Every time I watch these videos with these Detroit's and puts a smile on my face it brings back so many fond memories of my driving career

In my younger days, I drove an International dumptruck with the exact same engine and transmission. I always loved running through town at 6AM in low range and wound up tight. Probably woke up half of the town!

That was like listening to mozart.Took me back to the 70s when my father drove a KW K100,it had an 8V71 detroit and it was a beautiful.

Beautiful peice of mechanical history 💯 gorgeous truck

WoW Yes. Thank you. Love that sound . My house shakes when i listen detroit diesel.

@TheAmazingMikey - I have fallen asleep many times in my Dad's trucks listening to him shifting on the road, I swear my brother has the same gift as my dad when it comes to shifting and driving a truck, brings back those all those memorys of when I was a kid riding with dad, long before my brother was born.

Now THAT is how you shift a 13 speed, my favorite transmission! Total respect for a driver that can make a clutch and transmission last. I watched a video of some guy grinding about 2 lbs of filings into his transmission in about 10 minutes ON A HIGHWAY dealing with some normal hills with an empty trailer. BTW he had a 12V 71. If I was 'test driving' that guy he would have never got the job on my watch.

My god I can listen to that Detroit talk all day!👌🏿

One of the loudest and most badass engine sounds ever for sure.

Ever time I hear this I think bout daddy n heaven yall,wen I would ride as a little boy,I miss him

Memories on Mack 1942 truck same loud ,just im close my eyes and reasy see it my dad agen ,😢😢 his gone on 2011 ,thanks you guys for this beautiful video

Thank you Mark, my brother and I were mentioning that it would be nice to make a video pulling my SS Fruehauf van trailer. When we brought the trailer home a few years back I didnt have a camera with me, but the ol girl sounded real sweet pulling a few hills. This KW is all original except for the exterior paint and where I replaced the chrome with stainless. It was a great find! Bill

My dad drove a '67 KW with a 318 in it. First semi he ever drove. He was working for a drywall company and it was a truck his boss bought. My dad learned to drive truck in that truck. Brings back memories.

318 will scream what memories...great truck..

Now that is truckin with a 13 speed fuller and a great screaming Detroit. The clutch is just for first and reverse. I drove thousands of miles here in Canada in a White Freightliner with v12-71 awesome.

I've been driving for 26 years and something the new generation knows nothing about is that this truck has spring suspension,no power steering,no ac and no air ride cab. That's when trucking was trucking.

LOVE THE SOUND OF REAL POWER AND SOUND OF DETROITS AND JAKES!!!!!!

You sure won't sneak up on anyone in that thing, but it's definitely a thing of beauty... I'm an owner op right now with 31 years in and still trucking everyday!

Love that big ole white steering wheel too! This truck is a true Gem! WOW !

My dad drove these trucks from the early 60's onward for about 30 years. I can't believe how hard they worked back in the day! I grew up around truckers during this time. They were real men!

2 stroke symphony, jakes included. That should be a ringtone

that a road ranger? that's what I learned on, 68 white 4000, 318... beautiful truck and beautiful sound. thank you!

I remember this combo to be very popular in the late sixties. I love the distinct sound of Detroit’s they all have the same growl.

The most beautiful downshifts ever

I guess I could only dream of driving one of these trucks. I've been driving for just under a year and still haven't seen or heard one of these in person. This is one beautiful truck man. Hopefully one day I'll see it somewhere!

Very very nice sound and change of gears!!! Detroit forever!!!

Truck is absolutely beautiful inside and out it even sounds beautiful.

I went to work for a farmer who had an old dump truck with the 6V71 engine. Used only to haul cull potatoes one mile to the back of the farm to dump. I was 54 but had ever driven that kind of truck or 13 speed transmission. Challenge excepted. One day the dirt road was packed and with the truck empty I got that thing up to 10th gear. One day I was busy else wear and the new guy drove the truck. Sure enough he pulled out the PTO engagement cable just like I told him not to. I had to drop the transmission mounted power take off to get the cable reattached. The owner peered under the truck to see what was taking so long and offered to help. He saw me up to my elbows covered in 50 year old transmission oil. He told me I was doing a great job and hurried off to find something else to do. In my day I drove everything from a three cylinder two stroke motorcycle, 6 cyl diesel farm tractors, D6 Cat dozier. throttles on 30,000 hp steam turbine powered US Navy destroyer (1944 model Reserve training ship) and that dump truck. Never got to fly an airplane.

Gorgeous rig! Super smooth shiftin!

This is fantastic. I love the sound and would never get sick of listening to it. Thanks for sharing. Cheers

I love how he has keep turning the steering wheel like 10 times. haha. I dont know much about big rigs, but that was sick !

That is beautiful man. You are a smooth operator, made me remember times when thucking was fun !!! Thanks..

Glad to bring back good memories for you. I rode with my dad for years and always had fun riding these old trucks.

@smacdiesel Agreed - most truckers today couldn't begin to handle the 22" muscle wheel grossing 72+ on an old 2 lane blacktop road hauling a loaded possium belly of cattle. My dad used to have to sit me on the dog house of an 64 Emeryville for he was afraid I would go sailing out the window bouncing around a curve at 60MPH, while he is standing on the floor board pulling that wheel around the curve. I loved to watch my dad drive and now my brother, he has the same gift of a real trucker!

