Pete 579 with a PACCAR MX-13 OR FREIGHTSHAKER WITH DD15

What transmission in the Pete? Their auto is awful.

 

They now have a new auto.
But to early to tell if it is good or bad.

 

That’s good. It truly was the worst truck I’ve ever driven and that’s saying a lot.

I found if you let off the gas when it went to shift it might pick a gear in under 12 seconds but don’t get your hopes up. Still never got reverse down. Eventually I just put that truck in the darkest corner of the yard and grabbed a crapcadia no one was using and claimed it as my own. At least it would shift right. My only real complaint about that truck was making you do a parked regen. I’d take the crapcadia over the Pete but I wasn’t a fan of either.

 

It may just be that a few years ago, none of them were reliable?
I have experience with paccar. Gotta admit, from that experience, I don't like paccar.

 

Since you don't get the choice of a Cummins, it should come down mostly to your preference of cab style. Paccar's have to be serviced at a Paccar dealer (either Pete or KW) and Freightshakers have to be serviced by them. The FL service network is significantly bigger, so if you prefer the Shaker's cab style, go with that one, would mean less down time when something goes wrong with all the computers or DPF/SCR.

 

The Pete has a much nicer cab IMO. At the end of the day the cascadia did the job better though.

But since you said they are 10 speed I’d go pete all day.