On the fence - New trucks, thinking about leaving job

^ Thats right up my alley there, throw a 130bbl tank behind that and I would be set!

 

um.....3.5 out of a stock MBN pulling 100,000 is pretty good actually. Did you miss the part where the 386 Volvo barely got 4? Had his truck had a 6NZ instead of the MBN the Pete could have easily spanked the Volvo.

What are you 8' tall? Unless your driving one with a modular sleeper or are just plain accident prone hitting your head is impressive on an aerocab.

You got me, the day I hit rock bottom and need to go to these crap places I'll be sure to buy me a Cascadia, or maybe I'll buy another T800. Curious though, if you put a Cascadia next to a T800 and both have the same wheel base what makes you think one will turn circles around the other?
Well that's weird, when I go to Freightlinertrucks.com the cascadia isn't listed under "severe duty".

Rat, instead of changing trucks convince your boss to let Mr.Haney flash the ECM of that MBN.

 

I always get a kick out of drivers or workers at any company who seem to think that a business revolves around them and only them.

 

I agree with Rat on this....If you don't like the equipment that you drive, You'll soon start hating your job.

Agreed 100%!

I would leave the industry if the government decided to mandate the "plastic junk trucks" for some reason or another.

Spoken like a "company driver" who doesn't have to pay the price to keep those "inferior" plastic POS's duct taped together.

Now....That's a truck!

 

hate to say it, but I have yet to find a Freightliner that rides as nice as a 379 or even my Western Star (tho it is basically a freightliner to a point)

As they said, I see no point in the GIANT 70" sleepers you want. A sleeper is made just for what it's name implies, sleeping. I guess that is why FTL/Volvo/IH call them "CONDO" sleepers, because you guys live inside them. I have no problems spending 3-4 days in a flat-top short sleeper, but I also choose to have a life and not live on the road. If it works for you then great, but I'd rather be riding my Harley on saturday afternoon rather than driving down the road looking at them.

And as for the shippers wanting the crap off your truck like everyone else's, you are very correct if you are dragging a box behind you. If you ever decide to do more than open 2 doors and bump a dock, you will soon realize that in the platform side of this industry shippers/recievers are usually happy to see you becuase they actually need the stuff on your truck. You are no longer the 12th truck of pallets they have put into the warehouse but now a crucial part of them finishing a building or keeping an assembly line running.

 

Cmon now, nobody is saying he should drive a Sterling. I've driven some sharp looking rigs and some piles, but I'd never put up with duct tape on or in my truck. That would be one of the breaking points for me.

 

I always keep a roll of duct tape in my truck....gotta tape around our cam locks when we put hoses into impoundments, lol.

 

I will say this. I'm a man that appreciates a good body. Regardless of the make.

In my opinion, I like the smaller cab of the kW and Pete's. I'm in my truck 20-30 days a month but I don't need all that condo junk. Ill take a flat top 379exhd over a cascadia with a 70" two story sleeper any day. I don't live in my sleeper. I sit in the drivers seat more than anything.

If i had a Pete and got to a dock in NJ or NY where I couldn't possibly fit my truck and trailer in there and the yard dog said he'd do it for $20, then $20 well spent. It wouldn't hurt my pride. I have more self esteem than that.

I took my Columbia down to a place in south Florida, they asked what my wheelbase was. Told them 230 or so. They told me i could attempt to bump the dock or pay their yard dog $15 to hook to my trailer and back in for me. I went around the building and there was no way of me getting in there. All the trucks were mostly day cabs. I gotta say even the yard dog had difficulty backing it in.

But back on topic, with all the emissions junk I doubt the engines in the cascadias and prostars won't last more than 500,000 miles. Ill take an old peterbilt, cuz I'm one of those guys who wants all that hood in front of my view