Bloodbath on the spot market, how long will it last?

The only reason I’ve been able to operate older trucks as long as I have is my guys all have tools and coveralls with them and no patience. I don’t pay many shop bills on the road, unless there’s a connecting rod hanging out somewhere they bring them home to be worked on. As far as your front end goes, if it’s tight and not chewing steer tires off I’d leave it alone. You could end up regretting messing with it.

 

Minimum 18 months , lots of bankruptcies coming.. good news will be the truck and trailer prices will plummet back to more reasonable levels

 

Oh with cheap freight and $6/gallon..and rising fuel costs they'll be begging you to take them in a year from now!

 

620k miles on my 386.. Most of the wiring problems ive run into is fixing other peoples hack jobs... Other than that. Been a good truck to me... Ive put alot of abuse on him last couple years but now im taking it easy.

 

I’m wondering how long Trailer prices will stay high, considering the backlogs at Factories. I’m guessing a couple years.

 

It should be against the law to sell butt-connectors to truck drivers and “technicians”. The mess I’ve seen some older trucks in I can’t imagine what they do to the ones with the NASA electrical systems in them.

 

the problem comes where the mechanics arent the ones that have to fix it when it breaks next time.. so as long as it works when it leaves the shop thats all they care about... and most drivers just half ### fix something to get off the side of the road or out of the parking lot but never bother to take the time to do it the right way when they have the time to fix it.. most of the stuff ive seen on my truck is guys using butt connectors on harnesses when a wire got cut or became corroded.. instead of just depinning the connector installing new pins and plug if needed.. no just cut the wire and crimp it on and then never bother to do it the right way so 6 months down the line it needs to be fixed again.. so do we fix it the right way this time ? no! lets just install another butt connector on there and send it down the road.. then the truck eventually sells to a poor dummy like me who has problems with it and i uncover all that crap and curse the previous owners... seen lots of crap like that on my truck .

 

Orders in Q2 2022 have dropped by about 75% .. I'd say by Q1 - 2023 they will be returning to sanity.

 

Getting ready to solve that for a while on my trailer at least

Good heat shrink connectors work for a while, but not forever

100$ shipped to my door, says its a mac part, but pretty sure its identical to what my reitenour is using