Hello vernon just found your vids...amazing the way you casually say you've got 2 000 plus miles to do when I see the UK ones...160 miles etc!..Great views of the states......
I’ve been following your adventures for pretty good while now and I sincerely wish you the best, Vern. Pete’s have always been my favorite truck here in the States. If you get all of the bells and whistles up front you will pay dearly, but you can always slowly add them as you go. You are my favorite Yorkshire trucker here in the US. You are also the only Yorkshire trucker that I’m aware of here. Your faithful sub in Alabama, Robert.
Great little update Vernon. Looking forward to the ones while you’re travelling. There’s a lot of trucks set up for fuel in the UK now, Volvo call it the isee. To be honest I found it a pain and just over ride it every time. These mans at drapers are geared for fuel and most of them don’t have the manual option but luckily I do on mine. They drop right down to about 900 revs before changing gear so on the runs to like Frome they never get going so once I get to Bristol I leave mine in manual until I get there
They are really annoying the ones that you can't put into manual I drove one of our least freightliners that was like that it's like that horrible thing, Say hello to everybody for me
Lovely looking motor, shame they ruined it by being a tight arse with those covers over the storage areas, they make enough profit to have proper doors fitted inside every wagon 🙄 As long as you're happy though, safe driving 👍🏻
Crazy I average 10 mpg here in Ireland with hardly any motorway compared to stateside with all the motorway in the world and only getting mid 7’s. I know part of the reason is speed limits.
Nice truck, if you can afford it check out the green apu , when you're not going anywhere due to engine problems it may be a lifesaver. Be safe out there.
Great videos love the truck it looks truly amazing .I hope over time it's everything u expected of it .maybe one-day your get an app. I just wonder if its going to be warm enough in the winter .stay safe from united Kingdom 🇬🇧
Hi! I’m from Scotland in the UK and I’m looking to get into trucking, I’m really passionate about it and was wondering if you know if it’s legal to drive a Peterbilt or other long nosed vehicles that have big sleeper cabins in the UK? Love your videos!
Looking forward to continuing in following your adventures even more so in your new truck, will your bull bar fit it? I watch a lot of American truckers and the green apu is highly recommended 👌
It already came with curtains fitted, I definitely will not be getting any fringing curtains or pellets sorry not my cup of tea it's a truck not a boudoir LOL Ask for the padded leather flooring There is a company over in Idaho that makes them, $800 but it is real leather and I really do like them so that's a possibility (but don't tell the wife)
Hi Vern love following your travels around the country. New truck looks amazing well done. Just one thing I’ve noticed is that the position of the seat belt looks like it would rub across the side of your neck being mounted high up. Especially with an air suspended seat? Do they not have the option of the seatbelt built into the seat as they do as standard on uk and European trucks..follow you on Facebook as well but wont let me comment, safe travels all the best from Liverpool England . 🍺
Hi I'm glad you enjoyed following, I think there is some seats I have to seat belt building but not on this model it won't even move up and down on the side like in the Freightliner so I'm stuck with it,not sure why you can't comment on my Facebook post because that is all open
@@weeyorkshiremantrucking6754 hi Vern I can on most posts but not on others, I just think it’s strange that it’s not a standard fit. Also I follow a few American truck drivers and there seems to be a resurgence of the cab over lately just wondered if you’d noticed while being on the road. Wonder what they’d think of a new 770s flat floor scania with straight pipes. Thank you for your reply much appreciated wishing you and your family all the best for Christmas and the new year 🍺🍺
Don’t you need that gap between the cab and a fifth wheel in case you do a jackknife 90° parking with the trailer. So the trailer will not hit your cab.
No , My Spanish truck was really close coupled It was that close coupled you had to put the airlines on before you clicked under the trailer,You can bring them right up tight especially if you got a fridge trailer, All you do is have to Jack knife it up until the point Where the corner of the trailer is the safe enough distance from the back of the truck, But you also have to remember and this is very important not to get it too close otherwise when you go up a ramp like on the Fairies the top of your truck will hit with the trailer
Because they are an optional extra and cost more money but to be fair I don't really miss them at all trucks over here are a lot lower down that Europeans trucks so the right hand side you can see car roofs out of the side window
I'm really not sure you know, Take into consideration 15 k for the APU and The important part to take into consideration they don't run for free I'm reading reports that they can use up to half a gallon an hour !!! That is half as much as what the truck would use idling but still you've got to try and get that 15K back somewhere
@@weeyorkshiremantrucking6754 ok I have 28 years experience,15 as an owner op,so let me break it down for you 1.Excessive idling causes premature failure of emissions systems,and that get expensive 2.APUs work like your home a/c they only run when the drops above or below what thermostat is set at,nine only runs maybe 3 to 4 hours in a 10 hour period so it costs me about $14.00 a night to idle as opposed to $40.00 to idle my truck,based on 20 n8ghts a month that's a $460.00 savings on fuel a month that's roughly $6000 a year so your return on investment is recovered in 2.5 years,not to mention extending the life of your main engine an emissions components
No my friend. I mean it's nice but the Cascadia looked much better. An important element of the channel has dropped for me. Anyways best luck and safe roads always trucker 😔
@@weeyorkshiremantrucking6754 we both know they don’t get good mpg at that speed breaker 🤣🤣🤣 left lane bandito kamon. Tbh tho ye wouldn’t want to go back to living in a little box b like us over here going back to a 2800 bro. And thinking oan the mpg what ye think? I’m guessing that kinda speed ye wid b somewhere between 5 or 6mpg depending on weight road etc. what ye average with the big Pete? I work away around 8 give it take an that’s with a s650.
