I'm driving a "plasticky" '19 Cascadia right now just rolled up 500k on the clock and crazily it is not a complete POS rattly, squeaky like a typical plastic truck I have ever seen before. Very quiet and tight cab. Comfortable. I remember the garbage Centuries. It's actually nice which I'm sure is hard to believe but it's true, at least for this one.
Paccar continues to soar, sees only good times ahead
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Siinman, Oct 25, 2022.
Page 3 of 4
-
cke, Siinman, MSQUARED and 1 other person Thank this.
-
Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds
Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.
-
rollin coal Thanks this.
-
I drove a 98 flat dash W900L for a few weeks several years ago but it had some wooden homemade cubby hole cup holder set up next to the right leg. It looked nice but it created kind of the same problem as my T600. But I see what you're saying.
cke, Cummins_444 and Oxbow Thank this. -
-
I just spoke to my salesman. He said 2nd quarter 2023 he’s way short on slots for what he needs. I told him to be in the lookout for 2 680 Cummins slots for me. We’ll see.
Hope I didn’t miss the boat. I honestly thought things would have slowed much more but guess there is a big back log of old equipment needing replaced.KrumpledTed and Siinman Thank this. -
Siinman Thanks this.
-
-
I thought things would be back to normal too. Auctions prices for tractors are almost back to normal while reefer trailers still seem to be high.
I was thinking about getting a 389 next year since it's their last year but when my salesman told me it would be ~$240K for the exact truck I paid $205K for in July it makes no financial sense beyond saying I purchased the last model year of a 389. Heck it might make more sense to trade my 389 in and go to a 579 or T680. I love how they redesigned both plus it would lower my operating costs by ~$0.20 CPM, which at the end of the day is all that matters.
Any savings you can find is going to be needed. A regular lane we do got pushed out so I was on the board looking for Monday and oofff just pure trash. I'm right in the heart of chicken/turkey country and if brokers are out here pushing $2.25 reefer freight in November it's going to be ugly when it's really slow. Unfortunately I do believe those are the rates we need to see to take the capacity needed out of the market because right now on the reefer side rates are still profitable or at least they were in October. -
Short Fuse EOD and RJM1953 Thank this.
Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds
Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.
Page 3 of 4