Hi everyone, I welcome your opinions/input. I thank you in advance. I'm looking to buy my own brand new (2019) 389 next year. I will almost certainly be buying it from Peterbilt Steve from Tulsa, OK. I LOVE the look of a long 300", but too many drivers have told me that would be a big mistake. I'm thinking maybe 280" would be Ok. Others are telling me, DO NOT order anything longer than 250". I know many are going to say, "Well, what do you want to do with it"? Right now, I THINK I will go with L/S or Mercer (I want to try flat bedding) BUT, I want a truck that can do/haul just about anything. I need versatility in case I go in another direction. Right now, the only things I KNOW I want are a stand up double bunk sleeper, full air ride, disc brakes, 24.5s, 565HP/2050 torque, in legendary blue. If you were going to order/spec a brand new Pete and you weren't 100% sure what you wanted to haul with it, how would you go about speccing it for maximum versatility? Right now, I know there's TOO MUCH that I don't know. Again, thanks for your input.
PLEASE give me your two cents....
Discussion in 'Peterbilt Forum' started by SavageSam, Jul 30, 2017.
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A truck is a tool, and proper specs for the job you're going to ask it to do are vital...which makes it dern near impossible to properly spec the truck without knowing what you're going to ask it to do. You might find a set of specs that will "get the job done" in a wide variety of tasks, but it won't really excell at any of them.
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You don't even know what you want tho haul. That's how. There is no one size fits all truck. What you are describing needs to stay on pasvement.
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If you never want to leave pavement, forget flatbedding. That will help narrow your specs. While there are plenty of pavement only loads, flatbedding is rooted in construction and manufacturing. That means half of the loads will be job sites. Half of those will be off road.
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