When I first started driving back in 2018 I was issued a 2 year old KW 680 with 225k .
I thought I had the Cats Meow.
That truck rattled like a 2 million mile truck with all the cabinet doors constantly coming open
It rode like absolute Krap and the front end was absolutely shot .
Never ending check engine lights
When I jumped into my Western Star 4900sb glider that was just as old and same mileage, I felt like I had jumped from my old 1971 Pinto winter beater into a Brand new Chevy 1 ton.
I thought the old beat Century I got my cdl in was just a piece of Krap because it was old and worn out.
I’m a little partial to my old company Western Star but in 15 months the only repair was the driver side window regulators but that was my fault
My old million 2 1997 International Eagle even drives better than that 680 Kenworth did
Taking the plunge. My journey as an O/O.
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Well, got to the shop and looked at the tech notes. They replaced some cables, and only charged 2 hours in labor. Total bill was less than 400 dollars for this round, and I know they hooked it up to the computer and spend more than 2 hours troubleshooting based on the notes.
I think they did make an effort to be fair, so I decided not to press the matter this time. @380$ is too small a cost to fight over when this shop is where I take my truck when I go for home time.Accidental Trucker and Rideandrepair Thank this. -
Do you ever think about... selling truck...and going back to being a company driver....wouldn't your income be just as good ..with less headaches
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Glad you got it fixed. Really need to have AC this time of year!tommymonza, Farmerbob1 and Rideandrepair Thank this. -
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Update.
I failed to check the opti-idle system after the truck AC was serviced the second time.
Of course, it was disabled, and not turned back on. One more thing I need to get done. The truck will not shut down to save fuel now.tommymonza and Rideandrepair Thank this. -
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