On The Hunt Ep.15 The "Automatic" Auction
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On this “On the Hunt” episode I continue to feed my semi-truck addiction looking for potential future projects, despite the fact I’m actively working on restoring three other rusty rigs in my backyard. Found some great trucks but many of them were missing my favorite part of trucking … the standard transmission and clutch. I couldn’t believe how many of these trucks had automatic transmissions … sure hope this isn’t the future of trucking. I’m out there trying to add transmissions to my old trucks and here the manufacturers are taking them out … what a world.
Join me on the walk about of this large industrial auction yard as I take a closer look at potential project candidates from Peterbilt, Kenworth, International, Volvo, Mack, Freightliner, Western Star and even an old classic K100 cabover and I add all the sold prices noted in Canadian $$$. Hope you enjoy the video and thanks for all the comments, suggestions and support!
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I drive a manual trans VW Golf. I get my new 6-speed manual trans Tacoma on Saturday. I ordered it ONE YEAR AGO and everybody told me I’m crazy. Nothing better than manual trans!
Like the fact that you put the selling price in the vid, nice to see current rates...
No automatic. I'm with you 👍🖖
Intersmashational. We call them “the 13 letter sh*t spreader”.
Shitternational
AKA InterTRASHionals
Cornfield Corvette
ya know, modern ones are pretty shit but I've been driving a 2.8million km 87 T-line for the last 3 years and still to this day she doesn't skip a beat.
I mean yea the clutch is heavy as f, the brakes are slightly questionable but work well enough to pass a COF, and she hardly spends any time in the shop
id call it a win, although I much preferred my old S- line just down to the non cabover design
@@leightoncollins3704 with a 15 speed road ranger. Hope it's got a galvanized cab?
That first Star had more switches than the space shuttle.
Yessiree
I love the cabove
Best day of the week when TwinStick Garage uploads a new video
I have driven both... Shifting in the city delivering fuel and doing the same in the auto was night and day. I have zero issues in the winter with the automatic... The downside to the auto is getting towed, they have to remove the driveshaft on the auto to tow her away... Love these videos...
They have to on manual shift too.
@@struedel25 OK I thought it was just the autos. Thanks! :-)
My Dad owned a Chrysler dealership fron '53 to '92. Back in the 60's and 70's M&G convoy the car carrier used Dodge tractors with 2 stroke Detroits. What a sweet sound that was.
I am old school also but when your company only buys automatics you adapt I get paid well to drive newer equipment current truck is a 2020 KW T680. Still miss my manual but when you get stuck in traffic automatics are nice and less stress on my old knee.
Float your gears and it will be a lot easier on the knee.
I always floated my gears just gotten alot older than when I started. Sat in a traffic jam today in NY for 2.5 hours kind of happy with the automatic today, still miss my manuals but they just increased our pay to .60 a mile ill deal with it. Average load 1200 miles again I'm good.
That one Kenworth looked like a murder scene.
A cat got in the fan or belt
"That's a killer truck" green river killer worked at a semi truck factory. I forget which years he worked or which make of trucks he painted. Between picking up hitchhiking women and prostitutes and all the unsolved murders. His victims turned up with a suspicious dust or powder residue that traced back to a type of automotive truck paint. That's how he was captured
Not everyone wants a 60 series wrapped around the belt. Cat rules lol
@@960wattoffgridrv Hahaha he worked at Kenworth till 2001 when he was caught.
An Aussie mate of mine said they called bullbars badung bars cos that's the noise they made when the kangaroos bounced off em. 🤣
Newer dump trucks will dump the air in the bags with the PTO.
Mistake proofing - that makes sense 👍
Drove a Mack with an auto the other day ....not cool.
The yard walks are great man , awesome content 👍
i dove a 389 with a eaton 18 speed auto shift in it for 1 day probably 10 years ago. by the end of that day i couldn't wait to get out of that truck.
