2021 Kenworth t680 review & truck tour
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- These are our 2021 Kenworth T680s
We are receiving 30 more units of these in spring 2020.
Packed with a Paccar MX-13 engine, which is a 13-litre engine and 12-speed Paccar transmission.
Loaded with -
22-inch low-profile Bridgestone Tires.
ThermoKing TRIPAC APU unit
Ability to put Satellite (with wiring and hardware all installed)
A radar system will detect vehicles in front of you.
Lane Detection System
Drive Cam (forward and inward cam)
Inside -
Both driver and passenger side are swivel seats.
Kenworth smart wheel (cruise control, radio, etc.)
Double Bunk
Refrigerators
APU package
Espar Bunk Heater
Full closet
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Nice truck. My boss would need to provide me with a 24/7 camera feed so I can see what he is doing whenever I feel like looking at him. You folks are pretty crazy.
@Smith Trucking Inc What brand of camera do you use
@@Christophertruck Lytx/Drivecam
I wouldn’t drive for a company with cameras that’s just getting to invasive.I would find somewhere else to work nice trucks but I would pass.
@Smith Trucking Inc its ignorant to put in driver facing cameras. If you dont trust your drivers then close your business and go clean toilets
"We have inward facing cam-" This is the point the where interview ends.
I was out at "paccar engine"
Are you up to no good? Lol
You killed the deal with that one statement ! Driver facing camera ! If you don’t. Trust them enough to drive your truck don’t hire them , but stalking them anytime you chose is going over the limit !
I've never had a problem with forward facing cameras in fact I do think they are a good thing, however the driver facing cam is a big no for me and I do think it would put a lot of drivers off working for this company. The truck seems well set up and they do really seem to care about driver comfort and welfare.
@@stacysmith8187 you clearly do not understand the issue here. I assume you work for this company and that's why you are trying to defend the indefensible.
Read the comments they are all negative 😂😂
@@stacysmith8187 good for you. And good luck filling those seats 😂😂
@@stacysmith8187 You know what, I wouldn't have a massive issue with the in cab cam. If you've nothing to hide....
As the chap said, when you stop, cover the cam. I'm sure it saves a load on insurance premiums and, you'd hope, encourage a better drive.
Lovely well spec'd trucks run by what seems a good company. I'd happily work with you.
Stay safe x
@@stacysmith8187 👌
This is why I went out and got my own truck and got my own authority. People net , Cameras, radars and the like.
I book my own freight and go where and when I want.
No radar on my truck. No cameras.
This industry is a disaster because people take these jobs.
Once drivers refuse , they will
Change. But I don’t see anyone refusing these jobs anytime soon.
melanated and loving it with a melanated woman experience first. Lots of it.
Then I got a truck. Saved money and built credit. Then I got a trailer. Then authority.
It’s a long expensive project.
But worth while in the end.
I been trucking since 2003 and with my own authority since 2006 (only 6 months. I got sick and closed down. Need health insurance thru a normal job). Kept trucking for others and repoed my authority in 2015. Been running under it since.
First dry van. Cause the trailer is cheap. Then saved up and got a reefer.
It’s not easy.
Some days I wish I didn’t do it. So days I lose a months worth of money in a day or one mistake.
Sht breaks. And when your alone , it gets expensive.
You have to be very mech inclined. And own lots of tools and be able to fix most things on your own.
That’s the difference between most guys making it or not. If u can stay out the shops, u can make some money. But the shops will bankrupt u quick if you don’t know what your doing.
Go to my channel and see the truck I’m building now.
I’m in that thing 27k for just the motor bill alone. But that’s a full out of frame rebuild. Plus price of truck. Plus my time taking it apart to the point I found the bad crank.
It’s a roller coaster.
I can go on an on. But will end with this, it is what u make of it.
You work hard, educate yourself before you make a decision , work hard again, and say good by to your friends. U will be gone all the time and never see them.
