I don't drive, and I've been in the trucking industry for about 2 years. I've not found an easy way to do it, and I'm wondering if people know the best way to tell some of these Pete / Kenworth / any truck models apart or at least remember them lmao? I take a lot of truck pictures, and some of the models I have to find via the vin to be sure.
389 / 379 - If they change the headlights, is there an easy way to tell what it is? Or any other models for that matter?
T680/T700 - Those look pretty much the same to me. W900 is typically easy to tell.
Freightliners / Volvos / & Macks minus like a superliner it's all a blur.
Basically, what are some tips to remember certain models? (Doesn't have to be the ones listed above)
Truck Models - How to Tell The Difference?
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Deshano, Mar 24, 2021.
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Just trying to see if anyone has some knowledge to drop on me that I might be missing! But you're right! -
There was a time when there really was a difference in trucks. Today, they are all cookie cutter types. Even I have to look for a name these days.
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Here’s the easiest way to tell. Look at the driver when they get out of the truck.
- If they get out wearing a Nike track suit and the truck is white, it’s a Volvo.
- If some gym shorts, flip flop wearing, unkept homeless shelter yahoo comes crawling out, it’s a plastic bumper POS. It might say Peterbilt, Freightliner or whatever, but it’s just another OTR, disposable hunk of junk.
- Finally, if a manly man, dressed to the 9s, sporting a sweet young thing, or a Kentuckian, you can bet it’s a Pete 389, or other long nose truck.Last edited: Mar 24, 2021
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It’s funny how even though 10 trucks identical come at you looking all the same. And yet there is a small enough difference that I can tell from a half mile away which one a friend is driving.
I remember in grade five I couldn’t tell the difference between cars, but a friend’s dad owned a garage, and the friend seemed to know every kind of car out there. It’s just a matter of being around it long enough.D.Tibbitt Thanks this. -
Don’t feel bad, there’s some truckers out here that couldn’t tell you the difference between a red motor and a yellow one.
First being a being able to identify a Make from a distance is the first part. The Pete’s the kenworths. The freight shakers, the western stars, The internationals.
Then like you said associate it with a family. For instance the 359-379-389 all look very similar to the untrained eye. The freightliner Cascadia family looks pretty much the same with minor changes.firemedic2816 and Deshano Thank this. -
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A perfect example is one of our guys in our Wind Divison has a '95 379 and it threw me through a loop for sure! (See below)
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