Ep. 95 : VOLVO VNL 780 WALK THRU! 

I read someone saying they are ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with each other. Ive not looked into it. People do lie ALOT lol

Like I said completely separate but same name. They have to be affiliated in some form

Taking notes! 📝

Whats the best engine?

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@@DreamInspired There are a couple of you guys that use stuff like you did here and the rest of us only see little squares and such.

My trainer at CRST told me the same thing. He said when you go through the scales the officers look at that and think what else is messy. Inspection time.

That is true. Usually a cluttered or messy truck is often not properly maintained too.

Gotcha. Thanks for the tip!

Very happy with the buy so far

Hey jason, can I ask how many miles on the truck? And is it treating you good so far? Thanx

I used it everyday. Even if I haven’t heard a thing in hours... I do at least a mic check to make sure someone else is out there

@@DreamInspired channel 19 and channel one are most used eastern states channel 1

Thanks man! ✊🏻

I appreciate that! I just sold this 1 a few weeks ago. Had her for 3.5 years. Bought it with 544k miles, sold with 1,106,000. She was a great truck! Soooooo great, that I immediately went and bought another 2016! I love these trucks!

That’s the plan ! 😳👍🏻🇺🇸🤘🏻

Thank you sir! That means a lot! ✊🏻✊🏻

Thanks brother! That means a lot! DM on IG sometime.

Thanks Eric! See you on the road man!

I’m going to look into the apu! 👍🏻👍🏻

Will keep lots o hours off your engine too.

Your right gears make driving fun anybody can drive those push button trucks

It will be like 4wheelers now you cant find one with a manual transmission brother

@@Chris-yj3zm Yea and the new 4 wheelers have sealed transmissions and you can't even check the fluid level it's becoming a throw away world

Your future in comedy clearly won’t be prosperous 👀🤣

I appreciate that for reference, this is a 2016. I bought it in 2019 being 3 years old when I bought it and she had 544,000 miles. I paid $60,000. The price of a 3 year old Volvo with 550,000 +/- miles right now 3/10/2022 is running $155,000-$170,000 depending on trim and condition. I’ve seen 2019/20 860 Globetrotters with 500,000 miles posted for $200,000+. The market is extremely outrageous right now. I will add this bit tho, I have owned my truck for 2.5 years and just ended my day today with 887,051 miles on my truck. I currently owe just over $15,000 on it. The biggest repairs I’ve had to do up until this point was the thermostat and water pump around 840,000 miles and I just replaced the automatic clutch. From what Volvo techs have told me, my truck is in amazing condition and should last another 300,000+ hopefully before needing anything major. So, I look forward to seeing you on the road sometime!

@@DreamInspired I hear you about the prices in current market and appreciate you sharing the details about your truck. I really should wait to buy a truck but I have freightliner and needed engine overhaul soon so instead of spending money on the freight shaker I would rather spend on buying a volvo. Never driven volvo before but I hear they are good trucks. Does volvos have comfortable rides? I'm not sure if you have driven freightliners but they are shacky. And are you interested in selling your volvo 🤔😛

@@malikawan458 from my experience, I’ve driven my Volvo the most but I’ve always driven Freightliners, Mack’s, Kenworth. The KW T680 was comfortable but I drove it at 120k miles so judging it compared to my Volvo at over 550k when I bought, that’s not very fair… BUT, my Volvo at 550k and even now at 887k is still my choice over anything else.

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@@DreamInspired Reefer...🤔😁

Looking forward to seeing you out there sometime!

Dang thats pretty slow!

I many mpg not mph lol

Well I mean I live in Florida... The trailer is in Nebraska 🤣

@@DreamInspired oh ok gotcha...good luck bro

Thank you sir!

Good question. I missed the reason for leaving hs and this semi. ???

@@Chris-yj3zm He's probably going to keep us in the dark for a few weeks on what the new gig is. More suspense that way

@@nickl8192 you may be right. He sure talked highly and jumped over fast to get that big truck. Now hes riding around making videos bobtail and not saying anything lol.

Chris Braswell honestly it probably would’ve took 20yrs to pay off that Ram he must have seen our class 8 settlements

No sir

This is my first semi, taking easy as I get into it. Also, this was available for a good price and was clean... the manual was dirt, cracked bumper, higher miles... I think I got the better of the 2 👍🏻👍🏻

Ok that makes sense lol hope the family's doin good man

@@DreamInspired I rather have a automatic too, u like the automatic or stick next time?

Buckinchuteranch 1 automatics are a breeze in bumper to bumper traffic

What apu do you recommend clint?

Not his. He didn’t have a 780

No apu

D13

Volvo D13

Not yet

No it was replaced. New lense is darker.

