Best Choice For New O/O, Questions

[Rawze]

(08-13-2022 )Journey Wrote:  ...
I'm open to other choices, but just leaning hard into your previous advice. Prostar or maybe Cascadia would be my first choice.

One point I will say is that for the work I did, I enjoyed the tighter turning radius of the volvo compared to the 680 or 660. It was often helpful in tight tank yards and a few customer yards, but not a deal breaker.

@Rawze, what's the weight on your tractor with tanks full? I heard Internationals run a little heavy. I'm also targeting 2011, since I think I read somewhere they shaved off 400lbs from previous years.

Cheers

If empty weight is of a concern then a cascadia is a lighter truck.. one of the lightest. .. however your giving up a bit of extra rigidity that a prostar has (why they weigh a bit more).

as a reference ...
I know that on a dry-box, I can haul 45.5k in the box when it reaches 80,000, but a Cascadia with same spec as my prostar, they can put 47k on one before it hits 80,000. That is about 1,500 lbs difference.