@@TopFlightGarage thanks for watching buddy yeah we have worked hard to keep the overhead low with buying a old truck and trailer and building it into what I wanted myself and I’m blessed with mechanical skills that keeps me out of the shops I mean I go as far as changing my own tires on the side of the road to save the extra 60$ dismount and mount so thanks for the vote of confidence I do really try
Great video Don glad to see you and Purple doing trucking full-time with your beautiful trailer. Looking forward to your next video safe travels and Happy holidays to you and your family.
I saw you on the bypass around Cedartown a while back. You had just jumped back in the truck starting off. Glad to see you full time! I wish i had the guts to quit my regular job to go truckin'.
Great to see you looking good and getting out there. I hope it all works out even better than you expected!! Hope you and your family have an enjoyable Christmas together.
Thanks for the update, Don, You are a strong trucker & I Know that you will will be successful & succeed in whatever endeavor you choose, Don! Merry Christmas bristles &.a Happy & Happy $ Healthy New Year Ro you & your family, Don!
Great to see you before the holidays Don. Man purple is looking absolutely amazing and sounds even better.. happy holidays to you and your family Don, well be praying for you to be bringing in the cash asap..
December is a tough month regardless of the extra stuff with 2 holidays cutting in the regular trucking, and I feel your pain because I just did the same thing paying to get Frankenstein going!
Thanks for the update, Don, You are a strong trucker & I Know that you will will be successful & succeed in whatever endeavor you choose, Don! Merry Christmas bristles &.a Happy & Happy $ Healty New Year Ro you & your family, Don? ! Please excuse the errors, Don!
Hey Don! Good to see you start trucking full time. Have you checked out 10-4 Insurance? Grind n Gears has that & he pays a low amount. I’m sure you have been busy glad to see you back 😀
@donmccord I've been driving 40 years and just got off the road now working for a company shuttling trailers to and from the Peterbilt plant here in Denton Texas
I think the Resaca Flying J messed up your scale ticket. Steer axle at 30460 drives at 17500 and trailer at 17500 with a gross of 65460. Last I checked your steers can't be over 12k unless you are running a heavy front. By the looks of the truck, you are running a standard steer axle. 40k plus an empty weight of 34k is 74k. you were missing an axle on that ticket.
You are correct about your axle weights but that ticket was for weighing the axles on the spread axle trailer to weigh a spread you have to put one axle on the drive axle pad and one on the trailer pad that leaves your drives sitting on the steer axle pad your steers are off the scale all together
@ ahh nice yeah you just tell the scale master your weighing a spread they will let you get your overall weight then pull forward and scale your spread to make sure your at under 20-20 or 21-21 in Florida
Crystal Geyser Roxanne Delano - Benton Tn -U went By My House --on Tn Hwy 60 GA 71 . Right after u Stopped Filming. South of Cleveland. We were on the porch . Little Grey house on the right goin South.. 2 Miles before GA line.. Maroon & Silver Pete 389 in driveway... Halfway Tween Cleveland and Dalton
I’m sure it’s only 350 or something at the moment but it’s air to air inter cooled so it has a good chance it could be a 425hp or with a set of injectors and turbo upgrade it can definitely be made into a 425hp motor
It will be a while planning on going to get the truck after the first of the year gotta do a full check up on it’s condition then plan the down time to do the swap
@@Shahiel89 Im working on that I want to put a 525hp n14 Cummins in just for the fact it would be plug and play going from the m11 as all the connections and ecm harnesses are the same but I have a line on a free parts truck I’ve just gotta go get it it comes with a b-block CAT so more than likely purple will end up with a CAT unless I can trade the CAT for a good N14
Been watching your channel for a while. You’re in a GREAT position to succeed . Paid for equipment and low over head is the key
@@TopFlightGarage thanks for watching buddy yeah we have worked hard to keep the overhead low with buying a old truck and trailer and building it into what I wanted myself and I’m blessed with mechanical skills that keeps me out of the shops I mean I go as far as changing my own tires on the side of the road to save the extra 60$ dismount and mount so thanks for the vote of confidence I do really try
I’m so proud of you and excited for the family!
Thanks Cat
New to the channel. What an awesome truck sir . I’m a driver of 30 years so far ✌🏼😎
Thanks buddy I appreciate it
Great video Don glad to see you and Purple doing trucking full-time with your beautiful trailer. Looking forward to your next video safe travels and Happy holidays to you and your family.
Thanks Richard happy holidays to you and yours as well
I saw you on the bypass around Cedartown a while back. You had just jumped back in the truck starting off. Glad to see you full time! I wish i had the guts to quit my regular job to go truckin'.
Ahh nice yeah 10 years at the company doing the same thing I was bored to death lol time for a change
@donmccord that's where I'm at. 10 years in, ready for a change and put my cdl to work. Worried about the money, though.
One of the Sharpest cabover on the Highway
CLASSY TRUCK SIR
Thanks buddy
Great to see you looking good and getting out there. I hope it all works out even better than you expected!! Hope you and your family have an enjoyable Christmas together.
Thanks Neil you and yours as well
Looking good brother! Congrats as well!
@@Lamar-ok5sl thanks brother
@donmccord happy holidays to you and the family as well!
@ you as well
Saw you heading to Atlanta Bonded the other day. I was doing my paperwork, couldn't get a picture. Sharp combo for sure!
Hell yeah I was picking up a load of chocolate thanks bro
Nice! You're right around the corner from me. My son sees your cabover from his school bus. He remembers the white Pete too.
