Your thoughts on Peterbilt 387 (13 or 18 Speed)?

Your right if it's fleet specs, but a 387 with o/o specs and all the bells and whistles is just as nice as a 379, with one exception, the hood as you mentioned will rattle unless you put the regular latches on it like others trucks... Other than that I loved the 387 I drove..

 

go tear up someone elses junk for a few years!! atleast they will fix it!! you'll go under and go out of bussiness if you have a engine blow out!! as well as some load boards look to see how long you had your operating authouirty. fuel will break the piggy bank as well as insurance.

 

Kenworth. I own a T600. You cant go wrong with that a T800, or a W900. 387 is poorly designed doesn't matter what "o/o specs" it has. The doors are fiberglass and prone to getting sprung after a short time. A friend has one currently you cant even open the pass door it did that when almost new. I've driven several myself in the past all were brand new when given to me. Yes they are roomy and don't look half bad but everything in the cab squeaks and rattles. Check one out on a lot and see what awful sounds you hear when you open the doors. Note how Kenworth doors have a raised edge all along the outer perimeter. My t600 has over a million miles and the doors are no different than when new. The interior doesn't rattle. I done care if parent company and many components are the same. Cabs and suspensions are not. 13 speed is all you need. Only heavy hauler or offroad trucks really need ability to split the bottom side, unless you just want one. Nothing wrong with that.. Most otr drivers with 18s never split the bottom.

 

Well, most drivers have no clue how to keep truck for longer then 3 years - after that everything bothers them. Because thats about what it takes for a wheel holder like you to turn ANY truck into ratting and squeezing piece of *hit

Myself - I do split every gear every time and don't even feel like going into discussion about it, I mean it's basics. Those gears are to save driveline, to make it last longer with no clutch replacement every 200k miles.

I have some rattle from cabinets, but W900 I was driving was way louder anyway. My (387) passenger side window failed around half a mil, door lock at 750k. Thing is, that's all what failed already.

All your stories about how 387 is worse than 379 are pure bull*hit and starts with lack of basic skills - I mean, who skips the gears that are already paid for? Only idiots do

 

Learn something everyday in these forums...

 

I'm sorry, didn't think that your million mile T600 is not paid for Couldn't make money with it?

 

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How do you do it?

 

I was kind of thinking the same thing. Can you imagine shifting an 18spd using all the gears every time the truck moves, even downhill and empty.

Wonder what his thoughts are on lift axles? Would that qualify as "not using tires/brakes that are already paid for"?