Truck Load Rates Halt 8 Week Slide 2.0

I’m home for the weekend so I can get the transmission flushed on Monday. Paccar says to flush at 15k miles and then you’re good to go.

Anyway, since I was coming home I ended up doing a round to Ohio, and quick round to WI, and then a load for Denver. Finally had a week with decent temps, no wind, and not running 75+ out west and what a difference. 7.62 for the week. That brings me up to 6.98 for my first month with the truck. My actual fuel cost for the first month is $2147 cheaper than what my old truck was averaging. Sucks to think that having some frame and a short bunk would cost me that much per year pulling a tall trailer. The only thing I did with my old truck and got decent mileage was pulling the pneumatic.

 

Nice. To update on my high mpg, the driver said we were less then 10k in the box all week and good conditions. That’ll do it.

Sounds like a good week and I agree on the fuel savings. I don’t like arguing with the old iron guys since I love old trucks too, but from a business standpoint it just doesn’t make sense. Brandon’s war on energy I don’t think will get better anytime soon.

 

Does the Endurant transmission require an early flush? Peterbilt didn’t say anything to me about it but I was reading the service intervals for the Paccar trans a couple weeks ago and saw the 15k flush.

 

Not that I’m aware of, it’s not something I’ve ever done. I’m pretty sure the two are the exact same trans though through a joint partnership?

 

No idea. I was just reading the manual and saw it so figured I should follow directions. Lol

 

Now it’s got me curious.

 

You read the MANUAL? What kind of trucker ARE you?!?!

 

Does he even truck bro?

 

Turns out I don’t read well. I skimmed through the maintenance table and didn’t see the symbol that designates the 15k flush as off-road / severe duty only.

 

The manual for my Cascadia is the most useless and convoluted piece of literature I have ever come across.

It's as if they try to make sure you can't find pertinent information.