Why I won't buy another Freightliner

No...You Pretty Much..Summed it up.In my experiences the Freightshakers were better to maneuver and see out of (that was about it). The Kenworths had bad seating position& low roof hard to see out /had to open door to hit the dock because of the Big arse chrome stacks.But,they were heavier/ road better on the road & lasted years longer.JMO

 

Those cabovers were good trucks. My personal experience was a set back axle one like that. It had an air ride cab and was THE most dangerous truck I ever drove. It's a testament to my driving ability, that I didn't run over or hit anything with that POS. The clutch was not unlike the old "dog clutch", either in or out, KACHUNK, there was no pressure point, and the cab would rock, combined with the chatter, it was best to just sidestep the pedal. Try backing in with the cab bouncing around like that. It was an awful truck, but was getting union wages, so I put up with it.

 

Paccar makes a better truck IMO but any of them will hold up better if used carefully.

 

An old Fld 120...yea.i own one for years.60 series with a 13 speed.Make a good living and had few problems.Sold her with 2.3 million on the clock.Yea...ive regretted selling her.

 

Truckers fart?

 

According to a retired Freightliner employee I talked to a couple years ago, they're pushing new trucks out "unfinished". Told him about two Cascadia day cabs I drove (2012 @ 12,000 mi and 2013 @ 32,000 mi) that both leaked oil from the drive axle because the hub nuts weren't tightened as well as a co workers new (at the time, 2016) box truck that had a power steering leak.
He, sadly, wasn't surprised.

 

Oh man, I have the king of trucker farts.

 

TATER salad and sweet potatoes...###### man.