RE: Wannabe's
a lot of the trucks on www.trucksforsale.com are rebuilt wrecks. The owner is also known to buy trucks off e-bay to resell on his lot. Our company has 2 trucks from them, and I think it will be the last 2. One is a FL70 with the freightliner sleeper (that little tiny worthless thing behind the front seats) it was laid on it's side. hard. It was once weighed empty on rolling scales. It was 1500 pounds heavier on the drivers side front. It has dual tanks that equalize, the DOT inspector figures this is due to a twisted frame. Makes sense, it was laid on it's right side. The other is a IHC 4700, this truck was put together by them, it has a 48" kenworth sleeper on it, with a custom made boot (see the truck that started this thread for a idea of what they did) and NOTHING was hooked up, no heat, no lights, no a/c, nothing, behind this mess we have a 24 foot box off something built in the early 80's, it's heavy, behind that a rather useless rusted out lift gate. Granted, they saw the boss coming, he has NO business buying trucks, he's not mechanicly inclined. but this 4700 is the most worthless POS I have ever driven. it weighs 8500 pounds on the front axle (hey wait, it's a 8000lbs axle!) and 9000 on the rear empty (fun in the snow!) it only gets worse in front when you load it with it's 253 inch wheel base. It's scale bait for a sharp DOT inspector that puts two and two together on the axle weight. But the truck is huge (39.5 feet long) so no one would think that it would have such light axles under it. oh ya, useable payload, 4500 pounds placed BEHIND the rear axle to lighten up the front.
Man I am glad I bought my own trucks.
a lot of the trucks on www.trucksforsale.com are rebuilt wrecks. The owner is also known to buy trucks off e-bay to resell on his lot. Our company has 2 trucks from them, and I think it will be the last 2. One is a FL70 with the freightliner sleeper (that little tiny worthless thing behind the front seats) it was laid on it's side. hard. It was once weighed empty on rolling scales. It was 1500 pounds heavier on the drivers side front. It has dual tanks that equalize, the DOT inspector figures this is due to a twisted frame. Makes sense, it was laid on it's right side. The other is a IHC 4700, this truck was put together by them, it has a 48" kenworth sleeper on it, with a custom made boot (see the truck that started this thread for a idea of what they did) and NOTHING was hooked up, no heat, no lights, no a/c, nothing, behind this mess we have a 24 foot box off something built in the early 80's, it's heavy, behind that a rather useless rusted out lift gate. Granted, they saw the boss coming, he has NO business buying trucks, he's not mechanicly inclined. but this 4700 is the most worthless POS I have ever driven. it weighs 8500 pounds on the front axle (hey wait, it's a 8000lbs axle!) and 9000 on the rear empty (fun in the snow!) it only gets worse in front when you load it with it's 253 inch wheel base. It's scale bait for a sharp DOT inspector that puts two and two together on the axle weight. But the truck is huge (39.5 feet long) so no one would think that it would have such light axles under it. oh ya, useable payload, 4500 pounds placed BEHIND the rear axle to lighten up the front.
Man I am glad I bought my own trucks.
