New package car questions

[Brown287]

I’ve got a new 6 with the Doppler Radar unit in the back, can’t really tell if the temp in the bulk area is any different but the two fans upfront sure are nice.

As far as the power, other then the Ford’s most our trucks all seem to be gutless and all top out at 67mph on the freeway.

We just got this new 1000 that has a truck number that starts with a 5, and has an ass end in it as long as a twelve cube. I’m curious to know if anyone else has seen one like that.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

I’ve got a new 6 with the Doppler Radar unit in the back, can’t really tell if the temp in the bulk area is any different but the two fans upfront sure are nice.

As far as the power, other then the Ford’s most our trucks all seem to be gutless and all top out at 67mph on the freeway.

We just got this new 1000 that has a truck number that starts with a 5, and has an ass end in it as long as a twelve cube. I’m curious to know if anyone else has seen one like that.

What's up with that short step by the rear door? It has to be the most awful design I've ever seen in my life, besides the driver side steps on these package cars

 

[Faceplanted]

I was in a p1200 6.0 gas and the truck wouldn’t downshift out of 4th gear trying to merge with freeway going uphill too.

The trans programming is absolute trash

 

[Brown287]

What's up with that short step by the rear door? It has to be the most awful design I've ever seen in my life, besides the driver side steps on these package cars

It’s pretty much pointless, but my hitch fits great in the little holder.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

It’s pretty much pointless, but my hitch fits great in the little holder.

You tow a TP-60?

 

[Brown287]

You tow a TP-60?

Sometimes I do, I’ve pulled one with a 10, 8, 7, and 6 and by far the 6 is the shadiest one. I’ll pull them for various reasons but usually it’s for one of my wineries to accommodate their wine club shipment.

 

[Faceplanted]

Sometimes I do, I’ve pulled one with a 10, 8, 7, and 6 and by far the 6 is the shadiest one. I’ll pull them for various reasons but usually it’s for one of my wineries to accommodate their wine club shipment.

I would look into pulling a tp60 with a p10. In some states the overall length requires a cdl

 

[Brown287]

I would look into pulling a tp60 with a p10. In some states the overall length requires a cdl

A long time ago I pulled a TP60 out to a satellite with a 1000. Never had any issues and rarely felt it hopping behind me. My 7 pulled it like a champ too.

 

[eats packages]

Lol, it IS a big boy. I gotta adjust my turning, that long ass wheel base. But it sure beats my bucket I usually drive.

Why do I feel it would be really easy to put too much weight behind the rear wheels.
Also the hitch joint on our tp-60 is so beaten up i'm suprised it still works.

 

[Whither]

We just got this new 1000 that has a truck number that starts with a 5, and has an ass end in it as long as a twelve cube. I’m curious to know if anyone else has seen one like that.

We have a few. Freightliners with the whirlybird, they're maybe a foot or two shorter than the 1200s. Drove one of em Monday.

 

[FedUPSer9816]

Why do I feel it would be really easy to put too much weight behind the rear wheels.
Also the hitch joint on our tp-60 is so beaten up i'm suprised it still works.

Yeah baby does have back. I think with the length of the truck, extra weight in the rear wouldn't be a huge problem. The first time I saw a TP-60 I was in awe, UPS has a U-haul type trailer?!

 

[quad decade guy]

I’ve got a new 6 with the Doppler Radar unit in the back, can’t really tell if the temp in the bulk area is any different but the two fans upfront sure are nice.

As far as the power, other then the Ford’s most our trucks all seem to be gutless and all top out at 67mph on the freeway.

We just got this new 1000 that has a truck number that starts with a 5, and has an ass end in it as long as a twelve cube. I’m curious to know if anyone else has seen one like that.

Ok. Really? Why do you have Doppler radar? For distance backing? What did they have before? Just cameras? Same as passenger cars? Serious questions. Doppler radar is PRICEY?

 

[burrheadd]

Ok. Really? Why do you have Doppler radar? For distance backing? What did they have before? Just cameras? Same as passenger cars? Serious questions. Doppler radar is PRICEY?

The village idiot has arrived

Do you take everything literal?

If you really do fly a plane I think I’d take the bus you don’t seem smart enough to read a map

 

[oldngray]

The village idiot has arrived

Do you take everything literal?

If you really do fly a plane I think I’d take the bus you don’t seem smart enough to read a map

He is still using training wheels

 

[Just A UPS Guy]

Ok. Really? Why do you have Doppler radar? For distance backing? What did they have before? Just cameras? Same as passenger cars? Serious questions. Doppler radar is PRICEY?

You're dumb af.

 

[Brown287]

Ok. Really? Why do you have Doppler radar? For distance backing? What did they have before? Just cameras? Same as passenger cars? Serious questions. Doppler radar is PRICEY?

WTF....It’s a joke, that’s what the white whirlybird looks like. Lol

 

[clean hairy]

I could see a person buying a cheap tuner and (on their lunch hour) retuning the engine. And tuning the trans for better performance as well..
Imagine the reaction of the next driver of that truck!

 

[Whither]

At my building the mechanics must be allowed some discretion re: the tuning. I used to cover an industrial route in a newer gen Freightliner 1200. Pkg car often refused to downshift on inclines no matter how much I opened the throttle. I could hear the engine lugging. Wrote it up -- which reference to lugging -- and next day I read in the DVIR that the trans was reprogrammed. Shifting was basically flawless afterward, drove like an old Workhorse haha

 

[Faceplanted]

At my building the mechanics must be allowed some discretion re: the tuning. I used to cover an industrial route in a newer gen Freightliner 1200. Pkg car often refused to downshift on inclines no matter how much I opened the throttle. I could hear the engine lugging. Wrote it up -- which reference to lugging -- and next day I read in the DVIR that the trans was reprogrammed. Shifting was basically flawless afterward, drove like an old Workhorse haha

The newer trucks don’t hit close to the max rpm the old ones did in the low gears. All package cars are pos trucks with high torque low rpm motors, but 2900rpm on the new trucks and the 5000rpm on the old p5 v8s is a massive difference. The Ford trucks pull pretty good too. It’s these new trucks that have an absolute ecu and trans map from the factory.