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Discussion in 'Expediter and Hot Shot Trucking Forum' started by Lite bug, Mar 1, 2021.

  1. crocky

    crocky Road Train Member

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    Yeah, trust me I hated to do it specially after just getting the F550 pretty much where I wanted it..

    Its strange, I almost think the load was just too heavy and too much drag for the old Ford because I've ran the hell out of it around town and can't get it to overheat or even run hot..

    The load though was kinda at my max so I'm guessing it was just enough weight to give me problems but I think it would have been fine with a lighter load.

    Anyway, I got out of Cali to OKC and now I'm half way back to Cali again. Took some AC usits out of Norman going to Sacramento..

    Crazy though, I just hit 11k miles today and have around 800 left on this trip so I'll be a tad under 12k miles and when I drop this load I'll have done a tad bit under $30k revenue with the new truck, so it was worth getting.

    Now the down side is I'm spending a ton on hotels right now and had to pay $2,3k for insurance this month when adding the new truck but now will go back to around $1k..

    Also put $5k down on the truck so I've spent a pretty good amount to get going again.

    But it's nice to finally have a good solid set up with out having to worry..will be even nicer when I get a sleeper on it and get my mods done on my trailer so I can max out the car money when I do cars.

    As for a CB, yeah I'm putting one on it, just have to figure out where to mount it. They have something just about everywhere and I hate to put it on top of the dash.
     
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  3. baerpath

    baerpath Light Load Member

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    If you don't mind who is your insurance carrier, just added a 21 F450 and Progressive wants 7 grand for the add of a third truck
     
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  4. crocky

    crocky Road Train Member

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    I have progressive but it's through a broker. Costal Trucking Insurance. Are you running drivers in each truck or do you have 3 trucks you switch around for some reason? I tried to leave my F550 on my policy with no new driver just me and to have 2 trucks on the policy it was gonna be $2k/month.. Was pretty ridiculous being I could only drive 1 at a time....

    Just for the record trying to keep the F550 and add the new truck with just me as the only driver was going to make my rate go up to over $20k.. It was ridiculous. I could see if I was adding a 2nd driver but I just wanted to keep the ford around because I kinda like it, but didn't like it that much.. lol
     
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  5. Brandonpdx

    Brandonpdx Road Train Member

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    Nice job. You ever post in the 7.3 forum on Ford Truck Enthusiast?

    What happened at 586k to put a new motor in it?
     
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  6. baerpath

    baerpath Light Load Member

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    I run one wife runs one, Wanted to keep the 15 450 as a spare in case of breakdown. been a great truck for over 200k Progressive through broker here too 7 grand a yr to add the 21 and keep the 15 and 17
     
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  7. Lite bug

    Lite bug Road Train Member

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    One of the cylinders was showing low compression so the new long block was installed.
     
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  8. Lite bug

    Lite bug Road Train Member

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    I would like to have a backup also and my agent said the same thing as far as increase in rates go. One person can not drive two trucks.
     
  9. Lite bug

    Lite bug Road Train Member

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    So I need to look at this the way you have.......in order to have a backup the increase in rate , is just the cost of doing business.
     
  10. baerpath

    baerpath Light Load Member

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    24kHotshot's situation is why I'll keep a spare truck around one sensor on the new one and oops lost customer or load stuck somewhere. Not like when we had dependable trucks So we'll pay the extra 7 grand while looking for another company.
     
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  11. 24kHotshot

    24kHotshot Heavy Load Member

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    The truck seems to run fine with the check engine light. Still goes into automatic regen and the DPF filter gauge stays clean. I don't idle for more than 15 mins at a time if needed anyway. Mostly morning warmup and end of day cool down. I'm still running the truck.

    I can totally see a spare truck coming in handy if my truck goes into the shop for a month or more. I just have parking issues in my area with commercial vehicles so it's not really an option for me.
     
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