Agree 100%. Least favorite trucks I've ever driven.The International trucks Saia has chosen to buy are absolute ****. They don't pull worth a damn and often make you wonder if you will make it up a small rise, much less a large hill or mountain.
The Louisville was a fine freight tractor, no doubtIf I was in that LTL type situation and needed to get into tiny places, I'll use a Ford 9000. With the setback forward axle and fuel tanks close to the drives. Add air conditoning and airride everything there is no better tractor...
Provided it has a small kitty and a rockwell.
At Maislin we did that and also used condensed fuel. That way we only had to fill the tanks half way and saved on half the fuel weight. Guy who thought that up saved the company lots of money.The Louisville was a fine freight tractor, no doubt
This Freightliner model was one of my all-time favorites, 3406 Cat and 9 spd.
We didn't have air ride, our trucks were not equipped with air compressors.
They put 400 lbs of air in the tank when you left Charl, you had to be careful and not use all your air before you reached your destination.
This gave us more HP and saved on fuel.
So if the fuel was condensed, was the air capacitated??…At Maislin we did that and also used condensed fuel. That way we only had to fill the tanks half way and saved on half the fuel weight. Guy who thought that up saved the company lots of money.
Why did I know this was coming?So if the fuel was condensed, was the air capacitated??…
I had a old '75 Freight shaker day cab with the cat and rockwell . I dont know where the rockwell came from. but that tractor if it were a woman today... after all these years... She did have heavy feet with the budd wheels and needed a certain amount of space.The Louisville was a fine freight tractor, no doubt
This Freightliner model was one of my all-time favorites, 3406 Cat and 9 spd.
We didn't have air ride, our trucks were not equipped with air compressors.
They put 400 lbs of air in the tank when you left Charl, you had to be careful and not use all your air before you reached your destination.
This gave us more HP and saved on fuel.
13 letter sh*t spreaderThe International trucks Saia has chosen to buy are absolute ****. They don't pull worth a damn and often make you wonder if you will make it up a small rise, much less a large hill or mountain.
Might be how they became known as Intertrashtional's.The International trucks Saia has chosen to buy are absolute ****. They don't pull worth a damn and often make you wonder if you will make it up a small rise, much less a large hill or mountain.
Common sense is a flower that doesn't grow in everyone's garden.Back in the early 2010's when Saia bought a bunch of Internationals, I remember at one point like 3/4 of the new tractors were in the shop with motor issues. You'd think if you are going to lay out that kind of cash for capital expenditures, you'd at least have received a representative sample delivery of (for example) 10 tractors to see how they perform under real world conditions before taking delivery of the entire order only to have them sit on lots and in shops trying to diagnose and fix the issues. Common sense ain't common I guess.
With as much BS that flows around this place,Common sense is a flower that doesn't grow in everyone's garden.
True, but it's hard for some folk to grow anything out of bedrock.With as much BS that flows around this place,
no one's garden on TB should lack fertilizer.
Well here's the issue...Saia has been buying these International LT's since 2020 model year. I've driven quite a few of them on my LH run and theyre fine, with a Cummins X15 and 450hp. It'll get the job done and I'm able to keep my foot on the pedal when I have the cruise set to 68 so that the sh*tspreader doesn't decelerate when passing/climbing hills.Back in the early 2010's when Saia bought a bunch of Internationals, I remember at one point like 3/4 of the new tractors were in the shop with motor issues. You'd think if you are going to lay out that kind of cash for capital expenditures, you'd at least have received a representative sample delivery of (for example) 10 tractors to see how they perform under real world conditions before taking delivery of the entire order only to have them sit on lots and in shops trying to diagnose and fix the issues. Common sense ain't common I guess.