Trans Am Still
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He survived but is having problems.
scottlav46 Thanks this. -
Well i am back on the road again doing LTL Freight out of Florida for Twiss Transport. I onlybdid 6 month with TransAm but i did learn alot from them and the people on here.
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Rollr4872 and Panhandle flash Thank this. -
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Still with TransAm.
Completed a 6 month lease, renewed it a bit before xmas.
Ran 60 loads during that first 6 month lease.
Put over 65,000 miles on the truck overall.
Had 61,929 paid miles
10 runs were under 500 miles
18 runs were 500-1000 miles
23 runs were 1000-1500 miles
9 runs were over 1500 miles
Average trip was 1032.2 miles - 884.6 miles loaded and 147.6 miles deadheadjaso37, passport220 and Panhandle flash Thank this. -
Another 6 month lease done
Ran 73 loads during the lease.
Put 77,107 miles on the truck overall.
Had 72,705 paid miles
17 runs were under 500 miles
17 runs were 500-1000 miles
27 runs were 1000-1500 miles
10 runs were 1500-2000 miles
2 runs were over 2000 miles
Average trip was 996 miles - 865.2 miles loaded and 130.7 miles deadheadjaso37 Thanks this. -
That's a lot of miles in six months, darn good work.
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Been a long time since I posted, final updates...
Third 6 month lease:
Ran 71 loads during the lease.
Had 66,679 paid miles
20 runs were under 500 miles
17 runs were 500-1000 miles
22 runs were 1000-1500 miles
11 runs were 1500-2000 miles
1 run was over 2000 miles
I left the company in Feb 2018, shortly after that lease. Warranty expired on the truck and I believe the turbo was going. The truck had been in the shop 7 times for warranty repairs during these 3 leases plus a few times for non-warranty stuff. They wouldn't sell the truck for another year and a half so I said goodbye since I wasn't going to lease a truck that wasn't under warranty (I honestly no longer trusted the truck) and didn't want to start over with a different truck, secondary reason for leaving being that they didn't travel past the rockies and I wanted to go all over the country. Overall I liked the company and enjoyed my time there, didn't like how often I was in the shop.
Total sum of loads from the three 6 month leases:
Ran 204 loads
Had 201,313 paid miles - 174,698 loaded and 26,615 empty (15.23%)
Average of 11,184.1 miles per month, 134,208.6 per year
Average trip length was 986.8 miles (856.4 loaded, 130.5 empty)
47 runs were under 500 miles
52 runs were 500-1000 miles
72 runs were 1000-1500 miles
33 runs were over 1500 miles
Warranty Repairs for my 2015 t680:
Alternator
Fuel Pump
Brake Can
Charge Air Cooler
Auto trans actuator
Auto trans clutch (almost wasn't warranty, tried saying it was my fault for shifting during wheel spin, but it's an automatic and shifts when it wants to)
Air vent system for the front of the cab (required entire disassembly of the dash, the original part was manufactured in 2008)
Few non-warrenty issues:
Battery cable replacement due to excessive corrosion.
Numerous shop visits for the espar heater (mostly regular yearly maintenance)
Numerous shop visits to get the inverter working, no charge due to being company equipment.
ThermoKing APU starter, few hundred to replace it, broke again 2 weeks later so was considered defective and fixed for free
ThermoKing APU belt broke and ripped off the temp senser, it overheated, warped the head, and melted the gasket and intake filter holder. Luckily it shut down before catching fire but it cost a few thousand to repair.Last edited: Aug 4, 2019
passport220 and FlaSwampRat Thank this. -
That's a lot of runnin'. So how'd you make out..... Gross/Net? How often did you take time off and for how long?
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@zaroba - which company are you with now?
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