Today we're seeing what its like to drive a 50 year old big rig. Was this a giant mistake? I hope not.
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00:00I just bought this 50-year-old semi-truck off Facebook Marketplace for $10,000.
00:09I've wanted a tractor truck ever since I was a little kid.
00:12And now, 10 years later, I finally got one, baby.
00:18But I'm starting to realize owning a truck this big comes with its own set of problems.
00:26I like that.
00:28What the fuck is this?
00:30Let's make it out of the city.
00:32Let's make it out of the city.
00:34The whole driving a big rig thing, I'm going to have to get used to.
00:38Okay, I'm going to show you how I acquired this heifer hauler.
00:41I'm going to see if I can turn it into my daily driver.
00:43And then, I've got to figure out where to park this thing in a city that never sleeps.
00:50Welcome to Big Time.
00:54I've got to be close to hitting it.
00:56I'm close. Look at the RV.
01:02I love working with Joby.
01:04Helping your best friend accomplish a five-year-long project is undoubtedly super rewarding.
01:10But it also has a few drawbacks.
01:15And like I'm sure most of you know, the only thing that helping your best friend on a project does for you is make you want to work on your own project.
01:23You said you were here to help. You said you would do anything.
01:25I am. I'm just Facebook market placing.
01:27But starting Big Time has got me thinking a lot lately.
01:30We started this channel because we want to make videos about things we think are cool.
01:35Things you guys might also think are pretty cool.
01:38So it got me wondering what my dream project is.
01:41And if I'm being honest with myself, and I look deep down, go way back, and peer into tiny little Jeremiah's tiny little heart,
01:50there's really only one thing I want.
01:52And that one thing is a big rig.
01:57See, growing up as a kid in the South, big rigs were cool as heck.
02:01Semi-trucks were literally the biggest things on the road.
02:04And with their size came this sense of wonder and allure to a freckled-faced Florida boy who didn't like wearing shoes.
02:11There were also movies like Smokey the Bandit and Convoy that characterized truckers as something closer to outlaws or pirates than actual truck drivers.
02:19Having a CB radio, that was cool.
02:21Bootlegging, that's cool.
02:23Driving a late Kenworth cab over with a 13-speed manual transmission, that was cool.
02:29And I know I wasn't the only one who thought that.
02:31Because being a trucker was at one point in time one of the most popular jobs in America.
02:36The trucking industry took off in the 50s and 60s when interstates were being built.
02:40And a boom in consumer goods and industrial production in the 70s gave way to trucks being crucial in delivering, well, everything.
02:48Consumer goods, food, construction materials, fuel, medical supplies, vehicles, livestock.
02:53If you got it, a truck brought it.
02:56And I want to be a part of that.
02:58So with my heart set on a big rig, I hopped on Facebook Marketplace.
03:02And initially was astonished to find that used semis are going for well over $35,000.
03:09I can't buy something that expensive.
03:12But I was obsessed.
03:14And not in a good way.
03:15Obsessed in a way that only a car guy knows.
03:18When you've found your itch, it ain't going to scratch itself.
03:21So I did a little more scratching.
03:27I searched even more.
03:31More searching.
03:36Days turned into weeks.
03:38Turned into about another week or so.
03:40But that was probably about it.
03:42Until I finally found this.
03:45Bud's 6-pack.
03:47A 1977 Kenworth K100 Cabover with a custom paint job and a custom truck bed.
03:54It was perfect.
03:57So I messaged Wayne and in true Facebook Market fashion, lowballed the crap out of him.
04:02And he was very nice and responded with a very polite and fair,
04:06Go f*** yourself, I know what I got.
04:08But I was patient.
04:10And then, by the grace of our Lord and Savior,
04:13Wayne hit me back to see if I was still interested.
04:16And boy, oh boy, was I.
04:22Okay, so months and months of dealing with this seller.
04:25Today is the day.
04:26I am right now on my way to go pick up this semi truck.
04:30And it's dawning on me that I have no idea what to look for.
04:35Yes, I've bought plenty of used cars on Facebook Marketplace.
04:38But I have zero experience with a 50-year-old big rig.
04:43Probably should have thought about that before I spent hours talking to this guy.
04:48Before I went and got cash.
04:50And before I drove 45 minutes to go meet him.
04:52But you know what?
04:55I got a sickness, baby.
04:57I got a sickness.
05:00I'm also realizing semi trucks are just big.
