Good companies that run kw 900 or Pete 389??

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by asphaltcowboy4x4, Aug 15, 2019.

  1. FlaSwampRat

    FlaSwampRat Road Train Member

    4,900
    17,796
    Jun 1, 2019
    Valrico FL
    0
    Yup. I know a guy here in Tampa that has 6 W900s and he doesn't pay #### because people will work for free to drive something with a hood....his words.....
     
  2. Truckers Report Jobs

    Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

    Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.

  3. 18 wheels of fury

    18 wheels of fury Light Load Member

    167
    87
    Oct 31, 2015
    Houston
    0
    most of the companies that spends most of the money on nice big Pete's and w900s don't have much more to pay the driver
     
  4. AModelCat

    AModelCat Road Train Member

    29,484
    162,390
    Jul 7, 2015
    Canuckistan
    0
    There's a sucker born every minute.
     
  5. starmac

    starmac Road Train Member

    6,639
    12,528
    Apr 11, 2019
    Fairbanks Ak
    0
    The difference in price of them and a cheap truck when new is very little unless you are buying them by the hundred.
     
  6. GreenPete359

    GreenPete359 Road Train Member

    2,206
    5,257
    Oct 21, 2017
    Driving my recliner
    0
    For all the bashing y’all gonna do here, i’m just gonna say if i were to sell my truck & go back to a company ride i would not do it in a Cascadia or Intertrashional. i’ve no interest in going otr in a junky truck!

    I would be more picky then just a truck tho. I would add...
    Driver pay

    401k

    Vacation/sick time package

    Type of work/main customers/accounts.

    Detention time/break down pay.

    Home time

    And the list goes on...

    Op don’t wanna get bashed, ask all the questions & let us know you care about more than just a hood! There’s more to it than that.
     
    D.Tibbitt Thanks this.
  7. starmac

    starmac Road Train Member

    6,639
    12,528
    Apr 11, 2019
    Fairbanks Ak
    0
    Well I own a hood, a T800 and a trashy international all at the same time when I ran otr, my choice of truck and the one I drove was the binder. I understand that the new ones have engine issues, but they were a much more driver friendly and comfortable truck if a guy has to stay any amount of time in them.
     
    D.Tibbitt Thanks this.
  8. Bakerman

    Bakerman Road Train Member

    4,663
    8,812
    Jan 27, 2013
    Phoenix, AZ
    0
    Kaiser transport
    They have a main terminal up in Wisconsin, and they also have a yard in Santa Fe Springs California

    Check them out on YouTube
     
  9. kranky1

    kranky1 Road Train Member

    2,253
    8,854
    Sep 16, 2015
    Ontario, Canada
    0
    I’d take a 1980 Louisville with a 36” bunk before I got in any of the plastic fantastic BS I see on dealers lots these days.
     
    GreenPete359 Thanks this.
  10. Twalt

    Twalt Bobtail Member

    1
    0
    Jun 30, 2019
    0
    Maybe I'm missing something, I work for a company out of Commerce City Colorado and we drive Volvos. When my check is $900, I wonder why so low. Didn't run miles?! Sat too much!? My checks are usually $1200 and up. Even had some $2100 checks. And yes I do get home. If I wanted a hood, I'd buy it and drive it as a hobby truck or whatever.
     
    Last edited: Mar 31, 2020
  11. Nothereoften

    Nothereoften Light Load Member

    261
    265
    Oct 6, 2018
    0
    I liked my international 9900 more then any of the kw long hoods i drove. More room inside and still looks good. And then probably my w900b short hood but i owned both of those
     
  • Truckers Report Jobs

    Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

    Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.