The New Owner Operator Spec for 2020 - Kenworth T680

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  • Опубліковано 16 гру 2024

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  • @garykocker5785
    @garykocker5785 4 роки тому +1

    Nice looking ride! Yes I am old school so I would like a third pedal with a 13 speed and a cummins but I would try the mx 13. Oh and at12:35 I will not drive without one CB that is. Thanks Josh keep up the great vids.

  • @ChrisK-LTC
    @ChrisK-LTC 4 роки тому +15

    The hood mirrors aren't the prettiest and don't look "cool", but it is amazing how much more visibility they give you.

    • @wantu2much
      @wantu2much 4 роки тому +3

      Yes.

    • @KenworthofRichfield
      @KenworthofRichfield  4 роки тому +8

      I am also not the prettieist and I definitely don't look cool, but I am very visible. LOL

  • @Turbo-6
    @Turbo-6 4 роки тому

    Thank you for another great video. I am looking forward to the one on transmissions. What is the last ratio in that 12 speed. .72? With 3:55's in the rear end what is the effective overall ratio 2:60 ish 2:70 ish?

    • @KenworthofRichfield
      @KenworthofRichfield  4 роки тому +1

      12th is an 0.77. Granted, tire size comes into play when figuring final drive etc....but it effectively puts 12th around a 2.79.

    • @Turbo-6
      @Turbo-6 4 роки тому

      @@KenworthofRichfield Thank you

  • @7viewerlogic670
    @7viewerlogic670 4 роки тому +2

    Sharp T680!

  • @lngleg
    @lngleg 4 роки тому +7

    Thank you for the walk around!

  • @Hazmatt3446
    @Hazmatt3446 3 роки тому

    Great vid. Could you speak about the Kenworth EPU system, please? Also, a fleet I worked for (and several of its O/O’s) bought early-twenty-teens PACCAR engines and the after treatment was so problematic they had to take the risk and bypass the systems to have any uptime. What has PACCAR done to improve this? Could you make a video with a mechanic with service rep. I drove a Carhauler for Moore Transport of Tulsa with PACCAR drive train a few years ago and it had great power and the smoothest auto shifting had ever and have yet to experience. I’m just worried about buying a truck with emissions issues and the week-two week wait time to get service being a one truck wonder. Thank you!

  • @agustinvaldes6223
    @agustinvaldes6223 4 роки тому +4

    Beautiful truck..nice video..

  • @phillipjoseph8768
    @phillipjoseph8768 4 роки тому

    I love the full fairings. We have the three quarters

  • @everetteboulware2854
    @everetteboulware2854 4 роки тому +3

    Good looking T-680 but it would look better with the running lights under the cab and a visor

    • @KenworthofRichfield
      @KenworthofRichfield  4 роки тому +1

      I agree. It's a great base for someone to build off of. : D

    • @everetteboulware2854
      @everetteboulware2854 4 роки тому +1

      @@KenworthofRichfield I completely agree with you. Its someone project to start. 😃

  • @p1kkujuha
    @p1kkujuha 4 роки тому +3

    I've driven only cabovers so... How useful and practical those hood mirrors are?

    • @KenworthofRichfield
      @KenworthofRichfield  4 роки тому +2

      They actually let you see down next to the truck where someone could hide otherwise.

    • @p1kkujuha
      @p1kkujuha 4 роки тому +1

      @@KenworthofRichfield oh I see. We got a bit similar thing here. There's usually a mirror on passenger side door angled down to show what's right next to you. Another on top of windshield to show what's right next to your bumper. Then the normal side mirrors with a wide angle mirror on passengers side or both sides.

    • @l0rdcroissant
      @l0rdcroissant 4 роки тому +1

      LOVE CABOVERS!! ;)

  • @truckingwithwim8039
    @truckingwithwim8039 4 роки тому +3

    I've been watching a lot of these kinda videos lightly, and I've got to say I wish I was a driver over in the States, maybe within a few years,
    But if I were to be a owner operator I personally think I would go for the W990, just to have that clean modern but at the same time oldskool look with the stacks and the hood, but also modern in terms of aerodynamics and interior and I think i want to have it in dark blue metallic with grey and white stripes.
    Greetings from the Netherlands.

