Volvo Big Rig/18 Wheeler

Volvo(Swift trucking company)big rig/18 Wheeler.

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[kdrapertrucker]

@BYOB561 glad you like em' I'll never drive a volvo again. not after the experience I had. we bought 2 of them & neither one spent more time on the road then it spent in the repair bay. I like my trucks to run, & everything on board to function. with the volvo you get a headlight that quits, then when you fix that the fuel guage stops working then you start getting engine lights, & burnouts. they use the cheapest wire & the crappiest electrical components they can find.

[kdrapertrucker]

@killer2600 you might want to wait a couple years for Freightliner to iron out all the bugs, the cascadia has had major reliabilty problems, Whereas Volvo never bothered to fix the bugs in their trucks. I've never driven one that was reliable. I loved the Pete though, I drove a very old 377 that was trouble free.

[killer2600]

@336kgf you need to see the new breed trucks, the freightliner cascadia has moved the cruise control, jake brake, and marker interrupt to the steering wheel. Other makes are doing similar things as well. My truck of choice is the cascadia over the volvo's. They are pretty much equally nice but the cascadia has a better hvac setup. You can control the whole truck's (front and back) hvac from the sleeper controls while parked or independently while driving.

[polesee777]

Are "Some" Volvo trucks automatic if you want to drive OTR type route???

[TheHoomaikai]

@TheSpeedDemon7 You definitely come off like some one lacking maturity and experience. It is common sense why the major truck companies do not use long nose Petes. I'm on my 18th year of driving big trucks, and I have to deal with fourwheelers and morons in big trucks like you.

[336kgf]

@TheSpeedDemon7 Sure, a straightnose may look really cool, but the wind resistance is brutal, and truth be told, a Volvo is a lot easier to maneuver, especially when you are trying to back into a space. Another thing-turn the caps button off and learn how to spell properly. People truly believe you are a moron when you can't spell worth a damn.

[336kgf]

@gu151 I drove a Volvo or two when I was OTR and I agree with you. I thought it was the most user friendly truck out there. The cruise control should NEVER be on the dashboard, unlike what Freightshaker and the other manufacturers seem to think. I love how the gauges are all right in front of you where they belong, instead of all over the place like you are trying to fly a 747.

[gu151]

@TheSpeedDemon7 I am an OTR driver and can easily tell you are a rookie. Volvo's make the best riding trucks out there, and their fuel economy destroys strait nose petes. The biggest cost to trucking companies is fuel. Not the driver pay, not the truck, but FUEL. Strait nose = high wind resistance. Its just retards thinking that the old style pete is the "manly truck" when in reality times have changed. Volvo makes a high quality machine, with good power and excellently smooth riding.

[Ps2Viper87]

Companies like Werner, Swift and all over the road companies are all nothing but full time steering wheel holders! True classic truck driving started off as Line Haul and P & D driving!

[steezirific]

i have been in one of those they are really comfortable