It’s lonely at times. Very lonely.
But this is what I’m good at and what seems to be my fit. It’s not for everyone.
Good luck.
George George ,🇺🇸 You made some interesting points...It IS what you make of it and going to the shops is expensive! You do need to be a mechanic as well or know some shop that won’t gouge you for everything. Being a trucker is a lonely life at times. I plan on checking out your truck. Have a great day, be safe and God bless! From Ohio...the Porters! 🤩
melanated and loving it with a melanated woman If it was me I’ll start with a company first, that will be a fair exchange.
Truck and authority. You have to get insurance on a truck to get authority activated
Bought my own, went to landstar and have similar freedom. Working on my own trailer and authority, but for now this works pretty well. I religiously put 20 cents a mile in a maintenance account, so with a little luck and responsible maintenance I can avoid corporate trucking overlords the rest of my life.
lost me at inside facing camera. I don't give a crap what it's decked out with after hearing that
shouldn't the management have cameras at their desks in case of an incident?
If I can’t have a camera watching you. You can’t have a camera watching me.
The company's policy is quite reasonable, rear facing camera can be covered when the truck is not moving.
@@bbcooter388 quite reasonable? No sir. I have a nicer truck, 2020 t680 with everything in this video, plus more. No driver facing camera in my truck.
I have no problem with an outward facing camera. You can shove your driver facing camera up someone else's ass. If you're saying this is reasonable then you are probably the type of person that needs it.
@@bbcooter388 driver facing cameras ARE UNACCEPTABLE. YOU MUST WORK FOR THESE CLOWNS
@@bbcooter388 I wonder is this one of those communists companies that are ATA members?
I remember when I was in orientation for Melton, and they told us they had inward facing cameras, well i just walked out the class and went somewhere else lol
In ward facing camera..... OFF MY LIST...NOPE
To work at a company where they have cameras and they watch you while you work. I would never work for those company
How about a country that tracks everything you do? Would you live there?
Etac Bro that’s where we all live bro , honestly thou and I hope you take this in the friendly way it is made :) I think a pretty worrying yet common opinion, well the government knows what I do why not the company , just because you lose some privacy or rights don’t throw the towel in and lose them all :) ,
It starts small and the more you give the more they take. This is not the America I grew up in anymore.
Fuckin right. Fuck that inward cameras bullshit. That's breach of privacy lol.
do like I do, I mean I dont have nuthin to hide but still it's just the point of it so I cut a piece of black electrical tape and covered the inbound facing camera, if I get caught oh well fire me, not my problem that folks have trust issues, if these companies have such trust issues then sell ya fuckin equipment n close the fuckin doors n roll out lol, I been at hurricane express for a bit and I'll leave that fuckin tape on my inbound camera and if I get fired over it hey no hard feelings lol
Good luck on filling them with any driver with any experience at all , if you plan on keeping the cameras facing them you’ll be lucky to get school grads !
@Smith Trucking Inc Long may it continue.
A little dab of axle grease on that inward facing camera should do the trick 😁
More like a hammer
@@countrytimescleanceilingve5084 -- How about a 12 gauge shot gun and some #9 bird-shot? Turn it into swiss cheese.
All thee above in this comment section.
I drove semi for 53yr's ! 49 state's but !. Only 1 state I never did get to ,hahaha but almost all the Canada Provincial State's but Nova Scotia. I need to figure out to become 21 again. What a Beautiful truck!
I want a camera watching my dispatchers and account managers while they work. So I know they are doing everything possible to not lose the account I"m running.
"Hey there! We would like to introduce you to our new truck! First thing. We have an inward facing camera!"
Me - I'm sorry but may I use your bathroom?
..... never comes back
Although I understand the cameras in the trucks why I dont like or appreciate as a veteran driver of 30 yrs is the invasion of my privacy, especially if you have your significant other with curtain open and getting dressed.
