Back to original subject - When I worked at TNT Holland, (before it became USF Holland), they were running what was called "Louisville Ford" tractors (conventional day cab tandems with rear air tag). These were good nearly indestructible tractors, very good on snow and ice. Ford sold their Louisville based heavy truck division to Freightliner in 1997 and the Sterling line was re-born in Canada. I drove those and liked them until I was forced to take an International (that I did not want) a few years later. That International was brand new (plastic cover still on the seat - factory marking still on the side-glass) having been brought in on a towed "double stack" from the factory. That brand new truck lasted exactly 88 miles before it broke down. Waited over 5 hours before an old Louisville city unit was towed out to me from another Holland terminal. I drove that old city unit for 6 months, dodging the International assigned to me. If I had to peddle in the terminal that the repaired International was sitting in, I'd just do my thing and leave it behind. I hated those Internationals. Finally a foreign driver brought that International to my terminal one night before I left. The dispatcher said "Hey, you got your new truck back". I told him I didn't want it back. I said to give it to a younger guy - I'll keep the old one. He called CD and said, "CD said tough ::
::, you gotta take it back" I hated that truck till the day I retired.
I hope you guys have got better stuff to drive now.