Taking the plunge. My journey as an O/O.

Got a new one-box for free at 499700 miles when it failed with 300 miles left on factory warranty.

 

Ive been a Wrencher all my life. Yet to do this semi thing yet though I own a 1997 international n-14.

I wrenched on all my commercial parasailboat motors, trans, drives , hydraulic winches and trailers

You could never make it in that business with out knowing how to wrench.

The Wait Times for service would sink you.

Double Yellow on here had some of the best data for running used to new.


Nowadays we have Midwest who runs a fleet of new trucks

Arizona Dave that is buying and running a small fleet of 5 year old trucks

Than quite a few guys that are running and maintaining old Iron


Personally for me I would take a new truck if they could make them worth a Krap

 

Well, over the last couple weeks I have noticed a bit of front end wobble. The steers are beginning to show full-diameter extra wear on the inside of the driver side tread, and the outside of the passenger side tread.

Time for a three-axle alignment, I think.

 

Alignment Solutions in KC, or any other MD Alignment shop. Don’t waste your time and money at a TA or anyplace else.

 

Yes, what he said. Chad in KC is the best and the only guy I'll let do mine. But at the very least make sure it's an MD alignment shop. You can Google MD alignment and find shops from their website, but Chad is a great person and he's really, really good.

 

Do not let a truck stop do this......

 

Also, I am at 68k miles since the rebuild, so having the valve adjustment done.

 

Are you having it done at the same time? The shop that Chad works out of in KC is a great shop. I'm not sure if they do valve adjustments cause they don't do a lot of motor work. You might call and see, you could get everything done at the same place. The shop is T&E service co. Chad rents a shop Bay from them. Works out good if you have parts that need replaced for the alignment.

 

The place I take my truck during hometime does not do tires or alignments, but they will do the other work I need done. I will have a look at the locations of those other alignment shops so I can get the work done asap after hometime is done.

 

There is a mobile MD align guy out of Lincoln that FCC uses on all their trucks. I was having tire wear issues, since he aligned it, it rides like a dream and all tire wear issues are gone.