Ford Aeromax

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Not to change the subject but I always thought the Dodge Big Horn was one of the meanest lookin' trucks ever built. I still see one running around Jacksonville now and then.

 

You'll find some reasonably priced ones on the truck paper. Can still get majority of parts for them because the cab is essentially the same as the Sterling day cab. Only issue is finding parts for the sleeper. I have a Sterling AT9522 and love it. I'm slowly making it a true custom truck. I put a lot of parts from KW/Pete in it to make it easier to replace them (mainly switches and gauges and some sleeper parts). If you get the chance to buy one, go for it! Not to mention the MPG is very impressive.

 

Clean looking Ford nice truck.

 

I see a different Aeromax about every 2 or 3 weeks usually they are leased to Landstar for some reason. It been a while since I last saw an LTL9000 and can't remember the last CLT9000 I saw.

I really wanted an LTL9000 when I was looking for my first truck but like most trucks, they had very little legroom.

 

I had an LTL9000... used it to pull a 28ft framed end dump. Never worked with the Ford AT/LT series, but I have with the Sterling AT/LT trucks (manufactured by Daimler A.G. after Ford sold their heavy truck division in 1997).... the end result of my experiences with them leaving me as the voice of dissent against the pro-Ford/Sterling crowd here. I find the build quality lacking, I find them to be rust prone, and I'm not keen on the engine being partially covered by the cowling and apt to excessive use of the fan. On the flip side, I do find their daycabs to be incredibly spacious.

 

Hi Witchinghour, not to worry, I wasn't a fan of those transition Sterling's either. I worked for a heavy equipment dealer that had an old Louisville Ford for years, old faithful, they called it, and had seen better days, so they ordered a new Sterling, it wasn't half the truck that Louisville was. It shook something fierce, and I'm no cowboy, but let the clutch out one day with a somewhat heavy load, and broke all the bolts off on the right motor mount. Did not like that truck.

 

Yeah, I heard they were better when they were made by Ford, although I have no experience with the Ford AT/LT models. The LTL was a rock solid truck, and I've run some L9000 vocational trucks with no major issues. It wouldn't be difficult to believe the quality went into a slump after Daimler took over. That is, after all, the story of Western Star, as well.