  • @phillipchambers8487
    @phillipchambers8487 3 роки тому

    Love the Back Window. I have a 2016 680 with the VIT Interior. I love these Trucks. My next one will be the new redesigned 680. They are just money makers, plain & simple.

  • @thomaswilson8634
    @thomaswilson8634 3 роки тому

    Thats exactly like mine. It a 2015. No rear window though. Look ive driven both manual an auto shift. I absolutely hate the auto shift. At 455k ive had no engine problems. In the shop now for rear torque rod bushings. Its been a awesome truck. No complaints. My last one will be a t680 with mx 13 510hp with manual 13 speed. Im waiting to see how bad Biden screws up economics.

  • @wantu2much
    @wantu2much 4 роки тому +3

    Are you starting to offer the cummins x12, in the t680 platform?

    • @KenworthofRichfield
      @KenworthofRichfield  4 роки тому +1

      Unfortunately not Anthony. We've got the MX13 and MX11 though, both of which are great alternatives. The 11 is definitely an interesting one if you're weight conscious and don't need bit horsepower.

  • @jerrykinnin7941
    @jerrykinnin7941 4 роки тому +4

    The hood mirrors are needless.
    But I love my T880.

  • @bovine71211
    @bovine71211 4 роки тому +1

    It would be neat to see kw remake the studio sleeper for the 2.1meter cab.

  • @craigjackson828
    @craigjackson828 4 роки тому +1

    Get rid of the Chrome including the steel front bumper and add a Rig Guard 2400 to protect that expensive air to air, radiator and front of the engine from big game.
    Chop it to a mid roof.
    Get rid of the rear window and put a work box/headache rack on it with a light bar on top of it. (Outside storage, some O/O's need it.
    Get rid of that attention deficit disorder collision litigation system and put forward looking and side view cameras in it for "in the event of" incidents.
    The full getting steps are cute,
    Step/STORAGE box is USEFUL.
    Full fenders, minimizers minimize lack of visibility in the side view mirrors for those rainy/snowy days.
    Gear it at 2.64 for mileage.
    Excellent tractor but I've only got about 415,000 miles in one or two and a loaner for a few weeks!
    Is that a stack exhaust over ground exhaust?
    Needs an APU and auxiliary heat over a woofer!
    Navigation system? Really?
    Swivel passenger seat. (Heat both)
    No television. Tablet's are like capable!
    You asked! 😎⚾😎🇺🇸😎 I thought for about 5 minutes!

    • @KenworthofRichfield
      @KenworthofRichfield  4 роки тому

      What about adding a polished guard in addition to the bumper?
      We can order a mid roof
      What about a headache rack with a cutout for the window?
      We can get it otherwise with no problems. We can add an apu.
      I believe both seats are heated.
      passenger seat was a swivel, I just didn't mention it. :D

    • @craigjackson828
      @craigjackson828 4 роки тому

      The rear window "cutout" rack is readily available.
      Not sure why you need it.
      Some say it makes it easier for them to back, ok, so does getting out and looking.
      I'd take the storage space.
      T-680 is an awesome tractor.
      The whole *80 design is awesome.
      Best thing that ever happened to the 900 series.
      Ever going to the 5 piece hood on the 680?
      Not only does it save in repairs, shipping cost to!
      Now PACCAR just needs to build an 18 speed automatic, not that anyone wants to see Eaton Fuller go out of business.
      And yes, I understand you can order tractors, been waiting for some answers from a PACCAR appointed "salesman" that keeps telling me what I want.
      Never could understand that sales approach!

    • @craigjackson828
      @craigjackson828 4 роки тому

      And that steel bumper is heavy, so painted mylar, being lighter let's 85 pounds of aluminum Rig Guard be added without adding much over all in comparison to steel bumper and guard.

  • @stevenstrauss759
    @stevenstrauss759 4 роки тому +2

    You mentioned fuel mileage. Quick guess (or maybe an idea for a video) same engine, trans, gears, etc; what would the difference in mileage be between a T680, W990, and a W900?