A seasoned truck driver of 35 years told me: "To drive a 'Screamin' Jimmy' correctly, you need to slam your hand in the door first, then you drive it like you're mad at it." I had a good laugh. Even though I've never driven a 2-stroke diesel, I knew exactly what he was talking about.

nice rig!!!! sounds bad ass like the one in maximum overdrive

Sounds like a pissed off bumblebee. . . the size of B-17. Could listen all day, nice stick work not many can shift a jimmy.

How I miss them, started with a old Detroit & 13 speed.

"drive it like your mad at it" love the old jimmy "s!!

Who in the heck would down-vote this video? Brought back memories of the old days for me...

Beautiful truck with a melodious sound!!😍

33 years driving and counting. I try to explain this to Nubi drivers today and they look at me like a dear in the head lights.

I love this sound😍

thats damn sweet shifting, I guess its easy with a detroit diesel, it drops the revs very fast ? Its realy a very nice truck combo you got there.

Great looking truck. Awesome shifting.

Ahhhhh...that sound..Detroit Deisel. I can feel it.

Thanks for the video. Just standin here thinkin ... There really is time travel cause a five minute video can have me on my dad's shoulders as a kid or rippin around with one of my older brothers as a teen and man for me it's heaven for a few minutes . Go ahead and get your digs in boys you should be so lucky to let your mind open once in awhile.

Music to my ears...well done Man. Bravo!

Niice steering wheel and niice sound ugh im 13 and trucks is my thing love the sound of a good detroit diesel

Thats the best noise i have heard in a long time.nice truck

Long live the old Detroit Diesel V8!

Very nice sound and nice change of gears!! Just love that sound! 😛

Nice smooth shiftin my man, got love that 13, i drive 18 now, really dont need split bottom, unless heavy heavy, like movin a 400, 138,000lbs, 23yrs and i still love it, cant wait get up go to work, lol..thanx.

Maximum overdrive! love the sound of this truck.

That trucks sounds awesome! Nice vid. Thanks for sharing!

Got to love those Old School Detroits Trucking was fun back in the day

Just EXCELLENT Love watching that gear changing too Thanks guys

sound sjust like the maximum overdrive truck love the sound.

You gotta Love the Symphony of a Detroit Two-Stroke . Clutch is only needed if you Muff a change . Once you know where the gears are , No Need .

That's One of the Coolest Diesels I can say that I love to listen to !!! 👍🏻🇺🇸

Very Very clean and rattle free truck, Love it.

@desert122 Thank you for the great comments, I do love my truck, and the good thing is it's mostly original, only paint and replaced the chrome with stainless where I could.

great sound !! i love the sound of an old-fashioned detroit diesel. Here in Mexico, you can still find lots of trucks with that kind of engine.

Awesome. Thing looks brand new too!

Beautiful truck by the way

Beautiful truck and great shifting. Can't imagine the hearing damage from this being your office for 12 hour days six days a week. Still super sweet!

Awessome friend...from Chile, end of the world....congrats and all the best!

Thanks Brian, hope it brought back good memories....

most drivers dont know to keep the rpm up on a detroit but you got it. there used to 4 cycle diesels and dont understand, run it like a friken chainsaw, and as far as gears,the more the marrier!

I really enjoyed that!

That was an Awesome film clip thanx luv ya hand work on gear shifting. Cheers

Sounds sooooo boss. That motor rappin hard!!!

Not try'n to sound gay or nuthin but I got a lot of respect for the way you handle that rig driver.

music to my ears.I could fall asleep to this.

Beautiful truck, sounds magnificent! Wish I could hear it in person. :( sniff sniff, lol!

dont think u had a trailer on lol love it thanks guys DETROIT 4 ever

beautiful truck!!

sounds like the can i used to put on my bike tire when i was a kid .....lol

Back when truck driving took skill keeping those 2 cycles on the power band was an art form and no radio you couldn't hear it anyway.

just beautiful!

"drive it like your mad at it" love the old jimmy's

It doesn't get much better then that, Sweet ol KW.

Snowman ya got ya ears on this the bandit were you at son

Right on, might have to make a road trip down that weekend and check it out. Then head to Lamberts afterwards for some grub!

@DetroitDieselDoctor, That is amazing.Thank you for the information Detroit.Seriously I thought the Jake came out in the early 80s. That Detroit is my favorite,always has been,Also I see a comment about Armstrong steering,I drove Armstrong for about the fist 5 yearsof my 26 behind the wheel of tractor trailers.

I don’t drive rig but I swear I’ll own one someday I just love em

That was a great vid !

The first truck i drove was a International with a 671 and a 13 speed.Never got caught speeding.

Can’t beat the sound of an oil Detroit diesel . Reminds me of that classic movie maximum overdrive lol

love sound of old detroit--my grandfater had sereval before he retried

great truck! floating thru the gears is the only way to go, clutch use at stops only!

1:45 OMG The Rev

sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweeet sweet

Those roadranger shift knobs were always a pain in the ass, always seemed the screws backed out and o rings fall out of place and the air pours out, think they changed in the late 80s I can't remember really but my drivers were most of the problems, figured they'd get to hang around the shop if they broke but I stocked the knobs and lines and fixed it in a skinny minute.

DETROIT POWER ! ! !

beautiful dash

NO BETTER SOUND THAN A 12V71 WITH JAKES N PIPES.THIS 318 IS SWEET TOO!!!

Thanks 8v - It's a great time....

music to my ears!!

Love it drive it just like I do !