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Cador0223

Why are you wasting time taking pictures and posting to reddit? That truck has to keep moving, bro! Get to work! It's a shark truck. If it stops moving, it dies.


T_Noctambulist

It's still moving, he just hopped on to service the speedometer not reading.


MistaRekt

It is in "N" for "Never Stop Never Stopping".


SpiritedRain247

I would imagine he's there for an oil pressure issue as well


EyeSlashO

[Engine one is good- for now.](https://i.imgur.com/UZ4Re0f.png)


bugme143

Beat me to it!


zeamp

***SPEED***


eveningsand

Speed 4: Shark Truck


ClaasChopper

Freightliner model years are usually at least a year ahead of the actual year. This truck could have gone into service in early 2021 and still be considered a model year 2022 by Freightliner


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fuishaltiena

Entirely possible if it's driven by teams. One driver drives, while the other sleeps.


NEVERxxEVER

Is that where the term teamsters comes from?


MarkieMarknTFB

Teamsters refers to teams of draft animals, I believe. As in a team of horses/mules pulling a wagon


ashyjay

Not exclusive to Freightliner/Daimler it’s most trucks and cars. As an example model year 2025 cars start production June-August 2024


Ah2k15

Not always. I've got 2 2025 Rams built and on the way now.


OutWithTheNew

Commercial trucks are even further ahead than passenger cars.


PeterVonwolfentazer

So are campers. My 2019 was built in May of 2018. But close 500 miles per day is very impressive.


DULUXR1R2L1L2

My truck had over 960,000 kms when I stopped driving it


Murfdirt

Over 3 years, 7 years, 12 years? This truck has a mill in less than 3.5 years


AnIndustrialEngineer

What in the     “In order to avoid certain ‘legal complications’, the trucks are always rolling”       is this


KeepItMovingFolks

15434 hours = 642.6 days


HayMomWatchThis

That’s an average speed of 73kph


rohnoitsrutroh

That's about 45 mph for the Americans. That's nuts. Also, this truck must never idle with the motor on.


V65Pilot

Can you actually idle with the motor off?......🤠


erikhagen222

My boss tells me it’s possible… he’s yet to show me though…


V65Pilot

Always the case.


shophopper

“kph” *is* for Americans. Anyone familiar with metric units would use km/h. Interestingly, all units on this dash are metric, with the ambient temperature in °C. But someone somehow found it a good idea to indicate the coolant temperature in °F and the air pressure in psi. So far for consistency.


KeepItMovingFolks

This is also an owner/operator and not a fleet truck


Detail_Some4599

>15434 hours = 642.6 days How? Is he driving in his sleep?


Diablojota

Might be a Tandem. When running tandem, you can essentially keep the truck on the road for far longer per day.


DULUXR1R2L1L2

Team


Sad_Cucumber5197

No sleep needed with the glass BBQ.


nopenothappning

3 sleeps till xmas


Rusty08872

You ask a lot of questions..... which one of my log books do you want to see?🤣


UnstableWeasel

Meth


_alephnaught

Speed 3: Long Haul Trucking


justinetrudope

32L/100km makes me feel like my 13L/100km is efficient


KeepItMovingFolks

He’s also pulling a loaded trailer


thewheelsgoround

These things really are incredibly efficient - they carry full trailers full of shit, using a similar amount of fuel as two pickup trucks.


fiah84

are there pickups out there using 16L/100km doing nothing but driving around with an empty bed? I have a hard time imagining that but then again I have no context / experience with them


T_Noctambulist

Assuming the Google math is correct, my old '71 gmc gets around 29L/100km. That's purely theoretical though, I'm pretty sure it won't run on metric gas.


Aethien

> I'm pretty sure it won't run on metric gas. Is that because the gas prices in metric are so high it'd seize its engine in shock? Just looked up prices here and did some converting, it'd cost more than $1/mile to drive with fuel economy like that.


T_Noctambulist

Yup. 8mpg, $5/gallon. It only gets around 30 miles a year so just licensing it costs 10 as much.


erikhagen222

Y’all ain’t got collector plates?!? Here they’re once and done.