    • @KenworthofRichfield
      @KenworthofRichfield  4 роки тому

      I'd love to, but data from stuff like that is always flawed. Wind, load, traffic, so many other variables can't be considered in that. If fuel mileage is a question at all.....the T680 is by far the way to go.

  • @TheMMAMoneyMinute
    @TheMMAMoneyMinute 4 роки тому +1

    How’s it going, I read what the asking price is on another comment, but what would this lease for? Roughly $2,000-$2,500 per month?

    • @KenworthofRichfield
      @KenworthofRichfield  4 роки тому

      Honestly, I'm not sure on that. Leasing is a whole different world that I didn't necessarily work in even when I was in sales. I'd give the Columbus office a call on it and talk to one of the salesmen there. They'll have better information on it. 1-800-589-9400

    • @TheMMAMoneyMinute
      @TheMMAMoneyMinute 4 роки тому +1

      Kenworth of Richfield thank you I appreciate it.

  • @phillipjoseph8768
    @phillipjoseph8768 4 роки тому +1

    Does kw still make the wheels with the bigger square holes?

  • @jasongonzales4946
    @jasongonzales4946 4 роки тому +2

    Love the back window but you know I’m more of a T-800 or W-990 fan.

  • @DLSWV
    @DLSWV 4 роки тому +1

    👍😉. Yep T680 for an aero truck. 👍😉 do you know shifting when pulling a liquid shotgun tanker to shift with the liquid. ? How would an automated transmission work on that? ?

    • @KenworthofRichfield
      @KenworthofRichfield  4 роки тому +1

      They actually have programming that helps to smooth things out for tankers. We can make sure that we help you to get that in the truck before you take delivery :D

    • @DLSWV
      @DLSWV 4 роки тому

      Kenworth of Richfield that is awesome.

    • @bradcoddington1679
      @bradcoddington1679 4 роки тому

      I'm sure the automated transmission would learn the ins and outs of shifting liquid tankers after a bit of operating I know that heavy duty pickups transmissions learn a driving style of the operator so I'm sure that these automated transmissions in class 8 trucks would do something similar.

  • @castlem0re
    @castlem0re 4 роки тому +1

    Not sure if i missed it; whats the wheelbase on this rig?

  • @georgewilson1184
    @georgewilson1184 4 роки тому +2

    Great truck I like but steering wheel holder automatic not my cup of tea I am old school

    • @KenworthofRichfield
      @KenworthofRichfield  4 роки тому +1

      Fair enough!

    • @pecheur1951
      @pecheur1951 4 роки тому

      Being able to do something a computer can do for you makes you work harder but not necessarily better.

    • @bradcoddington1679
      @bradcoddington1679 4 роки тому +1

      Im old school also and have driven automatics with and without a clutch but I believe that these new automatic not manuals with addons aka AMTs are much better than those of just a few years ago and I am seriously thinking of going with the new endurant xd when they come out with it next year 2021. Im just sick of clutching all the time and my left leg and hip will thank me for loosing the clutch LOL.

  • @truckingham3233
    @truckingham3233 4 роки тому +1

    Is the passenger seat swivel standard or is it an option?

  • @joshstephens4018
    @joshstephens4018 4 роки тому +2

    i love the truck but will always take a w900 best looking trucks on the road just wishbyou could get the n14 cummins and a 13spd with 355 gears

  • @devintrudeau6351
    @devintrudeau6351 4 роки тому +4

    all these “ I’d rather have a Cummins “ comments , the paccar motors are just the different Cummins models painted Grey

    • @KenworthofRichfield
      @KenworthofRichfield  4 роки тому +2

      yes and no. In the smaller engines like the PX7 and PX9, that's true. As far as the MX11 and the MX13 engines, they don't really have anything in common with the Cummins. Those engines were designed and built by Paccar.

    • @l0rdcroissant
      @l0rdcroissant 4 роки тому

      @@KenworthofRichfield and better :P but really the tech came from their purchase of that European engine company no?

