An old man's career goes flat, Snackbar moves to open deck

Strictly speaking no because there is no wll on it but they do have the Aussie equivalent on it. I have 4 of the chain chokers and 4 of the 2” strap chokers. #### superb bit of kit. Got my father in law to bring me them over one time. I just cover myself with wll and then add one or two of them as supplemental. #### ain’t going nowhere with them on.

 

The problem isnt with the trucks, but with the "mechanics" who work on them.. If you ever owned a old fleet truck and decide to fix the problems yourself. you run into so many hack jobs it makes u wanna throw up. My truck has 630k miles on it and haven't had any problems with previous repairs needing repairs again since I've been working on it.. Not a coincidence.. Mechanics especially fleets and dealerships are going to do things the quickest way to get it out of the shop.. They could care less, if in 3 months itt's back in the shop because their half ### repair broke. They ain't the ones that gotta fix it again. And the driver is the one that gets screwed with that . But it just part of the game at the end of the day. No matter if equipment is new or old. Everything breaks.

 

welp, on a positive note......put on a richard simmons sweatin to the oldies video & get a workout in. cant hurt. hope they get ya rollin PDQ.

 

2 nights in hotel $200 and a ‘happier’ driver
48 hrs idling will burn??? What? I’ve heard a gallon an hr… so at $5.00 a gallon it’s $240? Plus added DEF issues that are possible…

Is my math wrong??

 

I have no idea of how SPD deals with breakdowns, but hopefully they will one keep you financially whole and two try and actually fix the truck. I always thought the musical trucks thing was crap with Creefer. Hopefully you’ll be back at it soon, mil lights often aren’t big things with Paccar’s, they’re weird that way.

 

This seems to be happening more & more industry wide. What I wonder is who is absorbing all these losses? - the mfg's or the carriers? Someone must be going bankrupt.

 

In 2017 I moved into 13 different trucks when I worked for Lexmar. I know how SSB feels....

 

Well now.....
This is how you keep a thread interesting and readable.
No one cares until the journey becomes unpredictable.
Keep on trucking w your ample readership in mind.

 

For a larger fleet with purchasing power it’s a negotiated settlement often, for the small fleets, well I’m sure it’s to their detriment.