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John C.

John C.

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All this came in with vertical integration. Custom trucks are being whittled away on. Make a few models, limit options and drop change orders. Here is what we built, take it or leave it. If you want to add something else, feel free to do it yourself. Now there are limited numbers of skilled labor to make those changes at the dealer level anyway. Since they are operating on a profit motive, the work is likely to be hurried and the parts substandard. Looking to me like the way the equipment shops have been for years.
 
Truck Shop

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Actually the ergonomic side of it is real good. Dash layout is easy to scan, nothing is
out of reach. Seat and wheel can be adjusted for anyone that's a dwarf to 6'8". Also
very quiet--too quiet. Sound systems are better than most cars. Plus good vision with
one piece windshield.
 
Truck Shop

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John C. said:
All this came in with vertical integration. Custom trucks are being whittled away on. Make a few models, limit options and drop change orders. Here is what we built, take it or leave it. If you want to add something else, feel free to do it yourself. Now there are limited numbers of skilled labor to make those changes at the dealer level anyway. Since they are operating on a profit motive, the work is likely to be hurried and the parts substandard. Looking to me like the way the equipment shops have been for years.
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True custom order trucks haven't been available since 2000. Every time we order new
a list of items to change or add is inevitable.
 
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Do they have any newer KWs ? There is a 2017 at work i can tell you ahead of time what will come apart in the cab and how to rig it back together. Cheaply made junk.
 
Coaldust

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Speaking of new K-Dubs and frames and craftsmanship. I asked MHC in Des Moines to install a pintle hitch on a new T880.

After two months of service, all the welds cracked. Pape’ Kenworth agreed to warranty it. Their “guy” gooberd some weld over the top of some of the most visible cracks and filled the rest with paint.

Plus, the Buyers 50ton hitch was already worn past the limit.

The whole mess got re-engineered in-house. CDA587E0-717F-49B8-AA3C-AAD08DF20534.jpeg2760CB33-F9B6-422D-A4D4-A66A12B52139.jpegE574755A-F9F3-49F7-881C-BF77FEE0452D.jpeg
 
JPV

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Nice trucks, if you have a problem with the looks of one of those you have a problem with yourself!
I see the rear spring hanger on the steer axle is different then all the ones I am around. I don't know when they were redesigned but do they still have the 2 bolts through the bottom of the flange? I always understood that drilling the flange was a cardinal sin and KW did it at the factory, if the frame is going to crack on a 900B or L it is usually right there, we have had a few do it, that's not easy to repair.
 
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Tyler d4c said:
Why the lift axle Truckshop? Running heavy or to make some axle law.
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Every tractor we have except three have drop axles, gvw is 100,000.

JPV said:
Nice trucks, if you have a problem with the looks of one of those you have a problem with yourself!
I see the rear spring hanger on the steer axle is different then all the ones I am around. I don't know when they were redesigned but do they still have the 2 bolts through the bottom of the flange? I always understood that drilling the flange was a cardinal sin and KW did it at the factory, if the frame is going to crack on a 900B or L it is usually right there, we have had a few do it, that's not easy to repair.
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I've repaired several through the years. Don't know will have to look.
 
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