I think we all drove those Leaktroits the same way when rolling out: rev it up, rev a little more, hold it, and just when anything else would need to shift, wind it out and let it scream. Well done!
@@MisterMikeTexas yep.. they all sweat horsepower.. it’s the nature of the 2 strokes.. my buses both have detroits 6-71 non turbo and 6v92 turbo non ddec.. both leak lol but run like a raped ape
@@MisterMikeTexas you could tell which trucks had Detroits in them by looking at the front axle. If it had oil ALL OVER IT there was a Detroit in it. I was a diesel mechanic back then. I loved them Detroit and still do. But if you rebuild one it took a whole caulk tube of RTV sealant on the oil pan. No way did you ever use the stock pan gasket.
An absolute symphony! Love it! I run my pc audio through a stereo amp and floor speakers in my office and your video is total heaven. Thank you for the vibrations to my soul!
Sounds like you had a wonderful time. That sounded so good to me too. I have always enjoyed the sound of the Detroit 6 cylinder two stroke diesel engine and especially straight piped. As long as it's 71 or 92 series I am fine with that. One time while in eleventh grade and while in the R.O.P. program we went on a field trip and the bus that we rode on was equipped with stick shift and it was powered by a Detroit 6 inline 71 that was straight piped. While we were riding that bus I was laughing all over the place.
@@edwardcalvert You lucky man... here, all buses have mufflers and some are even... electric! *Shivers* Seriously though, I'd really like to experience a truck or bus like this irl, but I'm probably never gonna make it across the pond.
By the end of next year State of California will be 100 percent electric on school Buses & intracity transit buses just hoping Mother Nature does her job & California becomes an Island
I just listened to this playing through the Infinity sound system while sitting in my truck. Sounded freakin’ phenomenal when cranked up. I can only imagine how awesome it sounds riding around in your truck!
Sounds great. Clutches are for starting and stopping. You shift the gears when rpm reaches a certain level (floating). I never tore a clutch or trans up doing that. I just loved my 1995 KW900L aerodyne. 425 E model Cat with 15 speed and tall 24" rubber. It cruised at 80mph with 49,000lbs on,no problems. We need to see the rest of this rig.
*Eaton fuller Advantage 10 speed has entered chat* The number of them we go through at work per year because guys try to float gears. It's so bad that it's hilarious.
I pretty much meant that the 2 stroke Detroits got a sound unique to them and they sound good. Because of the 2 stroke, the exhaust rate is doubled up compared to a 4 stroke so it sounds like it's taching a lot higher than it actually is. From the 2 cylinder Detroit all the way up to the 16 cylinder Detroit, you know right away it's a Detroit by it's sound.
When I was younger, my dad and I travelled in Mexico by bus. A lot of the second and third class buses used Detroit two strokes and many had straight exhausts and they were mad loud when they left the bus terminal. It was pretty cool.
i remember hearing these when i was a kid when lived out the middle of the country really good sounding diesel definitively different then all the cummins powerstrokes and duramax you hear everyday
Sweet. That's the sound that I fell in love with as a kid! Now I'm stuck in a Peterbilt that doesn't sound much different than a 1/2 ton pickup truck. 🤬
Back while in first grade I figured out how to imitate the six cylinder two stroke diesel engine and later made a video where I was imitating the engine in a bus with the automatic transmission shifting.
If you talk about it’s sound like the Cummins 5.9 then I think Cummins 5.9 is like a smaller version of N14 sound so good like semi truck but yeah Detroit Diesel 6V-53 on a Dodge Ram would be so badass
I'm a trucker too, but I've been spoiled and have only ever driven newer trucks (2010 and up), so I've never gotten the chance to drive an old Cat or Detroit, but I have always wanted to. I've been dying to get an old supercharged Detroit 2 stroke. They just sound so amazing. Right now I drive a 2014 Pete 367 with a 550 horse Cummins with an Eaton 18 speed. I have two of them, one day cab and one sleeper.
As a young gun in trucking with only 5yrs under my belt i still understand what it must have been like back in the day when these beasts roamed the roads. I look forward to the days when my 09 kw is broke just so i can drive the old series 60 with open pipes and full jakes past the truck stop and make all the people look to see what all the noise is. Cant wait to get the heck out of california and find a classic w900 to stuff a real engine into and keep the stories alive.
Back in the day, you could always tell who drove an outfit with a (DOUBLE BREASTED YAMMER HAMMER). They came in the cafe yelling at everyone because they couldn't hear themselves talk because of the racket from the Detroit 2stroke under the cab! I know from personal experience, I owned an old 79 KW, K100 Conover with a 12v105 Detroit, 5x4 boxes, 4:11 rears. 465 hp. To this day my ears still ring because of that noisy S.O.B.!