    • @pecheur1951
      @pecheur1951 4 роки тому

      @@l0rdcroissant that would be DAF and yes that's where the knowledge came from. #proudtobedutch 😊

  • @mikevonbylburg9411
    @mikevonbylburg9411 4 роки тому +1

    Sweet ride but I bet u were wanting to take after that lol

    • @KenworthofRichfield
      @KenworthofRichfield  4 роки тому

      Yeah.....I definitely could have driven this home instead of the car. LOL It's not quite as economical though.....

    • @mikevonbylburg9411
      @mikevonbylburg9411 4 роки тому

      True but think it’s got red on it the name advertising lol get the company fuel card lol

  • @billupstateny9151
    @billupstateny9151 4 роки тому +7

    For flatbed operators,, it is a security issue, to be able to quickly observe the load from the cab rear window, should there be mischief about. Especially if the cargo is sensitive, expensive !!

    • @KenworthofRichfield
      @KenworthofRichfield  4 роки тому +2

      Totally makes sense Bill! Who doesn't want more visibility, right?

    • @reward1973
      @reward1973 4 роки тому +3

      Put the camera in the back it’s 2020

  • @rayjewell7997
    @rayjewell7997 4 роки тому +1

    Can you tell me the price on that truck?

    • @KenworthofRichfield
      @KenworthofRichfield  4 роки тому

      Asking is $163,344.....but talk nice and I'm willing to bet that they'll work with you on it.

  • @adammccoy6478
    @adammccoy6478 4 роки тому +1

    Hey there,I like your video. Has plenty of feature on that tractor. And am amazed how great fuel mileage is on a T680. Does your location in Richfield Ohio stock mid roof T680 for tanker operations??

    • @KenworthofRichfield
      @KenworthofRichfield  4 роки тому

      Thanks Adam! I'm looking out my office window at the lot and I'm not seeing one. I do know that we're only a few weeks out if you wanted to order one.

  • @roy1531
    @roy1531 4 роки тому

    Man, their definition of owner operator specs and mine are completely different! LOL!!!!!

  • @christophera5208
    @christophera5208 4 роки тому +1

    Prefer Aussie style trucks

    • @KenworthofRichfield
      @KenworthofRichfield  4 роки тому +1

      What do you like better about them?

    • @christophera5208
      @christophera5208 4 роки тому +1

      That they stand up to Aussie conditions, that we still have to cabovers, dash Design + layout, Easier to maneuver as shorter and the over all design and quality of the truck

    • @n.z.countryroads2637
      @n.z.countryroads2637 4 роки тому

      Yeah plenty of cabovers still on kiwi roads as easier to maneuver on our tight twisty roads.

    • @PlayWaves1
      @PlayWaves1 10 місяців тому +1

      You prefer a truck that's tailor made to your driving conditions. Well no shit sherlock... Aussie Kenworths have the exact same dash and frame options as you can get in America. They're even designed in America in Kirkland Washington. A road train spec is similar to a US heavy haul spec.

  • @steveguy7165
    @steveguy7165 4 роки тому +1

    If I were to remove the engine and replace it with a huge turd , would it run the same as the mx-13?

  • @crownworker1
    @crownworker1 4 роки тому +1

    It's all nice and so on, but I still haven't seen George Foreman's grille in there. Um, was there pizza and sorbet and entrees in the deep freezer under the bed?

    • @KenworthofRichfield
      @KenworthofRichfield  4 роки тому

      I'm trying to avoid those foods more recently as I need to cut some weight. LOL

  • @annemariegraff2743
    @annemariegraff2743 4 роки тому +1

    Oohh beau camion ❤❤❤ j adore 👍👍👍MAGNIFIQUE Il a un avant qui jette ✌✌😘😘🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️

  • @SayWho73
    @SayWho73 4 роки тому +1

    Love the truck but they will want to much down on the down payment

    • @KenworthofRichfield
      @KenworthofRichfield  4 роки тому +1

      Unfortuatnely, the market is requiring a fair bit of money down right now....but that's the bank, not us :D

