My Swift Academy Journey. Will it be a swifty one or not?

midgetripples · May 6, 2020

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I think Volvos are kind of love them or hate them kind of thing. I have difficulty trying to describe why I am such a Volvo fan, I just am. One thing is, in the Swift fleet at least, they are one of the lighter trucks and since I drive reefer, which tends to be heavy, I usually don't have much trouble getting my weights legal. I've taken loads that others weren't able to because they were too heavy. One of the down sides is maintenance and repair. Everybody that works on trucks work on Freightliners, Kenworths, etc. But, not everybody works on Volvos. I had to backtrack 90 miles on one load to get it to a Volvo dealer for some work, if it had been a Freightliner, I could have gotten the repairs were I was. Had a few other such 'inconveniences'. But, for whatever reason, I Love my Volvo and hope to be able to always drive one.
But, to each their own, not saying I they are the best or anything like that. They are just what I strongly prefer.
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If it wasnt an elctrical nightmare with a mentally retarded radar system i woukd have stayed in it, and the reason its light is cause of the 13l engine the rest of swift trucks have 15l engines

G13Tomcat · May 6, 2020

Six9GS said: ↑

I think Volvos are kind of love them or hate them kind of thing. I have difficulty trying to describe why I am such a Volvo fan, I just am. One thing is, in the Swift fleet at least, they are one of the lighter trucks and since I drive reefer, which tends to be heavy, I usually don't have much trouble getting my weights legal. I've taken loads that others weren't able to because they were too heavy. One of the down sides is maintenance and repair. Everybody that works on trucks work on Freightliners, Kenworths, etc. But, not everybody works on Volvos. I had to backtrack 90 miles on one load to get it to a Volvo dealer for some work, if it had been a Freightliner, I could have gotten the repairs were I was. Had a few other such 'inconveniences'. But, for whatever reason, I Love my Volvo and hope to be able to always drive one.
But, to each their own, not saying I they are the best or anything like that. They are just what I strongly prefer.
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Makes sense; glad things are all going well for you! I 'strongly' love my Mack, as well. To each their own.

Not SAYING I don't miss my long nose hood (Pete) ... <<< ahh, fun times... but I'm totally happy with the performance of my Mack attack, lol ~!

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