FLD 120 or Classic??? I need your help

Classic xl cause it looks better. But the fld will probably turn better. But the classic xl looks way better to me and has been my dream truck but can't get one. I live in CA..

 

Have you checked into if they have an age requirement? Most companies want less than 6 years old to lease on. Good luck.

 

SNI age requirements on outside trucks for Van division is 10 years. You may also check the availability to bring your own truck in as a contractor.

 

Yep, both trucks are too old for Schneider and from reading post from those over there now they are not really taking on new O/O’s unless they are leasing from SFI and even then there is a wait now to get on the program.

Probably best to contact them or any other company you are considering directly for the current information before wasting a lot of time looking at trucks you can’t lease on there.

 

Im going with the FLD 120. The classic would be nicer. But the 120 will run, the one weakness is it's front end. Hit a big enough pothole in seechiago....

The avatar under my name in the picture is a full 1995 FLD 120 with the 490 detroit in it. That one was a Ronnie Dowdy Road Trip truck I took over for myself roughly 7 wonderful months. I was usually in the left lane with it loaded on the governor which was around 72 in those days. Ran 15000 miles a month or a touch more in it. It was without question one of the very best trucks I have ever had the joy of kicking around the USA.

The second best would be the 2001 Century That we picked up new with it's cherry less than 200 miles but the automatic broke down software wise causing us to be towed twice losing two accounts. We were a team and that thing never stopped so the transmission could not reboot until it finally just filled up with binary and quit.

30,000 for one, 20,000 for the FLD. I would go with the 20K, FLD, stick the 10K in the bank against future trouble which will come up in time. Better to have the money building up slowly against that bad day sometime in your future than no money and beggaring.

Oh one more thing, run that FLD with aluminum wheels. Don't give it heavy steel wheels. You will hate it.

 

24.5 wheels? The larger wheel diameter means less revolutions per mile. You have more horse backing it so you should need less cruise power at the drives after accounting for the parasitic power losses at your engine, transmission, pumps and so on.

If you have the ability to take both trucks for a spin, evaluate them with a eye on your fuel burn per hour. Aviation pilots do this always and that information is availible to truckers as well, but not always present on the dash you might have to get it from the engine's computer via the diagnostic hookup. The 120 should do less fuel per hour because it has more power on tap. You can put it on God's golden staircase going straight up loaded in low gear and burn 30 gallons an hour. A day's work would be that for your 300 gallons .