Truck nicknames / insults

Mitch504

Well-known member
Just saw something that made me think of this:
What are some of the truck nicknames and insults you can think of? Remember guys,let's keep this in the spirit of fun.

I'll start. Kenworthless, Wasted Star, Freightshaker.

And, of course, since I am a longtime Mack man, I'll say it first:
Why is there a bulldog standing on the hood?
So one behind (edited for politeness) can look at another all day.
 

Steve Frazier

Founder
Staff member
I drove a White Road Commander for a while, more affectionately referred to as the Road Commode. Drove an IH cabover that had a Cummins V-903, the guys in the yard called it the nine-O-nothing because it was gutless
 

biggrader

New member
Happened many years ago but took the semi to the 'doc' for some injection pump problems. First comment was " Sooo, how much is your ken worth now?"
 

Fastdirt

Well-known member
What do a Kenworth and a test tube baby have in common?????............................................................neither one of them are Peterbilt.

Local Construction truckers are LoCo's. Otters are OTR truckers. I have to say the Otters are always running up on me and putting the pass on me like they are literally Loco.
 

C R A F T

Well-known member
Freightliner ……. Fruit-Loop

Inernational ….. Corn Binder (just another version) …… Inter-Binder

Peterbilt ……. PeckerBilt

Drove a new Louiseville (LTL 9000) Logger back in '87 …… it was a silver truck with some stripes …… all the guys used to call it "Adolf"…… Because it looked like an Adolf "COORS" Beer Can and was built (apparently) of ground up beer cans …. it was powered with a 3406B 400hp Cat which was called a Slant 6, because of the way it had to sit under the hood was like the Chrysler slant 6's of yester-year ….. LOL
 

willie59

Administrator
Staff member
Not really truck specific, nor an insult, more like a nick name insult, years ago some of the rigs I've driven, especially cranes with Detroit green leakers, way under powered, I'd call them a Dragandfly...drag up one side of a hill and fly down the other side.
 

C R A F T

Well-known member
Not really truck specific, nor an insult, more like a nick name insult, years ago some of the rigs I've driven, especially cranes with Detroit green leakers, way under powered, I'd call them a Dragandfly...drag up one side of a hill and fly down the other side.
How could it be an insult or even a nickname …… Because that was the truth …….. years ago the question was asked "What's the difference between a Harley and a Truck with a Detroit " (the 2-stroke joke) ….. not too much only the size of the oil spill/leak where ever they stopped ! …. LOL
 

alco

New member
Around our area, Western Stars were Twinklers, and Freightliners were "those bloody pieces of".......oh, wait.....I can't say that here. Detroits were also commonly known as Hondas.
 

WaterDoc

New member
You could always use the most vile, filthy, derogatory four letter word ever known by man for a truck... Ford.
 

Bigswede1?

New member
We still laugh about the time my brother asked my 5yr old son about a truck driving into our farmyard Knowing that he liked Peterbilts, my brother asked if the international coming up the driveway was a Pete. My son just said "nope, it's a barnyard Buick!"
I guess he's overheard me use that term once and it stuck
 

Truck Shop

Well-known member
Internationals-Cornqueens

Ford 9000 COE- Two Story Ford

GMC-Get-a-Mechanic Coming

Dayton Wheels- Minnesota Mag Wheels

Truck Shop-only the one name
 

rzucker

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One of my old sayings was "If they build cars or combines on the side... I don't want it" I did own a GMC 9500 for awhile...
 
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