@@weeyorkshiremantrucking6754 not to shabby an average tbf tho brkr. last time i did that kinda mileage was with the orange grill brigade! Bin home past year or after over a decade of euro work jobs not the same now bro 😞!
Hello vernon just found your vids...amazing the way you casually say you've got 2 000 plus miles to do when I see the UK ones...160 miles etc!..Great views of the states......
Great looking rig mate 👍. You should get some t shirts and mugs sorted ,that way we could help you even more... food for thought sir?
No that's an idea
I’ve been following your adventures for pretty good while now and I sincerely wish you the best, Vern. Pete’s have always been my favorite truck here in the States. If you get all of the bells and whistles up front you will pay dearly, but you can always slowly add them as you go. You are my favorite Yorkshire trucker here in the US. You are also the only Yorkshire trucker that I’m aware of here. Your faithful sub in Alabama, Robert.
Thank you and thanks for watching
Good luck with your new acquisition 👍Well pleased for you Vernon. Stay safe mate..
Great little update Vernon. Looking forward to the ones while you’re travelling. There’s a lot of trucks set up for fuel in the UK now, Volvo call it the isee. To be honest I found it a pain and just over ride it every time. These mans at drapers are geared for fuel and most of them don’t have the manual option but luckily I do on mine. They drop right down to about 900 revs before changing gear so on the runs to like Frome they never get going so once I get to Bristol I leave mine in manual until I get there
They are really annoying the ones that you can't put into manual I drove one of our least freightliners that was like that it's like that horrible thing,
Say hello to everybody for me
Nice! Good luck Vern, hope the family's well.
Just need some bars on the front of the truck & more lights! :)
I always liked the old flat nose peterbuilt. The new ones look very nice too, I bet it rides beautifully.
She rides like a dream
Lovely looking motor, shame they ruined it by being a tight arse with those covers over the storage areas, they make enough profit to have proper doors fitted inside every wagon 🙄 As long as you're happy though, safe driving 👍🏻
Just found your channel! You sound like a character from heartbeat! Great content!
I'll take my as a compliment
Good luck with her Vern, i hope she runs smooth for yeah!
She really does run smooth but she is a little scared of the hills but Hey huh
Crazy I average 10 mpg here in Ireland with hardly any motorway compared to stateside with all the motorway in the world and only getting mid 7’s.
I know part of the reason is speed limits.
A US gallon is 20% smaller than a UK gallon though. So Vern is getting almost 10mpg
Looking forward to seeing this in the videos and to see you trick her out . Cheers bud.
Congrats she looks beautiful
If you could of made it up to ST Cloud, FL we could of watched the USA v England game. Starts in just over an hour.
Holiday weekend ⚽️ 🏈
🍻🎉🍽🏴🇺🇸
Truck looks ace..Enjoyed the video chap..Excellent
Looking good vern , hope it all pans out for you pal
Nice truck, if you can afford it check out the green apu , when you're not going anywhere due to engine problems it may be a lifesaver. Be safe out there.
I will do thanks
Looks awesome love the colour
Hello matey she’s a beauty, love the red and white.
Beauty! Shame about those covers on the wardrobe and not just having a door on it. Other than that she looks fab Vernon 👍
Well happy for you buddy she is nice looking 👍
Great videos love the truck it looks truly amazing .I hope over time it's everything u expected of it .maybe one-day your get an app. I just wonder if its going to be warm enough in the winter .stay safe from united Kingdom 🇬🇧
I'll just need to man up and maybe wear another pair of socks and a big coat
Hi! I’m from Scotland in the UK and I’m looking to get into trucking, I’m really passionate about it and was wondering if you know if it’s legal to drive a Peterbilt or other long nosed vehicles that have big sleeper cabins in the UK? Love your videos!
Yes you can there's quite a few American trucks in the UK it's just you've got to pull a shorter trailer like a tanker or tipper trailer for example
Looking forward to continuing in following your adventures even more so in your new truck, will your bull bar fit it? I watch a lot of American truckers and the green apu is highly recommended 👌
Hopefully the bulldog will fit I might have to do some alterations to the brackets
Will you ever add things like curtains or padded leather flooring etc? Like in UK/ Euro wagons.
