MDT-2003 FREIGHTLINER SPORTCHASSIS FL60
Going to look at this rig for our DRV and wondering for you that have them or know a lot about them some information. Came up on this one with 35k miles and they asking $59,000. Seems pricey but...
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The big RV haulers that advertise 15mpg would HAVE to be geared more like a light P/U rather than something that was born to haul really heavy all it's life. The low gearing and top speed of ~80mph is the reason the empty and loaded mpg stay closer together.
Air brakes... you can have them, unless they are antilock and they might be these days. I walked away from trucking in 76. The old airbrake trucks had such huge brakes (16" x 7" shoes was the common size for class 8) they would lock up in an instant on a wet road (when unloaded or bobtail) and put the truck out of control until the slow releasing damn things unlocked. I did a bang-up brake job on my last semi and it had no problem locking all 16 duals on a dry hiway at 75 mph with 80k lbs. You also DON'T pump air brakes and that got a lot of drivers killed in the mtns.
If I ever used a truck with air brakes to do light work like RV hauling, I'd turn the compressor governor down to where there was enough psi to release the Maxis but not be able to lock up so quickly. Craig
Air brakes... you can have them, unless they are antilock and they might be these days. I walked away from trucking in 76. The old airbrake trucks had such huge brakes (16" x 7" shoes was the common size for class 8) they would lock up in an instant on a wet road (when unloaded or bobtail) and put the truck out of control until the slow releasing damn things unlocked. I did a bang-up brake job on my last semi and it had no problem locking all 16 duals on a dry hiway at 75 mph with 80k lbs. You also DON'T pump air brakes and that got a lot of drivers killed in the mtns.
If I ever used a truck with air brakes to do light work like RV hauling, I'd turn the compressor governor down to where there was enough psi to release the Maxis but not be able to lock up so quickly. Craig
