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[govols019]

That's why I'm keeping my old Sterling as long as I can....it goes into whatever gear I decide to put it in.

 

[brostalss]

Yeah it sucks when it happens when you’re on the road and going uphill and when it downshifts the transmissions faults and you get caught in neutral/low gear limbo. Sometimes no place to just pull over. Dangerous if you ask me

I had a KW get stuck in 8th going down a major freeway down grade with a full load. Rig had only 28k on the clock.

 

[Indecisi0n]

I think the transmission fault, at least the one i experienced had something to do with the idle shutdown. When mine faulted i never got the countdown to shutoff for idling. The 300 seconds. It just shutoff on its own. And when i started it back up thats when i couldnt get it into gear. For my money, the new Freightliner’s seem so much better than the new twin screw KW’s. I really never experience any issues when i cover a job that has that tractor.

I dont know why the company feels the need to buy all different brand’s of new tractors. Makes no sense. Buy one kind. And then the mechanics will only have to worry about fixing one kind of tractor. We still have a bunch of old tractors but we have plenty of new. Mechanic in my building told me the KW’s are the biggest pieces of sheet.

UPS got a Black Friday deal on those KWs

 

[brostalss]

UPS got a Black Friday deal on those KWs

Prime Day

 

[Johney]

That's why I'm keeping my old Sterling as long as I can....it goes into whatever gear I decide to put it in.

I was told all tractors w/o DEF will be ADA soon.

 

[ManInBrown]

I was told all tractors w/o DEF will be ADA soon.

They’ve been saying that for years where i am. I was told you cant buy parts anymore for tractors without DEF. Can still run them into the ground and scavenge parts for the ones still running off the ones that are parked on property that are already ADA.

 

[Indecisi0n]

I was told all tractors w/o DEF will be ADA soon.

I been hearing the same BS .

 

[Feeder665]

Good, we have a few old internationals that have 1.8-2 million miles in our district that run at the farthest out buildings. They break down constantly, yet magically get repaired. They need to be junked. Those poor drivers get no love.

 

[ManInBrown]

Good, we have a few old internationals that have 1.8-2 million miles in our district that run at the farthest out buildings. They break down constantly, yet magically get repaired. They need to be junked. Those poor drivers get no love.

Thats terrible. Nobody on a road job should be driving an old broken down international.

 

[Pickles]

Does anyone know weight limits?

1. Single axle tractor with a single axle pup?

2. Twin tractor with a single axle pup?

3. Twin tractor with a 45’ twin axle trailer?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Jones]

Does anyone know weight limits?

1. Single axle tractor with a single axle pup?

2. Twin tractor with a single axle pup?

3. Twin tractor with a 45’ twin axle trailer?

Thanks in advance.

Know Your Commercial Vehicle Weight Laws - CDL 101

 

[Pickles]

Know Your Commercial Vehicle Weight Laws - CDL 101

So 34,000 lbs for all my scenarios?

 

[Indecisi0n]

So 34,000 lbs for all my scenarios?

Depends what you had for meal.

 

[Jones]

So 34,000 lbs for all my scenarios?

What? No! Read that link and do the math. 34k for each set of tandems plus 12k for the steer axle gives you 80k for a twin screw tractor pulling a long box.

 

[silenze]

So 34,000 lbs for all my scenarios?

Federal limits are 80,000 pounds gross vehicle weight, 20,000 pounds on a single axle, and 34,000 pounds on a tandem axle group.

 

[Indecisi0n]

Federal limits are 80,000 pounds gross vehicle weight, 20,000 pounds on a single axle, and 34,000 pounds on a tandem axle group.

Federal limits are 80,000 pounds gross vehicle weight, 20,000 pounds on a single axle, and 34,000 pounds on a tandem axle group.

We need a limit on the driver's weight.

 

[Pickles]

After a little research a pup can only have about 29,000 lbs of volume inside it.

 

[Hadjabear]

So 34,000 lbs for all my scenarios?

20000 on single axle, greatest chance of overweight is pulling a 70% LC tandem axle slid all the way forward with a single axle tractor.

 

[Pickles]

Asking because I pulled a pup today from a CPU with a single axle trailer that had 3000 packages in it. Ranging from 1 pound to 70 pounds.

 

[Indecisi0n]

Asking because I pulled a pup today from a CPU with a single axle trailer that had 3000 packages in it. Ranging from 1 pound to 70 pounds.

Next time time tell them they have to take some out.