  • @l0rdcroissant
    @l0rdcroissant 4 роки тому +1

    gorgeous and I looked up the dark cherry... wow... it's sexy when a woman wears and just as sexy and head turning on a KW ;)
    so much to.. probably your best video that answers all the questions I had in my head! damn
    I was thinking about if it was more the fuel efficient design or if really came down to that incredible engine. ;)
    LOVE the approach of describing the sensor by answering all those questions of doubt. thumbs up
    HP WHEN you need it, awesome box -checked! fuel efficient so money can go into making it YOUR individual beauty... -check -check (don't have check mark icon)
    Skirts like NASCAR cars and no doubt idea came from secret KW Ops base when the engineers were watching the races. genius!
    I'd go super singles.. but that's me.
    adding big ass KW stitched lettering above bed, swivel 55' TV and brass pole :) check check and..... check
    not big on the back window because really the only time I end in the back is to sleep. but I think I might have to see one in person because it did look good.
    and finally if a driver can customize a W990... why can't they do the same with the sexy T680?? ;D

    • @KenworthofRichfield
      @KenworthofRichfield  4 роки тому +1

      I like the ideas..... We may have to do something like that. :D

    • @l0rdcroissant
      @l0rdcroissant 4 роки тому

      @@KenworthofRichfield oooh my heart skipped a beat haha, I know, maybe go see my doctor about that

    • @bradcoddington1679
      @bradcoddington1679 4 роки тому

      Back windows in a sleeper is a necessity as far as im concerned but this is also coming from someone who drives a day cab with a back window and when I had my sleeper truck a t8 with a 38 inch sleeper it had a back window in it also. It helps you when you blindside back and also hooking and unhooking trailers.

  • @eugeneklemenz
    @eugeneklemenz 4 роки тому +1

    Thank God there's no such thing as smell TV or smart phone

  • @pecheur1951
    @pecheur1951 4 роки тому +2

    Great looking truck but for me personally it's paint all the way. If I want chrome I'll buy a Harley Davidson. I wouldn't be surprised if it was an extra to don't get the chrome 😆

    • @KenworthofRichfield
      @KenworthofRichfield  4 роки тому

      I love the Chrome look. I also have zero desire to maintain it. LOL

  • @eugeneklemenz
    @eugeneklemenz 4 роки тому +1

    It's a nice truck I am sure you can find a better red and it looks like it needs a bath otherwise very nice

    • @KenworthofRichfield
      @KenworthofRichfield  4 роки тому

      In person, the red looks better...and cleaned up it looks amazing. Unfortunately, it needed a bath and we didn't have time. In the same sense, I also need a bath. lol

  • @geoestrada5001
    @geoestrada5001 3 роки тому

    I got a badly thought about automatic transmission any time a loaded trailer with maximum capacity it’s going to break, I own 2018 and you really looks badly doing big mistake, good luck with that,

  • @DieselTrucker2018
    @DieselTrucker2018 Рік тому

    This is NOT an owner operator truck!! Say what you will... this is just a nice FLEET truck. O/O trucks have a MANUAL Trans, exposed tanks, pipes up the sides and NO stupid BUG ANTLER mirrors on the hood. GARBAGE!! WHERE's the W900L??? The Studio sleeper has TWO cabinets per side!!

  • @grantneverstrucking568
    @grantneverstrucking568 4 роки тому +4

    theirs one thing i dont like about the truck it is not a manual

    • @KenworthofRichfield
      @KenworthofRichfield  4 роки тому +2

      I can understand that. We've had a lot of guys convert though....especially with the Endurant.

  • @morgansword
    @morgansword 4 роки тому +1

    Taking back what Freightliner has been talking shit about king of the road. I know that you like the pink red, too soft a color for me and so I would custom color that type of truck to suit my attitude with the charcoal gray and chrome. I assume that full meals can be made back there and truthfully most frozen dinners are quality dinners now. I have a few million miles behind me and fully retired but not parked so I might just roll town to town with a enclosed step trailer for my car to house in. I like the visors much to much to not have one installed and the steps are nice but a power step is a bit nicer on this seventy three year body. I think that those skirts are nice but do they open up to see what is back there and how things are doing? Kinda hate hiding stuff and that is going to take getting used to. I have seen so many things put at arms reach over the head of the driver anymore that it would be hard to not clutter it in short hurry. I believe that eighteen hundred foot pounds of torque should be equivalent to going through a line of defense football players and your the only one on your team... impossible to find where that is not enough. I have had more but stuff breaks after a certain point and that is not when the fun begins... kinda like when all hell breaks loose.