I had a similar experience, my boss bought a brand new L9000 gravel truck with an 6sp Allison auto and told me to get in. That thing could barely back across the field we were in and kept stalling out trying to drive over clay lumps so he got in and was pushing buttons to try and get it to work, got so mad, he drove it straight back to the dealer and the next day I was in a brand new one with a proper 18 😂
No man i hate them single windshields because if one side brakes you have to replace the whole thing.
I'll take the old school any day. And im only 28*
That makes sense 👍
The 40 psi of oil pressure on a cold ISX cummins is actually quite normal. They have high flow oil systems which gives it less pressure where as a cat does not.
Interesting 🤔
That intro was freaking hilarious! I have a pair of heels and purse to match the purple Pete
I hear ya brother !!! Today’s drivers are steering wheel holders for the most part ! Lol. My neighbor is 50 and OTR and a good OO and tells me stories about when he started driving and I just chuckle thinking how he had it made compared to myself and drivers of my era !
You gave me a good laugh today 😄
Another Happy Thursday and new Twin Sticks video. Hope to see the Iron Duke coming home soon.
Summer...
@@TwinStix Awesome, enjoying the videos every Thursday and Project Snowman build. Dig the junk yard on the Hunt videos as well.
You always dump your air bags emptying a dump box ! It stabilizes the box when it goes in the air
I know guys that still don’t but that makes a lot of sense 👍
For almost 40 years, I always rowed through my own gears. Now just driving part-time, I've been given a few automatics. I gotta admit, once you get used to 'em they're not that bad. Just smash on the pedal and let the truck do the work. Great in city traffic, but I'm still undecided in adverse conditions...
The autos are great when you are sitting in traffic. Out on the open road, it really doesn’t matter, but, boy, I will take a manual on mountains over an auto every time
Mine is completely different i hate them in traffic late at night no one around it doesn't matter
The dash on that older western star with the red button tuck almost gives a green goblin feel from maximum overdrive
I am so glad someone shares my hatred for automatic "trucks"..... greetings from Colorado USA
I was suprised at the COE Detroit 60 fetching 29k. Someone REALLY wanted the cabover! Nice truck.
Apparently 2 people wanted
The breed wearing sweats and flip flops just has no idea what they missed
Id argue there's a new breed younger than the flip flop fellas that seems care about what they drive again. Resurgence of good o'l boys.
Being a disabled 20 year veteran who’s had reconstructive knee surgery the autos have a place. I can float gears with the best of em, but ya gotta come to a stop sometime. But I’ll suffer with knee pain for that going through the gears high.
Especially when hauling dump trailers it's a good idea to dump the air cause if you blow an air bag it can flip you, a lot of the ones I drove it would dump automatically when you opened the tailgate and it's easier on the bags
I'll stick with my 1970 Chevelle SS396 4-speed over a 2020 Malibu any day ...... so I truly understand the desire for an older, less efficient, less comfortable toy in the garage. It's not like we're professional road jockeys any more, just "part-time" gear jammers. I'd have an old Pete or KWhopper in the barn if I could afford it and wanted to hassle with DOT and all the extra maintenance, but watchin' your videos satisfies those desires for free. Thanks again for the great entertainment !!!
It's a Bambi basher. Lol that's what we called it.
I just love that sound of the auctioneer speak😂😂
Nothing wrong with the PACCAR. I am on my second truck with the Paccar total of 1.2 million miles. Been the most reliable I have ever had. BUT servicing regularly is a must. Second one is an Auto I just love it now. Took a few weeks to get used to it.
I had a COE no bags just Reyco and a weak 671 / 10 speed, Times have changed.
Thanks
Hahaha! Spot on with Bullbar 👍
Ones you drive a automatic you will never want to go back to a stick. I work road construction and the company I work for has switched over to all Mack 5th wheels and Western star Quad and Quinn's automatics. When doing short hauls it's way nicer with the automatic.
I hear ya brother gotta have a clutch pedal and a shift lever, I drove an automatic one time every time I had to stop Damn near pushed a hole in the floor where the clutch was supposed to be !! Thanks for the tour.
Old School is cool!!
