like so many others miss them when going down memory lane.
nice video
make them better..
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pete cabover has 444 kenworth has n14
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For those who may be confused, conventionals were called large cars, cab overs were usually refered to as two story shit houses, most drivers prefer a conventional, a lot safer in an accident.
they dont make them like that anymore.
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luv it i have a77 amod kw 87 b mod kw &an 80 359 pete thatwas refurbed after fire u can see them on cjtllc&rezst88
SWEET ! !
Again no freaking macks
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kenworones y peterbilones
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Big LaiK
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It’s crazy to think that these blacks and Indians hop into a newer truck and call themself a truck driver 😂 if only they knew 😂
IF.
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