I drove almost all of them (didn't get to drive a T600). I will say the Aeromax was a great truck. But most truckers of that time and later didn't seem to care for it. They want that classic look, even if it costs them money. Even if the cab is smaller and has poorer ergonomics. Ford sold their truck division off to Freightliner and it became the Stirling line....and I couldn't figure out why they just didn't stick around. They were on the way

Damn he remembered everything and spoke without any aaa hmm. Talent.

i really love these 1990s promo tapes because the music is so good

In another life, I worked for a company with over 300. We had 30 Aeromax sleepers in our fleet - they had the lowest overall cost of ownership of any we had, KW, Freightliner, and Volvo. Built by a car company, they were also the quietest trucks in the fleet.

I like how he compared them and complimented the other trucks. Now adays commercials just bash the competition and call each other out

We actually still have a running one (obviously its been heavily refurbished, and has new engine, trans, interior, etc). But it's still an aeromax and the driver loves it.

No interest in trucking or trucks but watched this because this guy is such an excellent presenter/public speaker.

7:18 Freightliner FLD120 Aerodyne - My dad had that truck with a 500hp Detroit 15 speed double overdriver Eaton Fuller. Brings back memories !!

I miss Ford trucks. They were always ahead of the curve in design and durability.

This truck reminds me of the good old early 90’s as a kid. Road Champ toys were really hot back then, and I remember going to (Eckerds) and got a toy good year ford Areomax🙃🙌❤️ Miss the 90’s

Still own my 1995 Aeromax still running strong and in mint condition. I’ve owned just about every truck the only other truck that was Also great was the 1995 Volvo both of these trucks are the best in my eyes

I've seen all but the Aeromax still on the road. I've driven a T600 and a FLD. I liked the durability of the FLD.

I remember them when they first came out it was the first truck that had really good headlights

What's the difference between a Freightliner and a Jehovah's Witness? You can close the door on a Jehovah's Witness.

Drove one back in the day. Rode and handled nice. The only complaints I had, was the ignition key location. Still got my kneecap whenever getting in. But the wind noise coming around the door seal drove me nuts.

Presenter does a fantastic job. And I appreciate his comments on flat vs wraparound dash panels. I've always liked the latter myself.

How things change in 30 yrs

These trucks represent the peak of industry, it was all downhill from there

I just wanna point out that the narrator said "120 BBC". Truly the internet has ruined me and anyone else.

I drove a Ford Aeromax back in the 90's. It was actually a very nice truck to drive. I would love to get my hand on one of these today!

Fun to watch this old comparison. Thanks for posting. Always thought the Kenworths were a bit awkward with their lack of legroom, but great trucks. Drove all these makes and liked them all for different reasons. Found cummins powered Freightliners of the 90's a bit loud inside.

I drove an Aeromax day cab in the mid 90s for about 3 years. Very comfortable roomy cab and nice ride. Good looking tractor.

I greatly appreciate you showing this video. I still love these Aeromax's. I always wanted the Hard Runner package. I thought it was one of the nicest looking trucks on the road. I dailed the 1800 number at the end of the video. I was sorely disappointed. Ford didn't pickup!!!! LOL

Thanks for sharing this incredible video! These were the trucks of my childhood! My Dad drove the International 9400! Love the Ford Aeromax!

Way back in the day that Ford Aeromax was the truck that made me want to be a truck driver. They had an electric blue one with a two color stripe package and all the goodies on it. So I became a truck driver and spent the majority of my 25 year OTR career in a base model International curb sniffer.🤣

Iv always loved the old fords.

This is what my childhood looked like on the interstates fine line of all great trucks and they all looked like trucks

Wow, great documentary! Those were the better days! Thanks for sharing!

For some heartfelt reason, I wish I'd had that truck, The Ford Aeromax 9000, if I'm ever a trucker to keep America Strong and Appreciation.

The most beautiful tractor ever

Good ole ford, my 1st semi truck job was driving a 1995 ford areo max ltl9000

I have seen all these trucks in the junkyards I go to. Cool looking trucks for its time!

KW T600 was the best Regional OTR truck to come out of this country in the last 50 years, hands down !! Strong as hell (CAT or Detroit equipped), ergonomic as can be, but roomy enough for a solo driver. The only thing I DIDN'T like was the "step down" sleeper. That took some getting used to at 3:30 am !!

I checked out a book from the library back in the 90s that featured this rig

IXO has a spitting image of this in 1/43 scale, beautiful model!

My grandfather was a lifelong International man. When he had to put his 75 CO47070B to pasture in 1991 he bought a areomax. He by that time was getting older, didn't want to climb in and out of a coe anymore. It was a really nice truck and ge ran it till he retired in 99. Sadly it was destroyed when the outbuilding it was parked in suffered from an electrical fire about 10 years ago.

It's cool to see these videos. I had an uncle who installed the fan shroud, & harness on the aeromax.

