2012/2013 Kenworths

Has anyone ordered or taken ownership of a new Kenworth in the last few years?

I sold my 2004 2 years ago now and I am getting that itch for freedom and being in control of my own business again. I am thinking about ordering a new 2013 W900L, but I am concerned about how the urea injection and DPF's are holding out.

The lack of engine options is a real downer as well, Cummins engines are trash and that has been proven by major work needed at low mileages, and the Paccar engine is a small displacement engine, no high HP or torque with that thing!

Appreciate any help, thanks!

 

Where did you hear that? Also, I am only interested in a W900L, that was my last truck and I just can't stray from that long nose feel and look.

Isn't a glider technically illegal? It's the same as buying a brand new truck and removing the emissions controls on it. How do you explain to the DOT man that you have a 2013 truck with a engine that has a sticker on it saying it meets the year 2000 EPA regulations haha.

 

I am really surprised Kenworth isn't offering the W900L in a glider form. That is where the money would be.

Not very many guys are going to want to buy a T660 to shove a 600 HP cat engine into it.

The day they quit making the W900L is the day the best truck in the world is laid to rest. For the most part, there is not much fuel difference if anything between the W900L and a aerodynamic truck like the T660. I believe it all depends on your driving habits and what you haul. If your always pulling oversize/flat deck/double drop, aerodynamics won't help you, your fighting wind with everything you haul. If your heavy hauling your so heavy fuel mileage doesn't matter much, you get what you get. The place for trucks like the T660 is pulling a tandem dry van or reefer trailer coast to coast, now there you would see the difference. Get that trailer as close to the bunk as you can and keep it at 60 MPH and it would make a difference.

Buying new is expensive as heck, and likely not the smartest decision given the price of new trucks now, but there is nothing like a brand new truck no one else has ever slept in, lived in, or driven. You can start with a clean slate on everything.

The biggest problem with buying a used truck is finding the options you want. I want the sunroof, leather seats, full lockers on both axles, and a full gauge package, with extra wiring added for beacon lights on the roof, air cleaner lights, signal lights on the mirrors, things like that. It's pretty costly to buy a used truck and start adding diff lockers and gauges.

 

That is a nice looking unit.

What kind of work do you do with it?

 

I just can't do it. I can't buy anything other than a Kenworth. To me they are by far the most comfortable trucks on the road. The seat goes back nice and far, and there is a lot of leg room, which is important when your 6 ft 2. I find KW's very quiet inside and the visibility is outstanding for a conventional style truck. it's the only long nose truck out there that can look good with a one piece windshield. The Pete's just look hideous like that. Between a 1 piece windshield and daylight doors, you have a very nice view around you all the time. I don't feel like I am stuck in a dungeon. Also, out of all the trucks, I find the Kenworths sit up higher, particularly the W900's.

There isn't a day that goes by where I don't miss my 2004 W900L, and after having owned one, I would never buy any truck but a W900L again.

My old girl: