Farm Trucks

[Dayfarms]

I’m a farmer in southeast Arkansas.  We farm 9,000ac corn,rice,beans, cotton.  I’m looking for the toughest truck on the market and I’m leaning towards a Granite.  Run in a lot of dust, harvest dust from corn beans rice and dirt/gravel roads.  Any info on the Granite that I need to be aware of would be appreciated!! 
 

currently running 8 freight liner cascadia and having nothing but trouble!! 

[mrsmackpaul]

Dunno about over there in Yanky land, but most brands seem to give a pretty good run in Australia  

The Australian Granite is a bit different than the American one but I'm guessing the drive line is similar and it is pretty well tried and tested in Australia and I dont hear many if any negitive reports 

 

Paul 

[Dayfarms]

1 hour ago, mrsmackpaul said:

Dunno about over there in Yanky land, but most brands seem to give a pretty good run in Australia  

The Australian Granite is a bit different than the American one but I'm guessing the drive line is similar and it is pretty well tried and tested in Australia and I dont hear many if any negitive reports 

 

Paul 

Thank you for the response! 

[Hayseed]

4 hours ago, mrsmackpaul said:

Dunno about over there in Yanky land, but most brands seem to give a pretty good run in Australia  

The Australian Granite is a bit different than the American one but I'm guessing the drive line is similar and it is pretty well tried and tested in Australia and I dont hear many if any negitive reports 

 

Paul 

No more Granite in Australia Paul.. been dropped & replaced by the Anthem..

[mrsmackpaul]

Well Seed that shows just how out of touch I am with new trucks

 

Paul

[67RModel]

On 9/5/2021 at 10:36 AM, Dayfarms said:

I’m looking for the toughest truck on the market and I’m leaning towards a Granite.

Any manufacturer's truck can be set up to be "the toughest truck on the market". Its all about correct specifications for the task. You could in theory spec a Granite so poorly it would give you as much trouble as the Cascadias you are referring to. In turn, you also can't take 8 Freightliner Cascadias off the interstate, which are set up for maximum fuel economy, throw them into a muddy field and expect them to hold up to that abuse.

[Dayfarms]

Insightful…