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Joe & Tow's new trucking adventures/ex GTI thread

Discussion in 'Discuss Your Favorite Trucking Company Here' started by joseph1135, Mar 3, 2014.

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  1. Jun 20, 2015 #2631
    Air Breeze

    Air Breeze Heavy Load Member

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    Well those other three companies KNIGHT, SWIFT AND ENGLAND are owned by Mormons. As I understand it
    as long as they donate 10% of their profits to the church they can pretty much do whatever they want to with their businesses.
     
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  3. Jun 20, 2015 #2632
    Cranky Yankee

    Cranky Yankee Cranky old ######

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    says
    wow..........says the guy from Tenno_O
     
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  4. Jun 20, 2015 #2633
    mitrucker

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    I thought Kool was a Knight offshoot.
     
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  5. Jun 20, 2015 #2634
    drvrtech77

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    They are...Kool trans is owned by knight. ..
     
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  7. Jun 21, 2015 #2635
    Bumper

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    And it is run by the old CEO of Central Refrigerated. I guess he was ousted after the Swift takeover.
     
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  8. Jun 21, 2015 #2636
    joseph1135

    joseph1135 Papa Murphy

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    Picked up my brand new truck, a Freightliner Cascadia Evolution with an Evolution TriPac. Standard fleet truck. But the changes from the KW to this are immediately noticed. I had a Cascadia with GTI, but nothing ever worked right so, whatever.

    The cons: it rides funny to me, a little looser than the KW.
    It doesn't have that "truck feel"
    You can totally tell it's a standard fleet truck.

    The pros: it's a lot quieter.
    It's a bit faster and more responsive when backing. The KW was a little longer than this.
    The air circulation is a hell of a lot better. The KW got hot, real hot. While moving into this, with the APU running and the vents on, the truck stayed comfortable. I needed to run the KW to cool it off inside. Not this. This was pleasant.
    The lighting is much better, albeit BRIGHT. I used to call the domelight the sun, well, this is a thousand suns.

    The TriPac is weird, but kind of improved. They simplified the unit, it's just like a regular HVAC system. The fan for the AC goes on and off, even at its coldest setting.

    Lastly, the engine. A DD15. Which has more pulling power over the Paccar MX13. I think I'm gonna dig driving a freight shaker again.
     
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  9. Jun 21, 2015 #2637
    Air Breeze

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    The best thing about being the first driver in a new truck is that you get to break it in. If it's treated gently by the first driver it will have a lot fewer problems down the road.
     
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  10. Jun 21, 2015 #2638
    Cranky Yankee

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    now if you had the DD12 autoshift transmission you would really have sumthin
     
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  11. Jun 21, 2015 #2639
    tow614

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    I am not from Tennessee...just live here now...

    Buckeye by birth
     
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  12. Jun 21, 2015 #2640
    Cranky Yankee

    Cranky Yankee Cranky old ######

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    cleveland and cinncinati might as well be 2 different countries :)
    was talking to a girl one day in Portsmouth
    she says "pete I gotta go the pig is out on the road"
    I was picturing used tire flower planters in the front yard
    went to meet this girl in London Ky was there 5 days everyone I met was a cousin :confused:
     
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