Oh man. The roads are about to get even more dangerous

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its_my_third_dayhere@reddit

Think of all the money the city can save on tree trimming in residential neighborhoods!

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KatieTSO@reddit

Buses are the solution. Source: I'm a bus driver and every street we drive on has conspicuously bus-shaped cutouts on every single tree.

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Powered_by_JetA@reddit

A similar phenomenon occurs with the trees near my local rail line.

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KatieTSO@reddit

Makes sense. Big steel box tends to win against new growth on trees.

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Colonel_Phox@reddit

When I was very new to truck driving (like maybe 4 months in) I had a battle with a tree in Pennsylvania.... The tree won... Big ass tear in the side of my trailer.

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Beekatiebee@reddit

Truck shaped trees are the truck route signs we have at home

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theboywthagreenscarf@reddit

26’ Penske fits more anyways. Fuck u haul gas guzzling shit

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Zestyspy@reddit

...And there's going to be an auto transport on the hitch ball, too.

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Everyone who has to take every single thing with them on a move. Meanwhile in the actual relocation subs, moving day is usually dump trip. If it can't fit into a pickup bed over 1-2 trips, it's getting jettisoned.

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PrivatePilot9@reddit

Does your home have wheels too? Or do you just furnish with Walmart furniture?

Some of us don’t have cheap shit that costs a lot to actually replace at point B.

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bentstrider83@reddit

Seeing as how one has to relocate often to keep up with better work opportunities in this, or any field, it's better to stay light as possible. I too thought I wanted all those typical furnishings. But after spending over a decade in the same place, I'm stressing over how much junk I've accumulated.

I'm just turning over a new leaf when I finally move and don't want to be a hoarder. It's also just myself and my cat. No kids or woman in my life. Apart from a gun and bicycle collection, I'm quite sure a simple futon/hideabed and milk crates for desks/tables will work.

I just have lower expectations for personal dwelling. A tool shed with plumbing on an acre in Nowhere KS is ideal for me. I grew up in a SoCal tract home and have no desire for that in my older life.

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Aromatic-Scratch3481@reddit

Yo big single axle trucks, when theyre heavy, have the worst breaking distance of anything I've ever driven. Even when theyre light the brakes get hot FAST.

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PrivatePilot9@reddit

Good thing the people driving them will be properly educated on how to descend grades then.

Oh, wait….

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jabber1990@reddit

i'm not worried about that, I'm more worried about how many customers are going to put gasoline or DEF in the fuel tank?

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zzooooomm@reddit

I’ll bet they spec the trucks with gasoline engines.

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Kodiak01@reddit

Paccar was slated to get the first of the new 6.7L gas engines from Cummins. These might be some of them.

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Beekatiebee@reddit

I had no idea that was a thing, I wonder what it sounds like. A massive straight 6 gasser with Jakes is wild work.

Wonder if we’ll see a return to gasser class 8’s lmao

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PrivatePilot9@reddit

Actual real jake, or exhaust/muffler brake? Very different things.

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Randomreddituser1o1@reddit

Thomas School Buses is using the Jake brakes on the engine

https://www.cummins.com/en-na/engines/products/b67-octane?hl=en-US

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Jacktheforkie@reddit

You can get HGVs with petrol engines ?

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Sterling_____Archer@reddit

Unfortunately, yes.

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zzooooomm@reddit

Yes, in America we are equal opportunity fossil fuel burners

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Jacktheforkie@reddit

Interesting

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04limited@reddit

I believe uhaul phased out their diesel fleet around 07-08. Likely to avoid emissions system related breakdowns. They sold off alot of their 7.3 Fords around that time as they were getting older and transitioned over to a gas fleet

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Randomreddituser1o1@reddit

The Problem is if you can't tell the difference between gasoline and Diesel you shouldn't be allowed to drive

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Fellthefox@reddit

Former uhaul regional manager. The amount of people that put in diesel... Holy hell

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04limited@reddit

Uhaul fleet is big enough they’ll probably build gasser trucks just for them

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RevolvingCheeta@reddit

A Peterbilt with a gas engine, I’ll be damn!

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jabber1990@reddit

God Damn...there is so much in that sentence I don't like

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BouncingSphinx@reddit

Gas in the diesel tank is exactly why U-Haul stopped getting diesels many years ago. Some of their bigger trucks used to have diesel engines.

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BigWhiteDog@reddit

Yep. When I worked for them back in the late 80s or so the "JH" model 24' was diesel and that caused a bunch of problems.

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BleachIF@reddit

Seen a few of these in Socal already and had to do a double take when i saw it was a pete

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Snatchbuckler@reddit

Let me introduce you to enterprise box trucks

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Jacktheforkie@reddit

Don’t you guys need a license for that? Here in the uk car licenses cover up to 3.5t though many have up to 7.5t, 7.5t requires C1, you can’t get a test in C1 though as C is the same test in a slightly bigger vehicle, usually a 12t which is not that much bigger, C allows for driving anything up to 36t rigid body, then there’s C&E which is truck and trailer, up to 44t, if you get C&E you can drive any HGV, there’s also D categories which are for passenger vehicles like buses and coaches

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truckinfarmer379@reddit (OP)

No. The license system here is a joke. Class C lets you drive any single or combination vehicle up to 26k pounds. There needs to be more restrictions on what can and can’t be driven on a C class because there’s too many under qualified operators driving these larger trucks that are a hazard to themselves and the road

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Jacktheforkie@reddit

Wow, so you can pass your test in a little 1 ton car and immediately go hop in a commercial truck and legally drive it?

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truckinfarmer379@reddit (OP)

To an extent. The GVW of power unit (and trailer if you choose) can’t be over 26k and I believe it still can’t have air brakes. That’s how a lot of these hotshot trucks do it with no CDL.

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Jacktheforkie@reddit

I see, still 13 tons which is a small lorry here, even the cybertruck would be in need of C1

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mrsclausemenopause@reddit

And after a weekend course on a 125cc Grom in a parking lot theres nothing stopping a 16 year old from riding a 1000cc race bike

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SubarcticFarmer@reddit

They are the same size as the F650s and Internationals that came before them.

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cpttiger@reddit

The 650s had a 26ft box. Is the cab shorter on the petes or what am I missing

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SubarcticFarmer@reddit

You're right, I thought OP was posting about overall length, I didn't realize uhaul decided to get a larger box.

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NostradamusJones@reddit

I mean, they're not that much bigger. They've always had access to pretty sizeable trucks.

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WubbaWubbaBoingBoing@reddit

y'all never drove back in the 70's and 80's with them big uhauls that went up hill doing 3MPH lmao.

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Nearby-Border-5899@reddit

They might be peterbilts but they arent CMVs

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Melodic_Mongoose_817@reddit

Fun fact. Worked for U-Haul in early 2000s, still had some of those ol 26 ft diesel internationals. We would drop the airbags and pop the clutch in 1st and truck would pop a wheelie dragging rear bumper on ground!

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