Husband/Wife (or couples) Teams - geting started Info, advice, experiences, etc

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Easier to say 2004 compliant, and 2007 compliant . Courtney runs a new 2012 Volvo seems to be just stupid things causing all the shop time, so far nothing major but ever day in the shop is a day lost on the road. More attention to detail at the factory would eleminate alot of the problems.

 

you can get a warranty on a used truck, mine had one and when it was over i went out and paid for a additional 200k warranty. so a warranty on a good used truck is no problem.

cleanliness is no problem have the dealer detail it until YOU feel it's clean they will do it if they want to sell it

having the right people check the used truck and NOT THE DEALER YOU ARE BUYING IT FROM and going to a dealer and getting a dealer repair history, calling the company that had the truck and asking their breakdown dept about the repair history (some companies will or will not tell you) oil sample EVERYTHING, what you are looking for is multible repairs for things like electrical, engine, trans, front end has it needed to be tow...? and remember that if you do your checking and you find one that is a lemon that it was a NEW TRUCK at one time... the only unusual repair my truck had was a broken drive shaft.

each truck and motor are prome to have specisic issues learn what they are..! things like volvo's are known for egr issues, mine doesn't have this problum. isx is known to have cams go bad even when doing oil samples. sometime it just something that was only for a few years but you need to know,

i spent alot of time and money having my used truck checked and it passed, 16 months later still no major repairs, have we broke down yes but nothing bad..

 

big jim we have a new volvo and after 35k it blow a turbo when they opend it up they found a bolt in the fins of the turbo... the thing is it had never had the air filter open so how did i bolt get into the turbo..???

 

Bigjim where do u primarily run.

 

My Wife had the best JOB in the world, She got to keep an eye on me, and got to tell me where to go. How can you improve on that ? You find out if you love someone real quick in a truck

 

None of that fancy GPS back then, Just Rand Mc Nally and trust.

 

When oldest turns 18 in the next month(Foster parents.), wife wants to go team.

 

Run Continental, and Canada, been to every state and every province and territory

 

Hey Gigglesandcountryboy, I have been running team for nearly 16 years. Most of my driving career has been team driving. It takes a certain individual I guess, but is all I am pretty much used too and you can't beat the money! Right now what I make team is about what a solo owner operator makes. Plus I am home all the time. Took me awhile to get where I am now but overall team driving has always paid way more than solo driving. I convinced my wife to do it and we did it for about not quite 10 years. When I drive by the truck stops and rest stops at night everyone looks so comfortable hemmed up in their sleepers and I often wish it were me but I just couldn't see doing that all the time. I am one to have to keep moving! When I'm at home I bounce off the walls! Just took two weeks off from driving and instead of going home I went to Nicaragua on a surf trip. Once I got down there we rented a car and I drove all over the country! (not quite like driving here though!) I got back early Saturday morning had a couple hours at home then back on the road. Just the way I am supposed to live I guess.

Courtney was dead on when she was talking about the older trucks! You couldn't give me a free one to own nowadays! We owned three brand new trucks one year and couldn't keep one of them on the road! We then bought a truck with 275,000 on it and never had so much as a glitch! I would also highly recommend staying away from the trucks that are new for that particular year. Usually the newly designed or revamped trucks have a lot of design flaws and bugs to be worked out. Stick with what has been tried and true!