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Originally Posted by greg334
When the traffic merged, almost next to me was this new pete straight truck, nice blue cab and sleeper with a white dry box. While we were both very slowly moving along, I was able to get a good look at it, sometimes passing it and sometimes it passed me. It took me a little bit to realize that it was a 386, and I was surprised to see it. It had a carrier APU, Anthony lift gate, two axles and roll up doors. Oh and for you, it had shinny wheels that went around and around, nice and pretty. .
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Mud slinging aside - sounds great, where to I sign?
I thought it was interesting as other than the odd older day cab its the only Pete straight truck I've seen and it looked quite good. Got me to thinking that the 386 seems to have a lower hood line (and presumably better visibility) than something like a T660 which a few of which I see now and then, usually they have a cat on the side.
The also seem to sit a little lower or give that impression - could just be the fenders site closer to the rubber. If this goes, I'm still debating on ST or tractor/pup so just looking at different options for now. Looking through truckpaper it seems virtually every 386 has an ISX whereas at least some of the 660's have the smaller ISM which seems better weight wise while still making decent power.
I'm not overly concerned about weight, maybe a little about ending up heavy on the steers but it seems that with a small (36-48") sleeper and more box it shouldn't be to much of a problem as long as the engineers get the drives in the right spot. I run local so that is why the small sleeper and it is more to make room for a laptop, microwave, small fridge and maybe a printer than having a bunk - though there are times when a good nap would be just the thing.
Having never seen the inside of one, is a Pete sleeper cut away on the rear cab wall like a KW is or?