    • @KenworthofRichfield
      @KenworthofRichfield  4 роки тому

      Thanks for watching Morgan....and the drivelines have been made to take that kind of torque....for a loooooonnnngggg time.

    • @morgansword
      @morgansword 4 роки тому

      @@KenworthofRichfield I stepped out of the cab for the last time in 95 and took the easy way out as moving the heavy towers on the pipeline just took me to tired all the time when the loads are forty feet in the air and every pebble that you drive over feels like a loading ramp.

  • @bradcoddington1679
    @bradcoddington1679 4 роки тому

    Not a real fan of cummins or paccar engines but my choice would be the cummins because you can actually change perimeters on them if you have your own computer and cummins software. Paccar is the only one who can change or delete any codes or warnings. Plus you can go to any diesel shop and they will be able to do what ever you need with a cummins not so much with a paccar. Paccar is doing a disservice to their loyal brand folks. Im a diehard KW guy and I would never think of buying a Kw with a paccar engine in it. I have been driving a T660 with a 430hp paccar engine in it and its the biggest piece of garbage gutless engine I have ever driven other than a 300hp 7 speed mack. Paccar needs to get their heads out of their rear ends before they alienate their loyal customers. I also hate where they put the hand brake on their new cabs t680s t880s and w990s. Its really useless where its at should have left it as a hand valve on the column especially for us guys that use it every day to slide trailer tandems or spread apart trailers. How its setup and the shape of it makes it almost useless. I used to think that freightliners valve on the dash was stupid but its way better than what kw did. Not sure what kind of steering wheel holders they are talking to to get their setups in their cabs figured out but for us guys that have been doing this for 3 decades or more they are making some silly designs that's for sure. Dont get me wrong I like the new roomier cab designs but they have made some of the things that many drivers use daily harder to use now.

  • @bryanpigdon6450
    @bryanpigdon6450 4 роки тому +3

    Look better without the silly mirrors on the hood

    • @KenworthofRichfield
      @KenworthofRichfield  4 роки тому

      It'd also look better without me in the picture. LOL

    • @billupstateny9151
      @billupstateny9151 4 роки тому +3

      Hood mirrors are NOT silly.

    • @bryanpigdon6450
      @bryanpigdon6450 4 роки тому

      @@billupstateny9151 we don't use them in Australia don't see them on a road Train with 3 or 4 trailers

  • @kasper6285
    @kasper6285 4 роки тому

    What is with the top bunk being so low. If I have a passenger n want to sit up n watch TV fuck that you could break a neck. I really can't comprehend the stupidity. I hate international but the top bunk i can sit and not break my neck plus under storage. Kenworth needs to ask drivers before making decisions. It's very obvious that truck was built for a midget. No way I could sit up in that. Maybe its just me.

  • @pecheur1951
    @pecheur1951 4 роки тому +1

    The reason why you don't want fendermirrors? Because they're ugly as sin... I'd rather pay more to have a good set of cameras to cover the blind spots than have these weird looking stalks on the fenders.

    • @KenworthofRichfield
      @KenworthofRichfield  4 роки тому +1

      I get it....but I'm ugly and you still managed to watch the video long enough to see those.....so maybe they aren't that bad. LOL

    • @pecheur1951
      @pecheur1951 4 роки тому

      @@KenworthofRichfield great response . You got me 😆 The mirrors are still ugly though.

  • @wretchedslippage3255
    @wretchedslippage3255 Рік тому

    Automatic? LOL LAME

  • @davidhenry7585
    @davidhenry7585 4 роки тому +1

    The hood mirrors don’t “look good”!

  • @bobsbarnacle
    @bobsbarnacle 4 роки тому +1

    Yawn....

  • @priyananthpremakanthan9655
    @priyananthpremakanthan9655 4 роки тому +1

    Europian trucks are better🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