Boggin
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yup i dont think ill be buying petesHe he he, could you imagine a f-250/350 with an Eaton-Fuller Super 10 in it? LOL Imagine people trying to hop in and drive that. Never mind a 13 or 18 speed.
What everyone has to understand is that you can spec a Heavy truck any way you want. This isn't your car dealership where you only get one option of engine brand. The Western Stars, Pete's, K-wops are all expensive brand names you are paying for. A Volvo mud flap is about $20, a Pete one is over $100. Same thing just with a different name and came from a different dealer network.
You buy a fancy, expensive "brand" and you are going to be running your butt off trying to break even on the never/never plan. There is a lot to know and learn when you are looking into spec'ing a truck.
my dad had a western star, and a freightliner, the Star had a 475 cat with 18speed Eaton, she could pull pretty good
now the freightliner... she was a twin turbo'd 550 cat with 18 speed eatons
that could move
but ill be looking in to western stars/volvos and getting something with a Cat...possibly detroit or cummins, i hate mercedes
and yes i can shift up to 18th gear but when i did it was on a private road and i was towing an empty container with about 3 crates of pallets. thatwas with the twin turbo'd 550
and i know all about the trucking industry, unloading loads, sleeping day driving night, barely and sleep, stupid ass Dispatchers that only care about getting payed, but one time when i was in a yard with my dad {he drives for Day and Ross} one of the McCains guys came out with a cake, a box bust open and everybody took one and theres one left over, lol
first thing ill start off with is driving for a local trucking company around here, and when my 5 years is up, ill start driving for DayandRoss, cause they need 5 years too, and first i will be just driving around the island for a year or two, then gradually building up to farther and farther trips, than around the couple years ill be buying myself a new truck
roadkill how long does it usually take to buy a new truck? and i want to be able to pay for around half of it as a down payment, so approx 60-70k down payment