DMiller
Senior Member
Announced publicly on MSN this morning
Daimler is setting these two free to their own determinations by years end.
Daimler is setting these two free to their own determinations by years end.
Yep, I wonder how any truck line or even dealer can stay in business anymore, we reached a peak where million mile engines were a thing, and a good driver and some maintenance would make the rest of the tractor last as well, to this crap shoot where emissions issues and sensor issues and software issues and parts production issues have trucks constantly out of service and some of the newest rigs with undiagnosable issues that leave the truck at the dealer's shop for days, weeks, months? Meanwhile constant changes in part design to "improve" them or produce them for a nickel less drives failure, and while the life of the rig may have been getting longer, the obsolescence cycle is getting shorter and the designs and materials make it too costly for the aftermarket to produce and impossible for the shops and mechanics to find or make a substitute. Progress. For who?The financial article I read had some good sounding reasons, but I wonder if it has anything to do with the idea that nobody knows how to build a truck or engine that will stay together any more.
Look at the parts and service money they're making, and they can blame it all on the gubmint. Even though we know they could have built them better.And I've said it many times-manufactures knew it was coming and chose to kick the can down the road.
That's true-and I like making them look like an a$$ in front of each other. You should have heard the questions fly when the corporate asked about my mack setting in the shop.