Loaded and Rollin': An Insider's Look at the Big Rigs and Their Drivers (Scribner Library; 856)

By John Lynott

loaded and rollin is an up to date and comprehensive look at diesel truck drivers..The rigs they drive and the lives they lead on the road... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 068416177X
• ISBN13: 9780684161778
• Release Date: May 1979
• Publisher: Scribner Book Company
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A Diamond in the Rough

First of all, the only color you will find in this book of 210 pages is on the cover. Look beyond the low quality paper and plain soft cover and you will uncover a true diamond in the rough.If you are a Seventies fan of American big iron then this book is worth hunting down and treasuring. Why? because you are unlikely to find such diversity of content in any other book.For example, there is an excellent chapter on transmissions, complete with the many twin stick shifting pattern diagrams, Spicer,Fuller, 4x3,4x4,5x3,5x4 as well as the more common ten and thirteen speed Roadrangers. I am yet to find any other book which encompasses all of these combinations. If that does not spin your wheels, then how about engine options and specs for Mack WL/LS, Cummins Detroit, Caterpillar (including 1693TA) specs, Spec sheets for trucks including White, International (4070 and 4200 series, )Ford, and a list from A to Z of American truck makes? Another chapter of interest is the 'Famous Grdaes and Driving Hazards'Other chapters, no less interesting, cover "basic Operating Procedures', Women and Team drivers, Unions, C.B., Driving Schools, An interview with the Bandit, On The Road - a ride with a trucker from Los Angeles to Seattle, The law, Truck Stops, Haulin', Hand and Light Signals.... Twelve contributors make this book an absolute gem. Get it if you can!