I'm the type of person to give em a show
You can cover it can’t you?
@@kinangeagle133 if I could I still wouldn't I take it as a form of flattery.
NZ Chip Trucker..
in 2020
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I would not drive for someone who's watching me all the time. And probably listens to me 24/7 because a cap over the camera most likely doesn't turn the mic off.
Well said.
It against the now
True..who wants to feel like they are in prison with big brother watching..how can you not help but feel like you aren't trusted.
There is likely a remote feature to squeeze the male driver's genitals & record the reaction, or delete squeeze, substitute electric shock.
@@billupstateny9151 Lol..with the way our freedoms are being curtailed you might be onto something.
Ya i would never drive for a company that has a driver facing camera.
I couldn't imagine what this beautiful rig would run in price, ggeesshh !!
Eveyone in the comments seens to have a problem with the inward facing camera, its because they wanna use their phones or reach something while driving, if you got nothing to hide then you got nothing to worry about, it's not like they are watching constantly 24/7, it only triggers when an event occurs (at least it's what I like to believe). Everything else offered on the truck you don't see from other companies very often like leather seats and steering wheel, and 68mph pedal/70mph cruise, that alone is huge.
That is one of, if not the most well equipped company truck I have ever seen!! I see the Smith Trucking Kenworths all the time, never been afforded the opportunity to take a peek inside but that driver facing camera is a deal breaker. Waaaay too easy to forget you're being watched and do something to get yourself fired. I would have to leave a note on the dash to remind myself that I'm being watched
Audio is only recorded when an event triggers the camera. So only 12 seconds of audio is ever heard. There is no live view available to us, forward or rear facing. The drivers privacy is taken very seriously and you could ask any of the current or past drivers and they would attest to this. Pretty certain we would have many negative reviews if we were abusing the cameras.
want to drive a decked out company truck go to western out of Denver they dont pay worth a damm but you got a big blue high hp paccar
Great video! You did a terrific job of showing the features of the truck and answering questions that drivers need to know.
Thanks! 👍 Appreciate your comment!
Didn't know that Kenworth has the swivel seat for the driver side. Cool!
if you order it its a option
Those inward looking cameras will be the death of the industry. I would never work for a company that has that.
We have had the cameras in the trucks for almost 15 years and it has done nothing but protect our drivers and the company. Ask any of our drivers, we are not about invading their privacy just seeing an event as it actually happened when it happens.
Stacy Smith okay then use the forward facing. What in Gods green earth do y’all need an inward facing camera for unless you folks do not trust your drivers to do their jobs.
@@jerrydunn5680 I understand that you have strong feelings about this issue and I respect that. It isn't just the driver and what he was or was not doing when an event is triggered that we are interested in seeing. We are also able to see what was happening via the driver and passenger side mirrors and windows as well. Often times we are able to piece together the events especially with a multiple vehicle accident by what can be seen through them. We as a company and myself personally, respect our drivers privacy.
Stacy Smith okay then answer me this. Why have your trucks set to not idle until it gets to 120 degrees? Have you ever tried to sleep in a truck even with an APU going at 110 degrees? Even with an APU I promise you it’s nearly impossible. Even at 100 degrees. You HAVE to idle to be comfortable at anything above 90 degrees.
Stacy Smith swift and many other companies got sued for those interior cameras and they lost millions so the inside camera no longer works at swift, I work at swift so I know
Very interested until rear facing camera
Will never ever drive for a company which mandates rear facing camera
Audio is only recorded when an event triggers the camera. So only 12 seconds of audio is ever heard. There is no live view available to us, forward or rear facing. The drivers privacy is taken very seriously and you could ask any of the current or past drivers and they would attest to this. Pretty certain we would have many negative reviews if we were abusing the cameras.
@@stacysmith8187 Thanks for clarifying I see your trucks often
Stacy Smith not to sound rude. But if it only records audio then why did he say the driver could cover the camera if the truck isn’t moving?