In the mid 80's I learned how to drive truck driving an Astro , 318 Detroit with 10 speed. The advice I was given on how drive the Detroit was to drive it like I stole it. I still remember the 2 stage Jake brake. Yes 2 stage not 3. It was 4 cylinder for low all 8 cylinders was high. I was told to leave it in high. It was a slug pulling a hill but it burned up the pavement on level ground. Still driving truck after all these years.
Its a cool piece. They aren't super comfy, but they look really good with the standard big hood I think. Detroit power just makes it that much better!!!
Paddle pop good to hear from an Aussie but that IH S-line must have been repowered as they came with a 6V92TA from the factory. The V8s were in the Atkinsons.
I still run 1 453 T in a Franklin log skidder . I have a newer Deere but sometimes I like to feel like a real logger and run the Detroit lol. Man nothing like hearing that screamin demon coming thru the woods
Isn't it funny how all the newer pickup trucks, with diesel engines, want to sound like your truck? Why? Because it sounds like a real man's truck ! It let's everybody know that your coming here to do some work !
Love the sound of the Detroit diesels. I am working on a 1971 GMC 9500 with a 6-71T in-line Detroit diesel in it. The only thing is I am not sure if I want to straight pipe it or not. I am going to put dual stocks on it. I will post videos as I work on the truck this winter and spring.
I’ve been driving a tractor trailer and it sounded nothing like this. The ol girl is a beast and I can’t get enough of it. The sound is so much better than the sewing machine planted in the Prius. Even if it was a V8 Cummins diesel engine with around 212 horsepower and straight pipe behind the cab and a sound to match.
552 cubic inches of pure musical enjoyment. And only 350 hp there is plenty more room for beast in that monster. Most of the ones I see in the marine industry are 550 HP.
My dad owned 2 GMC Brigadier tractors, and his white GMC Brigadier had this same engine, minus the straight pipes. His blue GMC Brigadier had a Cummins, and that Cummins was the only Cummins my dad ever owned. My dad’s owned a 6-71 Detroit, 2 6V71 Detroits, a 6V92 Detroit, and a Series 60 Detroit which he still owns. Recently purchased the Series 60, which is in a 2005 Freightliner Columbia single axle daycab tractor originally run by Penske as a rental until its subsequent sale on Baskin’s Truck Sales. A gentleman named Hank delivered the Freightliner, and my dad and I drove him to Williamsport Regional Airport where he departed from the old terminal.
I’m not sure what the Cummins in the blue Brigadier was, but I know it was a 2-stroke. I rode in the 6V71 Detroit and the Series 60 Detroit. My dad also owned a few MACK tractors, one of which he scrapped and another he sold off to a new owner. I believe I saw the sold truck running with twin stacks for another company, perhaps a carnival.
I used to drive a 84 kw cabover. It had a 6v92 Detroit in it. Loved driving that thing. That sound is so awesome. You did a good job floating those gears, I drive my truck like that every day. My father taught me, he is an old school trucker, 25 years. I’m working on my 33rd year myself. Awesome video. Make some more of exterior views.
Thanks! Congrats on the 33 years! The funny thing is, the sound that the camera picks up on the gears meshing is a lot more pronounced in the video. It doesn't really sound like that in person. I am no expert by any means, but I have been driving that truck since 2008 the same way, if it were as bad as some of the people on here comment like, you would think that something would have broken by now. The transmission has been opened up twice since I have owned it, and under inpsection, everything looked normal (for a 30+ year old truck especially, haha) Thanks again for the compliments and the support on my ability to float.
@@MotormasterK100 its not that bad but it aint good but you wont detroy a HD trans just playing with it like that for a few videos for 20 years + but id put the 13 in it though, ask real truckers a 9 aint something to be proud of
Nomadic Society , hard to beat free though. I've got a 13 speed in another truck and have thought about putting one in it, but honestly, for what I do with it, the 9 speed works out great!
Realman ontheland transmissions used in heavy trucks are unsynchronized. The driver has to match the revs to the road speed. An experienced driver can shift all day up and down like butter without the clutch or synchros.
@@Oshawapilot big rigs don't need synchro gear ? Wow learn something new every day. I don't know why car manufacturers put brass snychro gear in the trans. Just one synchro gear for a Honda is over $500.00.
Nice truck! My grandad had one back in the 80's. Don't know which one I like better, the truck or your TH-cam Channel name both take me back to the 80's.
