1st week in our new truck

We’ve had our new Western Star with 133” sleeper for a week now and here are my thoughts

• drives solidly, I don’t know how to articulate that better but this truck just feels stable in its lane and nothing will push it around.
• love the power of the D15 engine
• layout of the switches on the dash iis a plus
• Having a shower and toilet on board is a time saver.
  
• Afew inches means a lot, we gained 5 inches in width of mattress and it is crazy what a difference it makes
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• I WANT MY VOLVO POWER OUTLETS BACK! WS has 1/3 of the outlets
• The sun visor is no better than my 72 Pinto, come on WS! VOLVO has a great system that blocks the side and front without constantly rotating the large visor and still has gaps in coverage
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The fresh is two 30 gallon tanks, no grey, so be careful where you shower The black tank is a rolling 5 gallon cartridge tank. There is a 6 gallon water heater.

oh yeah, and we feel quite comfortable. The 279” wheel base isn’t too bad at all

There is a Water pressure pump and the pressure is ok, the shower and sink empty directly to the ground

Black water tank for the toilet is a 5 gallon cartridge on wheels with a handle to pull it like luggage. There’s an exterior door so you open up to have access to pull the cartridge out and empty it. I’ve done it twice. It’s not a big deal.

 

We scaled at 24250. Unfortunately our 53’ flatbed is steel and has a conestoga so we are 42000 empty. Our average Military load is 15k and we have only seen one load in the last 1.5years over 38k. We may miss a few loads due to weight but not many.