Love the "on the hunt" episodes.. and of course all your videos!! Thanks for the entertainment! Greetings from Germany Sir
I drive an 85 K100 daily and been driving it for 23 yrs with the 400 BC.
That’s so cool that you’re a mech. engineer and dig fixin these old trucks, and I thought I liked you before, now you’re a ‘10’... love the vids
Im with you on the looks of these newer trucks. Its called being old school buddy
I feel ya with the Automatic Transmistions these days and i only got a car license. But driving stick is just so much more fun
That clutch pedal is today's anti theft device. LOL
You can get a junk paccar in peterbuilts and kenworths and you can still get them with Cummins and Detroit’s
Don’t get me wrong! I love the feel you get of the truck with a manual (gotta love’em 18-speeds) but I must say that driving close to a city (lots of traffic lights, traffic jams, idiots, intersection and so on) the Volvo I-shift and VEB break is pretty nice to have during daily driving.
I love the K100.
Over here, airbags are called “road friendly suspension” and allow the truck to take a couple of tons more. And no, you don’t need to dump the bags before tipping the load.
Good morning Mark good to see another video looking at all them trucks I’ll never forget a salesman from Wilton Ford out of Winnipeg we were sitting down one day talking about trucks and there was one ugly color and I’ll never forget he looked at me and he said Dave there’s an ass for every seat.
I'm with you in the going through gears, without the gears it takes a lot away just something about hearing the truck gear down and then wind back up because of me just sets it off
I’m with you on old school trucks so much cooler. Thanks for the walk around the auction lot it’s fun hearing about some of the trucks and other things. Keep up the good work and stay safe out there.
The lever for the airhorn for Kenworth it’s in the middle
also western star
4:24 purple people eater for your old lady TwinSticks!
We call them Moose bumpers here in Northwestern Ontario. Haha! DEF is awful! You burn way more fuel, can go through a quarter tank quick doing a running burn and in winter you can burn through 3-4 jugs of DEF in half day work, especially if you have an open nose like they recommend for International. Not to mention, it's caustic, comes in a plastic jug, in a cardboard box...... As soon as you flip the PTO on in the new dump trucks, it automatically dumps the air. That is for stability. So you don't flop the truck if unlevel or bag blows... But while the air is dumped, you have less traction... sigh Hahaha!
Love the on the hunt episodes! Thank you!
Each video gets better and better. The video clip inserts are great 😆. Maybe it's just me but the used truck market seems pretty strong.
Thanks for doing the video .I love walking around and looking into different trucks on the lot. I didn’t have to go anywhere you did it for me.
I think you have the best channel for old truckers and all for sure!love the down to earth loving of the older rigs!!
Love the on the hunt series thanks for taking the time to put these together Marc!! Mint👌🏻
Slide the fifth wheel back, jam through the gears and ride your cab over into the sky. That was fun times before automatics, dangerous when you old but damn good fun when you're young.
Hi from the Great Britain, really like your videos.and the old American truck, I remember growing up in the 70 and 80 watching them on tv in the uK
I find it hard to believe any truck drivers ever disagree with you. Spot on about almost everything
@@sdudley11 most common sense comment i have read ever on this channel. Each to their own, my job would be impossible if I had a third peddle ( side arm garbage truck ) but f I was doing interstate work a big old school rig with lots of bling and a third peddle would be perfect. There's good and bad in both.
Hey great video lots of great trucks I want all of them but I like my stick shifts my self lol thumbs up and shared
Sheilds on straight pipes must be a Canadian thing we don't do that in the states
The truth is we can run straight pipes in the states, however we need shields as well. If we run straight pipes with no shield in the states and get pulled over by DOT you will be either shut down or fined very much. I’m only stating this because I’ve been there and done it. I literally made them read me the rules because I questioned it too. I have copy’s of it if you don’t believe me. I love the sound of straight pipes on somewhat local trucks and I’ve always run them. Now I still run them but with shields on. Road trucks I have mufflers on and it’s not because of the environment. Maybe this is a pa thing. I can’t say from state to state but I can promise Pennsylvania requires shields over straight pipes. There’s a fine line between state to state.
