My Traveling Poll, Results.....

Cummins12V98 wrote:

Bedlam wrote:
In my area, there is so much traffic congestion that you rarely see a DRW pickup yet I see more more in industrial and farm areas. If I were to choose where to take my measure, I could report much different results. On the other side of the scale, I see mostly GM 1/2t's followed by Ford, Toyota, Ram and Nissan - Do these line up more with reported sales? I may see one Ram chassis cab a week (other than mine) yet will see two or three Fords a day and will see GM 3500 chassis cabs every other day.

Your counts (as well as mine) are good for amusement but the sample size is too small to really show a trend. What does all this mean? Not much, it's just a small window on a much larger world.

I did not count anything unless it had a DOT sticker and was actually hauling a load. I think it is a fair representation.

I will be at DRV next week and will see what is hauling the big boys and talk to the shipping manager.

doubt the shipping manager is going to know what or even who is hauling, orders from the dealers are picked up by haulers hired by the dealer. I would go there to pick-up and would see the nice lady at the main office, she would hand me the paperwork and tell me which yard to pick-up at... they have a couple of different yards around Howe and La Grange, IN. Funny, only one manufacture had any security (as in security guard) at their site(s) Heartland, all others either yard gates wide open or one had to use 4 digit code to unlock gates. All, had you sign in/out with most having you fill out pre delivery inspection. I'll also add, about 75% of my pick-ups had damage or issues (doors not closing, parts missing, 7-way plug cable/wire to short or lug nuts loose or almost falling off) spent way too much time sitting at factories waiting to get things corrected or fixed or waiting on company dispatcher to get a different haul.