I've actually seen an Aeromax that use to pull a trailer for a NASCAR team that's now a farm use tractor. Old girl still has the "Tide Racing Team" logo on the sleeper with the farmers name on the door. I'm thinking it may have been for DW's hauler back then. This sighting was recently too btw, like in the past couple of months. If I had to own a truck, I'd try and go for any of these in this video, not just the Ford alone, though the Ford and the Freightliner would be my first choices.

It’s the original LTS with a new hood. Big whoop!!! I personally love the LTS model.

Those old ford's had great visibility and you could see all the gauges.switches were easy to find.but boy that old Hendrickson spring ride knew how to kick your butt.

As cool as the Aero Max was, it’s very ironic that Ford no longer makes a heavy duty truck and those other brands are still continuing today, lol!

It's nice to see the newer trucks have a old school look to them.

Surprising amount of these still on the road here in Ohio,,, but still no fan of fixing wiring in these models made in the 90s

Those Fords were ahead of its time yet they didn't sell, a few years later Volvo made a success with the VNL with the same concept, comfort and economy in a almost impenetrable market for foreign trucks. I am a big fan of old ford trucks.

THAT FORD IS ONE GOOD LOOKING TRUCK 🚚

Having driven all of them, In spite of being a loyal KW fan - I loved the Aeromax.

Great find. Rutherford says he had a Ford for 1,000,000 miles, good truck but he said the interior was junk fell apart.

O-H-I-O Porter greetings.🇺🇸 This was quite a good video. It wasn’t just a truck competitor bashing, but truly a comparison video. I remember back in the day when my dad spoke to me about buying 2 identical new trucks. That was in 1990. We didn’t get that far into just looking. Ford made some great looking trucks! Tis a shame that Ford no longer makes trucks in class 8. I think most Fords had issues with door jams allowing air to come in. I wonder if that was a structural problem more than a seal problem. I drove C800 that had issues after being smacked by another truck on the door. My brother drove a W9000 that had those issues. It mostly happened to me when I was on the highway…higher speeds. I loved that truck though! Yes, I love the older trucks…I feel they had more style & character. The newer trucks do look nice but are more cookie cutter looking than anything. Then you have fewer companies making them as well. Daimler owns…Freightliner,Western Star, etc. Volvo owns Mack. As far as Electric Trucks…maybe I’m old fashioned, but I just can’t see it being fruitful right now. You really shouldn’t take the human factor out of driving any vehicle! This video brought back some good memories & really showed me some interesting facts that I wasn’t aware of. Good stuff! 🥰🧐✌️

The cdl school I went to had one of these to practice straight backing

This company in Ontario Ca, TAB iirc. They kept a real clean example of one of these. I loved the dash. That FLD was just everywhere when I started in the 90s.

as a tall person, i could never get comfortable in those louisville cabs.with a clutch pedal hanging down my clutch knee was allways hitting the steering wheel by the time the pedal was nearly released.not a good design for tall drivers when the steering wheel was nearly horizontal, like in a cabover.

I have driven trucks from all the manufacturers, Freightliner, Kenworth, Peterbilt, Mack, International Harvester, GMC, and Ford. however I never drove an Aeromax. I could see where they would be more aerodynamic than some of the other trucks. I just never got the opportunity to drive one. but I did drive an LTL 9000 Ford's regular conventional tractor. it was a dump and pup heavy hauler with a three axle pup and a drop axle on the tractor. it had a 3406E Cat and an eighteen speed. it was when I worked for an Asphalt Paving company. and they kept their trucks in good condition it was a damn nice truck. about the only issue I had with that truck. was that the instrument cluster was sort of low and flat from the driver's position. and the gauges were recessed into the dashboard which in sunny weather conditions made the gauges a little hard to see. it was a hell of a truck and I have to say it would easily rate right up there with anything made by the three OTR truck manufacturer's. but if I had to choose it would be a difficult decision. but a Peterbilt 379 would just barely eek out the Ford LTL 9000. not because it's a better truck but because I have really grown to like the Pete 379.

I'm convinced..im calling 1st thing Monday morning

There are a lot of these 120's still running around - ugly and yet good-looking at the same time. Ford was always good about building a roomy cab. I'm also surprised the Peterbilt 377 was not included in this comparison, but then again the T600B/377 were PACCAR cousins.

I learned how to drive a semi in a areomax. I told my self I am going to by a Ford areomax when I get money

Thank you for posting this!!!!

Always loved these. Had so many toys of em as a kid.

This has the look and sound of those videos they made us watch during orientations. 😖

Drove one in the late 90s. Its good when its new. Lots of plastic parts that tend to fall apart

International ran those metal clutch pedals until 2007. I used to drive them and hoped every year they would change. Wore the bottom of my left boot off. In 08 we got the prostar..... Can't believe they stayed in business after that.

