kevin444

In the '70's we had a few Autocar's like that running around (tractors pulling gravel-trains, and truck and pup trailer), with most having Cummins turbo 855, or Cat 3406. Saw a few COE Freightliner's pulling trains around Saginaw. But there were MANY K-100 Kenworths, and many GMC Astro 95's pulling gravel trains everywhere in the state. The kenworth's usually had Cat 1693TA or 3406 A/B, or V-12 detroits, and at least an SSHD or 44DS tandems. The Astro's had either 12v71n, 8v92n, or 8v92ta detroits, or 350+ h.p. Cummins, and at least SSHD or 44DS tandems.

What few Brockway's I did see were either U360LL dump truck with pup trailer, or U459TL COE tractors with V-12 detroits pulling gravel trains, all with at least SSHD or 44DS.

I love these....

Fuel cost and consumtion aside.....you gotta admit they were just plain awesome....

Well, the g/f ordered a set and got them okay. Apparently they only ship on like one day a week, so you might have to wait for the next shipping day? A month is a bit long, but they send them USPS, so might be lost somewhere too. DVD quality was great, packaging great. Who knows?

Yes, it could be lost in the USPS system.....I'm no stranger to mail getting lost.

I guess "patience is a virtue" is a saying that never applied to me either.

So, I Wait.

anyone else out there having trouble getting the movies/dvd's they ordered from truckerflicks.com?

either they are the slowest packagers and shippers of dvd's on the planet, or it must be "normal" to wait a month or so for a dvd.....and the shipping for one dvd is $5.95!

COMMUNICATION is not one of their stong points either. Don't expect a quick reply to an email......

Welcome to BMT, where abouts in Michigan are you from?

I'm in the Big Rapids area....near Morley (unofficial "truck capitol of Michigan")

I was flippin' through the June 1971 issue of OVERDRIVE, when I ran across this article (Tractor Disection Report) on the FWD CO-64 COE. I have seen both the CA (conventional), and CO (COE) models on the opposing lanes on the freeway when I was cruising southern Michigan, and in Ohio back about '88-'91. Nuthin' flashy about 'em.....They were pulling chipper-vans.

However, this OVERDRIVE article stated that the unflashy COE they were scrutinizing was powered with a 12V-71N(!!??!!). A buzzin' dozen??!! (a possible typo?)

Anyway, I was flabbergasted enough by this revelation(?) to buy a '71 FWD CO/CA-64 sales brochure to help verify this option....it's on its way. Maybe I will get the info to verify this, or not.

Either way, I'll have a nice color brochure to add to my collection.

And I am a 12V-71N fan....since a few gravel-trains that had them ran the roads in my old home territory of northern MI.

...thought I'd join up and see about learning more about trucks...both old and new.

I real dig the trucks made in the 1968-1976 time period. I'm researching literature and periodicals of the time in my spare time.

Really dig the RL/RS-700, FL/FS-700 Macks.