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03-08-2006, 05:27 AM
#21
tisk tisk, all that horsepower and only pulling a tandem 
i know it's nice to have the power though, i'd assume you need a little bit of grunt in the mountains so i full understand. Nice looking truck though, my dad's truck at his part time job (hauling farm and heavy equipment) is a 99 Freightshaker with the 475 Cat C15 w/18 Fuller,wet line etc
And his full time truck is a 2006 Int'l with the 475 ISX w/18 fuller (Bruce R. Smith Ltd.) hauling steel out of Stelco in hamilton. Be he has a 5 axle flat bed, actually yesterday he hauled a 91,980 pound roller
(20 pounds from his legal limit )
The twin truck to mine has the 475 hp ISX, it's got a pretty nasty power curve (within about 500 RPM) but i love the sound of it and the jake, i think the driver is putting straight pipes on it this summer, and i might be also to see if i can change my fuel consumtion (i've hit 5.1 mpg for TWO days, we put 1600 km's on hauling to a landfill) that gets kinda pricey. The ISX regularly sees 6.5-7 but he drives like my grandma. My power curve is really flat compared to the ISX and makes it a little easier to drive and find the gears. And the tranny is alot nicer to drive for some reason.
As for getting you AZ, in Ontario i just did 30 hours of in truck driving with an instructor and a bunch of night classes and 2 weekend classes and i was set, cost about $4000 due to it being "drivers ed" but you could get your liscence for as little as a couple hundred dollars if you know your *****, and someone will lend you a truck and trailer.
Running a tri-axle you need to be able to feel when you are flat, as when not flat and have somthing sticky in the box ie. topsoil, if you are on to much of an angle, over you will go, i've seen it happen once and know of about 3 ppl that have done it from the area. It only takes an extra minute to get yourself set back up again in another spot to save going over.
I like my job b/c i never know what i'm doing, and i'm not dedicated to one thing (which drives me nuts) one day i'll haul loads for 4 different companies, to 7 different sites, and another day i might haul just to one site. We even have a job in a week and a half in Cambridge doing the ground work for a new Timmies
I'll post some more pics of the other trucks and the newly painted tandems when my camera makes it back from the Dominican.
i know it's nice to have the power though, i'd assume you need a little bit of grunt in the mountains so i full understand. Nice looking truck though, my dad's truck at his part time job (hauling farm and heavy equipment) is a 99 Freightshaker with the 475 Cat C15 w/18 Fuller,wet line etcAnd his full time truck is a 2006 Int'l with the 475 ISX w/18 fuller (Bruce R. Smith Ltd.) hauling steel out of Stelco in hamilton. Be he has a 5 axle flat bed, actually yesterday he hauled a 91,980 pound roller
(20 pounds from his legal limit ) The twin truck to mine has the 475 hp ISX, it's got a pretty nasty power curve (within about 500 RPM) but i love the sound of it and the jake, i think the driver is putting straight pipes on it this summer, and i might be also to see if i can change my fuel consumtion (i've hit 5.1 mpg for TWO days, we put 1600 km's on hauling to a landfill) that gets kinda pricey. The ISX regularly sees 6.5-7 but he drives like my grandma. My power curve is really flat compared to the ISX and makes it a little easier to drive and find the gears. And the tranny is alot nicer to drive for some reason.
As for getting you AZ, in Ontario i just did 30 hours of in truck driving with an instructor and a bunch of night classes and 2 weekend classes and i was set, cost about $4000 due to it being "drivers ed" but you could get your liscence for as little as a couple hundred dollars if you know your *****, and someone will lend you a truck and trailer.
Running a tri-axle you need to be able to feel when you are flat, as when not flat and have somthing sticky in the box ie. topsoil, if you are on to much of an angle, over you will go, i've seen it happen once and know of about 3 ppl that have done it from the area. It only takes an extra minute to get yourself set back up again in another spot to save going over.
I like my job b/c i never know what i'm doing, and i'm not dedicated to one thing (which drives me nuts) one day i'll haul loads for 4 different companies, to 7 different sites, and another day i might haul just to one site. We even have a job in a week and a half in Cambridge doing the ground work for a new Timmies
I'll post some more pics of the other trucks and the newly painted tandems when my camera makes it back from the Dominican.
03-08-2006, 09:20 AM
#23
I'll bring the KW to the Flying J one night, let ya check out well optioned truck biz. Should be plated and lettered by next monday. $160000 power unit with a $70000 wagon, dohp the extra hp is for the occasional 6 axle load I find myself under. 132000lbs and change. But it does make the tandem work easy.
03-08-2006, 02:20 PM
#26
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welcome to CMOC nice to see other truck drivers around. I drive an 18 wheeler (sometimes 22+ lol) and I am 20, started driving when i was 18
I use to work for Canada Cartage doing HWY, local and flatbed and just started pulling containers for Sim Trans Monday.
the only pic I have of a truck I drove at CCS for a bit
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/630542/5
I use to work for Canada Cartage doing HWY, local and flatbed and just started pulling containers for Sim Trans Monday.
the only pic I have of a truck I drove at CCS for a bit
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/630542/5
03-08-2006, 02:21 PM
#27
Originally Posted by SMOKEFAN
I'll bring the KW to the Flying J one night, let ya check out well optioned truck biz. Should be plated and lettered by next monday. $160000 power unit with a $70000 wagon, dohp the extra hp is for the occasional 6 axle load I find myself under. 132000lbs and change. But it does make the tandem work easy.