Thanks for the update, Don, You are a strong trucker & I Know that you will will be successful & succeed in whatever endeavor you choose, Don! Merry Christmas bristles &.a Happy & Happy $ Healthy New Year Ro you & your family, Don!
Great to see you before the holidays Don. Man purple is looking absolutely amazing and sounds even better.. happy holidays to you and your family Don, well be praying for you to be bringing in the cash asap..
Thanks buddy merry Christmas 🎄🎁 and a happy new year
Good to see you an purple happy holidays to you an family buddy
Thanks Tommy
You and yours as well buddy
The truck and trailer looks and sounds great. Good luck in the coming year.
Thanks, appreciate it!
The CAT when opened up to 425HP, will pull like a train
Yep
December is a tough month regardless of the extra stuff with 2 holidays cutting in the regular trucking, and I feel your pain because I just did the same thing paying to get Frankenstein going!
Yeah if it weren’t for all the expenses I would have done really well this month
Life of a truck driver.
Looking good 👍
Thanks for the update, Don, You are a strong trucker & I Know that you will will be successful & succeed in whatever endeavor you choose, Don! Merry Christmas bristles &.a Happy & Happy $ Healty New Year Ro you & your family, Don?
! Please excuse the errors, Don!
Thanks merry Christmas and a happy new year Thomas
Merry Christmas Don and good luck in the New Year.
Thanks David merry Christmas and a happy new year
Hey Don! Good to see you start trucking full time. Have you checked out 10-4 Insurance? Grind n Gears has that & he pays a low amount. I’m sure you have been busy glad to see you back 😀
Thanks I’ll check em out
@@donmccordI hope it works out for you 😀
Contact Jessica Rush at 10-4 do you have your cab over Pete still? You can insure both for a decent price they only insure truckers
I wish you the best of luck! Keep us posted. Look forward to your next video.
Thanks Jason merry Christmas
Hell yeah Don glad to see it out on the road
@@threeangelsdiesel thanks Roger
Nice rig setup
Thanks I appreciate it
Nice rig
Thanks buddy
Nice looking setup!!
Just subscribed. Love the truck. Keep up the great videos. God Bless 🙏 ❤️ 😊 🙌
Oh thanks buddy more to come Merry Christmas and a happy new year
I think you will do great
@@nelsonmattoon150 thanks Nelson
@donmccord I've been driving 40 years and just got off the road now working for a company shuttling trailers to and from the Peterbilt plant here in Denton Texas
Looking good! Safre travels
I need to put a section of tint on my windows like that 🌞
@@1ChadKeegan it really helps
I think the Resaca Flying J messed up your scale ticket. Steer axle at 30460 drives at 17500 and trailer at 17500 with a gross of 65460. Last I checked your steers can't be over 12k unless you are running a heavy front. By the looks of the truck, you are running a standard steer axle. 40k plus an empty weight of 34k is 74k. you were missing an axle on that ticket.
You are correct about your axle weights but that ticket was for weighing the axles on the spread axle trailer to weigh a spread you have to put one axle on the drive axle pad and one on the trailer pad that leaves your drives sitting on the steer axle pad your steers are off the scale all together
@@donmccord Never knew that Flying hook would scale a spread like that. I used to run a tri axle step for a couple years with my own rig and numbers.
@ ahh nice yeah you just tell the scale master your weighing a spread they will let you get your overall weight then pull forward and scale your spread to make sure your at under 20-20 or 21-21 in Florida
Crystal Geyser Roxanne Delano - Benton Tn -U went
By My House --on Tn Hwy 60 GA 71 . Right after u Stopped Filming. South of Cleveland. We were on the porch . Little Grey house on the right goin South.. 2 Miles before GA line.. Maroon & Silver Pete 389 in driveway... Halfway Tween Cleveland and Dalton
Ahh yeah I remember seeing the Pete and y’all on the porch hood looking Pete you got
Thats awesome!! How many HP is on the CAT? 3406B?
I’m sure it’s only 350 or something at the moment but it’s air to air inter cooled so it has a good chance it could be a 425hp or with a set of injectors and turbo upgrade it can definitely be made into a 425hp motor
Just found you on u tube. You have a nice truck and trailer. Maybe you will show me something. I'm just getting started.
Nice thanks for subscribing any questions feel free to ask I read every comment
Im from South Africa 🇿🇦. There are very few k100s here. Its a legendary truck.
Do you feel 370HP is a bit underpowered on long hauls?
@@Shahiel89 only on long hills on mountains it does well in short burst but a long 2 mile slight uphill grade kills the momentum
When would you have purple pulling with the CAT?
It will be a while planning on going to get the truck after the first of the year gotta do a full check up on it’s condition then plan the down time to do the swap
I think I asked you before but is that big radio and 88 or a 44? Keep on cluckin and chicken trucking...and I'm back quiet.
88
Would you ever put a more powerful engine on purple?
@@Shahiel89 Im working on that I want to put a 525hp n14 Cummins in just for the fact it would be plug and play going from the m11 as all the connections and ecm harnesses are the same but I have a line on a free parts truck I’ve just gotta go get it it comes with a b-block CAT so more than likely purple will end up with a CAT unless I can trade the CAT for a good N14
Whats in that k100
Cummins m11 running a 430hp n14 ecm
What's yor average mpg? What is you're empty wt just on truck.
Average 5.8 to 6.2 empty weight is 34k
Empty weight on truck is 16,700
@donmccord good deal. Hauling 48 thousand should be no problem with flatbed thin.
I think once Trumps back in the White House he'll make everything right for truckers. Merry Christmas bro👍😎
I hope your right Marlin Merry Christmas brother