Running with JCT, Part Deux

Lottery Tickets maybe. Never did them while I was there but I know JCT does pull lottery tickets from GA to The Sacramento area.

 

This will be a first for me. Never hauled anything to do with gambling.

 

OK... So I drove my truck bobtail with the Freightliner guy from the terminal for about 45 miles...no shaking.

Connect to a trailer (42k lbs) shaking at 55-70.
Empty. BAD shaking 55-70.

Felt in the butt, not the steering wheel. Fridge shelf rocks so hard you think its going to fall.

Air ride height in spec front and back. Drive line balanced. Wheel bearings good and tight. No odd tire wear that I can tell yet. Fifth wheel set nearly all the way forward. Shaking does not change at all when you let off the throttle or if the transmission goes into e-coast.

Freightliner only eyeballed the tires for run out issues and said they were fine. Only things I can think of doing is maybe get the drives balanced and runout checked (place in Kingman will do super singles) or shocks or 5th wheel position. Its odd that its only really occurring if I have something on my rear.

Anyone else run into this? Or do we just have bouncy trailers and I'm really feeling it now for some reason? About to lose my mind.

 

So.... I'm sitting in North Platte, NE. I see a fre other JCT trucks here any on this thread? I deliver at 4:45. Yeah me! And then wait 4 hours for a #### pre plan.

On another note. I was told there were some new KW T680s in the yard. My 90 days is up around the 25, and I'm pushing for a black one. Can any one confirm this? Oh and yes I'm pushing the issue. I was told I may have to settle for a used one and I'm ok with it but I will comb through it

 

Nope. Only new trucks are Cascadias. You find a used KW with low miles but I doubt.

 

I have the same issues only when I'm hooked to a trl mine does it at 60-70 its annoying my fridge shelf looks like its gonna rattle off the wall

 

U joint bolts might need retorqued

 

Never thought about that but that's a good possibility especially with this being a new truck

 

I'm taking 4 days off next week I'm gonna have freightliner go over the truck I've only got 13000 miles on it I think its a good idea to have them check the torque on all the bolts since our highway system is so smooth lol

 

Yeah! My fridge does the same at the same speed. Oddly glad to see I'm not the only one with the shakey ride.

They pulled my drive lines all off to balance so I'm assuming the u's got torqued in the process.