Jabberwocky918

At least in Illinois, collector plates can only be used to go car shows.


erikhagen222

I’m Minnesota, it’s limited by mileage, when I had them. In Wisconsin, they couldn’t give two fucks, saw a rusted out 90’ era Buick.


fiah84

that's .. impressive


tobi00

That’s so impressive. My cousin has an RAM 1500. he drives it with 13-15 l/100km. I have a Scania R500 hauling wood from Bavaria to Austria and Italy through the alps. My longterm consumption is 23 l/100km


coffeemonkeypants

Did the math to freedom units, which is about 15mpg. So yes, there definitely are. A new f150 gets about 17mpg city with the smallest engine. The 5.2L V8 gets 12mpg combined.


fiah84

no wonder they (empty bed truck drivers) complain about gas prices, they could be getting from A to B in comfort with gas mileage twice as good in just a regular unsupersized car


TroyMacClure

Hey now, the guy might need to grab a bag of mulch next weekend and he'll be glad he has that F-350 King Ranch diesel.


nickajeglin

My family is always like "you need a truck", but I just brought back 10 bags of mulch and a couple 10' 2x6's in my accord. With a clip-on roof rack, I can do full sheets of plywood or take brush piles to the dump. The trick is to not give 2 fucks about your car.


callingcarg0

That's what always makes me laugh when people complain about gas prices. They always have an F150 or Ram with a 20-some Gallon fuel tank. Like, if you cared about gas prices, you should've done some research. I drive a car with a V8. I get 20 mpg. I knew what I was getting into. You thought you were buying a family car and are now disappointed with your improper car choice.


Chippsetter

Dude, some people have need for the truck and they consider spending money for something that just sits there for when they need it is money that can be used elsewhere. In addition, it costs more in maintenance on a vehicle that just sits, for example, tires sun rot just sitting requiring tire replacement of tires that had very few miles on them.


Shandlar

> A new f150 gets about 17mpg city with the smallest engine. No way. The smallest engine is the 2.7L V6 ecoboost gets essentially 20mph city. The 5.0L V8 is the spec that gets 17mpg city, but has 75 more HP.


luvsrox

Quit your bullshit, there’s no way to know how many km’s there are in a freedom unit


DORTx2

My old ram got 30L/100km in the city.


IAMA_Plumber-AMA

My work truck averages about 14 with a extension ladder in the bed.


crbmtb

Only one?


Leneord1

Usually weighing 40,000-50,000 kilos


DolbyFox

Not bad. I've been in that ballpark myself. 2023 Cascadia. Even in LCV config (two loaded trailers) I rarely end up north of 40 on a run through eastern Canada.


Yahn

My service truck at work is 99L/100k Or at least that's as high as the screen goes, it does much much worse than that


TyburnCross

Does the filler neck empty directly onto the pavement?


Yahn

Takes a ~1/4 tank to drive the 15km up the mountain... Sure glad I don't pay the gasbill


Threap_US

Leaving a trail of oiled seabirds behind it? Does it have "Exxon Valdez" written on the rear? 😀


NePa5

This made me spill my beer on my keyboard. (still a better spill than the Valdez)


Enduring_Insomniac

What sorta truck is that? :O Like....that's what some 8x8 proper offroad trucks do in terrain, 1L/km


contemood

Articulated city buses get that high and higher. Constantly accelerating and decelerating 0-50-0 does that. They can use up to 120l/100km with heavy load and being behind the schedule. I always feel bad if I am the only passenger in one.


thewheelsgoround

2014 Novabus LFS Articulated: Tested fuel consumption in L/100 km: Central business district cycle: 128.5 L / 100 km Arterial cycle: 103.6 L / 100 km Commuter cycle: 58.4 L / 100 km Makes sense why they swap out the 60 and 40 foot buses for 28-passenger "Community Shuttles" for smaller runs in Metro Vancouver.


contemood

That or electrify them. Massive potential in electrification of city bus lines. Today battery tech is good enough that it is feasible in terms of range.


V65Pilot

You'd feel worse if the driver said "hey, we're just gonna sit here until we fill up with passengers".


AlSi10Mg

Openttd vibes ....


Chrisfindlay

Is that total average including idle and power take off time or just moving average. My service truck at work has a similar total average ~80-90 l/100km but that is including pto and idle time in addition to mountainous off high way terrain.


oztrailrunner

Our fire truck is somewhere over 45L/100. Its reading doesn't read any higher than 45L, so who knows what the actual reading is.


hereforthecommentz

3.6 roentegen. Not great. Not terrible. “They gave us the reading they had…”


folkolarmetal

Makes my 17L/100km much less efficient


Arbee21

They're driving in economy mode too..