Last time I drove one was 1990 I was just starting my career I was at three different companies in my first two years and it seemed like every company had Two or three of them then it was like overnight they were gone then summer of 95 During that heat wave I got on a part time job with an Excavateing contractor and he had one a 1973 j 9500 W/ a 13 spd and a 24’ frameless Heil dump trailer I don’t know how it would happen but at least once a week the engine would start running in reverse on the job site it did not matter what gear it would only move backwards a 20 min cool down would solve the problem another driver told me because I was the new guy is why I got it the job foreman knew I had no dump experience and my trucking experience was freight only but the owner was happy with my on the street driving but knew I needed a lot of grooming off the Pavement I was glad to get it but I knew I had to get back on a freight job never had any issues there but this excavating thing just was not for me I was not “digging” IT pardon the PUN it was like getting dropped on a different planet different culture I was Born & Bred of cargo freight and I had loading dock experience but this construction environment was strange I remember in high school I was a laborer that summer and it did not go well warehouse came more natural but from what I have seen making those deliveries that world is now foreign to me too high tech very fast paced forktruck operators looking at monitors while driving down the isles and listening to autonomous routing instructions via head sets I say bunk not my forte’
That’s sweat! I watched until the end. I’ve been a CDL driver for 33 years. However I have a restriction on my class 1. I can only drive an automatic. Driving is just part of my job. I’m a power lineman for a living. The reason we have a class 1 is because some of our trailers weigh more than 10,000 pounds. Hence the class 1. The other is my employer only has automatic trucks for us to drive. I personally never learned to drive a manual. I have been to 2 different driving schools to learn but I flunked out. I’m 6’8” tall & the steering wheel is just over my legs. If I was to lift my leg to move it to the clutch pedal there isn’t any room for my knee to go up. I’m literally squished in the cab. The instructor wanted me to push the clutch pedal down with the bottom of my foot to feel the gears meshing? I had to open the drivers door to get that sensation. The instructor told me to close the door. I could only push the clutch down with the side of my boot. Not the bottom. The other is I have Dyspraxia, Dyslexia & Autism. I have yet to master swimming. That requires bi-lateral co-ordination just like driving a stick truck. So I have a physical limitation & 2 mental limitations. I don’t fit in any cars so all I fit in is custom fabricated Suburbans & Avalanches. The seats were removed & the seat pedestal removed & cut 3” in height & moved back 4”. While still using the same bolt pattern in the floor. Any possible insight on how I might be able to learn a manual transmission or am I screwed?
I replayed it and lol.. Yep ur a local.... I'm just across the line in big ole gate city.... Awesome truck too. Brings back fond memories of a few years back I was in the fire department and we had a Brigadier tanker gave go us by Eastman and it had the 2 speed in it also... She didn't go a mile over 73mph no matter how hard we pushed her... She would bounce you all around in that seat also...lol... Nice seeing this brought back good memories.
HHHHOOOO WEEEEE!! Man I miss that sound. Those old school Detroit v6 and v8 Cummins were just right for the job and they lasted longer than the newer ones.
I kinda miss the old 79 brig. No ac but made to let air through the cab. 6z71t 13 speed top speed 65 downhill loaded heavy with a tailwind, 7 mpg. Just had to duck if you saw a bump you weren't going to be able to slow down for, with that 18k steer axle.
I know two companies in St. Louis that had these. Shillington Box Company which was once located just outside Kirkwood, Yellow Freight had a good amount of these as well. I think even many tree cutting companies also owned some of these.
hell yea she's a fuckin beast! I pulled a supertanker fuel semi international 4900 with an silver 8v92 strait piped! for over 200k lol she was a mean sob! too but PFFT everyone always asked me how come there's 2 holes in the dash!? lol if ya get my drift!? lol
I love how everybody giving you shyt about you floating gears. it's how all the trucks I've driven shift. no clutch. had a guy jump in one of our 379 petes with a 13spd and a cat motor that had been float shifted its whole life and he used to clutch to shift and tore out the trans in 2 months
the gears should absolutely not grind when you float ever! you must have just driven worn out tranys from guys not doing it correctly for 20 years i know i have driven many junked tranys but again they should NOT grind as this guy does every shift - terrible! now step up with some real $ and buy this engine from me if everyone loves it so much just sayin! keepin it real- TRUTH
and this guy is way over reving probably to show how sweet it sounds but that dont make it right and yes sense i own one and know to make them go when loaded with 20ton you need to run them like this 29 years no newbie here
Nomadic Society , most of the money that gets spent on the toys goes to the cabover. I just liked the way Brigadiers look, so grabbed this one for a bargain.
god LAWD!! :o I keep coming back to this... the most beautiful piston engine sound- ever made.... \m/ (I hope to get my own concept cars built, the "Gremoto"- who will use Detroit Diesel engines. One of my life goals). \m/
I have an 86 with a 300 Cummins that was converted to a dump truck. It's my first big truck. I bought it when it was non running. I wish I had noticed it didn't have power steering. No need for a gym membership when you can just try to drive your truck in tight quarters : )
dennis ternent The grinding is what makes a Detroit a Detroit. If you don't grind...get the hell outta that cab, and into a brand new Automatic, cause brother...you can't drive a real rig.
