@DDlighttruck The Star was the first truck that I drove and they have a whole lot more interior room in them. That truck had also gone into the median on the interstate (empty) and hit one of those emergency vehicle turnaround crossings and all that happened was the front axle was bent. Witnessing the result of a truck hitting something like that at 65 mph convinced me of the flat out toughness of the truck.
I have seen a KW that hit a pole in a parking lot less than 10 mph and break a front leaf spring. I had to go pick up the truck. He did not slide into it and he was empty. Did not hit it very hard either as it was only leaning about 2 inches.
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If you have never been in a Star then it is hard to explain. On a KW or Pete I can reach nearly 3/4 of the way across the passenger seat without leaning. In a Western Star I can touch the arm rest.
A local paving company here we haul for on occasion has both WS and KW trucks. The guys in the KW were teasing the WS drivers because the cab was so big they had to stop for lunch so that they could walk over and get it.
Fit and finish is what it is, you get bad ones from all of them. I hear lots of good things from the guys here that have the detroits in the newer trucks. Like 7 mpg average pulling double hoppers grossing 105,500. I am lucky to get 6 and most of that would be empty. The star also has a flat transition into the sleeper.
I like the looks of the Pete cab and sleeper but the rest just does not look right to me for some reason. If I ever had to sleep across the seats, I could do that easily in a Star but not in a Pete or KW.
As for the chrome.....
I think I just got wet....
Discussion in 'Western Star Forum' started by cnsper, May 25, 2016.
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Nice, but I'm drooling over this one for sale, that was the Truck World show truck in Toronto, Ont.
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