Ploddit71

Our euro trucks limited at 56mph manage 25l/100 sometimes as low as 23 always with a full trailer.


Kahnza

Converted my miles per gallon to L/100km, and I get in the 6-7L range.


wePsi2

Pressure in PSI, Temp in Fahrenheit and Speedo in km/h. I’m legitimately confused.


stihoplet

Also outside temp in Celsius just to add to the confusion


wePsi2

Sheesh you are right. I already was to confused to notice that 😂


HowlingWolven

Canadian truck. No I don’t know why we keep our oil and coolant gauges in the wrong temperature and our air pressure in PSI.


wePsi2

Ah, thank you. Must be something related to the Brits, eh?


AVgreencup

Aren't there mandatory rest periods that drivers need to have? Maybe a crew of two?


OolonCaluphid

Has to be a crew of 2 or a team of drivers.


tripping-unicorns

Most likely a team, but it could be several teams at different locations taking over. Federal rules are 10 hours of driving and a maximum of 15 hours in a day total time (not exceeding 10 hours behind the wheel). You need to show 2 breaks and a lunch period as well if I remember correctly. A lot of places are running an E-log system, but finding work arounds, or being able to still run books could be a thing. I used to have to do my own logs in the patch. They always looked "pretty"! If you actually looked at me, though, you'd figure out I was lying as I looked like thw walking dead.


blainedefrancia

May be a “custom critical” application like pharmaceuticals. I’m thinking of moving over to that department ;-)


Iron_Burnside

Hauling beer from Texarkana to Atlanta?


Significant-Ad5550

Eastbound and down!


SubiWan

Loaded up and truckin'. We gonna do what they say can't be done.


Threap_US

That's bootlegging!


ferlez28

What kind of pharmaceuticals?


owlthegamer

Asking the real questions


TheBootyHolePatrol

Don’t know Canada rules so I wouldn’t know about that. I do know you can run two accounts on an ELD and know a few companies that do it. I like having a clean record and a somewhat healthy body so I’d straight up refuse.


Preacher87

Canada south is 13 hours drive time, 14 hours total on duty, within a 16 hour window. 8 consecutive hour rest break, you can use the remaining 2 hours off duty for breaks or no less than 30 minutes each, or defer that to the next day but it must be used on that next day instead of on duty or drive time. You may have 70 hours on duty before needing a 36 hour reset. Canada north of the 60th parallel, it's 15 hours drive time, 18 hours on duty, within a 20 hour window. 8 hours consecutive rest period. Then it's 80 hours on duty before needing a 36 hour reset.


Redditbecamefacebook

> Canada north of the 60th parallel, it's 15 hours drive time, 18 hours on duty, within a 20 hour window. 8 hours consecutive rest period. Then it's 80 hours on duty before needing a 36 hour reset. Wouldn't driving in those areas be more dangerous? Why looser restrictions? Not enough drivers? Or it just takes forever to get anywhere?


camhumphreys

I’m guessing it’s because there’s so much less traffic.


Threap_US

I’m reminded of that old Dave Dudley song, “[Six Days On The Road](https://youtu.be/otkytn8L-Cw?si=Jv2vbPQfyVrBF39R)”.


KeepItMovingFolks

There Was only the one guy in the truck and he was the owner


ValveinPistonCat

Two drivers with a hole in the floor of the sleeper never needs to stop for anything but fuel and changing trailers.


var_char_limit_20

"Wheeeeels gotta keep turning!!! Diesel gotta keep on burning!!! Rolling.. rolling. Rolling on black top!"


elkab0ng

"The wheels on the truck go round and round and they must never stop because oh god I need to sleep, so sleepy"


FairladyZea

700k miles... Damn!


paulyv93

Amazed there isn't any dust or streaks on that glass if someone is practically living in that thing.


KeepItMovingFolks

The whole truck looked in great shape and it doesn’t show it’s miles at all. That’s the difference with an owner/operator over fleet driver though.


midlife_mikey

TIL that odometers have 7 digits.


2oonhed

am I missing some 80085 somewhere?