Tom E so much fail in this post. Grinding means you can’t get the rhythm down and fail at floating. Shift at correct rpm and road speed and it glides right in with no grinding
i like the practicaly an electric car affords me (i live in the city because lots of reasons), but still absolutely fucking love the sounds of these. If i had money to pay for the fuel bill i would drive a detroit powered truck.
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is music to me. I have a few buses with detroits. I LOVE my detroits. but they sound really good in a truck. I really really enjoyed your video..
I think we all drove those Leaktroits the same way when rolling out: rev it up, rev a little more, hold it, and just when anything else would need to shift, wind it out and let it scream. Well done!
They leaked?
@@MisterMikeTexas yep.. they all sweat horsepower.. it’s the nature of the 2 strokes.. my buses both have detroits 6-71 non turbo and 6v92 turbo non ddec.. both leak lol but run like a raped ape
@@MisterMikeTexas you could tell which trucks had Detroits in them by looking at the front axle. If it had oil ALL OVER IT there was a Detroit in it. I was a diesel mechanic back then. I loved them Detroit and still do. But if you rebuild one it took a whole caulk tube of RTV sealant on the oil pan. No way did you ever use the stock pan gasket.
@@MisterMikeTexasyeah. They leaked bad. If they didn’t leak it probably meant it was dry and had no oil 🤣
@DeanLangley good to know😂
An absolute symphony! Love it! I run my pc audio through a stereo amp and floor speakers in my office and your video is total heaven. Thank you for the vibrations to my soul!
awkwarddude
I bet that Sounded Awesome! 👍🏻👍🏻
Sounds like you had a wonderful time. That sounded so good to me too. I have always enjoyed the sound of the Detroit 6 cylinder two stroke diesel engine and especially straight piped. As long as it's 71 or 92 series I am fine with that. One time while in eleventh grade and while in the R.O.P. program we went on a field trip and the bus that we rode on was equipped with stick shift and it was powered by a Detroit 6 inline 71 that was straight piped. While we were riding that bus I was laughing all over the place.
@@edwardcalvert You lucky man... here, all buses have mufflers and some are even... electric! *Shivers*
Seriously though, I'd really like to experience a truck or bus like this irl, but I'm probably never gonna make it across the pond.
By the end of next year State of California will be 100 percent electric on school Buses & intracity transit buses just hoping Mother Nature does her job & California becomes an Island
Nothing like setting off city sound ordinances all over town. Love the old two strokes!
Never get tired of hearing those old Detroit's!
I have videos on TH-cam where you can hear and see me imitate the six cylinder the eight cylinder two stroke diesel engines.
I just listened to this playing through the Infinity sound system while sitting in my truck. Sounded freakin’ phenomenal when cranked up. I can only imagine how awesome it sounds riding around in your truck!
Man I really want to buy one of these dump trucks and just drive it around. That engine noise just never get's old.
Sounds great. Clutches are for starting and stopping. You shift the gears when rpm reaches a certain level (floating). I never tore a clutch or trans up doing that. I just loved my 1995 KW900L aerodyne. 425 E model Cat with 15 speed and tall 24" rubber. It cruised at 80mph with 49,000lbs on,no problems. We need to see the rest of this rig.
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The number of them we go through at work per year because guys try to float gears. It's so bad that it's hilarious.
@@casey360360 laughs in spicer
@@nicklikesradio ugh, dude. So glad I've never had to deal with them, I've heard nothing but nightmares from fellow techs.
Nothing sounds like a Detroit.
It is.
I think he means that there's no engine that sounds good as a detroit ;)
I pretty much meant that the 2 stroke Detroits got a sound unique to them and they sound good. Because of the 2 stroke, the exhaust rate is doubled up compared to a 4 stroke so it sounds like it's taching a lot higher than it actually is. From the 2 cylinder Detroit all the way up to the 16 cylinder Detroit, you know right away it's a Detroit by it's sound.
When I was younger, my dad and I travelled in Mexico by bus. A lot of the second and third class buses used Detroit two strokes and many had straight exhausts and they were mad loud when they left the bus terminal. It was pretty cool.
I couldn't agree more
Detroit's sound so perfect especially straight piped
You should hear aussie engines mate
i remember hearing these when i was a kid when lived out the middle of the country really good sounding diesel definitively different then all the cummins powerstrokes and duramax you hear everyday
Sweet. That's the sound that I fell in love with as a kid! Now I'm stuck in a Peterbilt that doesn't sound much different than a 1/2 ton pickup truck. 🤬
If you can't tell the difference between a big block vs a small 1/2 engine then you got hearing problems
Straight pipe it. You’ll be pleasantly surprised
Back while in first grade I figured out how to imitate the six cylinder two stroke diesel engine and later made a video where I was imitating the engine in a bus with the automatic transmission shifting.
