What is the attraction with peterbilts

A little looking the closest to a all us made truck ? The Toyota tundra ! About the closest to 100 % us made . The lines are not clear any more.

 

When we get done with on it what ever scrap steel is selling for! Read , please. The Pete's we toke out of service the frames were shot. You really want to pay for frame replacement ? On a 2 million mile truck ! Oh they where 3 years old. Like I said alm frames would have preformed better. We used the option from each brand and tried to build each to fit that job. We put far more miles on daycabs then many teams put on our trucks.

 

And WHO makes western star ????

 

If you can't afford a Peterbilt just get what you can.

 

We were buying 50 at a time ! Cost was a factor , and I dare any one so not. If cost is not a factor , boy do I have some water front for you !

 

What I want to know, is since when is aluminum stronger than steel?

 

Before I bought my '05 Columbia with 400K miles I spent a year driving a 379 that had 1.8 million on it. The Pete has fewer rattles than my Freightliner does. I've driven well over a million miles in 359's & 379's & the simple truth is that they are better designed & built. I love my Freightliner for a variety of reasons, but it frustrates me as well. If Freightliner would just spend a few extra dollars on the doors and the dashboard they would have a product equal to anything made by PACCAR.

As a wise old trucker once told me, the two most over-rated things on the planet are teenage women and Mack trucks.

That was before Volvo came on the market.

 

While this is very true, and I do not fault anyone for whatever type of vehicle they drive and purchase (I've had a Kia, Several Toyotas, a BMW, numerous volkwagons, etc. So, I'm not one to be self-righteous of purity). However, with a Toyota, the parent company, Toyota is a foreign company and their money goes to Japan. I like the idea of patronizing U.S. owned companies, that lead a better chance that the money stays here in the U.S.
Kind of like the Buy Local efforts underway. On a global scale, buying local entails trying to buy from U.S. owned companies.
Yes, I know that in practice the lines are VERY blurry. But, I am only speaking general tendencies and I would like to see people at least be aware of such dynamics concerning how they spend thei money and who benefits from it and who does not.
Terry!

 

Anyway according to the Pete Salesman who I bought my truck from....He said "O/O's on average buy new rig and trade them in every 5 years....."
Now for those of you who ever ever bought new.....You know that 5 years is the length of time the mortgage lasts on that truck...
Who the Hell wants to go into debt...Pay it off and go back into debt again?

 

I look for the best value in my purchases, which is a combination of quality and price. If the American product provides that, great! If not, they better get to work on it, because I will go to the competitor, if they offer it.