MuntCuffin
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After an injector and a brake chamber....probably. I'd give it 60/40 if I was a betting man.will it make a 1700 mile trip at 45mph?
Its still a detroit.
After an injector and a brake chamber....probably. I'd give it 60/40 if I was a betting man.will it make a 1700 mile trip at 45mph?
It’s a wide rangeLTL is less than truckload meaning, not full.
Dry freight, like shagging trailers for Fed ex or something are usually only half full.
Where as a heavy haul or liquid bulk, dry bulk, your truck weight will reduce payload.
We have facilities that won't load less than 45,000 pounds. So if you came in with your decked out, heavy haul tractor there is not a trailer made that is light enough to load 45,000 pounds on.
Also have customers that specify exactly how much product they must have. So need to be flexible.
Like the other guys said, just gotta find your niche.
Maybe you won't have any trouble but if we had guys that only wanted to run when ever they wanted we would not use them again. It is trade off, do some crappy stuff to get the good stuff. It all works out in the end.
Do all the brake shoes match? Style and thickness? What about brake chambers? are all 4 the same or one or two different? Basically those things will tell you that he was fixing it for long term dependability vs just getting by until the next repair is needed.
This is some of the dumbest shit I've read yet in this thread.
You don't replace every set of brakes because you popped an axle seal and contaminated one set of shoes.
One piggyback rusts out, rest are good, but lets replace em all so they match?
Maybe you can afford that kind of needless downtime with a fleet of 500+ trucks, but for a small outfit, you fix what's broken, make it safe and legal for the road and put it back to work.
This is some of the dumbest shit I've read yet in this thread.
You don't replace every set of brakes because you popped an axle seal and contaminated one set of shoes.
One piggyback rusts out, rest are good, but lets replace em all so they match?
Maybe you can afford that kind of needless downtime with a fleet of 500+ trucks, but for a small outfit, you fix what's broken, make it safe and legal for the road and put it back to work.
As for the truck;
Wet kit is great, IF you have work for it. Otherwise it's dead weight and more parts to fail.
10spd? Great for city work, body jobs, single axle garbage. IMO they have no place on the highway, but that's a personal preference.
271" WB? Fuck that, especially given it's got a smaller sleeper. That extra 2' is going be real fun the first time you get sent into some tight shithole yard, or have to blindside in off a single lane street packed with cars. Keep it short, keep it as manoeuvrable as possible.
Little light in the torque department, but if you're only planning on 5 axle work, it'll be fine.
No lockers, that'd be a deal breaker for me. At the very least I'd want one and a power divider/interlock
I'd pass on it.
I probably went about this wrong, I was not trying to say what anyone should do, I was simply saying the things I use to judge the condition of a used truck. It is such a crap shoot you gotta look for any indicators you can.This is some of the dumbest shit I've read yet in this thread.
You don't replace every set of brakes because you popped an axle seal and contaminated one set of shoes.
One piggyback rusts out, rest are good, but lets replace em all so they match?
He wants to add lockers pretty bad so a gear swap would be no biggy.3.90 and a 10sp......ya, you aint doing much hwy driving...
yes its a smaller sleeper but I am ok wih that. No idea about the reman engine deal or why it happened, just an online ad
ain't they stuck at 55 in CA?Or just don't go over 65. But yeah definitely not geared best for where the engine is designed to run. That is like old cowboy stuff run it up against the governor every shift every time, all day long. LOL Old school.
Once again, the 10spd in that truck is stupid.
Just buy the most bitchen long low peterbilt you can finance for the next 27 years and roll out like the mullet having badass weirdo you are
It ain't that difficult
With inventory so low, I am willing to be flexible on some things, especially that can be easily swapped out. What about the rest of it? healthy hp, lockers, price not retarded
You would be amazed what a Freightliner Coronado glider with a 500 hp DD60 and 13 double-over can get in fuel efficiency and at the speeds it achieves the best economy. Its a shame he can't even consider one of them, though.How much of that $20-25k a month is profit? Truck payment, fuel, tires, insurance, maintenance? Mow many miles do you think you'll run a month, how much per mile does this freight pay, and how much dead heading?
