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43 minutes ago, IH Farms 2 said:

I had words with a bobtail Schneider last summer on rt 39 after he yank himself into the left lane in front of me doing 64 to let some one on at 38. He got upset after I past him on got of on 88 west shortly afterwards.  I've noticed that they've been on 20 a lot and can't do the speed limit actually most of those van trailers running on rt 20 can't run the speed limit thru the curves must be scared.

My truck won't do the 70 mph speed limit don't get mad at me but it is of the brown variety. 

The first ones we got were dummy axles(ride really bad) then we got a run of full twin screws which I got one of those (don't ride quite as bad)

1 hour ago, Jeff M said:

The Bendix is no fun, but at least you can disable it by shutting off the cruise--you can't do that with the Meritor OnGuard.  It is, in my opinion, dangerous. 

Not ours. Can't even turn the dam volume down on it.

On 2/28/2017 at 10:23 AM, bbigrig said:

Was anyone aware that the UPS Pinnacles of the last few years are MP7 405SE (SuperEconodyne) engines with 10speed fuller transmissions.

You can get the engine without the Mdrive. 

They go like heck when we road test them.

 

Only the single axles we got in 2012, everything since is either tandem with dummy axle or full twin screws with mp8's and the mdrive. 

All our Trucks since 2015 have come with disc brakes all the way around along with that dam Bendix collision mitigation system. 

It was similar to this one.

Winter fuel always drops economy.

13 hours ago, 57 bcr said:

Nicks dad goes by the handle, "Whiskers". Ranchopper,do you remember the slope-nosed Hendrickson they (R.G. Distributing) ran in the '80's-'90's?   Al

The Hendrickson belonged to RG's dad and he drove it, old Herb was his name. I grew up two houses over from where RG lived in Gilberts.

Your right foot is a big factor in mpg.

This post was a year old.

The trucks with def have been far more reliable then the earlier ones without it.

Ford Ranger and Bronco are coming back in late 2017 with a diesel option to compete with the Colorado duramax option.

Within ten years, the majority of the fleets will have autonomous trucks and therefore no need for drivers. Drivers will be relegated to the specialized jobs along with owner operators being still utilized. Companies that have set runs everyday will not need drivers, greatly reducing their costs that will more than pay for the technology. It is coming and it is happening fast.

You can run any engine you want in California as long as it has a dpf on it.

Hard to see left fender damage when you are showing the right fender....

Unfortunately all anyone wants to sell anymore is auto shifts. There are too many guys out there that are driving trucks not truck drivers.

2007 aren't pre emission either. They were first stage and had egr to worry about.

At work (UPS) we got a ton of them. The first batch were tandems with the rear axle as a air tag, horrible ride and poor handling in snow. I just got a new one a month ago and it is a full twin screw. Shifts WAY nicer then the 10 psd ultra shifts in the Kenworths. It shifts smooth but never shifts the same way twice.

I see on Auctiontime there is a super liner with a 3406b cat coming up next weeks online auction in Michigan.

Oozing a drivers are wound up. If they get caught carrying a cell phone in the mixer it's goodbye job!

On Rockford craigslist

Ahh that'll buff right out!

Burlington Illinois parade

The Government will be the death of this country.......

We have new kenworths diesels coming in along with new macks in diesel. They are autoshifts with all the bendix safety crap on them. Drove a kW a couple weeks ago, not much fun.