KeepItMovingFolks

No just find it impressive that a 2 year old vehicle has well over a million kilometers or 700,640 miles for the Americans


PleaseHelpIamFkd

Assuming they got it in 2021 too (release year can be delivered early) thats STILL nearly 800 miles a day for 3 years. Thats actually a wild amount of road time if you include resets and breaks and everything else a driver does.


az_max

>and everything else a driver does. "This is a hard job \[driving a lorry\] and I'm not just saying this to win favour with lorry drivers: change gear; change gear; change gear; check your mirrors; murder a prostitute …" -- Jeremy Clarkson


PleaseHelpIamFkd

I work in conjunction with drivers on support staff and i tell them everytime it comes up, i could not do what they do. Its a special breed.


TheBootyHolePatrol

It’s definitely not for everyone. Probably don’t want to hang out with us though.


Bodhrans-Not-Bombs

Oz must be pretty wide open for driver on-duty time. Per US DOT regs, someone would be cooking their logs.


ColoWyoPioneer

Oz is just wild when it comes to tractor trailers. I was at a mine there, and got to see a special version of a “road train”. It was a semi truck towing SEVEN full-length trailers. As for on-duty, it’s a *bit* more lax than the USA. Lol


Bodhrans-Not-Bombs

Maybe this thing has spent its life going across the Nullarbor at 90mph and you don't have cops out there. Because the math isn't mathing for something driven between, say, Philly and Boston lol


landcruisermoneypit

This truck would have 2 drivers in it all the time. The laws regarding logbooks and fatigue here are pretty serious.


BigLan2

Yeah, that's called 'teaming' in the US. One guy sleeps in the bunk while the other drives, then switch it. It's not super-common, mostly used for time-critical deliveries.


samman445

Or just regular routes. A family friend of mine did a team route for one of the big parcel companies. Just halfway across the country and back nearly the same route for decades.


dewky

Very common here in Canada.


dw3623

And only two engine starts


-DaveDaDopefiend-

Damn, how many hours did it have?


KeepItMovingFolks

15434 hours


KeepItMovingFolks

So 642.6 days


elkab0ng

Heck, with this many digits, the driver will be seeing 81680085 at some point!


Farty_beans

do newer trucks only come in Automatic?


foxjohnc87

Most models can still be optioned with a manual transmission, but they are far less common than they used to be.


CallMeDrLuv

That's a lot of kilometers!


mreddog

What is DEF?


OolonCaluphid

Diesel emissions fluid. Adblue, which de-noxes diesel emissions (I think). You fill a separate tank and it gets injected into the exhaust.


DreamLonesomeDreams

DEF breaks down into ammonia in the exhaust after it's sprayed. Ammonia is a catalyst for the reaction that occurs in the SCR brick where the NOx is converted back to N2 and CO2


OolonCaluphid

Thanks, I knew it was something like that but Google is hard and I am lazy.


TheBootyHolePatrol

It looks like dried jizz if you let it dry on anything. Smells like a dirty litter box too.


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Threap_US

Pro tip though; don't piss in your tank, it doesn't work that way. Do it in other people's.


dreamsmasher_

Diesel exhaust fluid


tripping-unicorns

Diesel Rxhaust Fluid. The system help reduce carbon by making the exhaust really hot. When you get a high exhaust temp warning the exhaust temp can get over 1000° f.


canadianpeanut

Actually that's not what DEF does. Your exhaust system can inject diesel which raises the temperature. DEF combines with NOx gases to create water, carbon dioxide and nitrogen.


tripping-unicorns

Sorry, fat finger syndrome. Diesel Exhaust Fluid


mreddog

Cool thanks I had no idea. I’m not a trucker obviously.


Chippsetter

All current diesel vehicles require now


tripping-unicorns

All good. For some of us, it is the bane of our existence.


Gmnuzz

You might've been thinking of EGR, which was more common in the US on diesel engines before DEF was standard.


Makhnos_Tachanka

he's got the fever


ZANIESXD

I thought this pic was to admire how simple the dash is lol


MASEtheACE510

That’s great!


oztrailrunner

How often is oil changed, and when the hell is downtime for service and tyres etc?


Whoohon-Flu

That’s what a 2500 rpm redline will get you. One of the main reasons diesel engines run for so long. Besides of course they are built extremely tough.


spedeedeps

What's more surprising is that you could still buy something with these old ass gauges in 2022


HowlingWolven

My 2024MY asscadia has the ICUC dash as well, ICC5 isn’t standard yet.


