Waiting on New Trucks thread.

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Midwest Trucker, Oct 12, 2021.

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  1. Sep 11, 2022 #591
    Midwest Trucker

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    Yeah, if you put it in drive or reverse and let your foot off the brake, they’ll maintain 2 mph. It’s pretty handy and takes any kindof guess work out. Just cover the brake and it’ll do what it needs to do as needed.

    I can measure the gap this week if you’d like to know.
     
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  3. Sep 11, 2022 #592
    Long FLD

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    No need to measure. I’m keeping my truck. Lol. I went with 250” and the short rubber flaps on the extenders because it’s how I wanted it to look.

    After driving this new truck I couldn’t care less if I ever have to shift gears again, other than the 13spd whenever I get my cabover done.
     
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  4. Sep 11, 2022 #593
    Midwest Trucker

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    Absolutely, you made a great call there my friend.

    Here is the last 300 miles or so he ran across NM and into AZ this evening. Shows 69 but was running 75 except to park of course. Blows my mind.

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  5. Sep 11, 2022 #594
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    Endurant is the non paccar name for the exact same transmission made by eaton .. I drove one and it almost made me stick with autos it’s so good.
     
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  7. Sep 11, 2022 #595
    Midwest Trucker

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    I have another truck that’s a couple yrs old in the 300k range going across the same area with the same type of freight that’s showing 7.1 mpg.

    Who freakin knows sometimes right? Trucks be crazy…
     
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  8. Sep 11, 2022 #596
    Cat sdp

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    can you disable the truck from starting on your computer?
     
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  9. Sep 11, 2022 #597
    Midwest Trucker

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    Negative. I can do whatever I want with the reefer but not the truck.
     
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  10. Sep 11, 2022 #598
    Siinman

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    My settings are 43" from front of trailer to back of cab. Seems to be one of the better settings for weight as well with a 13200LBS front axle on the Volvo. They are heavy on the front as is.
     
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  11. Sep 11, 2022 #599
    Siinman

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    This is the last month so not too bad.
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  12. Sep 11, 2022 #600
    Midwest Trucker

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    Yessir! I know it’s tough and I hate it for the traditional large car type operators but unfortunately the squeeze is real.

    My Dad got 3 mpg and ran triple digit speeds back in the day but 2022 is just not the same.
     
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