Kenworth delivers first Icon 900 tractor

[kscarbel2]

Commercial Carrier Journal (CCJ) / August 18, 2015

The first Kenworth Icon 900 limited edition tractor was recently delivered to long-time Kenworth customer Keim TS.

“We’re celebrating our 60th anniversary this year,” said Stan Keim, president and owner of Keim TS, which hauls more than 50,000 flatbed and dry van cargo loads per year throughout the lower 48 states. “When I saw the Icon 900, I thought it would be a great way to celebrate who we are and how Kenworth trucks and MHC Kenworth, our dealer, have helped get Keim TS to where we are today.”

Stan Keim’s parents, Glen and DeAnn Keim, started the company in 1955, and Stan purchased the company in 1997. Today, the fleet operates 210 Kenworths in its 220-truck fleet and operates terminals in Fort Dodge, Iowa; Jasper, Tenn.; Medicine Lodge, Kan.; and Braymer, Mo.

Keim said he plans to keep the new Kenworth Icon 900 at Keim headquarters in Sabetha, Kan., as part of the company’s driver recruitment and retention efforts.

Keim TS also purchased an additional Icon 900 through MHC Kenworth – Kansas City and is using it as a driver reward truck. Myron Wiebe, a Keim TS driver for 21 years, was chosen to be the driver of that Kenworth Icon 900.

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[Underdog]

Looks like every other W900 I've seen for the last 20 years... What so special?!?

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[Dirtymilkman]

Looks like every other W900 I've seen for the last 20 years... What so special?!?

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I was wondering the same thing. Are they going to quit production of the aero cab?

[TeamsterGrrrl]

I suspect the KW and Pete legacy cab's days are numbered... The new cab is already going on over half the trucks they sell.

[Dirtymilkman]

Yeah.......they pretty much turned a KW into a freightliner.

[kscarbel2]

I suspect the KW and Pete legacy cab's days are numbered... The new cab is already going on over half the trucks they sell.

The most important purpose of the new Paccar cab is to provide the company with a lower-cost-to-produce cab.

Of course, the cost savings of the new low-cost cab won't be passed on to the customer. You'll pay more than ever, while Paccar's profitability is increased.

[Dirtymilkman]

The most important purpose of the new Paccar cab is to provide the company with a lower-cost-to-produce cab.

Of course, the cost savings of the new low-cost cab won't be passed on to the customer. You'll pay more than ever, while Paccar's profitability is increased.

There's a fleet up here that changes their kw's every two years. They've been running the new cab for a long while. All the drivers have the same opinion, garbage. Every truck leaks water, a lot of water. Even the brand new ones, the dealer is now putting beads of silicone around all of the clearance lights and eve the windshield gasket. Very non user friendly controls too.