The War Path

[Tazz]

Dressed as Batwoman?

She has indoor plumbing.

 

[mndriver]

Why? This Shaker gets just as piss poor fuel economy as any 379 tries to get.

Cuz they had one for 9 months last year I was thunkin' about gittin'.

And in January when I went to pull the trigger, it had sold the previous week.

He was saying they were expecting another one this spring.

I haven't been able to get ahold of the sales guy to find out if it showed up.

 

[Injun]

Cuz they had one for 9 months last year I was thunkin' about gittin'.

And in January when I went to pull the trigger, it had sold the previous week.

He was saying they were expecting another one this spring.

I haven't been able to get ahold of the sales guy to find out if it showed up.

There's a 2000 available...2M miles, though.

DAD's Truck Inventory - Commercial Truck Sales & Semi Trailers For Sale

 

[Duck]

Here ya' go

1992 Freightliner FLD120

 

[Electric Chicken]

Here ya' go

1992 Freightliner FLD120

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Fit right in at the rail yard. I'd rock that turd.

 

[Rigjockey]

Here ya' go

1992 Freightliner FLD120

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The thing about this truck is in 25 years no one is going to call this a classic

 

[mndriver]

The thing about this truck is in 25 years no one is going to call this a classic

Because it already is

 

[Rigjockey]

Because it already is

Nope it is the first truck Freightliner made after they stopped making real trucks

 

[Electric Chicken]

Nope it is the first truck Freightliner made after they stopped making real trucks

Wait. Freightliner made real trucks?

 

[mndriver]

Nope it is the first truck Freightliner made after they stopped making real trucks

No one's made a real truck since about 1985 then for that matter with the end of the 359 and W9A model.

 

[Duck]

Wait. Freightliner made real trucks?

No one's made a real truck since about 1985 then for that matter with the end of the 359 and W9A model.

Every generation has their own definition of what is a "real truck".

Every time I hear old timers reminiscing about the old school diesels shooting flames out the stacks and how cool they were, I remember they're talking about engines with 350 hp or less that required constant maintenance and frequent overhauls and were lucky to get 3 mpg Today,... er..... A decade ago we had 500+ hp and roughly a ton of torque getting 7 mpg for a million miles without any major repairs needed.

But they didn't throw flames out the stacks so I guess they weren't "real".

I do think they need to ban power steering and re-manify the driver pool but that's never going to happen.

 

[Electric Chicken]

I like being able to steer with my pinky.

Uh, not that I do *looks over at safety guy and the driver weasel rats*

 

[Electric Chicken]

But seriously I don't reminisce. I'm not old enough to have the experience and I'm a sucker for creature comforts. It helps us tolerate our day while thinking about home.

 

[Electric Chicken]

How's the new job going, @Injun? Any updates?

 

[ironpony]

I do think they need to ban power steering and re-manify the driver pool but that's never going to happen.

 

[Duck]

I'm probably at least a decade younger than you.

 

[ready to roll]

The new office chair

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How many cans of lysol did you use?

 

[Keendriver]

Every generation has their own definition of what is a "real truck".

Every time I hear old timers reminiscing about the old school diesels shooting flames out the stacks and how cool they were, I remember they're talking about engines with 350 hp or less that required constant maintenance and frequent overhauls and were lucky to get 3 mpg Today,... er..... A decade ago we had 500+ hp and roughly a ton of torque getting 7 mpg for a million miles without any major repairs needed.

But they didn't throw flames out the stacks so I guess they weren't "real".

I do think they need to ban power steering and re-manify the driver pool but that's never going to happen.

You ever drive a truck with no power steering?
Seriously lacking in the fun dept.
I'm fine with creature comforts.

 

[Tazz]

Hell @Duck real men did it like this...

Only wussies and girly men use mechanical engineering to move freight



Get to it stud

 

[Duck]

You ever drive a truck with no power steering?

Yes. About a third of Roadway's trucks didn't have power steering in 2005 when I was there.

They were not hard to drive at all.

Except backing into a parking spot or a dock is damn near impossible.