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Posted:  7 years, 7 months ago

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Where To Get A DOT Physical

American family care dose them 85$

Posted:  7 years, 7 months ago

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Prime people I have a few questions

Prime want let me switch my permit from m Alabama To MO 😡

Posted:  7 years, 7 months ago

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How's your truck holding up?

1996 international paystar 500k no problems 13 speed

Posted:  7 years, 8 months ago

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How soon we forget!

I was in home room in the 9th grade was bout to go into 1st period

Posted:  7 years, 8 months ago

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Brake Safety Week: Sept. 11-17

Tell me if I'm wrong but on the new models the slack adjusters automatically adjust

Posted:  7 years, 8 months ago

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A Lesson Learned

Isn't USA main office and terminal in Arizona?

I am about to start my final week of CDL training and am testing Thursday and Friday. Assuming I graduate with my CDL, I am to work for one year with USA Truck. Unfortunately, I just now realized their hauls seem to be primarily based in the east side of the country (east of the Mississippi). I was hoping to move to southeast Arizona soon but now I'm thinking it won't be happening for awhile. Does anyone know of any companies that are based in Arizona or have hauls that go there frequently?

P.S. This is somewhat of a cross-threaded post due to my lack of knowledge of the discussion areas.

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Flatbed Variety

Don't know if it counts as flat bed but it's a ready mix concrete truck hauls about 18 yards I will be driving one in bout 2 weeksimage_zps8ip79gmo.jpeg

Posted:  7 years, 8 months ago

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What did you do before becoming a truck driver?

10 year diesel mechanic and concrete hauler

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Off topic shifter

I use to drove one but it was a maxi torq transmission I've never seen a Eaton anyone know what this is called image_zpsmwjlmotb.jpeg

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Freightliner, Volvo, PB, KW etc RELIABILITY

Don't most volvos have the. Mercedes Enige in them well mine dose D-13 great pull power poor fuel mileage

Regarding manufacturers, it all depends on what amenities you want in a truck as far as cabinets vs sliding curtains or nets, fridge, etc. You'll always get a million different answers in regards to who likes what brand and honestly, it's a moot point. What's more important is which manufacturer is going to hold the best resale value when the time comes and the top two positions are held by KW and Pete. You only have 4 engine manufacturers since Cat got out of the game back in 2013-14. Volvo, Detroit, Cummins and Paccar all have their perks and fans but in newer trucks, you'll see that Cummins pretty much dominates the market. My real question is why are you looking at 1 year old, under 100k trucks? You won't be saving any real money from depreciation (not to mention being hard to find) and what little you would save in depreciation is going to get sucked up by adding on an extended warranty. Personally, if your heart is set on buying your own truck, drive for a while first and really get to know the industry before making that large of a purchase. Being that new, you really aren't going to run into too many problems off the bat that wouldn't be covered under the warranty but it'll still cost you down time while the truck payment is still due.

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