06Fargo wrote:
Seamutt wrote:
Low miles maybe but driven like it was stolen.
Most company work trucks in our energy sector around here have GPS systems for employee safety on remote sites/trip billing/ etc. Side benifit is they also report speed back to headquarters. The oilfield pickups are now the people in your way driving the speed limit on the public highway. Also road accidents are still the top injury / fatality category in the energy sector so driving like an a$$ is highly discouraged.
Other regions/industries may differ.
Absolutely the case where I am. They track if the ABS kicks on, hard acceleration events, etc. There are a few now that won't let you engage 'Drive' until the seatbelt is engaged. Automatic emails are sent to headquarters whenever a speedlimit is exceeded by more than 5 or 10 km/hr. If they were highway only trucks, they would be great to pick up. Its the constant offroad driving which wears out the suspension components. They aren't "beat" upon, they are just used off highway more frequently.
The field formans truck is the highly saught after rig. They are generally only highway driven and often higher optioned. Usually a forman will buy it for himself or one of the operators would buy it before a field truck.
Plywood boxliner - classic oilfield. I suspect they are used more becuase of skidding very heavy objects in the box or heavier objects are dropped into the box more often. It would really protect the box better from denting compared to a spray-in liner.
