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My son and I have spent the last two days traveling to Wyoming. We’ve seen a lot of semis on the road. We both have reached the conclusion that the Peterbuilt tractors are the best looking.

Is there a better looking rig out there today?

Kenworth Mack

Like this old school

Hard to top a Kenworth W900 long hood or a Peterbilt 389.

The early Mack and Peterbilt with the narrow grill are better looking.

Anything but a COE. Lamest looking rigs on the road.

Old ones have some serious cool factor though.

You tube...Hangin' loose with Jake Bast at Super Rigs, old school Pete done in California hotrod style. It's a real every day working truck. shameless plug...he's my son in law.

KW, or the Peterbilt. Beautiful.

Star.


Or an old MARMON.





The square hood trucks are a classic look.
They suck donkey balls to drive.

A PACCAR or old Star ride nice, but visibility out of them is horrible.
That hood and filyers hide a pile of real estate.
The cramped jeep sized cab hooked to a big sleeper and the stacks set up a situation
where the whole trailer disappears for awhile when you are backing up.


Guys scoff if you bring all that up. Because they are superior!

I like a comfortable, easy to drive, safe truck.
Ain't lookin' at it when I'm driving.
Driving is when I'm making 💰!

A KW or Pete long hood that hasn't been "murdered out"

I tend to like a W900 or 359/379 quite a bit but honestly - a tasteful K100 or Peterbilt 362, I like them quite a bit, especially pulling a bull wagon.

It all depends if I’m paying the fuel bill or someone else is!

Always thought the older Western Star looked good. Otherwise Pete or KW

Caterpillar had the best looking tractor

All the Peterbilt's are built in Denton, Texas. I've known a number of people that work there. Pretty cool company.

They are indeed, they throw a get together once a year for the Pete worshipping faithful, invitation only... they really roll out the welcome mat, kind of a hall of fame thing. You don't have to buy a fleet of Petes...the owner operators that run and beautifully maintain the classics are honored just as well.

I had to look that up. Here ya go

Marmon

Thanks Too Dogs, I was just gettin' used to electric lights in the house...and then they comes out with computers.

Back in the early 70's Diamond Rio, Western Star, and Autocar... but our trucks were all day-cabs, we didn't have room for those fancy sleepers. We needed the room for winches and, gear decks and toolboxes. Each truck basically had to carry everything needed to move anything. That was when I was moving machinery. Last rig I had was a 2010 Pete 357 Tri-axel with setback front and a 50-ton National crane mounted with a 28' bed, pulling a 28' tilt bed trailer. Was a good rig but didn't like all the computerization. Don't like the new trucks...

Phil