I'm leaving it up to the forum since The OM and I simply cannot decide.
Truck 1 -
Casper the Friendly Cummins Powered Cat Condo Cascadia. Casper has been the unshakable backbone of my little enterprise, making enough money to buy the other three trucks. Casper is still in excellent condition, just passed inspection, still gets 7.3 mpg all day. Casper is at 725K miles.
Truck 2-
Truck 2 is really Truck 4 and is Blackie II. Had him for about a year, driven once. Blackie has a DD15, and is a double bunk, and has the updated evolution APU. Took him out for a couple weeks, and got the bugs out. Blackie is tight as a drum. Needs newer drives though, probably a year or more left on these, but that's not how we roll. Blackie will get 8 mpg all day, and cruise 5 mph faster do to a rhinoceros OD 10th gear. I was keeping him until another driver came along, but I gotta tell ya, the double bunk, and newer APU are pretty huge selling points, especially with The OM. Blackie has 377K miles.
We already have trip booked after this break. So we need a decision by Friday.
Which Truck???????
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Dave_in_AZ, Aug 11, 2020.
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Blackie II
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I voted Casper. Not one for change, & a bit superstitious..
Can I see a pic of Blackie II?Coffey, Rideandrepair, Tug Toy and 3 others Thank this. -
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Gotta keep the OM happy.. or she may run off with another while at the fuel island..so I say Blackie 2
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I say roach out Casper
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Casper has been a good truck. I vote for running Casper as long as you can. Then look at that mega-sleeper truck again.
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Steel shoes!!!

Casper all the way..
Blackie II certainly is super clean though.
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I picked Blackie, too. Let Casper have a good rest and throw a few miles on Blackie.
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Casper is clean too. Nobody likes my steel rims. I like them. Blackie also has discs. And the stopping power is pretty unbelievable.Coffey, Lumper Humper, Vic Firth and 6 others Thank this.
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