Stacy Smith , You will never be able to convince a driver that you couldn’t turn it in at anytime of your choosing , And audio only ? Why would you want to listen to anything I had to say talking to my self ? And further more wouldn’t want you listening to me on phone having private conversation with love ones at home !
Had me all the way up until that cab facing camera. It's not that worried what you might see but I don't like being spied on. I'm glad there's legislation going in to remove that.
All black truck and auto idle is set to 120 😂😂😂😂
I know there's an apu but in 100 degree heat that apu won't hang, hell not really even in 80 degrees, parked in the sun
But they can remotely change that. HELLO!!! By the time my APU shits the bed, the last thing dispatch is gonna wanna deal with is a driver "requesting" to idle.
Set the damn thing to 80 degrees and be done with it. No need to "Mother may I" a driver to death.
You lost me at driver facing camera
Nice truck..I will run from Minnesota to the north east..6 days a week..300 a day...with my 34 hours off...drive safe...me..29yrs exp..no tickets..no accidents..no points...drive safe..
Imagine you could with such a truck slide 50 years back with a time machine. I bet you would be the truck king.
"Our camera faces inward"
Me - annnnnndddd were moving on
So you just basically listed the reasons not to drive for your company?
Any company that points a camera at a drivers throat is trash
a nice truck is junk as soon as drive cam is installed
WOW.. Makes we wish I was a driver. Hope the drivers keep them super clean. Just like a home.
Camera facing the road👍🏻 camera facing the driver🖕🏻no way!! I’d literally pick my nose for the entire day😂
Very nice, 10 years over the road experience and accident free I imagine the requirements
They are good to their word, it took about a month because loyal drivers of theirs needed trucks first. I moved into mine today :) I didn't need the extra matress... Their mechanics don't insulate the wires for the window devices, the headliner makes quite a bit a noise for newer truck. I had to wrap a bundle of wires with a small towel. All in all it's good truck. The sleeper birth is very roomy, I am five feet and 11 inches tall. These are very nice people, worth the effort applying here...
Nice overview of all the key features!! Amazing how many features the new trucks have in them and especially for enhanced safety!! Big difference from when I compare this truck with my Dad's first new KW semi back in the '60s. The dash cam is the way to go when it comes to accidents, etc. You are giving your drivers a very nice package!!
Mike Smith. I am a retired driver and small fleet owner. I have struggled for years to provide decent pay and equipment. You have purchased super nice KW's and all the negative comments make me sad and mad. The new breed of drivers certainly are different from my group. Hold on to your standards and pick only good drivers, who realize the safety aspect of the cameras.
how do i tap into the camera at the owners home in his bedroom?
matt hatch-- Well said. When you treat employees like adults, they act like adults who care. When you treat employees as children, they act like children.
@@crocodile1313 hey if they wanna watch us sing and pick our nose all day then go for it , I’ll never understand why they wanna watch the driver , it’s really kinda creepy if you ask me
@@bosco358 they want to catch you on your cell phone. That's why I bought my own and have only outside cameras
I have a 2017 WHats the difference..Also glad I’m purchasing my truck because I don’t need nobody watching me lol
I am currently driving a 2020 T680 , your truck is much more equipped
I really don't have a problem with the forward facing camera but when it's in a truck watching you and what you're doing, that's invasion of privacy to me. Big brother watching you I would never work for a company like this.. I'm happy where I am.
Whole concept is Owellian
I think its a great idea. Would love to drive there .....beautiful truck !
@Smith Trucking Inc you are very welcome....i love your company. Outstanding I do not understand how you can afford all those beautiful trucks you must be really really smart..
@@Aintright890 either your real stupid or you are related to them
Beautiful truck!! I personally have nothing against automatics. I've driven both withal I'm a manuel transmission guy, I still prefer manual. This won't change for me. Some driver's still prefer in having manual transmissions. I'm one of them. I don't mind shifting gears. In fact, it helps keep myself and driver's alert! Especially night driving. Automatic, you just relax, And when you relax, you may take a nap. On the road!