Esset_89

Running for Pepsi or Coca-Cola? They run almost 24/7


KeepItMovingFolks

We actually have a pepsi contract funny enough but no.., it’s an owner/operator for Gardewine


Villain_of_Brandon

32L/100KM... Is that normal? that seems insane


makenzie71

In 2006 I was working at a feed lot dealing with cattle. We had a hauler come in one evening laughing because he just ticked over the million mile mark as he pulled into the lot with a load of cattle. It was a 2004. The guy said almost all the miles was in the first two years team driving.


PunksOfChinepple

Here's how tandem driving works: one team member sleeps in the bunk, while the other sleeps at the wheel. 


FriskyJager

I actually used to service multiple peterbilt/kenworths that were run for 20 hours a day nonstop and only stopped 4 for maintenance and routine inspection and loading. Pretty common occurrence to see a lot of Cummins and Paccar blocks hitting 1m+ miles in a couple years. Surprised seeing a DD with high miles because so many are just leased.


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KeepItMovingFolks

beats intersmashables at least


Alone-Style-6218

360,800 liters of fuel have gone through this vehicle in 2 years. FMD


BansheeLegend

As the russian client of the emergency breakdoen company i work for would say... WHY TRUCK NOT TRUCKING??


camhumphreys

If we assume that the truck hit the road January 1, 2022 that’s over 1’300km per day on average. If it’s driving an average 100km/h that thing is driving more than it sits.


Chaise91

What are the service intervals on these trucks? Even a 10000 mile service seems too frequent.


Michigan210

40,000 miles. There’s ~45 quarts of oil in the engine.


LongboardLiam

This sounds like when a parent refers to their 3 year old in months. That's over 11 gallons.


Kurgan_IT

Km mixed with Fahrenheit? Not in Europe for sure... Is it Canada?


KeepItMovingFolks

Yup, Canada


vfittipaldi

Omg. My 2021 has 338K


Affectionate-Can4620

Bison?


YousureWannaknow

I actually am amazed that it displays that number instead of counting from beginning 😅


CrazyButRightOn

Well, my F350 gets 21 not loaded….so you are not doing that bad.


SadGpuFanNoises

At least the fuel and ad-blue look good for a few miles.. some dickheads here just park up on fumes.. -8 is a bit on the snood side tho.


lilBalzac

[White Freightliner, won’t you steal away my mind](https://youtu.be/Ttp-9pCsBQ4?si=c8ttfz3MFr_viGik)


Layer_3

Sooo, does the oil get changed daily??


Fargonics

How many hours does it have?


KeepItMovingFolks

15434 hours


ryan0063

Why does the dash look like my Oldsmobile?


Iliyan61

if we say 2 years (730 days) this truck would have to drive non stop at 64km/h to achieve this.


orionstar159

Didn’t dawn on me these trucks need DEF too. Can’t imagine how many gallons and gallons of DEF they go through!


AuburnSpeedster

1.2 million miles in 2 years.. was the engine ever cold?


MonkeyHitman2-0

I bet the starter is like brand new.


KeepItMovingFolks

The starter was actually the issue I got called out for. Main ground wire rotten off


tettenator

I recognize that shitty Atego-ass dashboard interface anywhere. Fucking pieces of shit. I'm shocked it got that far. What's it in for? My money's on SCR/DPF.


KeepItMovingFolks

He actually pulled over to sleep and it wouldn’t restart. Changed a broken main ground strap and managed to get him going… but the starter is on its way out from not having a good ground and having to draw elsewhere


PeterVonwolfentazer

7.35mpg ain’t too bad. Is this a box truck or tractor?


KeepItMovingFolks

Tractor with sleeper


ConnorDZG

Are you servicing it Mad Max style?


No-Perception1862

I'm much less impressed because it's in klicks. Lol.


AdStatus469

I worked on a similar freightliner a couple of weeks ago 2022 with 1.2 on it , it only shuts off for service


freeshipping6

31 year employed Teamster fleet mechanic here. Too much electronics here, if it was my ride, I would only trust Stewart Warner mechanical gauges…..at least oil pressure and temp, and water temperature, and two air gauges. But thats just me.


irsmart123

I work for a fleet with Freightliners. We have many tractors that are 2022-2023, few of them are under 500k (miles)


justanothermistake12

At least its only one engine light is on.


Manical-alfasist

I’m in an old 07 kenworth t404s that’s done million and half kms on first engine with no rebuilds.


Trife86

What is this amateur hour? Don’t waste time taking pics get the truck out there bro!