05:03They're just big things.
05:05Bigger bolts and bigger nuts and bigger engines and bigger everything.
05:09Illegal U-turn.
05:11Oh no, it went green.
05:13Could this be an ultimate cash crater?
05:15I friggin' hope not.
05:17Oh God, I hope not.
05:26The first thing we buy on this table is a 50-year-old semi truck.
05:31What a bunch of knuckleheads.
05:36Dude, look at this.
05:39It's pretty sick, huh?
05:42It's pretty sick, huh?
05:45Hey Wayne, how's it going, sir?
05:47Are you ready to get rid of this thing?
05:50Thank you for driving this thing out here. This is great.
05:53Absolutely.
05:54Can you give me a little bit more information about the truck?
05:57How you got it? How long you've owned it?
05:59I mean, any specifics?
06:00So I had my eye on it for a long time.
06:02It was a gentleman up in Upland that owned it and used it to pull his dragster with.
06:08And that's Bud who owned it?
06:10That's Bud, yeah.
06:11And 6-pack was what, his racing team or racing engine that he used in his car?
06:15Yeah, so he had a V6 Sand Dragster that he raced and he used to race the circuit with that.
06:22He redid everything. He did the paint on it here.
06:25He built this bed for it.
06:27You got a custom bed. This is cool.
06:29Yeah.
06:30Tailgate, a little step up.
06:31So it's got the Peterbilt airbag suspension on it, so he converted that.
06:35This thing's probably bad enough as it is.
06:38So these are fuel tanks, right?
06:40Yeah, so those are the...
06:42112 gallons?
06:43Yep, they're 112 each.
06:45Each.
06:46So it's a small fortune to fill it up.
06:48So what do we have engine-wise in this guy?
06:51So it's got a Detroit.
06:53671T V6 Detroit diesel.
06:56So it's two-stroke.
06:57Two-stroke.
06:58It's supercharged and turbocharged.
07:00Twin-charged.
07:01Okay, cool.
07:02The heart of Big Time Bud is this Detroit diesel 6V71T.
07:07The 6V means it's a V6 and the 71 means it's 71 cubic inches per cylinder for a total of 426 cubic inches.
07:17The engine alone weighs over 2,000 pounds and makes 280 horsepower.
07:23Not much, right?
07:24Well, it makes up for it in the torque department at 800 pound-feet of torque.
07:29Oh, and also, it's supercharged.
07:32Oh, and also, it's turbocharged.
07:35Oh, and also, it's a two-stroke.
07:38Now in a typical two-stroke, the air-fuel mixture goes through the crankcase and gets forced into the cylinder where it gets compressed and ready to go for combustion.
07:46The ports cut into the cylinder are where we get air coming in and exhaust going out.
07:51The movement of the piston is what creates the pressure differential we need that allows air to get drawn inside the combustion chamber.
07:58Now with this engine, we don't have that.
08:00There's no way for the piston to draw air in, so we have to force it in with a supercharger.
08:06We have a gear-driven roots blower mounted right on top of our engine here, and this blower forces the fresh air we need for combustion into the cylinder.
08:15Without it, we just have a 2,000-pound paperweight.
08:18But we also have a turbocharger.
08:21Why?
08:22Well, why the heck not?
08:23It's an easy way to get more power, and they made versions of this engine without it, but we got lucky and scored one with a turbo.
08:31Another thing that's super unique is that this two-stroke uses overhead valves.
08:35Once we get combustion, the exhaust gases get pushed out through pushrod-operated poppet valves in the cylinder head.
08:41Those valves, they're timed by the use of a camshaft, very similar to how a four-stroke engine uses overhead valves.
08:47Now this engine is what you get when a two-stroke daddy and a four-stroke mommy make a baby.
08:52A Detroit diesel baby.
08:54But cool engine aside, this thing comes with some problems.
08:59This front filter, for some reason, has blown the gasket out.
09:02And the brakes, everything is good on it?
09:04Brakes were all redone on it, but that was a long time ago.
09:08All right, so this is a cabover, so this whole entire cab flips forward?
09:11Correct.
09:12And how does it do that?
09:13So it's got a pump right here, that black pump on there.
09:15But that doesn't work right now.
09:17That does not work right now.
09:18Yeah, and then it does have air conditioning as well, and all the equipment for it's there.
09:24I doubt it works.
09:25Yeah.
09:2624 quarts, if I'm not mistaken.
