Abilene Motor Express....A New Place To Call Home

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  1. JohnBoy

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    7C3F4C77-5BD0-4A12-B72C-7F988BD7CF94.jpeg Here they are.
     
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    Anybody notice the Abilene truck at the end of the crash video?
     
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    Do they have different sizes of Volvos now?
     
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    They always have.
     
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    Volvo always had two OTR offerings but Abilene only bought the larger of the two . As I understand it Abilene is now ordering both sizes. The smaller for solos and the larger one for teams.
     
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    Im surprised there was only one visible. We are up and down that stretch constantly every day.
     
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    I wonder which truck has a better turning radius; the Volvo or Kenworth?
     
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    Ive always heard it was the Volvo, can't say i noticed in the short amount of time Ive driven both.
     
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    So what happens to the bigger ones after the teams are done with them? They used to just flow down to solos... oh well...