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

Best alignment guy in the world is at allied tire and oil in Omaha ..hes a perfectionist and sought after .
Fleets in the area send they're new trucks there before being put into service ..

 

It is not uncommon for new trucks to need an alignment straight from the factory. I did my new one at 30k and again at 100k and now it’s fine. It was off the first two times.

 

I would have thought the same until I saw first hand. 2017 W900 with around 75k on it having stiff steering and binding issues. Turned out the upper u joint was dry as a bone.

 

You may have a binding steering gear, had a few trucks that used steering gears made in Mexico within the same week with a similar but not exact issue. On the first truck, it was adjusted a coupe times but never acted right, so it was replaced at my expense and it was good. Had to jump through hoops to get WS to pay for it but then I had the other trucks gone through and four more were replaced at WS expense.

 

What kind of tires? Your description of a "heavy" feel sounds more like tires to me.

 

Well an alignment issue is the truck is pulling one way or the other. Not slightly, a lot.

Could be a power steering.

 

Have had power steering pressure relief stick . Did crazy stuff , power steering one way , manual the other !

 

They had a Driver on here recently with a hard steering problem. Turned out to be binding slip shaft on steering column. Something to check anyway, maybe not greased enough from factory. Might need to be pumped up full of grease.