international prostar

Single bunk volvos are junk I hated mine. I got this one and its a world of difference between the two. This one rides alot better handles better. Etc I would own a volvo tho. You do some research and apparently the volvos with the cummins are electrical nightmares.

 

Back 8 or 9 years ago Swift had a lot of those Volvos that had electrical problems. The "Ghosts" were always messing with something on them. You could be driving down the road and the passenger window would roll down, or the wipers would come on by themselves. The worst was that the highbeams would come on and blind traffic approaching you or passing you. You could go months without any of them happening, then they all might happen at the same time. The last 3 Volvos I have been in were "Ghost" free.

 

knock on wood this one's been ghost free so far. The one I liked the best was the speedometer bouncing to 20 mph while I was parked it. It did it more after a good rain. I would wake up and start the truck and the speedometer would go ballistic

 

God i hate failstars the dam door seal fail strong wind hit on that side omg the noise... door handle fail cold days wind goes thru the door handle area hits your leg...ac fail cant have just the back bunk running or hvac on dash comes on. But i did like the radio controls on steering wheel.. but over its a failstar

 

I love my ProStar (2010 Cummins). Yeah, it has its issues, but what truck doesn't! I still pass Volvos on hills (grin).

220gal tanks, avg 8mpg.
It is heavy, needs <1/2 fuel for >44k loads. I run west and canada, so keep my 5th wheel a couple notches forward, 12,500 on steers (only allowed 12,000 in east).
I set my cellphone timer for 4 min to catch the interrupt idle light.
8mpg at 8lbs/gal fuel = 1 pound per mile, useful depending on distance to DOT/MOT scale.
Walmart/Camping World have 'refrigerator' tension bars. The longer ones hold a small blanket (or towel) against the door nicely to block cold winter winds coming thru handle.
Scale with an empty trailer for reference. Note fuel level when you do.