Which trucks do you guys like?

I hate the freightliners. Shorter and easier to turn esp in a sleeper cab, but serious POS's. No power, no jakes, everything rattles, and zero room inside. Stupid ergonomics. welcome to the 1970's. Hi, we're freightliner and we hate drivers.

I like the volvo's, lot more room, fantastic engine brakes. way way way better ergonomics, easy to check stuff, easy to unhook. Much better designed truck (welcome to the 2000's at least).

The only thing that makes a freightliner look good is a international.

That's all we run.

 

Mack is the best in my opinion.

 

I'm very happy with the volvo trucks we have. We also have internationals, which have tighter turn radiuses (radii??), but the volvo beats them in every other category.

 

LTL: No preference with tractors,Which ever one is legal
NON LTL: Any Tractor /Straight Truck besides a Peterbilt with dual stacks. Can't see past them and the turning radius seems to suck my balls, Also the bicycle tires up front being nose heavy in the wet makes corners tricky.

Not really a picky person. Honestly not a big truck person to give a crap, lucky if i could tell you the make, forget about the model / year.

 

My company is only buying cascadia's currently and they are pretty dang nice compared to the leftovers of their international buying phase. We have some 9400i's running C15 Acerts left and they are awful, I have the displeasure of driving one. The interior is junk and you would think it had spring susp.

There are actually more 9400i's left than Prostars because the prostars proved to be too much of a nightmare. They're all the same crap, different pile.

 

a mack is just a volvo in disguise

 

My co. is all Freightliners and Volvos. The Volvos are more comfortable and I like the big mirrors. The single piece windshield is nice too. My only complaint is that they're heavier on the front end than the Cascadias. Doesn't make much differencethough unless I'm pushing gross.

I hate the Cascadia mirrors. Too small, and if I dare use the washer fluid while the truck is moving, the overspray end up all over the mirrors.

We do have a couple of Peterbilts they're evaluating, but those are assigned so I haven't been in them. Sharp looking trucks even as single screws but the drivers hate them, so I doubt we'll see any more.