Meadow Feeder driver dies

Rick Ross

I'm into distribution!!
That’s a great point. I wonder what would have happened. I was driving one of the older single screw KW’s from Hartford to Stratford and there’s a spot on 91 where it’s downhill and then immediately back uphill. No straightaway. Down the hill, and right back up at the bottom. I guess the uphill part is so sudden that the collision system thought I was about to hit something, the tractor violently slowed down to the point of my whole body jerking forward. Maybe it was the speed I was going but I made that run more than once, and that’s the only time it ever happened.

I've had them go off multiple times for no reason. I guess that's part of the reqson they say not to use it in bad weather or on curvy roads.

From the fuel tanks it l looks like the tractor was a Mack but I cant tell how old it is... Could be a 274xxx or brand new.
 

ManInBrown

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I've had them go off multiple times for no reason. I guess that's part of the reqson they say not to use it in bad weather or on curvy roads.

From the fuel tanks it l looks like the tractor was a Mack but I cant tell how old it is... Could be a 274xxx or brand new.

Definitely a 274. It’s a twin screw. I’ve never seen a 278 twin screw. Article says tractor was a 2013. I would’ve thought the 274s were older than that. On a side note anyone know why they don’t get anymore new Mack’s? We have a few Freightliners but for the most part everything new we get are the new KW’s.
 

Coldworld

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Any ups tractors engine brake sounds nothing like some of those gypos in the peterbilts which you can hear from 25 miles away....[/QUOTE]
 

Indecisi0n

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Good luck, those things are bullet proof. I had a 269 for the last few years on a local run and I liked it, ride is a little rough but they turn on a dime, drive straight down the road and are a lot easier to sleep in (very important).

What if the oil drain plug somehow became loose...
 

govols019

You smell that?
Definitely a 274. It’s a twin screw. I’ve never seen a 278 twin screw. Article says tractor was a 2013. I would’ve thought the 274s were older than that. On a side note anyone know why they don’t get anymore new Mack’s? We have a few Freightliners but for the most part everything new we get are the new KW’s.


All of our 274s are LNG tractors....the only diesel Pinnacle Mack's we have are 272-273.
 

Rick Ross

I'm into distribution!!
We used to have some 274 with a tag axle. I dint think I've ever seen a 273xxx and below with more than a single axle. Good catch on the year, I didn't read the article.

l think I saw a new mack 24xxxx CNG a few weeks ago. With the quarter fender it maybe newer...all of our new tractors have short fenders which suck with the 5th wheel all the way back. It sounds like a pressure washer hitting the back window in rain.
 

Indecisi0n

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Definitely a 274. It’s a twin screw. I’ve never seen a 278 twin screw. Article says tractor was a 2013. I would’ve thought the 274s were older than that. On a side note anyone know why they don’t get anymore new Mack’s? We have a few Freightliners but for the most part everything new we get are the new KW’s.
I was told, and I believe, UPS buys whatever they get a deal on .
 

Old Man Jingles

Rat out of a cage
we a some Diamond Reos
Like this but without the sleeper cab.

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