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and saved about $15,000 over the costs
they figure they'd have accrued with the
previous fleet.
"Obviously, glass doesn't like to be
bounced around too much, and there are
unique liability concerns in our business as
well," says Williams. "Shattered glass can
just pepper a car's paint job behind you. And
there's always people out there looking for a
claim, trying to take advantage of a situation.
But we've broken zero glass due to the ride
since we've started running these trucks."
Downtime is no longer an issue with
the Peterbilt equipment. And fuel economy? 10.2 is the fleet average, more than
twice what they were getting on some of
their previous equipment.
"Peterbilt helped us solve our problem," says Williams. FC
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Peterbilt Model 337s powered by PACCAR PX-8 Engines have achieved
an average of 10.2 miles per gallon in their duties for RF Supply Inc.
