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very well said mate !!

Hell ya, Gotta love hearing the guy talk about getting his unit juuuuust right 👌

This guy is the real deal, that’s when trucking was a respectable profession, with the knuckleheads they got nowadays, their a bunch of cut throats now, no one helps anyone anymore

I agree 100%. Men like him make my heart melt and bring great memories to mind of the many REAL OLE TIMERS I've met in my trucking career. I'm close to 33 years in and I throughly enjoyed this interview and the truck.

Nice 👌

You can't wear out a well maintained truck from then.

well said indeed

The truth well said .

White Cats are usually reserved for Marine Application.

@@carlmason4153 yea and marine and other applications but they did come in highway rigs my ‘79 A model Kenworths CAT 3408 is CAT white

@@JacksonGuitarsPlayer03 Yeh Maybe my friend, worked on hell of a lot of Cats in trucks (worked for Cat Dealership) never saw one in white, but that doesn't mean they didn't do them. Seen Loads on Marine vessels, mainly 3406 & 3408's. Personally I dont like a Cat in White, but "Who am I"

@@carlmason4153 they did indeed come from the factory in other applications besides marine in white White in semi trucks as well. I’ve seen white 3406 CATs in semis too

@@carlmason4153 Back in the 1960s and up to 1984, Cat truck engines were painted different colors in some truck brands. White in Paccar (Kenworth & Peterbilt), blue in Ford, gloss red in International, and chartreuse (close to Terex green) in Autocar and Western Star.

They’re still out there in the bushes, there’s a handful of guys with the know how, tools and money to get them back in this kind of shape, but unless major changes happen in the way America is, the best of times may be 40 years ago.

At least we lived to see them 😊

FACT

We need to make America Great Again.

That's a bullshit trucker story if ever there was one, we can hope you don't believe it too now.

Now tell us the one about the v12 that only ran to Alaska

I'm 63 now, and I'm still banging the gears in my original '79 359 Pete. Got 3.6 million on her and she keeps gettin' on. Call me Twilight Zone they do................... I'm gone

@@PeterGriswald Well I'm 68 and been trimming my toe nails in the fan for a long time now. Retired 2 yrs ago. Let the youn'uns deal with it now!!

@@kenuber4014 I hear ya hand. I just can't sit still! I run the Carolinas and a few other places when I get bored. I'm having fun and making money, but it ain't what it used to be out here that's for damn sure! Watch them clippers! lol

@@PeterGriswald Tail winds to you bud!

REAL TALK.

Imagine a 1000/3000 3508 in a truck. 🤔

Everything about the trucking industry today is a pathetic joke unfortunately. From the throwaway plastic garbage trucks made today to the inexperienced sorry excuse for even a steering wheel holders that account for 99% of the so called drivers today to the EPA and eld's. Trucking ain't what it use to be and the good times are long gone.

@@jasond5405 I agree 100%!

Most so called drivers can't speak English sad sad deal what a beautiful truck

​@@jasond5405it's sad to say but your absolutely right. I don't even live in the USA but it's the same in our country and others. Nothing is the same anymore and will never ever be as good but I just try to make the most of it and put myself in the best situations available.

@@bush600r2 Exactly sir.

There are modern engines that make more power, more efficient than these ole dinosaurs like the KTA-1150 and the 3408B/C but none of them will ever make the sounds a 19L V8 does. It’s hands down the best sounding heavy truck engine ever put into a set of frame rails in North America.

​@@SuperDriver379 truth

The c18? Hardly a fuel efficient engine There’s a reason they still use these in modern marine installations

Big truck go fast as he can, Large car go as fast as he want to.

How the HELL did they shoe horn a V-8 Cat in a NEEDLE NOSE ??? BET you can't slide a piece of toilet paper between frame rails and exhaust manifolds never mind trying to get the hood closed ....

Here in the US, Caterpillar marketed and registered the 3408 with the EPA under "automotive" use (over-the-road) for model years 1976-1985. There were a sizable amount of Kenworth W900As, K100s, Peterbilt 359s, 352Hs, and a couple 362s with 3408s. A good guy by the name of Cam Lavin (quite prevalent on the American Trucking Historical Society (ATHS) facebook group has dug through tons of build records and the latest Peterbilt with a factory 3408 he's come across was a 359 with a build date of May 28, 1985; roughly 10-11 months into the model year. It's extremely unlikely that Mr. Harry's truck came factory with a 3408. It must have been a glider kit as the Custom Build dash plate was only a thing on those. You could apparently order a 503 hp 3408B over-the-counter from Cat for 1986 and possibly 1987, but there's no evidence here to differentiate if Mr. Harry's is the typical 450 hp 3408 DITA or a B model. Now, all this doesn't detract from the fact that finding a good running 3408 these days (especially one this clean) is a massive treat.

Several here in the USA still working as well

I thought most of the big trucks and road trains over there ran Mack E9s or V12 Detroit's?

@@hendo337 That was years ago. Nowadays we run Kenworths with Cummins X15 or you can get a QSK19 but they are pretty rare. Mack run the 6 cylinder Volvo engine, they say it’s a Mack engine except it isn’t.

Uh huh, right there with my Caterpillar dozer with the pull start Pony motor and over head LeTourneau cable system. Problem is its too reliable and I got too much work out of this 80 some year old machine.

Nope I buy it just give up little love a get a match year coal bucket and run more black gold with it

1693 sounds great as well

I used to run 2 of them, it was a small drilling rig, ha ha.

Some of those old Mack Superdogs with the V8 sounded pretty tuff too.

3408,3412, KTA,MACK,V12 all sound AWESOME 2 me!!!!!!!!🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🇺🇸📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💎💵💵💵💵💵💵💵

Except for a loping C18

C-18’s will fit in a truck, and the ISX family of cummins engines can make the power of both the dinosaur 19L’s but neither of those make the sounds the old mechanical engines made.

Don't forget the Mack E9s

I think you meant trucking patriarchs. Matriarchs are women. Patriarchs are men.

@@jti2007 😂. Thanx for the correction. 🙏🏾

Mine is 550 at the wheels so around 610 at the flywheel. They are easy to bump up the power, you just need CAT’s special tool for the fuel racks.

@@gm16v149 yeah you can easily turn up a older CAT that have manual fuel primers that are cool. They really push way more power than they’re rated

The cranks in the 3408’s are their Achilles heel, but they have no problem pushing 1800 on the torque. With a modern turbocharger on them they can hold their own against the big horse X-15’s and cranked up 6NZ’s

@@SuperDriver379 they got probably 1900 torque

@@SuperDriver379 That’s a bit of an urban myth about the crank, same as you’ll only get 4.5 mpg loaded or empty. Mines done over 70,000 hours and the engine and crank have never been out the frame since it was built in 1979. It’s had three sets of heads and liner packs and a couple of water pumps and compressors and injectors and elements. The secret is to give it a bearing roll around every 6,000 hours, and change out the turbo at around 14,000 hours. No one ever mentions the real problem, which is that the compressor can fall of the rear alloy housing unless you fabricate an external bracket, and the alternator bracket will break unless you reinforce it. I did a bearing roll before Christmas and the crank was well within spec, end float was 0.014” and it never seems to change.