Looks like a lovely truck

Why did I just watch this whole video? I have no idea but I loved it

The only Ford rigs I actually like are total opposites of each other. The CL-9000 Cabover AKA "The Skyscraper," ITL 9000 tractor with sleeper, and the Aroemax 120. Nowadays though, these are very hard to find in good condition.

I'd take the fld120 any day between all of them. Easy with no hassle and the only thing I'd take over the fld120 in my opinion is the wia64 which wasn't in this video.

I love the t-600. N the fld. U can keep ur ford.

I'd love to see what Ford would do today with a proper tractor

The Ford is the one truck I'd least want to drive out of the rest seen in this video.

Ford is still making full size semi trucks today under a joint venture with a company in Turkey. The Ford F-Max and Cargo. Search Ford Otosan for more info

Thank God for Ford and their engineering. That KW is only 53 inches wide and with two whole seats up front, shoulder room is certainly a problem (as pointed out by the mouthpiece from Ford). I can see this being a problem when King and Queen Kong are occupying the seats. How out of touch was this marketing department?

I drove all 4 trucks he’s comparing. I liked them all however the Arromax wasn’t favourite. A very easy truck to drive.

What he forgot to say that FLD 120 was and still is the best truck out there 🥰✌🤙🤌👍

Back then and now long hood Pete's and KW's are the kings. Teslas make them look even greater, especially on heavy haul..

Ohh but pretty much all those truck except the Aeromax are still on the road and I see them regularly.

and we will never have it this good again

It's a shame Ford had sold their heavy truck division to Freightliner, maybe appeasing to Navistar at that time.

I did like the Ford Louisville range of trucks but their three piece spot welded cab roof was a crap design for rust problems they were known for.

Man, i am a Ford fan... but i love the Freightliner 120, Easy to drive

The Ford Louisville was a good truck, the Aeromax was a piece of CRAP I had a customer with two of them miserable truck to work on Two huge mufflers right under the transmission two air tanks above the transmission. Plastic dash that disintegrates over time, no wonder you don’t see any on the road anymore; T600’s and FLD 120 and 112’s are in everyday use.

Im in love with the AeroMax & International. We will never see any of these trucks in this condition in the real world. Notice, they all have the seemingly rare "road light" package (foglights). The International has yellow ones, perfect for fog and snow.

Ford should definitely modernize the design and relaunch it with the F-Max cab and powertrain

I’d love to find a Hard Runner to add to our collection

I cant remember ever seein 1 of those on the road or ever before.. back in 1990 i was fresh out of high school tho lol .. didnt become a driver until mid 2017

Is the Ford Aeromax still around

probably was 8 Freightliner FLD & Kenworth T600 trucks for every ONE Ford Aeromax trucks manufactured.

The KW is the T600B, why wasn't the Peterbilt 377 included and the new Mack CH trucks?

Dam imagine having that fld in a barn somewhere still in the same shape

Its a shame ford got out of the heavy duty truck market. They were so good at it. Still use 2 l900s on the farm. Theres nothing to replace them IMO

I have driven all these trucks including Macks equivalent and like all trucks each has its own good and bad traits, I love them all for that but would have to say the T600 is my fav. Awesome old sales video tho since you wont see one of these trucks that sharp anymore.

Why doesn't ford make class A semi trucks anymore?

All the trucks a great and beautiful. But I don't love the Ford Aeromax. What are the years that each truck? Or all they the same year. Just though I'd ask as a classic Big Rig enthusiast/fan. And sorry if I sound rude and nosy. Please, Thank you and KEEP ON TRUCKIN'!

Looking at this, I can see where the Modern International Got there Ideas on refinement

When i first started wrenching i got to work on a few of these

It's funny they trash the numbered wiring in the Freightliner. It does have the issue that the numbers can fade or wear off but so much easier to trace a circuit. Find a wire rubbed through or try to find a fault in a known circuit you can check the circuit number in the service manual wiring diagram and look up what it is for rather than trying to diagnose it by looking at the colours in multiple wiring diagrams to try and figure out what circuit it is. It's just simpler numerically. Probably the only way a colour blind mechanic could diagnose wiring too.

"Why would you spend all the time, and money, and research, to build an aero truck, and not finish it with aero headlights? Only one manufacturer does that, in front of you today." The Peterbilt 377 at 7:27 HAS AERO HEADLIGHTS! Did Ford really exclude the Peterbilt that they already had on hand for a photo shoot from the rest of the comparison, just so they could deliver this "gotcha" line?

Why didn't they have a Peterbilt 377 in this video?

I wish this video was shot 2 weeks ago 😢

Strange ford is so much better yet they don’t make tractors anymore but all the other companies do

❤beautiful trucks ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

ill take the T600

Funny when he's cutting down the freightliner how in a couple years freightliner bought out and completely scrapped the Ford 😂😂😂