Out with the old, in with the new, to me at least.

Some of you might care, some of you might not. I know most probably drive nicer trucks but this is my first dump trailer so I have to be proud. The thing was filthy and I finally spent time today cleaning her up. Acid bath, clean interior, windows etc. and I got paid to clean it...haha! I like the dump trailer much more than the straight dump. More challenging, no one else at work wants to drive it and it pays more than the straight truck drivers. Woohoo......
Next on the list is swapping out those mismatched mudflaps on her rear and new side boards.








My ex that I miss dearly. New driver started Thursday and they get dirt duty. What a shame as she is a gravel hauling beast.




And my two girls next to the sluggo twins trucks. Aren't they cute the way they put their beds up together with no rain in the forecast?





Hopefully this 24'er leads to a 40'er in the future. Thanks for looking and for all of the great info you veterans have given.

 

$18 hr + benefits.

 

Thanks Flatbed, he sees it all right. He ok'd the overtime for today. He appreciates that someone wants to take care of his equipment.

Thanks popcorn, i would like t pull a 40'er for my own benefit but most likely it would involve % pay and not sure that would benefit me. Still more research to do on that one.

 

Thanks Wharf rat, yeah the starlings are definitely the white bread of trucks. Mine has a fresher C-12 in it as the first sucked a valve. The Trans is rough though. Different gearing from the L9000 of course as it's a road tractor but it is sloppy to say the least. I can't get it too mesh consistently for the life of me. 1200, 1300, 1400, 1500 rpm it still wants to clash. Going from low side to high it won't sync until it drops to near 1000rpm. That sucks when loaded with 20T. It's a good learner tractor I suppose.
My boss isn't afraid of buying equipment so maybe in a year or two I will get a new tractor.


The L9000 floats really nice and tight.