How Long Can a Truck Run?

28 Nov 2020

Trucks for drivers, is undoubtedly their own partner, so we often hear the drivers complained that "truck is not durable", "bad performance", "regret to buy this truck" and so on, it is not surprising. But the drivers who would like to "keep the truck" is indeed the subject of their own - the driver who has the right to control the trucks.


A child behavior habits and values of the development will be affected by the parents, not to mention a truck, which is controlled by the driver to go and stop, travel around. So, the truck is good or bad and the amount of return depends largely on the driver himself. If you don’t believe it, let’s see the following Shijiazhuang driver Zhang Yongtao.


First of all, Zhang Yongtao has got half of the victory in choosing the truck. He is very clear about the working condition during transportation. The transport route is fixed between Shijiazhuang and Gansu. From Shijiazhuang to Gansu, there are many ascent roads, so it requires strong power; From Gansu back to Shijiazhuang, there are many downhill paths and mountain roads, so it requires great brake performance, comfort and driving stability. So Zhang Yongtao has rigid request in selecting truck, that is powerful engine, hydraulic retarder, disc brake, airbag suspension.


Two years ago, in contrast to a variety of models at home and abroad, Zhang Yongtao bought the Sinotruk Howo 440 horsepower tractor truck, which is equiped with nine air bag suspension, disc brakes, hydraulic retarder.


Zhang Yongtao has driven the Howo truck for 805 days and more than 1 million kilometers, but we can not see it is a battlefield "veteran", no matter from the appearance nor the chassis.  The trailer pick-up transport requires high timeliness on the vehicle. Zhang Yongtao tells the secret of his truck to keep the long-term operation timeliness: "always consider the truck's feelings, it’s impossible to let the horse run without food, on time maintenance, fuel quality is the basis, the most important thing is to refuse overload, no brand of trucks is born for the overload, short considerable profit will reduce the truck's life."


Because of his unique truck keeping experience, now Zhang Yongtao has already have his own small logistics company, considerable profits per month make Zhang Yongtao very happy. At the same time running the mileage of over one million kilometers of the car also let Zhang Yongtao has joined the “Sinotruk million hero club” because his truck’s transport mileage passed 1 million kilometers.


Another example. My truck driver friend Mr. Wu from Dalian city, has driven his truck for more than 6 years, and now his truck condition is still very good. Mr. Wu stressed his concept on keeping truck to me for many times: Do not overdraw the truck’s physical strength. Retailers to buy a truck may be charged with most of his savings, although the overload can see short-term profits, but the hidden impact it brings to the truck is very large. If the policy allows, my truck can run to retire for sure.


The picture shows the truth, six years passed, Mr. Wu’s trailer waist line is still straight. Only the trailer maintenance expenses save a lot of money for Mr. Wu. Is it that some truck drivers have changed two or three trailers during this period?


There are almost no quality differences between the same batch of trucks, but as time passed on, these trucks’condition is very different with each other. The reason of that is because the keeping concepts of truck drivers are different. "Keeping truck" emphasizes "keeping", and how to keep the truck well is a knowledge. 

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