are current production trucks really this badly built?
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by ad356, Jan 28, 2020.
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The newer trucks and transmissions are all built to maximize mpg and emissions.
Something had to give in order to get it, and that something was reliability.
Ain't no free lunch in engineering. -
Maximum economy, emissions, and hauling bulk milk must not go together very well. This stuff is engineered with 80k max gross not 105k with a load that moves.
Kenworth left a brand new t800 daycab in our yard when they took one of the t880s in for service. It was a 18 speed manual with a 15 liter Cummings it was a gorgeous truck. I though my boss had bought the truck. I said to him that's a really nice truck you have..... Hint hint.... I'd love to drive it. He says it's not mine it's a dinosaur.... Maybe that's what he should be buying considering the weight we are hauling. My own boss is so convinced he will save in fuel, he might regret that decision. He will pay in downtime. Kenworth might fix these junkers under warranty but they do not provide replacement trucks. -
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Detroit DT-12 auto shift is a good transmission. When the engine and transmission can talk to each other they can do more things. I heard the new Eaton automatic is a good transmission not sure if that the one OP has.
Detroit will give you a warning if the clutch is getting hot. It's can apply the engine brake between gears. So it won't miss a gear. It has GPS location of the big hills and it can change the shift points if your pulling heave up a hill. It has a Descent Mode for going down big hills and it will hold the speed you set the truck at. The transmission is reliableLong FLD Thanks this. -
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