Vnl 770 sleeper

What year is the 770 you’re looking at?

When the VNL 770 first came out as a 1998 they were heavy and especially front axle heavy.

A lot of customers who bought the 98-99 model years were unhappy with them because they couldn’t legally scale general freight and reefer loads because the trucks were steer axle heavy.

A lot of customers took their trucks back to the dealerships and demanded that Volvo buy them back citing the lemon law.

A lot of the 98-99 model years would up being used to haul furniture loads, as those loads were not as heavy as general and reefer loads.

In the model year 2000 Volvo attempted to lighten the 770 by using aluminum cross members between the frame rails and by moving the fuel tanks rearward to take the weight off of the steer axle.

This seemed to solve the problem and the 770 eventually evolved into the 780 and eventually into the current 860.

I have a 2001 770 and I can legally scale a 44k lbs load with no problems.

So in a nutshell, stay away from 98-99 770 if weight is a concern for your operation.

 

My 2003 with a dry van trailer and two 100 gal tanks is at 34.5klb.

 

Smart choice,

That’s why I’m keeping my 2001 with a Cummins N14 with one million miles on it, vs. buying a newer post emissions truck, pre emissions=rarely any problems and will run forever.

My friend has a 2000 770 Detroit S60 with 1.4 million miles, engine has never been opened up, still running strong.

Another friend has a 2001 770 N14 with 1.8 million original miles with only rods and main bearing roll done on it.

 

Hope your friend with the series 60 runs the overhead every year. And tunes the Jake's. That's about when series 60 engines start eating oil.