If you talk about it’s sound like the Cummins 5.9 then I think Cummins 5.9 is like a smaller version of N14
sound so good like semi truck but yeah Detroit Diesel 6V-53 on a Dodge Ram would be so badass
I like the sound of the old school diesel V8 and the V6. Man, that's really cool.
I'm a trucker too, but I've been spoiled and have only ever driven newer trucks (2010 and up), so I've never gotten the chance to drive an old Cat or Detroit, but I have always wanted to. I've been dying to get an old supercharged Detroit 2 stroke. They just sound so amazing. Right now I drive a 2014 Pete 367 with a 550 horse Cummins with an Eaton 18 speed. I have two of them, one day cab and one sleeper.
GT3582R LSVTEC EJ8 You’ll get a chance someday and you’ll never forget it!
It’s great to see someone newer to trucking who appreciates the past.
As a young gun in trucking with only 5yrs under my belt i still understand what it must have been like back in the day when these beasts roamed the roads. I look forward to the days when my 09 kw is broke just so i can drive the old series 60 with open pipes and full jakes past the truck stop and make all the people look to see what all the noise is. Cant wait to get the heck out of california and find a classic w900 to stuff a real engine into and keep the stories alive.
I second that
That's an awesome sounding truck you've got there, there's nothing I love more than the sound of a good two stroke diesel. Thanks for sharing!
It actually sounds like your jake brake is stuck on and I love it!!
Always loved the sound of the 6v92 and 8v92 silver Detroit
Back in the day, you could always tell who drove an outfit with a
(DOUBLE BREASTED YAMMER HAMMER).
They came in the cafe yelling at everyone because they couldn't hear themselves talk because of the racket from the
Detroit 2stroke
under the cab!
I know from personal experience,
I owned an old 79 KW, K100 Conover with a 12v105 Detroit, 5x4 boxes, 4:11 rears.
465 hp.
To this day my ears still ring because of that noisy S.O.B.!
12v 105? No such engine that i know of , typo maybe.
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@@johngnipper1454 Lol, he's saying a 12V71 with 105 injectors
@@Miniaturehorseexpress Oh , i dont see that often. Most describe just as you did
I know of the Double Breasted Mattress Thrasher.....aka....Katy Perry!😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
I can listen to this all day.
In the mid 80's I learned how to drive truck driving an Astro , 318 Detroit with 10 speed. The advice I was given on how drive the Detroit was to drive it like I stole it. I still remember the 2 stage Jake brake. Yes 2 stage not 3. It was 4 cylinder for low all 8 cylinders was high. I was told to leave it in high. It was a slug pulling a hill but it burned up the pavement on level ground. Still driving truck after all these years.
This is my dream truck. A blue brig with a silver 6v92TA. Hope I can get one one day when I'm out of college.
Its a cool piece. They aren't super comfy, but they look really good with the standard big hood I think. Detroit power just makes it that much better!!!
how do I know if a 6cyl 8 or 12 all the Detroit sounds the same to me but I love this engine though
The 4 and 8 cylinder engines sound similar, The 3s 6s and 12s make a totally different sound - kinda snarly
you can tell the difference from the name 6v 8v 12v etc
v6, v8, v12, etc.
53/71/92 is per cylinder displacement
6v92 is 552ci
Man you’re livin’ one of my dreams driving this thing. Ever since a brigadier dump truck was used to repave our street in the 90s
MEMORIES! What a hoot to vicariously drive a truck like the one I learned to drive in (at 13!) Man, I need one of these trucks....
Awesome! Nothing sounds like a silver 92........ drove one for 10 years and STILL miss that sound.
I remember driving a International S line with a 8V92T Silver 2-stroke V8 Detroit Diesel geelong to melbourne in the 90's
Aussie aussie aussie! 😁
Paddle pop good to hear from an Aussie but that IH S-line must have been repowered as they came with a 6V92TA from the factory. The V8s were in the Atkinsons.
th-cam.com/video/67gwbDmuRHI/w-d-xo.html This engine are built into Western Atlas last week 🔥. The best engine in the world !
this soundtrack is a lullby to grown adults lol........i can fall asleep just listening to that happy ass Detroit purring
Thanks! Glad you liked the video.
You'd be forgiven for falling asleep to it on a long haul - I'm sure many did! (Woops... XD)
me too thanks
killerta87 unreal man what a sound
Yes sir
My father had an old boat with 6v92s in it and man does this bring back memories
I still run 1 453 T in a Franklin log skidder . I have a newer Deere but sometimes I like to feel like a real logger and run the Detroit lol. Man nothing like hearing that screamin demon coming thru the woods
man, you have a real truck.
rdkndr1 thanks!
Isn't it funny how all the newer pickup trucks, with diesel engines, want to sound like your truck?