09:28Holy crap.
09:29Yeah, that's a fair amount of oil.
09:31Don't forget, we're getting into big rig truck world where everything is like,
09:35hey, here's a 114-gallon tank, or 112-gallon tank, and that's one of them.
09:41Yeah, do you know how much a tire runs for these?
09:43If you wanted to go with Michelins on it again, they're probably about 500.
09:47A tire?
09:48Yeah, a tire.
09:49But every truck is going to have some problems, so there's really only one thing left to do.
09:53Buy this sucker.
09:547, 8, 9, 10.
09:56Oops.
10:01There you go.
10:02Sounds good.
10:03Thank you, sir.
10:04Thank you.
10:05We own a big rig now.
10:07Bye, Wayne.
10:08See you later.
10:09Bye, Jerry.
10:18All right, cool.
10:20We got a truck.
10:22I'm realizing right now in this moment that I do not know how to drive it.
10:26So, uh-oh.
10:29Also, I don't know if I can park it on the street.
10:34This was not thought out properly.
10:38We're going to figure it out.
10:39All right, let's go.
10:41Big rig Jerry.
10:48Oil pressure's good.
10:50Got compressor pressure good.
10:52Got fuel.
10:54Okay, we're on an actual street.
10:58This is ridiculous.
11:00What am I doing?
11:10This is sick.
11:12Two-two, baby.
11:14Two-two, baby.
11:17Why the f*** did we drive during 5 o'clock traffic?
11:20Meep.
11:39Dude, got it.
11:41Got it.
11:42Let's go.
11:44Let's go.
11:46You can do the gears, baby.
12:09I like that.
12:15What the f*** is this?
12:20Welcome to the family.
12:22Our new big rig.
12:24Our new big bouncing baby boy.
12:26You bought this.
12:27Yeah, dude.
12:28I bought it, and it's for you, too.
12:31You know, because we know your car is going to eventually break down.
12:35Hey.
12:37Yeah, okay.
12:38Okay, so you need something to recover it.
12:40You need something to recover it, so I bought a 1977 Kenworth K100 cab over.
12:46Wow.
12:47It's got a horn.
12:48Can I honk it in your residential?
12:49Sure.
12:56Okay, so I got the truck home.
12:58Joby even seems to like it.
13:00But like I said earlier, big trucks come with some big responsibilities.
13:04Okay, so I must admit I made a little bit of a misstep when thinking about where I needed to park this big truck.
13:10Then I was sitting around thinking about it, and I thought, oh, I actually have the perfect place.
13:14Joby's backyard.
13:15Here's the thing.
13:16Joby has a strict no project car rule about parking cars in his backyard.
13:22But this is a project truck, so I got him on a technicality.
13:26He's out to dinner right now.
13:28The gate to get into his backyard is locked, so I had to take drastic measures.
13:33We got to break into my own friend's house.
13:38I hope Joby doesn't get mad at me.
13:43Oh, dude, it's so loud.
13:45Can you with this light?
13:46Looks like actual criminals.
13:57That was pretty quick.
13:58Two seconds.
14:04Oh, man.
14:23I got to be close to hitting it.
14:25Look at the RV.
14:34Holy crap.
14:44Okay.
14:48I'm going to leave the tree.
14:50Oh, my God.
14:56I was wondering why you asked me to come out here.
14:59What's up with that?
15:01What's up with that?
15:02That's my backyard.
15:04Uh-uh-uh.
15:07Uh-uh-uh.
15:09Uh-uh-uh.
15:11Zip tied shut.
15:13Where's the lock?
15:18Joby, I'm sorry.
15:20I love you.
15:22My lock.
15:25I'm going to go get this towed.
15:28Is this why you wanted to go play pool?
15:30It's locked.
15:31I mean, this is not staying here.
15:35With our parking situation at least temporarily figured out,
15:39it's time to see if this thing can actually be a drivable truck around town.
15:43But first thing we got to do is go get some diesel in this thing.
15:49Ah, my chariot awaits.
15:53Do we even need seatbelts, really?
15:55Oh, I don't get an air seat.
15:57Let's go, baby.
16:01And we're off.
16:03Floating gears, you see that?
16:05Floating.
16:07One of my nightmares, or like greatest fears,
16:11is a big tire like this exploding anywhere near me.
16:14How could you even say that?
16:16Well, it's all I can think about.
16:18So do you downshift at all?
