Advice, please?

Nah. Truck has better than 3/4 tank of fuel. More a mix of wet roads and too much speed. I'm accustomed to my company Pete 579, which is truly a heavy sonuvagun, especially on the drives. I've got a longer frame on the Pete, plus headache rack and boxes. That Pete is HEAVY! The KW is a couple thousand pounds lighter, with more weight thrown up on the drives. Hardly any weight on the drives at all.

This works for me over all. Lighter truck is a good thing in steel haul. And now I know to be way more careful on the rare occasions I bobtail anywhere.

And before anyone asks (and I know you will), I was traveling at the posted speed limit (which is where I screwed up) on a wet road. The stop light changed quicker than anticipated. The braking distance was well within the capabilities of the Pete 579, even bobtail. It wasn't enough space for the KW when bobtail. My fault for not anticipating the weight difference and stopping distance difference between the two trucks.

 

Running the light was an option. I considered it. But there was cross traffic stacked on both sides. If anybody had not paid attention, it would have been a T-Bone situation. Running the light would have generated more kinetic force if I had hit anybody. Working for the stop reduced that kinetic force of impact.

Difference of broken bones versus broken families.

 

I got lucky in that the tires just slid. No rubber left behind on the road. I would've been highly annoyed to have flat spotted eight BRAND NEW drives.

And like I said (I think), even at full slide the KW got a bit squirrelly but held straight. Truck handles beautifully. And, as a bonus, she's FUN to drive! The last actually fun truck I had was that old 2012 Cascadia condo I had. Another short wheelbase rig, fantastic suspension system, and she pulled likens beast!

 

Many thanks! I've always been impressed with the T800s myself, bit this will be the first one I've driven.

Used to see them all the time in heavy workhorse applications in my area. They seemed to be the go-to trucks for logging, dump, and OS/OD work. Trucks were pretty much bullet proof, which is what I'm looking for in a starter truck. And of she stands up as well as I believe she will, she may very well also be my retirement truck as well!

 

Yep. Tractor ABS light is on, so there is a fault in that system. Already budgeted shop time to fix that.