Why?
Because it sounds like a real man's truck !
It let's everybody know that your coming here to do some work !
Love the sound of the Detroit diesels. I am working on a 1971 GMC 9500 with a 6-71T in-line Detroit diesel in it. The only thing is I am not sure if I want to straight pipe it or not. I am going to put dual stocks on it. I will post videos as I work on the truck this winter and spring.
I’ve been driving a tractor trailer and it sounded nothing like this. The ol girl is a beast and I can’t get enough of it. The sound is so much better than the sewing machine planted in the Prius. Even if it was a V8 Cummins diesel engine with around 212 horsepower and straight pipe behind the cab and a sound to match.
8v silver 92 is my favorite sounding engine of all time.
552 cubic inches of pure musical enjoyment. And only 350 hp there is plenty more room for beast in that monster. Most of the ones I see in the marine industry are 550 HP.
Love the Jake under the bridge
brett rowland :) totally on purpose, lol.
My dad owned 2 GMC Brigadier tractors, and his white GMC Brigadier had this same engine, minus the straight pipes. His blue GMC Brigadier had a Cummins, and that Cummins was the only Cummins my dad ever owned. My dad’s owned a 6-71 Detroit, 2 6V71 Detroits, a 6V92 Detroit, and a Series 60 Detroit which he still owns. Recently purchased the Series 60, which is in a 2005 Freightliner Columbia single axle daycab tractor originally run by Penske as a rental until its subsequent sale on Baskin’s Truck Sales. A gentleman named Hank delivered the Freightliner, and my dad and I drove him to Williamsport Regional Airport where he departed from the old terminal.
what was the cummins in the blie brigadier?
I’m not sure what the Cummins in the blue Brigadier was, but I know it was a 2-stroke. I rode in the 6V71 Detroit and the Series 60 Detroit. My dad also owned a few MACK tractors, one of which he scrapped and another he sold off to a new owner. I believe I saw the sold truck running with twin stacks for another company, perhaps a carnival.
I used to drive a 84 kw cabover. It had a 6v92 Detroit in it. Loved driving that thing. That sound is so awesome. You did a good job floating those gears, I drive my truck like that every day. My father taught me, he is an old school trucker, 25 years. I’m working on my 33rd year myself. Awesome video. Make some more of exterior views.
Thanks! Congrats on the 33 years! The funny thing is, the sound that the camera picks up on the gears meshing is a lot more pronounced in the video. It doesn't really sound like that in person. I am no expert by any means, but I have been driving that truck since 2008 the same way, if it were as bad as some of the people on here comment like, you would think that something would have broken by now. The transmission has been opened up twice since I have owned it, and under inpsection, everything looked normal (for a 30+ year old truck especially, haha) Thanks again for the compliments and the support on my ability to float.
@@MotormasterK100 its not that bad but it aint good but you wont detroy a HD trans just playing with it like that for a few videos for 20 years + but id put the 13 in it though, ask real truckers a 9 aint something to be proud of
Nomadic Society , hard to beat free though. I've got a 13 speed in another truck and have thought about putting one in it, but honestly, for what I do with it, the 9 speed works out great!
@@MotormasterK100 its all good especially if your not off road or really using it for work and hauling heavy
Thanks For the ride! Nothing better that the sound of a Screaming Detroit! 👍🏻👍🏻
OMG that's one fine sounding symphony 😎🤘
Now that has got to be the sweetest sound that man has manufactured! That there is classical music.
I’m just here to read all the comments from people who wouldn’t know which pedal is the clutch, giving shifting advice 👍
HA!!
That's pretty much every truck video on TH-cam 😂 Too many experts that couldn't pour piss out of a boot with the instructions on the heel
Grind it till you find it!
Darrellblackwell , indeed. I keep trying to break the transmission in half, but it just keeps going. 9 years and counting!
Darrellblackwell not grinding....feeling it......a grind would be shoving it in where it’s not supposed to be
Synchro gear needs to be replaced.
Realman ontheland transmissions used in heavy trucks are unsynchronized. The driver has to match the revs to the road speed. An experienced driver can shift all day up and down like butter without the clutch or synchros.
@@Oshawapilot
big rigs don't need synchro gear ?
Wow learn something new every day. I don't know why car manufacturers put brass snychro gear in the trans. Just one synchro gear for a Honda is over $500.00.
Nice truck! My grandad had one back in the 80's. Don't know which one I like better, the truck or your TH-cam Channel name both take me back to the 80's.
This is the whole reason I wanted to become a truck driver when I was a kid.
