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Originally Posted by Ian Williams
...on the city side of the operation some of the tractors are museum pieces....
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When I started out in doing pick-up/delivery (p/d) in LTL, I was handed the keys to a 10-year old Volvo. She still had some giddy-up-and-go (68mph) but had quasi-power steering--the slower you went, the more muscle needed to turn the durn steering wheel. I think she was designed for line-haul rather than p/d. At the end of some days, I thought my arms would fall off!
After a few months of that I convinced my boss that I needed a newer tractor and now I drive a 3-yr old sterling. Of course the previous occupants made sure it looks like a 5-yr old tractor (trucks can look like museum pieces fairly quickly since most of the time the tractors are used for both city p/d during the day and line-haul at night).
The newer tractors in my barn are semi-automatics--nice for rush hour--but I miss grinding the gears...er...floatin' the gears when I drive one. :lol: