.........how do SOOOOOOOOO many drivers from SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO many locations agree to drive a truck in SOOOOOOOOOO bad a shape?
Me thinks the original writer may have been SOOOOOOOOOOOOO full of $%@!
I've had 2 of them, one was on my way home and it wasn't convenient to stop so I kept driving. I was 45 minutes from home and the light came on, but I made it in ok. The other week I had one that the light came on and I wanted to see just how long I could go with it. I went all the way to my destination and sat in the yard and let it regurgitate, parked right outside the TM's office. I put in for the time because it delayed me from going to the motel.I was just wondering how many people have had to regenerate these '07 engines already? I've only had one. But it only had 19,000 miles on it. I was told that if they were properly maintained. Most of them wouldn't need a parked regeneration until 200,000 miles.
Whats A 17? We Dont Get To Drive Yard Equipment On The Road! Whats The Matter With You Guys?
17's are for yard men that run the rails 10 miles away. Sometimes they are for use in the city. Almost never for the road.
One guy told me the ones with chrome are for the non union division? Not sure about that though.
Mikey. You're getting too old! Just kidding. I believe that the trucks have improved significantly in the short time I have been here. It seems to me like they are making an effort and have been hearing some of our input. I think that they will always buy about the cheapest thing out there. I've come to expect that. What union carrier doesn't? But when you look how these trucks get treated by a lot of folks. If I were a company man, it wouldn't make a lot of sense to turn the pigs loose out on the green at the country club.
I was just wondering how many people have had to regenerate these '07 engines already? I've only had one. But it only had 19,000 miles on it. I was told that if they were properly maintained. Most of them wouldn't need a parked regeneration until 200,000 miles.
You are right, these engines normally don't require a parked regeneration for many miles. As can be expected with new technology or the lack there of, there will be problems.
There have already been two upgrades in the programs for this system & the units are still new.
The dealers are installing the new software when they have the units in the shop.
I'm sure that there will be even more upgrades as time goes on so stay tuned.
Yes, as with all diesel engines idling shortens the life of the engines due to lower temperatures in the combustion chamber which causes fuel dilution of the engine oil. The factory represenative said that our engines would probably go longer between parked regeneration & replacement of the muffler soot trap because we have idle shutdowns. Yes extended idling is harmful to these engines & all others.
Then maybe you need to call g. VistaCruiser in Chittycago and get them off the yard service, before the road driver has to do a one hour parked regeneration 5 miles from the start of his run. Happening all the time.