Freightliner vs Kenworth

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Lonewolf2000, Nov 15, 2017.

  1. W9onTime

    W9onTime Heavy Load Member

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    Those freightliner suspensions ride smooth but they don't have the traction of the PACCAR suspension , I've never driven a truck with the traction of my W9 with the Pete suspension, I think it's the Pete flex air , on kw it's the ag380 or ag400 , that works like ladder bars on an old street drag racer , you get great traction in all kinds of conditions
     
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  3. AModelCat

    AModelCat Road Train Member

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    But AG100, 200 and 400 would look really fruity on a single drive.
     
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  4. x1Heavy

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    Ah the memories. I forgot why I loved that pete I had for a short time. We were able to get into some places (And out of...) some that were probably would have gotten that new Century stuck good.

    What's silly to me and a personal button so to speak as a trucker that totally enrages me is that trucks spin one wheel on glaze thin surface of light frost trying to back a trailer into a freaking tiny slope on the pavement. Once one wheel spun, the rest of them dont accept power worth a ####. Should you do apply it redlining that poor thing, all of them spin.

    *Drop kicks pos tractor to the curb... lol.
     
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  5. stacks

    stacks Road Train Member

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    I Echo your words they are massed produced for mega carriers
     
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  6. Steel Dragon

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    Hood with 6 mpg and fenders flapping in the wind?
    Puny doors and windows?
    Dinosaur?
    Not impressed...:biggrin_25523:
     
  7. Lepton1

    Lepton1 Road Train Member

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    You would rather hold your bumper together with zip ties, bungies, and duct tape?
     
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  8. Fold_Moiler

    Fold_Moiler Road Train Member

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    Driven crapcadias and hated them.

    Driven Columbia and like them. Rattling pos but the shop tuned them up a little and they just scream. One does 90+ fully loaded it would do more but it runs out of gears.

    The other is a straight truck I use once in a while. The little ugly race car. Lol.
     
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  9. LeeJackson

    LeeJackson Bobtail Member

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    Tell us how you really feel!
     
  10. p608

    p608 Road Train Member

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    If you weren't so ###### fat you wouldn't need big doors
     
  11. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    That's so unfair. Have you ever been in a Freightliner that didn't leak?
     
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