Finally putting it on the road

Bought this from a farmer in Kansas for less than $3k. On my 3rd load with it, but was going to wait until the weekend to post an update.

And no payment is 1 reason I bought an older truck.

Other reasons include:


Pre-emissions
ELD exempt
Low clearance for bridges
Tighter turning radius for Chicago/NYC
Optimus Prime

 

*sigh* hated this as a company driver, hate it as an owner operator.

Been sitting for 90 minutes waiting on paperwork for a load. Going to give them about 10 minutes, and then I will head home.

Not allowed to call a broker to find a load either

 

Because he has dedicated customers. The dispatcher claims she sent me the info, but I never got it. When I got back today, I gave her my email that comes straight to my phone.

 

Okay, time for an update. I did 4 loads this week, out to Chicago and then back home.

#### near $2k for fuel, and I don't think I went 2k miles (will check mileage tomorrow). First econ check was 4.89mpg and the second was 3.5

After expenses, net is $2,900

Acceleration is a little slow, and I dearly miss cruise control, but once I got going, it pulled fine.

The brakes on this are soooooo much better than any newer truck I've driven before. On newer ones, there were times I had to pump them, but not with this one.

I am concerned about the fuel economy, but I did replace the H20/C12H23 separator, the one on there was a bit clogged.

 

A brick wall is what I've called it