Last time I drove one was 1990 I was just starting my career I was at three different companies in my first two years and it seemed like every company had Two or three of them then it was like overnight they were gone then summer of 95 During that heat wave I got on a part time job with an Excavateing contractor and he had one a 1973 j 9500 W/ a 13 spd and a 24’ frameless Heil dump trailer I don’t know how it would happen but at least once a week the engine would start running in reverse on the job site it did not matter what gear it would only move backwards a 20 min cool down would solve the problem another driver told me because I was the new guy is why I got it the job foreman knew I had no dump experience and my trucking experience was freight only but the owner was happy with my on the street driving but knew I needed a lot of grooming off the Pavement I was glad to get it but I knew I had to get back on a freight job never had any issues there but this excavating thing just was not for me I was not “digging” IT pardon the PUN it was like getting dropped on a different planet different culture I was Born & Bred of cargo freight and I had loading dock experience but this construction environment was strange I remember in high school I was a laborer that summer and it did not go well warehouse came more natural but from what I have seen making those deliveries that world is now foreign to me too high tech very fast paced forktruck operators looking at monitors while driving down the isles and listening to autonomous routing instructions via head sets I say bunk not my forte’
this is gotta be the nicest truck, and this comes from a guy from Europe
Got one of these old girls with the straight six in it. 800,000 and counting. Never getting rid of it.
dont worry guys you can by mine just hit me up on my channel- 4sale dirt cheap!
That’s sweat! I watched until the end. I’ve been a CDL driver for 33 years. However I have a restriction on my class 1. I can only drive an automatic. Driving is just part of my job. I’m a power lineman for a living. The reason we have a class 1 is because some of our trailers weigh more than 10,000 pounds. Hence the class 1.
The other is my employer only has automatic trucks for us to drive. I personally never learned to drive a manual. I have been to 2 different driving schools to learn but I flunked out. I’m 6’8” tall & the steering wheel is just over my legs. If I was to lift my leg to move it to the clutch pedal there isn’t any room for my knee to go up. I’m literally squished in the cab. The instructor wanted me to push the clutch pedal down with the bottom of my foot to feel the gears meshing? I had to open the drivers door to get that sensation. The instructor told me to close the door. I could only push the clutch down with the side of my boot. Not the bottom. The other is I have Dyspraxia, Dyslexia & Autism. I have yet to master swimming. That requires bi-lateral co-ordination just like driving a stick truck. So I have a physical limitation & 2 mental limitations. I don’t fit in any cars so all I fit in is custom fabricated Suburbans & Avalanches. The seats were removed & the seat pedestal removed & cut 3” in height & moved back 4”. While still using the same bolt pattern in the floor.
Any possible insight on how I might be able to learn a manual transmission or am I screwed?
it sounds like it's saying feed me hybrids
under dog crawled under my 79 brigadier not to long ago and found what that cat in the preus was bitching about
Do you need Toyota Priuses bich
Fuck yesss it eats all those fuck electric cars
Love it!!
And feed it teslas too.
Sweet.
That's what i started out with.
Pure music to my ears.
I replayed it and lol.. Yep ur a local.... I'm just across the line in big ole gate city.... Awesome truck too. Brings back fond memories of a few years back I was in the fire department and we had a Brigadier tanker gave go us by Eastman and it had the 2 speed in it also... She didn't go a mile over 73mph no matter how hard we pushed her... She would bounce you all around in that seat also...lol... Nice seeing this brought back good memories.
Damit man I like the way that sounds.
HHHHOOOO WEEEEE!! Man I miss that sound. Those old school Detroit v6 and v8 Cummins were just right for the job and they lasted longer than the newer ones.
an 8v53 is pretty awesome sounding also!
Try a 16v92, more banging.
There is no 8V53, at least not officially
Damn...no wonder you enjoy it so much. How awesome
Omg no clutch shifting! Props!
that 2nd and 3rd gear pull sounds amazing @ 2:52
stephen j. lacerte yep, this thing puts a smile on my face every time.
Damn that sounds SWEET!
I could lay back in the bunk listening to that and sleep like a baby.
That sounded so good and that is really my favorite way to hear a Detroit 6 cylinder stroke diesel engine and it can be a 71 or 92 series.
I kinda miss the old 79 brig. No ac but made to let air through the cab. 6z71t 13 speed top speed 65 downhill loaded heavy with a tailwind, 7 mpg.
Just had to duck if you saw a bump you weren't going to be able to slow down for, with that 18k steer axle.
I have a love for giant diesels, such as toroflow, but this really takes the cake!
Old school GMC, worn out synchronizers and all. What a great sound.
The engine sound won't let you fall asleep
What a beautiful sound
Thanks!
What a sweet sounding engine, all 2 stroke Detroits sound so awesome.
That Detroit sounds AWESOME....nothing like "scaring a few birds" in the mo-nin'
I love them old Detroits! nothing sounds better.
There is no sweeter sound on earth than a hard working Detroit!
