Overworking trucks

Not every situation. Just some drivers are stuck on stupid..

 

My current truck is a 18 year old t800 mixer truck with a 8LL and c12 in it. I womp on that engine because that’s how you have to drive a c12...

It’s been 80k and off road every day of its life and in great shape. We have a great shop and they fix any issue right away so it’s not falling apart.

At my last job I drove a 5 year old Volvo that only ran 3 days a week and it was a falling apart broke down piece of crap because the shop was terrible. It’s all in the shop.

 

Trucks that have been retired from line-haul are often seen performing local cartage at the ports or in the city. Other places where used or retired trucks end up is in the dealership when truckers decide to receive a trade-in value. Dealers then can resell them to a local buyer but it is not uncommon to see these semi-trucks shipped to foreign countries in Mexico and South America. Larger carriers may decide to retire a semi for reasons such as the expiration of a lease or warranty.

 

Every company I’ve worked for prior to this one had a combination age/mileage to return (all leased units).

Leases were 4 years, up to 500,000 miles meant extended warranty coverage. They tried to balance keeping trucks under warranty whilst not exceeding 4 years. Usually, a team took the truck for year 1, a single for year 2-3 and then the truck stayed local for year 4.

Current company leases through Penske and Ryder. My last truck was 2015 and we traded it at 797,000 miles in February this year. I’m not clear if that means our company was paying for repairs out of warranty towards the end, or if they have a sweetheart deal since we have over 500 leased units whereas other companies were 25-100 units.

 

Don't be so sure.

I recall a little bit of a storm in the industry coffee pot magazines regarding japanese sourced steel used in frames that failed ahead of the 5th wheel about that time period.

 

I'm not sure what you're trying to say. If a new fleet truck actually gets 44k pounds to the top sooner than the old fleet truck, that has something to do with ones intelligence?

 

Leases have ZERO to do with warranties, here or over there.

When a truck is leased with a maintenance contract, a portion of revenue that is produced goes into the fund to maintain the truck.

When the truck is leased and maintenance is with the leasee, then there is still no issue of warranties.

Most of these things are dependent on what I posted before.

 

I'm willing to bet the steel we had back then was better quality than today. My dads early 50s international 330 utility tractor still has the original red paint and just a wee bit of surface rust