@@DreamInspired ok cool.....just watching out for ya

Thanks for the support! I’ll see what I can do! ✊🏻👍🏻

Lol nah none for me. I don’t drink

I figured it was for something like that. And I installed my own inverter

Volvo D13. Not even slightly interested in the Cummins. But yeah man I’ll take this over the Ram any day. Haven’t hit my 2 year mark yet and I’m about to hit 280k miles that I’ve put on it.

@@DreamInspired I thought Cummins was the best? Maybe in the pickup class, but not Semi, l love your Semi Jason, lm thinking thing of buying a Frightliner m2, too do hot shotting used

M2 or FL70 is a must for hotshot. Buying a Ram or Ford is pointless in my opinion. I’ve put 280k miles on my semi in less than 2 years and I’ve taken off over 4 months in that time. Put 280k miles on a pick up in 2 years and you’re pretty much done with that truck BUT, have paid off barely 1/5 of the loan and have 4 years left on the contract. If pick up is what someone wants to do, Enterprise is the best option in my opinion. Otherwise, FL70 and M2 are what’s going to last in the business. Cummins wise, yeah they are still 1 of the top dawgs even in the semi game. Volvo has a few models that come with the Cummins but those are for the heavy heavy haul types. For your daily driver that’s going to go the long distance less than 80k lbs and give you 8+ mpg, the D13 is where to go. Don’t get me wrong, freightliners and other have great mileage as well, but long lasting… Nah, Volvo is best in my opinion

@@DreamInspired Thank for all that info ,FL70, I will check ✅ it out, I live in Sarasota, but I have a campground in Mazomanie, WI , so I want too buy trailers and 5th wheel at auction and sell them, I'm semi retired, like you big dog, 4 months off! That's great Jason don't lose that family time, I have 4 kids and 3 1/2 grand kids, but that's 1 reason I want too do this to see them more, l have 1 son n wife in TX , daughter in Charlotte and the rest in Naperville IL, but I love FL! Stay safe out millions or coming across the boarder, so be careful, l love your videos, should I get my CDL? Can't that hard?

CDL is easy to get and worth it in my book. A mentor of mine once told me that it’s better to be ready for an opportunity and not have 1, than have 1 and not be ready.

I installed my own investor but no there is no apu

it is pause at 4:27

Nothing wrong with an auto. It relieves leg stress, especially if you are doing city driving or in heavy traffic.

If you watch the last few videos he explains why he sold it

He Upgraded. He goes where the money is 🤙😎💯

HOT SKULLHEAD My experience with D13s, excellent or complete lemon

Haven’t had issues yet... I was told by a guy back when I a in high school, to always change injectors on used vehicles. So right after I got it I changed the injectors and cups and put new gaskets. Gotta start things off right! 👍🏻👍🏻

$59k. Did 200k miles in 15 months

No

I’ve got a 2016, bought in July 2019, got it with 544k and I’m about to roll 800k this week. I’d say they are reliable but when asked, I always say the same thing... Start with the outside. Scratch’s? Dents? Things broken? New or used tires? Mudflaps good? Headlight clean and clear? If the outside is good, move to the inside. Does it smell? Last owner a smoker? Dog hair? Carpet dirty? Fridge dirty? Anything broken? If those 2 pass, odds are the engine is in good condition as well. If either of those fail, do a full inspection before buying. If the last owner took good care of the body and interior, odds are he took care of the engine as well. If he couldn’t take care of the body or interior tho, man I don’t even bother trying to figure out what’s up with engine. I walk right away!

@@DreamInspired Thanks a lot for the information :) How much should you think I should be paying for it? with 435k miles and 500hp I shift? Also the guy is selling reefer trailer with it.

With 435k and 500hp, that should be around 80-100k in my opinion just for the truck. You can look on TruckPaper and see like models with same mileage and see their value.

Yes sir

I can’t really say yet because I haven’t loaded the semi yet...

Dream Inspired What stopped me from doing Semi full time after I got my Class A with all endorsements in my opinion was they're too time consuming along with a few other things. Here's some of the reasons: You have to find a place to park the truck and trailer when your home or buy a big enough piece of land and maintain it. More expensive maintenance & time consuming maintenance Extremely expensive to repair If you get a flat it costs more and more time consuming than a hotshot SRW Truck & Triple axle SRW trailer. Tolls cost more than a hotshot There's more height, weight and maneuverability limitations for backroads, detours, shortcuts and turn arounds A hotshot truck cost less, takes less room to park, you can disconnect the trailer and the truck can go anywhere unlike the bobtail semi. The hotshot truck is easier & faster to resale.

Fucked up the passenger side lol. Dam wind took it right out of my hand. Thanks for the support tho man! ✊🏻✊🏻🇺🇸