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Entering the Cab and Driver's Perspective

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Ole School Trucker: Darrell Andrews Ride Along - Vietnam NASCAR & Open Road

What happens here

Darrell demonstrates the proper technique for entering the high cab of a big rig, emphasizing the 'right, then left, then right, then inside' method to avoid falls. He then settles into the driver's seat of his 1980 Kenworth, highlighting the unique layout of a cab-over truck where the engine is beneath the driver's seat, explaining how different it feels compared to a modern vehicle.

Goal: Demonstrate entering a cab-over truck and explain the unique driver's experience.

Tools and materials

  • 1980 Kenworth Cab-Over Truck Kenworth — The truck being entered and driven

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head. This is interesting. I've never sat in one of these things before. Really? >> Uh-uh. It's funny. It's It's like being in a Humvee or something. You're a mile away. You got this big thing in the middle. Well, see the engine sits under here. That's really cool. I don't put no I got to put some junk. I hardly ever get in the bed. I just lay across the dog house here. Brush your beard out. Well, I already went and loaded this morning and you know, I always check my water and check my oil before I leave out. Everything's good this morning, so I went and loaded from the good farms. Come back here. We're going up to Battleground Cold Storage in Greensboro. We go up I could have go to Greensboro probably two or three times a week. How does it feel to be the most popular trucker on the East Coast right now? Oh man, I tell you I am totally amazed at the responses I got from the video you did. Uh Uh I went to Black Mountain Ingles and I loaded. They came down our office. People were standing around looking at the truck and driving and shaking my hands and then I was sitting around 40 a pedestrian walked out in front of my car. Of course it killed him and they had him covered up in the meeting. The traffic was just barely flowing along. This car pulled up beside of me. I looked down and it was a Florida license plate. I saw the guy wanting to come down and start blowing horn. I thought, "Did I cut this guy off in

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