Waiting on New Trucks thread.

And here I am not willing to touch a paccar with a ten foot pole lol. My 2020 x15 has been mediocre, but the paccar 579s the company I work purchased the past three years have been in the shop constantly. The pre 2020s that they own have actually done quite a bit better. I’m in the process of ordering a Mack. The guys I work with that have Mack/Volvo have done really well the past couple years. That’s before figuring in the $40k+ price difference between Mack and Pete.

 

I’m tempted to try a Mack too, but I really don’t want to go back to pulling big loads with a 13 liter 505/1850. But I hear they are dependable.

 

What ever happened to the new Paccar engine plans they had about 10 yrs ago. Supposed to be a drastic design. 2 or 3 opposed piston design. Roughly 200 hp. Supposedly they were to be stackable. 1 for a light duty, 2 for medium,3 for Class 8’s. Sounded like it was going to revolutionize Diesel’s. Never heard any more about them. I forget all the details, but sounded pretty good.

 

First I’ve heard of it

 

I hope you’re right, I have a Western Star 57X that should be delivered in a couple of weeks. It’ll be my first Detroit in 20 years.

 

Haven’t had good luck with the D13 (Volvo/Mack) engine myself, but the transmission with the crawler gears is fantastic. Engine light is on all the time, been like that since new, reappears hours after leaving dealers. $30k out of pocket into engine alone so far, 2019. Maybe a lemon, I don’t know. Would dump the truck if I thought I could actually get a new one.

 

I’ve had good service out of a 20 DD16

 

I just recently did an inframe on a 15 of mine.

495,000 miles
13,000 hours

I’ve been happy with all my x15’s so far

 

Put an APU on it and don't ever idle.

 

What's not to like about the trucks they come in? They have the best parts network. The trucks themselves are not bad when they're not cheap spec'd by a mega fleet that doesn't care about driver comfort. The one I'm in has 525k on the odo and has a tight, quiet cab. It's not the rattle trap pile of plastic crap I expected, that's for sure.