Truckers, lets see your rigs!

[BRE]

Originally Posted by Mr.T

In other news,
I just got an email from the FMCSA, my authority is now active and I can put my truck to work, Tomorrow morning she takes her maiden voyage to the asphalt plant, big road jobs going on in my area and I'm very glad I can get in on it.

Congrats!!

[SmokinCAT]

Didn't say you you knew absolutely nothing. Who would cover the bill if any of the trucks you have been driving broke down and had to be towed, replaced a transmission or rear end, or bought tires?

T does your truck still have all the stratoflex airlines on it or have they been converted to plastic?

[lorendiesel5.9]

Originally Posted by Mr.T

I also stand by this statement, don't fukkin haul cheap freight all the time and getting 80mpg will not be a huge concern.

You're forgetting about contract drivers where you get a fixed dollar figure for driving x amount of miles like pulling Fedex trailers. You get good money but anyplace you can lower operating costs means more money in your back pocket.

[Mr.T]

Originally Posted by SmokinCAT

Didn't say you you knew absolutely nothing. Who would cover the bill if any of the trucks you have been driving broke down and had to be towed, replaced a transmission or rear end, or bought tires?

T does your truck still have all the stratoflex airlines on it or have they been converted to plastic?

All the air lines in the whole truck are replaced with whatever the crap is you can get from the dealerships, the lines from the catwalk to the trailer were replaced with an air line/power cable bundle from four states because I hate curly lines, they look like ass

[BRE]

Originally Posted by SmokinCAT

Didn't say you you knew absolutely nothing. Who would cover the bill if any of the trucks you have been driving broke down and had to be towed, replaced a transmission or rear end, or bought tires?

T does your truck still have all the stratoflex airlines on it or have they been converted to plastic?

I'm done entertaining you... Continue on with the notion that I'm retarded.

[SmokinCAT]

Originally Posted by Mr.T

All the air lines in the whole truck are replaced with whatever the crap is you can get from the dealerships, the lines from the catwalk to the trailer were replaced with an air line/power cable bundle from four states because I hate curly lines, they look like ass

That's good that they have been gone through, they tend to let loose at the worst moments. Did you already have the truck inspected?

[lorendiesel5.9]

Originally Posted by Mr.T

In other news,
I just got an email from the FMCSA, my authority is now active and I can put my truck to work, Tomorrow morning she takes her maiden voyage to the asphalt plant, big road jobs going on in my area and I'm very glad I can get in on it.

Congrats.

[Mr.T]

Originally Posted by lorendiesel5.9

You're forgetting about contract drivers where you get a fixed dollar figure for driving x amount of miles like pulling Fedex trailers. You get good money but anyplace you can lower operating costs means more money in your back pocket.

UPS is the same way, I'll be doing that this winter during peak season.

[Mr.T]

Originally Posted by SmokinCAT

That's good that they have been gone through, they tend to let loose at the worst moments. Did you already have the truck inspected?

Sure did, I had to throw a horn under the sleeper last minute, but she passed with flying colors

[lorendiesel5.9]

Originally Posted by BRE

I'm done entertaining you... Continue on with the notion that I'm retarded.

Well that's a whole nother discussion. Haha

[Mr.T]

I pulled out a country mile of that stratoflex crap. Very little of it was in decent shape

[SmokinCAT]

Originally Posted by Mr.T

I pulled out a country mile of that stratoflex crap. Very little of it was in decent shape

Just working over the air ride system in the A model, and that alone is bad enough, I think they replaced the easy stuff on mine before it got parked, all the difficult lines that go up into the cab were left alone.

[Mr.T]

Luckily a good portion of mine was done since my air suspension is from a 2000 379 and the frame was stretched at the same time, but the air wiper lines, and everything else behind the dash was still stratoflex, its not now ☺

[jfaulkner]

Originally Posted by SmokinCAT

I'm not sure how driving a truck that you don't own gives you full insight to the bottom line, there are things that you have never paid for that is all going to become all to fimiliar.

Some of the best fuel mileage trucks we have owned have all been mechanical.

I know 2 guys running B cats and both are consistently in the 4mpg range. One is Les you know, and he just parked it and is running a Classic with a fresh 5EK. The other guy has the 359 and hauling permit loads he's down in the 2mpg range loaded, said it's getting electrified soon if my motor holds together. Hauling the same loads I'm averaging 6.4 with 50% empty miles and he's only doing 4. Pretty sad really since I've got him easily by 100hp and I drive like I stole it.

[SmokinCAT]

Originally Posted by jfaulkner

I know 2 guys running B cats and both are consistently in the 4mpg range. One is Les you know, and he just parked it and is running a Classic with a fresh 5EK. The other guy has the 359 and hauling permit loads he's down in the 2mpg range loaded, said it's getting electrified soon if my motor holds together. Hauling the same loads I'm averaging 6.4 with 50% empty miles and he's only doing 4. Pretty sad really since I've got him easily by 100hp and I drive like I stole it.

I know les has had issues with his mechanical for a while, I must have gotten lucky when I converted the t600 we had from PEEC to mechanical, it ran well enough to stomp a 475 and was right around 6, I really think tuning is a major issue with a B model that gets 2mpg, hell he could run a 1693 and do better.

Just to poke fun at you, the only trip my red K100 made as a working truck besides hauling grain was a load of fat steers to PA, it got into the high 5 range out and back.

[RockinRam96]

My father has a 3406C (original mechanical, not a PEEC converted) , dynoed last spring at 500 rwhp with weak stock injectors and a Borg Warner charger. Has since put 25% over stock injectors in the truck and gets 6.5 mpg hauling heavy equipment.

[Bad Moose]

I'll leave these right here:

http://wichita.craigslist.org/hvo/4601536077.html

http://wichita.craigslist.org/hvo/4601527507.html

[jfaulkner]

Originally Posted by SmokinCAT

I know les has had issues with his mechanical for a while, I must have gotten lucky when I converted the t600 we had from PEEC to mechanical, it ran well enough to stomp a 475 and was right around 6, I really think tuning is a major issue with a B model that gets 2mpg, hell he could run a 1693 and do better.



Just to poke fun at you, the only trip my red K100 made as a working truck besides hauling grain was a load of fat steers to PA, it got into the high 5 range out and back.

He said the truck runs good, dyno'd it at Antrims a few months ago and did like 575hp to the tires. Not much smoke and no jakes, has a brakesaver. Just gets crap mileage.

[jfaulkner]

Originally Posted by Bad Moose

I'll leave these right here:

Friend parked next to this one today.

[brianv31]

Originally Posted by BRE

Oh I know. That's why I'm doing it. It's a nice truck by all means, very clean... Just no hood.
It's a foot in the door.

Right now I'm more concerned with good year round pay rather than making good money in summer and starving in the winter.

It just means a lot to me to drive a truck I like. That's all.

What are you going to be putting in the trailer Rick?