Aero Truck Fever to make the most profit in trucking per mile!

Love how people can't just admit that I'm right guarantee you pick the w900 too so keep preaching your aero fever

 

What do you consider a "heavy load"?

 

Lets see you pull a oddly shaped, heavy flatbed load and see if you get 9+ still. Gotta remember, not everyone on here pulls a van

 

Fixed it...

If I was a company driver, those clorox bottles on wheels wouldn't bother me. Checking the oil is about the extent of working on the truck for large fleets. Saw a Pro star the other day & it was literally bottom of windshield, air cleaner canister radiator with EVERYTHING buried below it. I own a 385 Pete & while it is not a hood by any means, you access most everything. Cannot imagine shoving the engine back any further or having less room.

There was a article the other day about the number of complaints or problems per each truck sold. It was like 233 issues per 100 trucks sold, mostly emission/sensor related. Cannot find the link at the moment, but with all the additional emissions garbage they are pushing on the newer more fuel efficient trucks. You can bet you are going to spend it that savings on some tech plugging into the truck swapping expensive parts out. Down in the garage section there are posts all day long about fuel mileage not realized in the aero crap right along with the antiques.

So back to one of the first responses in this thread, why was this pot stirred again?

 

And your truck also has a lot of modifications correct? If you are going to compare, than lets do apples to apples. What was your aero truck getting before all your mods? If I remember right you where in the 5's or 6's ?? My 379 with 8 inch straights is quieter than the last aero truck I had due to all the wind noise coming thru the doors and doing the same runs yes the MPG is down some but I will gladly trade that for the smother, quiter ride with better resale if need be. Not to mention that I don't need to add that DEF that always gets forgotten about when people start talking about the good MPG's from these newer trucks,whats that DEF burn at something like 20 to 30 % of the fuel burned?

 

9plus calling bs

 

I'd say the truth lies in..RESALE VALUE. Read 'em and weep, Dice.

2007 Volvo 670, 450 ISX, 739,599 miles, Ultrashift...$29,900 http://www.truckpaper.com/listingsdetail/detail.aspx?OHID=3560489&

2007 Pete 379, 475 ISX, 703,235 miles, 13 spd.,...$59,950 http://www.truckpaper.com/listingsdetail/detail.aspx?OHID=3459721&

Yep, everybody sure has figured out that the ol' long nose trucks are nothing but money pits, and UNPROFITABLE ...but somehow the prices they command don't reflect that!