05-12-2013, 04:37 PM
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We're finally replacing our 2006 Macks. Mine has almost 614,000 miles on it (I'll reach that before the end of this week). So far we've had 4 trucks shit the bed, including my old cab (393.....I'm now driving 236). One of them tossed a rod through the block, mine and another spun main bearings and the other one snapped a connecting rod.
The new ones have 460 HP high torque Detroit Diesel engines that come with a ONE MILLION mile warranty
We're also doing away with the crummy "auto shift" transmissions. They are essentially a manual transmission that the truck's "control module" shifts for us with electronically triggered solenoids. Great big piece of shit that system is!
Instead we will have traditional 10 speed manual transmissions.
(What a relief!
)
Here's what they will look like:
![[Image: FreightlinerCascadiaEvolution_zpscf474d1a.jpg]](http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/lktraz/FreightlinerCascadiaEvolution_zpscf474d1a.jpg)
Yeah....they'll be white. Tough to keep clean but WTF, they are nice and new and lack the shitty electronics that the Macks have. The dealer rep told us we should have no problem getting fuel mileage in the low to mid 6 MPG area while they are breaking in and should get high 6 to low 7 MPG after break in. Depending on length of haul we might even see mid 7's. The current Macks get 5 to 5.5 MPG.
The fuel savings alone will be significant and the lower maintenance costs will help out a bunch too.
Due to the imminent replacement of the Macks, when NY reinstated the need for HUT stickers (Highway Use Tax) we only purchased 5 since they are NOT transferable from truck to truck. When the new ones arrive we will get at least 10 and dispatch guaranteed me that I will be one of the drivers getting a truck with one.
This will let me pick the loads to Fredonia, Dunkirk and Colonie NY back up! Those are 3 of the best paying runs since I can complete them and return the same day. Other runs in that pay zone can't be completed without staying out overnight and losing a run for the next day so the pay must divide over 2 days with only 30 bucks added for the overnight
The only other run I can turn like that is to North East, PA (Erie area) and there's only 2 of them going each week so they are doled out to several drivers on a rotation.
Most of the trucks I've driven have been Freightliners so I'm kinda partial to them.
I'm like a kid waiting for Christmas waiting for delivery and getting my new ride!
The new ones have 460 HP high torque Detroit Diesel engines that come with a ONE MILLION mile warranty
We're also doing away with the crummy "auto shift" transmissions. They are essentially a manual transmission that the truck's "control module" shifts for us with electronically triggered solenoids. Great big piece of shit that system is!
Instead we will have traditional 10 speed manual transmissions.
(What a relief!
)Here's what they will look like:
Yeah....they'll be white. Tough to keep clean but WTF, they are nice and new and lack the shitty electronics that the Macks have. The dealer rep told us we should have no problem getting fuel mileage in the low to mid 6 MPG area while they are breaking in and should get high 6 to low 7 MPG after break in. Depending on length of haul we might even see mid 7's. The current Macks get 5 to 5.5 MPG.
The fuel savings alone will be significant and the lower maintenance costs will help out a bunch too.
Due to the imminent replacement of the Macks, when NY reinstated the need for HUT stickers (Highway Use Tax) we only purchased 5 since they are NOT transferable from truck to truck. When the new ones arrive we will get at least 10 and dispatch guaranteed me that I will be one of the drivers getting a truck with one.
This will let me pick the loads to Fredonia, Dunkirk and Colonie NY back up! Those are 3 of the best paying runs since I can complete them and return the same day. Other runs in that pay zone can't be completed without staying out overnight and losing a run for the next day so the pay must divide over 2 days with only 30 bucks added for the overnight
The only other run I can turn like that is to North East, PA (Erie area) and there's only 2 of them going each week so they are doled out to several drivers on a rotation.
Most of the trucks I've driven have been Freightliners so I'm kinda partial to them.
I'm like a kid waiting for Christmas waiting for delivery and getting my new ride!
![[Image: alcatraz-prison-picture2-1.jpg]](http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/lktraz/Sigs%20and%20Avs/alcatraz-prison-picture2-1.jpg)
![[Image: dont_care_offended.gif]](http://s17.photobucket.com/user/lktraz/media/Sigs%20and%20Avs/2012%20Bumper%20stickers/dont_care_offended.gif.html)