Why? Just... Why???

How many times in a week do you have to start a thread on something you don't understand and honestly never will until you drive one of those trucks? You remind me a lot of my dad before I talked him into putting his Pete on the road, thought his nice setback axle tight turning Fbomb was nice and trailers with a pile of lights were overrated. Now you couldn't pay him to get back in that old pos because his 359 turns almost as good, rides better, and with the engine out of the Freightliner gets about the same mileage. Got him a new flatbed with 50 3/4 inch round LEDs and he wonders why he didn't have one of those before.
I should post a picture of every basic Cascadia or Volvo I see on here and just ask why, unfortunately I have better #### to do, like drink.

 

A friend of mine stretched his W9 from 260” to 307” ran it all over the country draggin dry van/reefer. He said yeah it was a little more work sometimes to get into some places but it went everywhere he wanted and the smoother ride was well worth it.

 

So @Dino soar whats the specs of a practical, functional, maneuverable truck?

 

I don't believe you've ever had a suppository, that doesn't help the whole relaxation program in my experience.

 

Dudes… lolol, y’all crack me up.

I think another way to look at it @Dino soar is imagine someone you know has driven whatever shat truck a company could throw at him for years. Mile after mile of driving a plain old cascadia/Columbia/whatever. 1 million, 2 million miles, solo, team, coast to coast until their eyes are bleeding.

They’ve saved their money and made the right decisions and bought a truck, became an owner operator and did everything right for a couple years, found a niche they fit in and decided it was time to upgrade… they aren’t ever going to set their azzzz in a cookie cutter truck ever again. So they buy that Pete they have been wanting. Do some upgrades and enjoy driving again. Boom, that is enough reason to not ask why. Again, a lot of bull haulers and open deck people don’t give two shats about parking at a dock. When they encounter one they just say hey… I’m a flatbedder I can’t back lolol. Although this 2 million mile guy can probably get his junk wherever he needs it to go. Same goes for mechanics and Snap on, Mac, Matco tools. A craftsman will get the job done but when you use it day after day after day they don’t hold up, buy once cry once. How many people you know buy a truck and the. Are already wanting a Pete or KW or what have you.

I ain’t arguing. You and anyone else can think whatever is good or bad… one dude wants a Classic Vespa scooter, another wants a Harley and the next wants a Hayabusa…. I keep thinking Indians are cool… We can learn a little bit about life from all of them if we listen and watch.

 

I’ve had my 270” W9 in and out of places only a daycab should go more than once. It’s not that hard when you’ve done it

 

Sa mattr witchew?