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long hood trucks obsolete in 5 yrs or less?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Black Sky, Oct 10, 2011.

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  1. Oct 10, 2011 #1
    Black Sky

    Black Sky Bobtail Member

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    Straight up, I have a feeling the W9L's and 379s of the world are slowly on their way out the door. How long do all you veteran drivers out there think they are gonna last before we all shed our last tears and accept the quiet, unreliable and ugly aero trucks as standard fare? I want to drive one before I die and with how horribly unprofitable the industry is getting I might just have to enjoy from the pull-off on a steep mountain descent as they roll past blasting the jake through dual straight stacks. I finally understand how my father felt when the steam engine was replaced for good in Britain.

    Roll on

    Sky
     
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  3. Oct 10, 2011 #2
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    7122894003481 Bobtail Member

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    I sure hope not....
     
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  4. Oct 10, 2011 #3
    STexan

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    They may need the real estate these big conventional trucks offer to accommodate all the new EPA garbage they keep demanding ... but I would not be surprised inside 5 years they may cease production of those you mentioned :(
     
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  5. Oct 10, 2011 #4
    Diesel Dave

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    They will keep making the w900L and the 389 EX. It will just be an option, not standard.
     
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  7. Oct 10, 2011 #5
    Svoray

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    Agreed!

    This is one of my favorite semi tractor characteristics.
     
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  8. Oct 10, 2011 #6
    Black Sky

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    Believe me guys, I'm not here to piss on anyone's parade, I'm just calling out what I have been observing and the CEO of International already said less than pleasnt words for the fate of these trucks in a 2010 interview. Freightliner already stopped production of the Classic XL in 2009 (which I only recently learned) and in that same interview a statistic was given of roughly only 5% of truck sales being hoods in 2010 vs ~25% in 2000. It sucks, but it looks like a steep curve... And fuel keeps going up, the EPA & Cali beating us all down... You tell me what comes next. If there's one thing I know, it seems like more change is coming faster and more often than ever before, and that's not just in trucking...everything.
    And if fleet trucks are any example...what carriers still run hoods? I haven't seen any in a long time. O/O's only... My uncle has 4 Petes and he says he's not making money anymore... $48,000 for a busy mont just in fuel costs for all 4 trucks running solid. (no log books here :) inside the 100mi rule)


    Sad but true. I don't want to believe it but I think you are right.
     
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  9. Oct 11, 2011 #7
    RAGE 18

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    What would prevent designers from fitting all the modern motors and parts on a classic body style? It needs to be done so this classic hoods always stay around. The mpg for these trucks is very low as low as 3.5 mpg and with this economy thats not good. But every time I'm out of state the only trucks I see pulling super doubles are classics with big motors never have I seen any plastic trucks pulling super d's or doubles with pups if you have let me know.
     
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  10. Oct 11, 2011 #8
    Ops85

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    where are the cabovers??

    werner, NO
    TMC, NO
    crete, NO
    maverick, NO
    roehl, NO

    still looking for the fleet with no hoods!
     
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  11. Oct 11, 2011 #9
    Jarhed1964

    Jarhed1964 Road Train Member

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    Add to this list of carriers running fleets of hoods:



    Kaiser Transport - Pete 379's
    TMC - Pete 379, 389's
     
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  12. Oct 11, 2011 #10
    7122894003481

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    People refer to the long nose Pete 379 and KW W900 style trucks as "hoods".....Something that is not a hood is not necessarily a cabover.
     
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