My new truck needs an alignment? Or is it something else?

During my company driver years I drove five different trucks and hit the largest potholes known to man and never ever once needed an alignment. My new 2019 truck that I put 45k miles on needs one though? I only think so because the steering wheel feels sluggish at high speeds where you have to make micro adjustments to stay between the lines. When backing up the wheel turns normal so I'm thinking it's an alignment issue which I am having fixed in a bit. Its just weird that I never needed one before with the other trucks and now I'm being careful to dodge potholes or fast turns with my truck and this happens.

 

Yeah I thought that too but I respect all property even when it's not my own. The company I used to drive for sent me to shippers that had huge potholes near the dock doors so they were unavoidable. I returned all my trucks in perfect condition. My steering wheel used to be so easy to turn I could do so with one finger. Now I have to grip it and pull. I pulled it into the bay I hope that it is just an alignment since the dealer near my house is freakin packed 24/7 so I usually go out of town to fix it.

 

Did the steering wheel feel harder to turn for you?

 

Yeah I'm doing a 3 axle now just to put my mind at ease. Only an extra $100.