GP altaBob Then check out this one Google this '' 8V92TA Atkinson 475hp '' footage of a Detroit powered truck wound up on the highway sounds unreal.
I know two companies in St. Louis that had these. Shillington Box Company which was once located just outside Kirkwood, Yellow Freight had a good amount of these as well. I think even many tree cutting companies also owned some of these.
Man that thing is nice, hope to see you around the tricities sometime.
DensamG likewise. I'll try to get it out one night where the car guys all congregate. might not be the fastest, but id bet it's the loudest!
Drove detroits for years.love them.318 v8 with 13 speed cover some ground
After midnight
Nice finesse with the gear box. So hard to find drivers that don’t try to shave lbs off the gear box.
i wish we could go back tò them days of trucking
hell yea she's a fuckin beast! I pulled a supertanker fuel semi international 4900 with an silver 8v92 strait piped! for over 200k lol she was a mean sob! too but PFFT everyone always asked me how come there's 2 holes in the dash!? lol if ya get my drift!? lol
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Goodness. That beautiful song is heaven sent!
Enjoyed watching this, looks so amazing how you shift it 👌
That was awesome I love the Jake brake it sounds like a machine gun going off
I love how everybody giving you shyt about you floating gears. it's how all the trucks I've driven shift. no clutch. had a guy jump in one of our 379 petes with a 13spd and a cat motor that had been float shifted its whole life and he used to clutch to shift and tore out the trans in 2 months
Exactly. Not to mention, it's a 9 speed eaton. They're meant for floating.
+ChrisHallett83 of course they tell you to double clutch they want to sell you a clutch
the gears should absolutely not grind when you float ever! you must have just driven worn out tranys from guys not doing it correctly for 20 years i know i have driven many junked tranys but again they should NOT grind as this guy does every shift - terrible! now step up with some real $ and buy this engine from me if everyone loves it so much just sayin! keepin it real- TRUTH
and this guy is way over reving probably to show how sweet it sounds but that dont make it right and yes sense i own one and know to make them go when loaded with 20ton you need to run them like this 29 years no newbie here
Nomadic Society , most of the money that gets spent on the toys goes to the cabover. I just liked the way Brigadiers look, so grabbed this one for a bargain.
Sounds like a m113. Loved the sound from those vehicles
Man loved that sound. Nice truck.
I love a Screaming Jimmy.
Have a 671 in a 48 GM Greyhound Bus! ❤️
Also there is NOTHING like the smell of a 2 stroke Detroit Diesel.❤️
surprised no one noticed you have the super rare 0 shift pattern transmission 👌
Gotta love that ole 692!
god LAWD!! :o I keep coming back to this...
the most beautiful piston engine sound- ever made....
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(I hope to get my own concept cars built, the "Gremoto"- who will use Detroit Diesel engines. One of my life goals).
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That sounds awesome. I worked with a truck with a strait piped 671, that thing could be heard from 3days away! But sounded great!
Yea cause you worked with a real fricken truck!! Not these whimpy ass things we have today!
I did some skills test in one of those at the cdl school I went to. Boy was that fun
I have an 86 with a 300 Cummins that was converted to a dump truck. It's my first big truck. I bought it when it was non running. I wish I had noticed it didn't have power steering. No need for a gym membership when you can just try to drive your truck in tight quarters : )
Miss driving my dad's old brig nothing like that feeling being a kid and driven it
nice shifting. grind them all the way in. proud of you.
Drive 'em like you are mad at 'em. Only way a Detroit is happy.
MotormasterK100 Yep. The only way to drive a two stroke Detroit Diesel is to drive it like you stole it.
dennis ternent The grinding is what makes a Detroit a Detroit. If you don't grind...get the hell outta that cab, and into a brand new Automatic, cause brother...you can't drive a real rig.
Tom E so much fail in this post. Grinding means you can’t get the rhythm down and fail at floating. Shift at correct rpm and road speed and it glides right in with no grinding
@@CardboardSliver you can float shift without grinding if you arent a ham fisted oaf
So many expert driving instructors on these videos, how about you make a video of how we are suppose to drive so we can all judge you
Holy shit...! That sounds sooo good with headphones
Great! Such a nice view aswell, really satisfying to watch
i like the practicaly an electric car affords me (i live in the city because lots of reasons), but still absolutely fucking love the sounds of these. If i had money to pay for the fuel bill i would drive a detroit powered truck.
Sounds amazing
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is music to me. I have a few buses with detroits. I LOVE my detroits. but they sound really good in a truck. I really really enjoyed your video..
Mike jaques , thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.
I heard that 2 stroke Detroit's like to be shifted at high rpms and run roughly.
Sounds like a fun time
shit drivin that would make me nuts
That thing sounds AWESOME!! Makes me want one for FUN!!
Now there's a familiar sound!
I wanna drive myself that truck sir!