Where is everyone #5

I owned a 2010 Mack CXU613, MP8, 13 speed with 3:36 gears and 285/75/24.5's. I drove the absolute hell out of that truck. I bought it with 318,000 miles on it in early 2019. I put about 130,000 miles on it before I sold it. I got too good of an offer to sell it so I took the dough.

This truck was bone stock and the ECM was still running the original tune. It had never been updated with newer software. I could run it hard at 84,000lbs. pulling my hopper bottom and it was a solid 7.34mph truck at 70mph. The MP8 13.0L was very impressive when it came to fuel economy. When I drove it my normal way it would give me a 30-day average of 8.26mpg. I drove 57mph in 12th gear and it would just sup fuel from the tanks.

The one thing I did notice was the front suspension was not as refined as a comparable Kenworth or Peterbilt or Freightliner. It did have a more rigid feel to it's ride quality in the front. Overall the Mack interior held up quite well with hardly a squeak or creak and not a single cracked piece of plastic anywhere.

One thing I really liked about the truck was it's turning radius. It had a 270" wheelbase and would turn super-tight corners and if I had to
u-turn in an emergency it would flip-a-bich with ease.

 

Taillight in, the trailer loaded and brought back to the yard and closet doors lacquered clear. Now all I got to do is hang them tomorrow.

 

Looks great but what about the other side?

 

Trying to have the patience level of @Rontonio


.............trying

 

I drove quite a few with the mp8 with autos behind them running chicken feed and they seemed to do pretty good. No complaints with them just idk anything about them at least not from an owned stand point. Trucks in good shape and priced at 25k

 

I figured this is the passing side......do I really need to do the other side ???.....OK ya caught me......workin on it. Tank and battery box.....and then my deck plates.....cause I don't want a half done job like some ! LOL

 

This job search stuff is getting a little discouraging. Part of me says I should just write a cheque for a service truck and do my own thing.

 

Even the dog is like, how about some shades man... you're killing me here!

 

Kinda, but ain't gonna push it. Hell I could take the rest of the yr and it wouldn't kill me. I don't need to worry. Got other irons fired up to keep me solvent.