How many days a month do you think you'll be on the road? What's truck rental cost for those days? 0 financial liability and a fixed expense, decide it isn't for you or the high dollar freight dries up. Looks like Penske LA is $1,295 a week + $.20 per mile for a class 8 with a sleeper. Running 12k miles a month having the truck every week that's $7,580 a month and 0 emissions repairs expense liability chuckling on your way to the bank while other drivers are down for 4 days with $5k worth of emissions repairs.
We have haul truck drivers making $100k+ a year with great benefits working 2 weeks on 2 weeks off (really home for about 12 days with travel days), very little headache for guaranteed home time, and not having to share the road with the general public.
How many OO's are really making $100k a year after expenses? How many nights are they home to make that $100k?
I'm not a truck driver though I used to listen to Kevin Rutherford on XM, I feel like he's the Dave Ramsey of the trucking world. His methods might not be the most profitable though his method seems to pencil out to making decent money. Last time I listened to him he was still 100% screw emissions trucks/ stay out of cali so his method might not work for you. He was all about maximum fuel economy and making a ton off of fuel surcharge.
Running 3k miles at 6mpg you are spending $2,000 at $4 a gallon fuel, Running 3k miles at 5.5mpg you are spending $2,181 at $4 a gallon fuel. That extra .5mpg/ $181 per 3k miles adds up pretty quick. Push it to 8mpg and you are only spending $1,500 for fuel though you are probably not going to be able to run the same amount of miles in the same amount of time as the 6mpg truck though you'll make the same net profit running less miles at 8mpg as the guy running 6mpg makes running more miles. If you only run 78k a year you are still putting an extra $4,700 in your pocket with that .5mpg. I personally would be looking for the best mpg truck you can find. Who gives a shit about looks, you are doing this to make money not look good, lot lizards don't care what your truck looks like. At $4 per gallon diesel 6mpg is $1 per mile in fuel, 7mpg is $.86 per mile in fuel, 8mpg is $.75 per mile in fuel, saving 1mpg on a 2k run is an extra $280 in your pocket for a 2k run. These numbers aren't factoring in fuel surcharge, get better than what it's calculated at and high fuel prices can be your friend.
Use these numbers how you wish though I'd be willing to bet half the OO steering wheel holders out there have never done the math above.
I'm hoping by now with all your businesses you've figured out it's a numbers game. How do the numbers work out?
You would be amazed what a Freightliner Coronado glider with a 500 hp DD60 and 13 double-over can get in fuel efficiency and at the speeds it achieves the best economy. Its a shame he can't even consider one of them, though.
What yall think of this one.
Wanted about 10-15 years newer so a 362 but not too far.
That yeller one was 20K plus taxes and the trip 1700 miles from where my freight waits for hookup.
What yall think of this one.
Wanted about 10-15 years newer so a 362 but not too far.
That yeller one was 20K plus taxes and the trip 1700 miles from where my freight waits for hookup.
Yep. Maybe the OP will realize the pretty heavy haul truck isn't the cash machine an "areo" truck is, maybe he won't. The guys who have figured out the numbers are laughing all the way to the bank when they see a guy with dollars flying out the stacks of his cool kid truck. I'd be looking for the most fuel efficient reliable truck I could afford if I was in his shoes. Who cares if it's some odd former fleet color and ugly as hell if you are making bank though the OP has all ready stated he's willing to give up economy for looks.
Nicer truck = better paying loads. I care about looks and what I am driving because if I have to spend 24 hours a day in it for days at a time, it should be something I enjoy. The extra 400 Id spend a fuel a month isnt really shit here. Hell I probably spend 150+/month on just coffee. Also Cali loads pay more.
Its not my only source of income, just something to do for a change here and there, and maybe put a driver with it other times. If I can come out with 10k a month running 4k myself and the other 4-5k someone else, it works for me. Math plays out. 8k miles at $3.5= 28k. 5k to a driver for a part time driver leaves 23k. 5k in fuel, 18k. Truck payment, insurance, misc expenses, and I still have 10+k on the table when I am done. Ive seen enough guys do this and all I think about meanwhile is why am I not at least trying it.