Waiting on New Trucks thread.

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Midwest Trucker, Oct 12, 2021.

  1. Siinman

    Siinman Road Train Member

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    Wondering if you have ever tried putting the Airdog on your D13's? I think it may help out a little bit in 12th on cruise control on the smaller hills or even maybe with some wind. your thoughts?
     
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  3. wichris

    wichris Road Train Member

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    Had a couple of O/O's that installed them (cummins), swore it helped but i couldn't ever see any difference in their settlements.
     
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  4. Siinman

    Siinman Road Train Member

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    I see it helping out more on the downspeed setups but not a lot of information on our set up. I doubt I will set up on it unless I would to change RAR.
     
  5. Cat sdp

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    Is the margin so thin that 4 mpg is the difference between making it or not……?

    I’m hearing 200K is the new base price for trucks…… that would buy a lot of fuel for a old truck…..:)
     
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  6. Rideandrepair

    Rideandrepair Road Train Member

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    Still talking $800
    Still it’s $800- $1000 per week difference. That’ll make quite a payment
     
  7. Cat sdp

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    what about the old guy who only does 70K miles a year with every load grossing 107,000 lbs……?

    I don’t care what they say you ain’t getting 8-9 mpg hauling 100K lbs on six axles
     
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  8. RedForeman

    RedForeman Momentum Conservationist

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    How about what a potential railroad strike is gonna do to those build dates?
     
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  9. KrumpledTed

    KrumpledTed Medium Load Member

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    Wait and see is all we can do. If it happens, I’m sure it’ll adversely affect truck manufacturers and, ergo, us.
     
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  10. Midwest Trucker

    Midwest Trucker Road Train Member

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    Add another 2000 miles to this dataset and it still looks like this:

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    Running mostly 75 but 65 is only 1190
    Rpm. As long as the Paccar stays outta the shop, I think we’re gonna be just fine.
     
  11. Midwest Trucker

    Midwest Trucker Road Train Member

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    Regional truck has been just ridiculous!

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