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Originally Posted by evertruckerr
Both Crete and Knight run base model trucks. I've driven both of them.
The Volvo has a multi axis air ride cab as opposed to Freightliners two air bag system which makes Volvo a MUCH smother ride. Although it takes a little getting used to because while the truck frame is holding onto the road, the cab is off doing it's own thing. You'll feel like you floating around a bit until you become accustom to it. The one positive for Freightliner here is that you can get a better "feel" of the road.
Volvo also used less fiberglass in it's construction and is far more quieter ride than the Freightliner. No annoying air leaks in the cab(notorious in Freightliners) or water leaks around the windshields.
Knight runs the 670 Volvo. They are small and have less storage than the Freightliner.
As far as the seats go, these are both base model trucks with base model seats. I can't place one above the other.
Crete trucks do have arm rests, not sure about Knight trucks.
Over all, I prefer the Volvo truck and the Crete paycheck.
So I drive a Freightliner :?
Wow if you're saying Freightliner has good road feel compared to a Volovo then volvo's must be one scary ride , because the centuries I drove at Werner felt like I was on a boat when making turns or curves... Now The 387 and T-600 I had issued at werner had good road manners and had comfortable seats infact the 387/T-600 road better bobtail than the century did loaded ...The 387 had better storage , But the T-600 had a better road feel , and the 07 T-600 had one cool dash for a base model truck , and had a nice automatic fifth wheel release on it plus the seats on the 387 /T-600 were by far better than the century , but the T-600 was the best with it's captains chairs ...Thinking about this now I'm scared to go back to driving a Freightliner .