Mark T

I'm glad you said it first. As many times as I've been in and out of any of them with that style door ???? I can't remember how I closed them if you had a gun to my head. Somehow I also feel like if I had to get in one now I'd never give it a second thought either. Just get in and go. Funny thing......I realize reading this ,a long time ago I was the inquisitive ten year old.

Yes, Volvo cab from what I can see. Hard seeing past the piles of snow. From the back though, it's safe to say they're what's replacing the Granite.

Yes the one that the sister met at the door. You may remember her little rhyming greeting 😂 I think she qualifies for " boobage"

Starting ? That's the least of it. Starters are gonna be about the size of a beer can at the rate things are going. Between creature comforts and draw for computer controlled components 24 volts takes on a different use than what it used to.

She made an impression on me, I'm sure you'll see why.

I may be calling it the wrong name, but basically more computing needs more power. Not to be a wise guy, but I think you might be surprised at how many systems and subsystems are actually on these new trucks (it's nuts) There's so much on new stuff, they're shipped with a lot of things in a "dormant" state so as not to drain batteries. Dealers aren't even aware of some of the things that need to be activated when the customer takes delivery of a new piece of equipment ( all $300,000.00 of it ) . In some cases, technitions don't even know what's wrong when the customer comes back complaining. In some cases it turns out just something that wasn't toggled on before delivery. They're not done yet either. They're just gonna get more and more complicated, and support is gonna be worse and worse. You'd fall over if you saw some of the prices for something as simple as what was once a headlight. What was a 30 amp breaker is now 4 processors working in conjunction with 6 other ones.

I still think the higher voltage has something to do with digitalizing signals from one processor to another. If the signal is given a value read in volts or milivolts or whatever, it allows for more signals. Along with everything else that can be done with higher voltage, and advances in batteries. It's crazy stuff guys such as ourselves would never think of (or want to) It's kinda amazing some of the things. For one that they can do it.....and why they would continue to make these things so complex. It's true, a 24 volt system worked great for starting a large motor (something us guys would understand) but it's way way more complicated now.

The Granite replacement is in production. They're in the bullpen at Macungie.

I didn't misunderstand one bit. Volvo might be the first to use this setup, but it's what's coming with all of them. You will be surprised to see how much of a truck becomes more and more dependent on new technology. It'll all be proprietary too. If anything these things have become cheaper to manufacturers.....not end users. There's more systems on newer stuff that was never even thought of not that long ago. Colission avoidance driver monitoring.... goes on and on. These trucks are outpacing the casual mechanic in leaps and bounds.

Going to 24 volts is way more than lights on newer trucks. You're gonna see more stuff being electric on them ( think components like fans and such ) and whatever they are ???? every one of them is going to have it's very own form of ECM. Wouldn't surprise me a bit to see 36 or even 48 volt systems before too long. One thing for sure, there won't be fixing a marker light or some other simple thing with a test light or volt ohm meter like most of us guys are familiar with.

I'd like to have a nurse like that one from Ferris Bueller's Day Off. 😏

I think the increase in voltage is more about multiplexing. Wider range of voltage equals more signals that can be sent from processor to processor. So many components now have a module that used to work from an air signal, or some simple form of relay. Way too overcomplicated anymore.

Hope everything goes well. We'll be waiting to hear from ya.

Awwwww someone is jelly

Soros ? FYI you're helping pay for it. You me everyone who lives a productive existence. One way or another these low life leaches get a little piece of everything and funnel it into nonsense.