tjc transport

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i worked two union shops. 32 years. when it came time to retire, i found out my pension would be $276 per month, and i got $39,000 out of the annuity fund i put over $460,000 into. the teamsters union stole everything they could get their hands on between 2000 and 2010. that is why i am still working. i can not live on social security alone

old dominion is like that too. non union, and whenever the unions try their push, the employees tell them to take a hike.

same with all the trucks here in the central jersey terminal. almost all are from the 90's and will be heading to the scrap yards. the yard jockey is a 1985, and according to the driver, if he does not grease it an change the oil himself, it wound lever get don at all. the side door is welded shut because one day he opened it and it fell off. so he only uses the rear door the past three years.

the nice thing about the galaxy is the truck is big enough to hold a 10KW generator to charge the batteries off the in car tank while you are in the store or wherever. 👍

yup. either re gear, or sell it to a road runner. we went for option #2. as soon as the new truck is in this one is gone. we will not loose money as there are none to be had with the cummins engine. so the other guy is agreed on sale price we paid for it last year, which is around $15k less than the new one. so with the credit we already have, i will be stepping into a new truck for no money.

correct, due to the 4.10 gears and being speed limited at 64 mph, it does not shift into 6th until 62 mph. if that was the issue, i do not think it would have made it to 12,500 miles. i have had the truck in much worse conditions milling uphill and never had any issues. the tech at the dealership is thinking the something in pump let loose causing a blockage in the cooler lines, which caused it to get very hot when it hung up in two gears and self destructed.

this is a rough service T880 Bob. the 2016 had 120k miles when sold and the 19 had 75k miles. no issues on either one. this truck is not what we ordered, but i had to take it because the old truck was already sold. my friend has 12 with over 300k miles on them no issues. and his drivers run them hard and put them away wet. my trucks are taken care of. i really think it was a fluke in the trans.

well, they are replacing it under warranty. but it will most likely be AT least a month before i see it back. last year the old truck has a leaking cooler line. that took 4 weeks to get a new line in .

dealer just called. when they dropped the pan the trans guts fell out of it. it is being towed to allison for a new trans install on monday. they said it is so bad they probably will not be able to figure out what caused the failure.

who are you kidding? kids today cant take the pain of someone calling their momma fat!!!

My mind tells me i am still 25. But my body reminds me i am closer to 125 after i try doing something i did when I was 25.

everything is through the roof cost wise over the past three years. a rotor and pads was $63 5 years ago. the same parts saturday was $176.

every day, the movie "Idiocracy" gets closer and closer to becoming reality.

usually no.

And if you decide to participate wearingnothing but a string thong and paint of convrsee hhightops we DO NOT want any pictures!!! 🤪

the fix for the ratio deal was the truck is already sold for more than we paid for it when the new truck comes in. they also gave us a $15,000 credit on the new truck for items ordered and paid for but not delivered. we ordered 12/24.5 rubber, got 11/24.5. ordered leather interior got cloth. ordered pto and pusher axle in dash and got no pto and pusher axle mounted behind the cab on frame. ordered back up camera, was not installed. ordered exterior grab handles, none installed. ordered 120 gallon polished fuel tank, came with 80 gallon matt finish tank. ordered stainless trim, came with chrome trim that was already tarnished/rust stained. my problem is i pull trailers. 4.10 is a road runner gear. i hit hills and sometimes drop down under 30 mph with a 565 hp engine. with the old truck and 4.56 gears, at 80,000 lbs i would hit the same hill at 30 on bottom and could top it at 55.

they are well aware of the issues and already gave us $15,000 off on the new 2023 truck purchase for not getting what we ordered with the 2022

i have been complaining ot Kenworth for the past year my 2022 T880 with X15 cummins engine and rough duty 4500 allison trans has electrical issues. they keep on saying they cant find anything wrong with it. even after i took the service manager out for a ride and slammed his head into the windshield when the stability control came on for no reason, defueled the truck, and locked up the brakes. today at 11ami was in traffic on the NJ turnpike. 9 miles of under 15 MPH. on a side note, we ordered the truck with 4.56 gears. it was delivered with 4.10 gears. so the trans never gets into 6th gear, because it is speed limited at 64 mph, and you have to be doing at least 63 to get into 6th. managed to get it off the turnpike before i lost all gears. trans diagnostics said trans fluid too hot to determine problems. called the dealer and told them the truck broke down, electrical issues with trans, send a tow truck. they sent a service van with two mechanics who proceeded to go over the truck, give me a pretrip report, and one jumped in it to drive it back to dealership. at 1 pm i saw the truck on the side of the turnpike with smoke coming out from under it. on the way back north i saw a tow truck hooking it. about an hour ago, the dealer called saying we smoked the trans, the fluid is burnt black. not under warranty. this truck has 12,235 miles on it when they took it. i told the service manager to look at the pre trip his guys did. in bold letters it says trans fluid level ok and bright pink. "oh" i informed him i will accept nothing less than a NEW trans, and a NEW wiring harness to address the issues i have been having with the truck since it was new with 107 miles on it. and if not, Paccar corporate will be getting a registered letter with all the issues i have had and their refusal to address the issues. i dont get mad..............i get even.

i can still do it, but not as fast or easily as 10 years ago. i had to do front brakes on moms cay yesterday and am paying dearly for it today

i think we got way offtrack here. lets all agree to disagree and leave it at that. before anyone says something that could cause more issues, lets just close this one and let it die please.

does it really make a difference???

today was a royal PITA. moms car driver front brakes started making noise. 77,430 miles. took 2 hours 15 minutes to change the rotor and pads. took a break to cool off, and then back to the passengeer side.......which took 10 minutes to do. it is now PBR time. .

No. Needs more bacon.

JFK. Was never supposed to be president. his older brother Joe was supposed to get the job. But he went an got himself killed in WWII, so John got the job