Back on the road. Lease purchase with JB Hunt

Discussion in 'Lease Purchase Trucking Forum' started by UturnGirl, Oct 28, 2017.

  1. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    Guarantee they are afraid of people using them as a gauge.
     
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  3. UturnGirl

    UturnGirl Road Train Member

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    More feedback on Kw vs cascadia. Kw has a hot top speed (I was being old lead foot and looked down to see I had gone past the end of the speedometer!) at good fuel mileage but it won't take off for heck. Cascadia with 10spd beats the Kw with 9spd in a drag race every time.
    Also Kw longer wheel base and less turn radius. I'm having to experiment with backing as well as my namesake uturns.
     
  4. Opus

    Opus Road Train Member

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    Smell all fresh and pretty?
    Happy days.
    The tough stuff will have to wait until tomorrow.
     
  5. spyder7723

    spyder7723 Road Train Member

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    You've never driven a w900 or freightliner xl have you?
     
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  6. Md420

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    I had a really nice kw 680 and didn't like it .It had the turning radius of the USS Roosevelt
     
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  7. sealevel

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    Idk. Human interaction can be good. It was my biggest problem with Sni. You would be surprised how much money you can potentially leave on the table in a take or leave it point and click situation. Sni dumbs it down then throws bait in the water for the quickest fish. A discussion from time to time about rates is never a bad thing. Just saying.
     
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  8. Rrts247

    Rrts247 Light Load Member

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    Don’t get too upset about not owning a truck, I owned a 1996 freightliner FLD, then an 03 international Eagle, Those were good trucks, I bought a 2010 cascadia, what a piece. Trouble started at 450k, been that way ever since. Spending about 20k per year to keep it moving, the great thing about getting a lease, right about the time it’s going to start bleeding you, it becomes someone else’s problem. Yeah, I could probably pay a new truck payment with just what I put in the truck. New trucks aren’t like the old ones, a buddy dropped 180k on a new Pete 389, been in the shop 6 times for DEF issues and recalls.
     
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  9. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    I had a KW mixer that I have 0 doubt a guided missile destroyer could have turned inside.
     
  10. Rrts247

    Rrts247 Light Load Member

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    I had a 68 w9 with the Hendrickson walking beam hooked to my end dump, learned why the the country song lyric said “ give me 40 acres and I’ll turn my truck around “. Fun times.
     
  11. sealevel

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    That's why they made Mack's with that silly looking off set cab. Thing would out turn a honda Civic. Just had to hold on for dear life when you hit a pot hole. Lol. MVP of all mixer trucks.
     
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