16:19Or are you just kind of neutral?
16:20I don't know, dude.
16:21I'm in neutral in it and braking it.
16:23Yeah, baby.
16:25We're trucking now.
16:27Hey, what's this one do?
16:30What's this one do?
16:31I don't know.
16:32This is it?
16:33This is it, dude.
16:34We're on the side.
16:35Oh, dude.
16:36You got it.
16:37You are always going to have the right of way, I think.
16:40This has to be illegal.
16:42It feels like it.
16:44How much am I paying for this?
16:45$540 a gallon?
16:47Holy crap.
16:48What?
16:49$540 a gallon.
16:51112 gallons.
16:52In this tank?
16:53Yeah.
16:54There's another one over there.
16:55112 in that tank.
16:56Luckily, they're not connected.
16:57Yes, $1,000.
16:59I'm just going to put a quick hondo in.
17:03All right, they've capped me at 27.7 gallons, $150.
17:08Well, that was fun.
17:09It was fun.
17:10How long do you think it's going to take you to hit something?
17:12F*** you.
17:16Now that Bud isn't hungry anymore and full of diesel, it's time to get him a little makeover.
17:20So how about we go to the car wash?
17:23Okay.
17:24Stressful driving.
17:26Huh?
17:28Yeah?
17:29I guess that's why Wayne sold it.
17:31Yeah.
17:32Berkey, Berkey, 10-9, 1-9, 6-9.
17:34Come in and help.
17:36Don't say that.
17:38We can actually do a U-turn on Venice.
17:40Okay.
17:41Why not?
17:42Woo-hoo!
17:43Bye.
17:48Oh, f***.
17:49I'm not going to make it.
17:53I'm not going to make it.
17:55I'm not going to make it.
18:01All right.
18:02Should we see if it's going to make it?
18:04Yeah.
18:08It's close.
18:10Should have brought a tape measure.
18:17All right, let's go.
18:20So far, so good.
18:22The stack is not going to make it.
18:24Really?
18:25You got five feet.
18:28Well, it kind of fits.
18:30It's going to make getting out of here a little more difficult.
18:53Do you think he regrets it yet?
18:55It's definitely a little stressful to drive.
18:57You can tell Jerry's having moments of stress, but he's doing pretty well.
19:00It is not made for L.A. city streets, though, I'll tell you that.
19:04This is the worst f***ing soap on the planet.
19:07You should invent new soap.
19:09All right.
19:10First car wash, slash half a car wash, slash half a truck wash.
19:16Smashing success.
19:23I want to know how this thing is as a grocery getter.
19:26How about we go get some groceries?
19:28Maybe a little Costco run.
19:30I was trying to use this truck as, like, a daily driver, everyday thing.
19:34Oh, yeah?
19:35Yeah, I think it's going to be tough to do that.
19:37Well, you'll find, like, the three or four places you can fit, and you'll just want to go there.
19:41Right.
19:53Ah!
19:56Trying to stand on the push.
19:59Ah!
20:19Dude, think about how fun that dragon would be.
20:28Ah!
20:31Ah!
20:35Ah!
20:39Ah!
20:41Ah!
20:43Ah!
20:45Ah!
20:53Son of a b***h.
20:59Another truck thing that I would do on the weekends would be to load up a motorcycle and go take it to the track.
21:06So, it's not the weekend, but I still want to go ride a motorcycle.
21:11So, how about we put one in the back of this thing and head to the track?
21:14It shouldn't be too hard to load up.
21:16Load up.
21:27I'll get Joe.
21:29We're just running at it.
21:30Okay.
21:31Oh, God, dude.
21:40Did I scrape the belly?
21:41Yeah, dude.
21:43Pretty simple.
21:44Let's make it out of the city.
21:46Let's make it out of the city.
21:48The whole driving a big rig thing, I'm going to have to get used to.
22:06So, is it a pain to drive a big rig around town?
22:08Absolutely.
22:10Absolutely.
22:11Does it have a couple of problems?
22:13Probably.
22:15Did we have a lot of fun doing it?
22:17You bet your a** we did, Connor.
22:19Thank you guys so much for watching this episode.
22:22I am so pumped on this thing.
22:24I cannot wait to show you what we're about to do with it.
22:27So, if you could, please like, subscribe, leave some comments down below on what you think I'm going to do with this sucker.
22:32Okay, I love you.
22:33Goodbye.