truck nicknames/slang (Thanks Gary!)

Anteater = Kenworth T600
Binder = International Harvester
Corn sniffer = International Harvester
Cortland Vibrator = Brockway
Detroit all blow and no go
Detroit Diesel = Mean, green, oil-leakin' machine
Fageol COE = Cookie Jar

GMC = Grief , More Coming
GMC = Gods Mechanical Curse
GMC - General Mess of Crap

Peter Eater = Peterbilt
IH = Farmall
International D-405 long hood = Donald Duck
International Sightliner = Flying Saucer, Bifocal
White 7000= Japaneese Freightliner. Joe D.
White Road Commander = Road Commode

The late 50's Diamond T COE 921 & 923's were called "China Closet" Cabs

GMC Got mechanic coming


Cummins = "Hummin Cummins"
Jacobs Engine Retarder = "Jake".
Turbine = "Blower".
Diesel Engine = "Smoker".
First Gear = "Gramma"
Tandem Belt Drive = "Rubber Bands".

Cigar nose = GMC MH9500 long hood conventional
Cannonball = GMC cabover before the beloved Crackerbox


COE with a sleeper = Tiltin' Hilton, flying coffin

a driver naming his old GMC car carrier the "Spirit of 1776" .......because it did 17 mph uphill and 76 mph downhill

Autocar-Acar
Brockway-Husky
Freightliner-Shaker or Freightshaker
GMC-Jimmy or Big Jimmy
IHC-Binder most common, short for hay binder, Cornfield cadillac and 13 letter manure spreader.
KW-Kdubbya
Mack-Puppy dog, Super dog, Big dog


Trailers had nicknames.
Flatbeds were skateboards or just wagons, as in little red wagon or covered wagon.
Tankers were thermos bottles.
Reefers were garbage haulers (One breakdown and that high dollar produce turns to garbage).

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