Snackbar is chillin'....at Shaffer

I’m faced with the choice of a 2017 Pete 579 or a 2020 Mack Pinnacle at the moment. Right now, I’m leaning toward the Pete. Discuss.

 

Which engines are we speaking about? Who does your maintenance? If we’re talking automated transmissions, Volvo/Mack is smoother than Eaton…that alone may make the Mack the better choice.

 

omg...that's crazy.

I think fuel and routing solutions are a joke regardless of the company. I've never run out of fuel or been chastised for running a certain route at any of the companies that treated me like the experienced, adult driver that I am.

As long as I fueled at their authorized locations, called and asked for out of route permission to bypass a winter storm, and wasn't late for a pick up or delivery I was left alone to do my job the way I saw fit.

 

Mine was same way. Zerks wouldn’t take grease. I was almost done greasing so I smeared some on the legs. Better than nothing I guess. Will deal with it next time now that the weather has changed, if it ever stops raining.

 

Every time I think about going back to being a company driver (mostly for the insurance…I lose my wife’s coverage when our divorce is final in October), I read posts about fuel solutions.

I may still be better off paying over a grand out of pocket monthly then going back to the micromanagement.

 

The Mack has been in the shop frequently, but it has a 13 spd and an APU which needs repaired also. The other drawback is the cable operated clutch. It only has around 200k on the clock. The Pete is a Cummins with a 10 spd and has about 570k on the clock along with the EPU system.

 

I don’t have experience with the EPU, but otherwise that years Paccar treated me well, and a 10 spd should be bulletproof so I’d go the 579 route.

 

Well.....he has some of his drivers who never seem to be satisfied.....