It already came with curtains fitted, I definitely will not be getting any fringing curtains or pellets sorry not my cup of tea it's a truck not a boudoir LOL
Ask for the padded leather flooring There is a company over in Idaho that makes them, $800 but it is real leather and I really do like them so that's a possibility (but don't tell the wife)
Hi Vern love following your travels around the country. New truck looks amazing well done. Just one thing I’ve noticed is that the position of the seat belt looks like it would rub across the side of your neck being mounted high up. Especially with an air suspended seat? Do they not have the option of the seatbelt built into the seat as they do as standard on uk and European trucks..follow you on Facebook as well but wont let me comment, safe travels all the best from Liverpool England . 🍺
Hi I'm glad you enjoyed following, I think there is some seats I have to seat belt building but not on this model it won't even move up and down on the side like in the Freightliner so I'm stuck with it,not sure why you can't comment on my Facebook post because that is all open
@@weeyorkshiremantrucking6754 hi Vern I can on most posts but not on others, I just think it’s strange that it’s not a standard fit. Also I follow a few American truck drivers and there seems to be a resurgence of the cab over lately just wondered if you’d noticed while being on the road. Wonder what they’d think of a new 770s flat floor scania with straight pipes. Thank you for your reply much appreciated wishing you and your family all the best for Christmas and the new year 🍺🍺
Don’t you need that gap between the cab and a fifth wheel in case you do a jackknife 90° parking with the trailer. So the trailer will not hit your cab.
No , My Spanish truck was really close coupled It was that close coupled you had to put the airlines on before you clicked under the trailer,You can bring them right up tight especially if you got a fridge trailer, All you do is have to Jack knife it up until the point Where the corner of the trailer is the safe enough distance from the back of the truck, But you also have to remember and this is very important not to get it too close otherwise when you go up a ramp like on the Fairies the top of your truck will hit with the trailer
That “ll do
Why don't they have mirrors on the hood
Because they are an optional extra and cost more money but to be fair I don't really miss them at all trucks over here are a lot lower down that Europeans trucks so the right hand side you can see car roofs out of the side window
Hi Vernon , she looks a tidy yolk , I assume she has a fridge ?
Oh yes a very good one at that
Dont you have a fridge freezer in the unit ?
Yes
The apu will pay for itself 10 times over with fuel almost $6 a gallon
I'm really not sure you know, Take into consideration 15 k for the APU and The important part to take into consideration they don't run for free I'm reading reports that they can use up to half a gallon an hour !!! That is half as much as what the truck would use idling but still you've got to try and get that 15K back somewhere
@@weeyorkshiremantrucking6754 ok I have 28 years experience,15 as an owner op,so let me break it down for you
1.Excessive idling causes premature failure of emissions systems,and that get expensive
2.APUs work like your home a/c they only run when the drops above or below what thermostat is set at,nine only runs maybe 3 to 4 hours in a 10 hour period so it costs me about $14.00 a night to idle as opposed to $40.00 to idle my truck,based on 20 n8ghts a month that's a $460.00 savings on fuel a month that's roughly $6000 a year so your return on investment is recovered in 2.5 years,not to mention extending the life of your main engine an emissions components
Happy new truck...looks great...but Yorkshire tea is still sh*te....
wash your mouth out with soap and water You heathen
No my friend. I mean it's nice but the Cascadia looked much better. An important element of the channel has dropped for me. Anyways best luck and safe roads always trucker 😔
You wait this baby is gonna look something else by the time I've been through that Chrome shop,
Don't tell the wife
@@weeyorkshiremantrucking6754 I won't 😉
Vern bro bite the bullet get the big \8/ longline imported
That would be nice
You know it would be also very interesting to see what type of fuel mileage they get running at 70 - 80 mile an hour
@@weeyorkshiremantrucking6754 we both know they don’t get good mpg at that speed breaker 🤣🤣🤣 left lane bandito kamon. Tbh tho ye wouldn’t want to go back to living in a little box b like us over here going back to a 2800 bro. And thinking oan the mpg what ye think? I’m guessing that kinda speed ye wid b somewhere between 5 or 6mpg depending on weight road etc. what ye average with the big Pete? I work away around 8 give it take an that’s with a s650.
@@Halloumiwaffle85 up to now on this trip for the last 2,500 miles I've got it up to eight to the gallon, that's keeping it under 70 mph
@@weeyorkshiremantrucking6754 not to shabby an average tbf tho brkr. last time i did that kinda mileage was with the orange grill brigade! Bin home past year or after over a decade of euro work jobs not the same now bro 😞!
I've just bought a Honda Civic vernon beat that
That's nice ☺️