I drove a White Road Boss with a 903 Cummins engine for a construction company for a while in the mid 70s and a few years later drove a White Road Commander (Road Commode) with a 400 big cam Cummins otr. I loved that truck! It had a high-back floating air seat and all the power I ever wanted. Night & day through rain or snow it never let me down.
White Road Commander (Road Commode) haven't hear that one for awhile, friend of mine worked for a tucking company that had some of them, not mechanic / technician friendly from what I remeber him telling me.
White made some nice rigs back in the day. REO was much better than White, but they all struggled at one point and ended up being bought out by White. The agreement they had with Freightliner was a sweet deal for them. When Volvo got mixed in, that’s when things went poorly. Tis a shame that many of these truck manufacturers are no longer in the business. Volvo is NOT a truck that I would ever buy. Thanks for a good video. Good stuff! 🤩🤩
The "Expeditor" at 7:48 was one of only a handful that found their way to New Zealand. We also had some Road Bosses and Road Commanders along with older models. The Road Commanders in Australia and here in New Zealand, had a different cab, possibly locally made (in Australia) and looked a little less stylish, however, they were held in the highest regard as were all White truck models and seen as a worthy competitor for Kenworth and Mack. It's a shame they disappeared.
Forgot about the WIA64 that was branded as a White-Volvo and was essentially the last White branded truck built and set the stage for every Volvo model tractor after that. Volvo uses an engine based on an older Mack motor, but the body is designed from the old WIA model.
I was a mechanic for Empire White trucks back in late 69 to 74: the flat face cab over city tractors didn't hold up well being in the salt belt, they rotted out fast.
These videos are all really well done. Great work on an the research. Seriously can't understand the thumbs down, but i guess that's the internet. Keep 'em coming!
Update! After further research, I think I made a mistake with regards to the Road Commander cabs in Australasia. I now believe that the Road Commanders we had down under, were series 1 and I don't recall ever seeing a series 2 locally.
I drove a White Road Boss with a 903 Cummins engine for a construction company for a while in the mid 70s and a few years later drove a White Road Commander (Road Commode) with a 400 big cam Cummins otr. I loved that truck! It had a high-back floating air seat and all the power I ever wanted. Night & day through rain or snow it never let me down.
White Road Commander (Road Commode) haven't hear that one for awhile, friend of mine worked for a tucking company that had some of them, not mechanic / technician friendly from what I remeber him telling me.
White made some nice rigs back in the day. REO was much better than White, but they all struggled at one point and ended up being bought out by White. The agreement they had with Freightliner was a sweet deal for them. When Volvo got mixed in, that’s when things went poorly. Tis a shame that many of these truck manufacturers are no longer in the business. Volvo is NOT a truck that I would ever buy. Thanks for a good video. Good stuff! 🤩🤩
We will do a video on REO soon. Thanks for watching and all the support.
I agree. I wouldn't have a volvo under a Christmas tree. Stamped out foreign tin, no resale high priced Chinese owned truck.
The "Expeditor" at 7:48 was one of only a handful that found their way to New Zealand. We also had some Road Bosses and Road Commanders along with older models. The Road Commanders in Australia and here in New Zealand, had a different cab, possibly locally made (in Australia) and looked a little less stylish, however, they were held in the highest regard as were all White truck models and seen as a worthy competitor for Kenworth and Mack. It's a shame they disappeared.
My father worked for White Motors in Cleveland for 40 years, until they closed up.
So did both of my late grandfathers may the White Motors Alumni R.I.P.
Forgot about the WIA64 that was branded as a White-Volvo and was essentially the last White branded truck built and set the stage for every Volvo model tractor after that. Volvo uses an engine based on an older Mack motor, but the body is designed from the old WIA model.
I was a mechanic for Empire White trucks back in late 69 to 74:
the flat face cab over city tractors didn't hold up well being in the salt belt, they rotted
out fast.
On the same day this was released a white freight liner cab over moving truck drove by my house
These videos are all really well done. Great work on an the research. Seriously can't understand the thumbs down, but i guess that's the internet. Keep 'em coming!
White was like that 1 girl in high school, she dated everyone but no one wanted to Marry her
as long as they bring in the money, ay?
That was interesting. I didn't know White made steam cars. Well done!
Update! After further research, I think I made a mistake with regards to the Road Commander cabs in Australasia. I now believe that the Road Commanders we had down under, were series 1 and I don't recall ever seeing a series 2 locally.
Who remembers the Ole "Road Commode?"
4:59 who would have said a refuse truck could look so nice?
You couldn't brand anything with that name these days..
😂
amazing video
Brilliant video
We had WHITE model 1977
White trucks also killed oliver tractor.
Any White 3000
☝️GREAT!👍But they sell the Trade White,far,far and far...that's sad!!!!
Falta el Ramírez r22
Great video