Originally Posted by silvan

The talk about the old KW with the 5x4 made me realize I should add some other new technology stuff to my list. I started driving in '97, but always drove old equipment. I started off in an '83 Freightshaker, then moved to an '89 Pete (both single axle cabinovers.) Until March of 2006, when I finally got a more modern 2001 conventional, I had never experienced two amazingly helpful things in a truck. Cruise control, and most especially INTERMITTENT, ELECTRICALLY OPERATED WIPERS!!

I still almost never flip on the cruise, just from going the first almost decade without that option, but I don't think I can rant enough about how much I detest air operated windshield wipers, with their two speeds of too fast (low), and not fast enough (high). They completely sucked. Not to mention the constant HISSSsssssHHHHHHHH HISSSssssssHHHHHH of the air in the dash.

Trading those cramped little coffin style sleepers for a cramped stand-up was nice too. At least I could stand up, even if the 54" sleeper on that International was still too small to feel truly homey.

Another piece of helpful modern technology was the air dryer, which I first had on that 2001. I used to have to blow more than a gallon of water out my air tanks, and stand there trying not to breathe in a foetid fog of rusty water, antifreeze, and oil. In spite of the daily purge, and the use of alcohol in winter, I still experienced several episodes of trouble related to water in the airlines mixed with extreme cold temperatures. (Extreme to this ol' southern boy being somewhere around 0 F.)

So in summary, newer trucks really rock!

Originally Posted by silvan

The talk about the old KW with the 5x4 made me realize I should add some other new technology stuff to my list. I started driving in '97, but always drove old equipment. I started off in an '83 Freightshaker, then moved to an '89 Pete (both single axle cabinovers.) Until March of 2006, when I finally got a more modern 2001 conventional, I had never experienced two amazingly helpful things in a truck. Cruise control, and most especially INTERMITTENT, ELECTRICALLY OPERATED WIPERS!!

I still almost never flip on the cruise, just from going the first almost decade without that option, but I don't think I can rant enough about how much I detest air operated windshield wipers, with their two speeds of too fast (low), and not fast enough (high). They completely sucked. Not to mention the constant HISSSsssssHHHHHHHH HISSSssssssHHHHHH of the air in the dash.

Trading those cramped little coffin style sleepers for a cramped stand-up was nice too. At least I could stand up, even if the 54" sleeper on that International was still too small to feel truly homey.

Another piece of helpful modern technology was the air dryer, which I first had on that 2001. I used to have to blow more than a gallon of water out my air tanks, and stand there trying not to breathe in a foetid fog of rusty water, antifreeze, and oil. In spite of the daily purge, and the use of alcohol in winter, I still experienced several episodes of trouble related to water in the airlines mixed with extreme cold temperatures. (Extreme to this ol' southern boy being somewhere around 0 F.)

So in summary, newer trucks really rock!

Originally Posted by larryh31

Verizon has given me much better coverage than I had with Sprint/Nextel.

Originally Posted by mrBlonde

WHAT COMPANY HAS THE BEST COVERAGE?