which is a better choice for first truck????

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by panhandlepat, Apr 14, 2009.

  1. Luis

    Luis Medium Load Member

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    Freightliners are just fleet spec trucks and that's all kinghunter sees. Take the advice from 550.
    BTW 550 you sure that gauge aint broken lol?
     
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  3. 550hpW900L

    550hpW900L Road Train Member

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    Bouncing of the peg my young aero truck friend :biggrin_255:
     
  4. Luis

    Luis Medium Load Member

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    Aero truck? You must be thinking im someone else lol.
     
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  5. 550hpW900L

    550hpW900L Road Train Member

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  6. Luis

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    Its the w900ls ugly relative. You have the looks and the mpg's of a freightliner. Just kidding about that aero truck thing we dont have a w900l but its still a kenworth .
     
  7. shogun

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    I thought my post screamed underlying sarcasm. Guess it was too subtle. Be that as it may, when I buy a truck it will be an ongoing argument inside my head. Aerodynamic and plastic, or extended hood, 7 inch straights and a ground pounding kitty kat? Decisions, decisions...
     
  8. PharmPhail

    PharmPhail Road Train Member

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    Well through whatever glitch of nature, I assure you I get the same exact feeling looking at my truck as you do yours, so it works out just fine.

    Maybe it's a shallow Hal thing, but I really don't care.
     
  9. MedicineMan

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    at least it's a pete. I'm talking about freightliners.

    the 99 shaker i'm giving back tomarrow is so #### loud that with my ringer set on "ear splitting" I can't hear it ring with the windows up and the radio off. Don't get me started on trying to talk on it. Everything on this truck rattles. there is a vibration dep in the dash that sounds like it's about to explode but i'll be dmned if I can find it. Step rattle and shake, the exhaust shields vibrate like hell. all the interior pannels in the sleeper vbrate as well. try getting a good night sleep when you have to get up every half hour to change the idle rpm to make your rattle quiet down
     
    PharmPhail Thanks this.
  10. panhandlepat

    panhandlepat Road Train Member

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    i had the same problem with the internantionals USA had. EVERYDAMNTHING vibrated!:biggrin_2552:
    this 07' shaker i have now is good except at "low idle" then the step right by the bottom driver door seal makes a racket
     
  11. MedicineMan

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    your lucky because the one arnold gave me the cabinetts rattled. #### truck only had 34k miles on it
     
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