Abilene Motor Express....A New Place To Call Home

The older I get, the more paranoid about maintenance and safety issues I get. So I was holding out hope that our West Memphis shop would say "nah just run with it, they all (or a lot) of them do that. Run it till it won't run any more" or something like that.

But after our mechanic mechanic heard my story and told me to pull the truck around, he listened to the motor for about 2 seconds before he said, "yeah, dealership, don't take it anywhere else for any other reason"

 

Here is another issue to be aware of on certain Cascadia’s.

Daimler Trucks North America is recalling certain Freightliner Cascadia trucks due to an insufficiently tightened drag link taper joint. If the joint becomes loose, it can result in the gradual separation of the drag link from the steering arm and cause complete loss of steering control.


The recall affects 105,183 trucks, including 2019 Freightliner Classic Cascadia trucks built at DTNA’s manufacturing plant in Santiago, Mexico, between April 2018 and December 2018; and 2019-2021 Freightliner Cascadia trucks build at the manufacturing plant in Saltillo, Mexico, between April 2018 and July 14, 2020.

 

Probably not a ride you want to take. Dang.

 

Certainly not in an 80,000 lb missle. ⚰️☠️

 

Now that’s funny right there, I don’t care who you are, lol.

 

John Boy, I think you got one of those Mexico trucks, lol.