We're getting new trucks!

[LKTraz]

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Sweet, do you get to paint your name on the door or put those girly mud flaps on it or anything?

Nah......we don't get to customize anything much except the stuff we put in the cab and then there's only so much we can do. I mean we COULD do the mudflaps but I really wouldn't spend the money on a company truck.

My dad has driven mostly Freightliners with Cat diesels... and all of those have been great trucks. And they're usually pretty comfortable too. I went on several long hauls with him, and the Freightliners were the best with the one old Pete being pretty nice too.

I've found that Freightliners are designed with the driver in mind. Their cab layout is the most convenient and comfortable and all the controls are placed for maximum accessibility with minimum effort.

The new Kenworth T 700 cabs are nice but some of the controls are not placed well. Same goes for the new Peterbilts. But then again KW and Pete are both built by the same folks....PACAR.

I was never a big Kitty Motor fan though. I've gotten the best results from series 60 Detroits and Cummins N 14's.

Even though the DD 15's we are getting are in the 460 HP range, they are supposed to act more like the old 70 series Detroits. Those were the infamous 600 HP "Black Motor" owner operator engines. They accelerated like a car and pulled like there were NO hills anywhere!

It is supposed to be in the next 4 - 6 weeks that we'll hit the road with them so it's just a bit more of a wait to see what they will do on the highway.