I agree with you. Not everything new is better.
Love the clip inserts ..Bravo🤭
Thank you for the video 😊
That first movie clip gave me an idea you could use Twin Sticks. You could offer as a part of your merch store, "Twin Sticks pee bottles!" LOL. I'll bet you they sell well too.
Nice to see those trucks selling at reasonable prices.
Love the Bob Ross happy accidents. What an auction though
Always enjoy your videos. I like the mechanical aspects and problem solving and your explanations of things. You don't always get it right the first time so that makes it more relatable to me, especially as someone who never drove a truck. I was only in one once back in the 70s hitchhiking. It was a Ford Louisville I believe, with a dump trailer hauling gravel. That driver's arm never stopped moving during a ten mile ride. Bet he would have given his right arm for an automatic!
Really enjoy the walk around at the auctions
Really enjoy your auction and wrecker videos. I need more of that in my life
Always had interest in being a trucker. At age 32 and no job since covid....I think it's time to follow my dream
I thought in Canada those were called moose catchers
im with ya old school
1:21 me: serious automatic transmission no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no way
Love these auction videos and the fact that you put the prices. Makes me want to buy one. I would agree about the older trucks and the manuals...
I’m on the same with you. Old school is the best school. Keep up the amazing content bud.
“It’s the way of the road”
👍 Great video as usual
Trailer park boys😂😂👌🏻That KW coe,Ahh remember my dad and the ole glass gatorade bottles🤣
Thanks for taking the time to put the prices that the trucks sold for
It's interesting to see what goes for a lot and what goes for hardly anything
I think I've watched every trailer park boys episode,,so so funny mann...lol..
The kenworths and western stars have the air horn pull in the middle
I understand your opinion on Autos Vs Manuals. Very similar to my dads opinion. He drives a 6 wheeler DAF tipper here in the UK. 16 speed manual which he loves. He did have a temp truck before which was a automatic (he hated it) His line of work requires a lot of low speed maneuvering which is perfect for a manual. Autos are better in trucks that live on the motorway (highway) going from A to B.
Spoke to a hauler this week in the market for a "newer" truck and what he told me explains why the newer Volvos are selling far cheaper than the older trucks, no electronic crap, DEF, or e-log stuff.
Great video!
When it comes to cold starts a pete will never let you down..old faithful and normaly a mack too.
the extra snout on the stack of that star car was for a bed heater we use them here in the states hauling coal to heat the bed so it does not freeze up in the nose of the wagon to help aid in not turning the wagon on its side when you stand it up to dump
Oooh here we go!!
Thursday morning is now complete!
Bull bar, moose bar, buffalo bar, bison bar. Never heard Kangaroo catcher before haha. That's terrible and I can't stop laughing
I posted a comment on another channel that real trucks don't shift themselves, and the haters came runnin'. I'm with you, there's nothing like grabbing your own gears in a pre-emissions truck.
I saw a tri-drive (either a 379 or a late 359) with one of those big raised roof sleepers on it in Alabama. pretty cool truck
I love hearing the RB auctioneers
That purple Pete is possibly an old Can-Am truck, sold once, now at auction again. Can-Am, a flat deck operator out of Abbotsford BC.
Really enjoy your videos. Great content, skilled editing. Dang fine sense of humour. Curbsniffers suck.
W900 horn pulls are in the center.
One of the best series on youtube
Shifting gears is the whole fun of it.i used to stop just so I could start all over
I really like your videos of tire kicking the old iron!
I also like your educational videos
I am building a 359 Pete tri-drive
Your videos educate me and help
me with my build, the difference is
Mine is in 1/24 scale
I Went and checked out the trucks at this auction. That k100 was definitely a cool truck. Also looked at that purple Pete.
Very good
I've been driving semi since 1994. Beeb driving an automatic since 2018 and would never want to go back to a stick. I'm in stop & go traffic several times a week and sticks suck when dealing with that. Believe it or not, there is a learning curve to an automatic in a semi truck. I drive a Volvo with a VNR-I Shift.