67newport
Old Man with a Hat
were the freightliners good?
OK you truckers...
- Thread starter 300rag
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I watched... FF... but I kept hoping someone had come along and swiped his camera...
70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
Not after you have been in a Pete, or KW for a few hundred thousand. Like a Imperial down to a Duster.
Underneath they are all the same with any driveline available.
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Freightliners were originally purpose-built trucks designed by Consolidated Freightways for their own line haul operations. Simple, barren, heavy-duty day-to-day workhorses.
Freightliners, under Mercedes, has become an entry-level cheap fleet truck.
I drove a long nose FLD for a long stretch. For a fleet truck, I loved it. Something like this.
Hey, Dave, it's almost a Pete.
Freightliners, under Mercedes, has become an entry-level cheap fleet truck.
I drove a long nose FLD for a long stretch. For a fleet truck, I loved it. Something like this.
Hey, Dave, it's almost a Pete.
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300rag
It's Not Going to Shift Itself
So then in the days when it was the White Freightliner?
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Wiki does a waý better job of telling the Frieghtliner story than I ever could.
70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
Peterbilt has been chasing that dream for the last 20 years. The plastic fantastic fleet model (like the KW in the Swift video "Mr. I can back up") is cheaper looking than the new Freightliner
Can't believe they attach a 9 in the model number to a slope nose aero truck. Glad I will never be in the market for any truck newer than 1999
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
300rag
It's Not Going to Shift Itself
He better hurry then. Their days may be numbered.
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
There's still one good Driver's truck being made out there, although you'll still have to add cow piss.
70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
But there is no Glider that has my attention
And if I am going to put that much effort into building a truck it better be way cooler than just a new stock truck with a old engine.
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
If you could raise the roof and move the rear wall back on your Pete....
It's just too effen small. As bad as a 70s TransStar. Jeezes...
It's just too effen small. As bad as a 70s TransStar. Jeezes...
70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
I'm short and never have a passenger so not important. I learned to drive on a Trans Star cabover so maybe that's the attachment. Besides how much room do you need in a cab your just sitting there watching the A-holes go by
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Well, I'm retired. Can't believe I haven't turned a wheel in over 12 yrs. Seems like I just punched out yesterday. I'm woefully out of touch now and just a dynosaur.
I sit at one of the gazillion red lights on US27 with a truck on each side of me.
On the left will be a bland, white, indistinguishable, Cascadia with the driver holding a cig in his left hand and a cell phone in his right hand. On the green light, he'll pull away maddingly slow, and the computer is holding it back trying to achieve 10mpg and shifting automatically. The driver has been with the co. 6 months and think he's the balls. He'll ddrop out soon.
On the right, will be an ancient, decrepit, Freightliner under it's 8th owner,
and it's current Sad Sack driver making 30 cents a mile pulling containers.
And if I'm in a real daze, I still go for the floor shift lever by mistake in my F150...
Seems like I just punched out yesterday. I'm woefully out of touch now and just a dynosaur.I sit at one of the gazillion red lights on US27 with a truck on each side of me.
On the left will be a bland, white, indistinguishable, Cascadia with the driver holding a cig in his left hand and a cell phone in his right hand. On the green light, he'll pull away maddingly slow, and the computer is holding it back trying to achieve 10mpg and shifting automatically. The driver has been with the co. 6 months and think he's the balls. He'll ddrop out soon.
On the right, will be an ancient, decrepit, Freightliner under it's 8th owner,
and it's current Sad Sack driver making 30 cents a mile pulling containers.
And if I'm in a real daze, I still go for the floor shift lever by mistake in my F150...
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70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
5 years ago I would have thought I would never want to not drive one of these things. Today I'm plotting a course on how to get out of it in 10 years, or at least cut down to enough to pay for health care and that's it.Well, I'm retired. Can't believe I haven't turned a wheel in over 12 yrs.
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
twostick
Senior Member
I tell everyone I have to work until noon the day of my funeral.
A buddy if mine says that's nothing, I have to drive myself to the cemetery...
Kevin
A buddy if mine says that's nothing, I have to drive myself to the cemetery...
Kevin
I have a ten year dream... you guys already know I can't make a plan work for crap...Another hard working stiff now with a 10 year Plan.
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
How long do I have to live in Canada to get the free health care? I need to go where it's a little cooler anyway. Another week of this hot and humid, palm trees should start popping up in my front yard.
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