The days of cabover trucks - LTL Boards

FED UP FRED · #1 (**permalink**) 01-17-2010

Here are some cab over tractors (COE) many had the pleasure of driving back
in the day. Some of these were great back breakers.
I kind laugh at some of the old truck I drove when I was a kid.

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1953randy · #2 (**permalink**) 01-19-2010

Great pix.reminds me of my '81 I H cabover that I bought new and owned for 7 years--short wheelbase spring suspension and no p/s. Traded it in on a long nose walk-in air ride----thought I was in heaven!!!!!

MUSTANGGT · #3 (**permalink**) 01-19-2010

My early rides
Top: 1978 Kenworth K100
VT903 Cummins, torsion bar suspension

Center: 1980 Transtar II
300 Cummins, First new truck I ever drove

Bottom: 1983 Freightliner
300 Cummins, Spicer 7 speed

leisure suit jim · #4 (**permalink**) 01-31-2010

I only have 18 yrs in but I feel blessed to have driven cabovers early on in my career, glad to be part of that history, never assigned one just sub trucks rentals from Ryder, Freightliner and International were the only models I have driven, I can't say it was pleasent but I'm glad I got to do it, Dad lost his sales job after he went ito business for himself, that went bust so while he was waiting on something else he hired with Werner, brought home a Pete cabover, man that thing was nice, he drove it till he got back into sales.