KW to discontinue W900?

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Aces-N-Eights, Jul 30, 2018.

  1. AModelCat

    AModelCat Road Train Member

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    If you want a cab with next to no plastic, buy an A cab :p. Steel, aluminum and fibreglass. Only plastic is the headliner and inside door handles.
     
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  3. Rubber duck kw

    Rubber duck kw Road Train Member

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    No the doors look a little different, hood doesn't look anything like a regular w9, and the sleeper looks like came straight off an international, you need to get your eyes checked I think.
     
  4. Geronimo17

    Geronimo17 Light Load Member

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    Any photos of your new W900? A friend of mine has put 2 brand new 2018 W900L Dump Trucks on the road in the past several months. All black with chrome. Man do they look sharp.
     
  5. larry2903

    larry2903 Heavy Load Member

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    Talking about the difference between the W900 and the T660.... You need a course in reading comprehension I think.
     
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  6. Rubber duck kw

    Rubber duck kw Road Train Member

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    And those look even less like w9 than the 990, the front axles looks like it sits a little father back, if you had the cab and sleeper sitting on the floor they might look like they could possibly have from w9. If they think they need a wide cab w9 they need to leave the front of the hood the way it is and make it a foot n a half longer so it tapers out wider by the cab. I don't see how a wide cab I'd any nicer unless you're about as wide as you are tall, in fact it looks like more of a pain to me.
     
  7. Long FLD

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    Most of the people complaining about the new KW have no intentions of buying a new 900 or 990 anyway. Like I said before, they don’t care what anyone thinks, the truck is coming out, the 900 could be going away in a few years, people will accept it and move on. Just like they do when every truck model is replaced regardless of the manufacturer.
     
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  8. Geronimo17

    Geronimo17 Light Load Member

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    Until Kenworth's GM Mike Dozier or his replacement tell us otherwise, "The W900L is not going anywhere".

    If you want to buy a W990 over a W900, good luck to you. The same goes to those buying W900s over W990s.
     
  9. ichudov

    ichudov Heavy Load Member

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    What do you guys mean by "plastic cabs"?
     
  10. larry2903

    larry2903 Heavy Load Member

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    Plastic inside the cabs I think is what was being referred to, people believe that to be a recent addition to truck interiors.
     
  11. ichudov

    ichudov Heavy Load Member

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    I have a 2009 Freightliner Columbia with plastic dash. Half of the plastic actually broke.
     
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