I run epic vue myself I’m glad to see your company presets up the trucks for it.
That truck looks immaculate, and while they are definitely spec'd for driver comfort and reliability, all companies should know that once you put the driver inside of the cab, that sleeper is the dwelling and haven of the driver from that point forward until they are removed from the truck. Even if you allow them to turn off the cameras when the truck is stopped, having constant surveillance while they work is a major turnoff to any driver, and the company is going to likely miss out of any good driver as none would want to work for a company with this kind of policy in place.
Audio is only recorded when an event triggers the camera. So only 12 seconds of audio is ever heard. There is no live view available to us, forward or rear facing. The drivers privacy is taken very seriously and you could ask any of the current or past drivers and they would attest to this. Pretty certain we would have many negative reviews if we were abusing the cameras.
There is no surveillance of our drivers...ever.
@@stacysmith8187 IT IS THE DRIVERS HOME24/7!!! AND IF YOU FEEL THAT YOU CAN'T TRUST A DRIVER SO YOU PUT A CAMERA IN THERE SPYING ON HIM/HER 24/7, YOU DON'T OWN THE COMPANY, THE INSURANCE COMPANY DOES. SAD WHAT YOU PEOPLE DO TO NOT WANT COMPETENT DRIVERS WHO DON'T NEED WATCHED.
A paccar engine, automatic, driver facing camera, governed speed, and a pull out fridge? No thanks, that is why owning your own truck is a good thing.
I am planning to buy this truck. I am getting real good deal . Dealer said if put 50k down payment. He will give me this truck for 125k . I like this deal
iam sure youll have plenty of empty trucks sitting around! do you have cameras in the office restrooms too?
Audio is only recorded when an event triggers the camera. So only 12 seconds of audio is ever heard. There is no live view available to us, forward or rear facing. The drivers privacy is taken very seriously and you could ask any of the current or past drivers and they would attest to this. Pretty certain we would have many negative reviews if we were abusing the cameras.
And we don't have a lot of open trucks :)
Yeah they lost me @ remotely changing settings. Why should you have the ability to remotely control anything on my truck.
They probably do , they dont trust their employees
@@stacysmith8187 your computer won't let you look, but those higher up probably can. I worked at a company where managers showed us they could tune in, but wouldn't do that unless there was a problem. That's scary. Makes me very faithful to my trucks maintenance account. Dear lord, please keep me from ever working for these morally corrupt people ever again, amen!
@@stacysmith8187 that's not accurate..
We could watch any camera using a DC's bypass, and it wouldn't light up the drivers camera
Paccar engine and inward camera, sorry im not bringing my professional experience to your company
Well sir there's a pandemic going around that is gonna stick for a while. You just never know if necesity is gonna strike ahead and it's gonna make you eat your words.
You'll be the first one applying for a job to drive this beautiful truck!
@@nevessl998 Dont worry, I found better opportunities.
NZ Chip Trucker..
in 2020
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I try not to say never, but I prey I never have to work under a company that wants to sit in the office and watch me for their entertainment. These moments make me verify my maintenance account again to ensure I can keep my own truck running. If I have the idea to steal from that account, I just watch videos like this and it sets me straight. I would rather eat top ramen and drink tap water for dinner, than risk having to work for another perverted company watching me struggle to earn my living!
Other than the inward-facing camera, this is how companies should spec their trucks.
I like this truck.. Good interior/exterior.. Realy bomb truck. Actualy needed complectation.
Hey you have to give them credit they are honest and up front about the inward facing camera and the truck review was done well. If it was done as a recruiting video I think it was a failure as most drivers (good or bad) rule these companies out or relegate them to a choice of last resort. If the company owner and office folks want to have a camera recording them anytime they’re sitting in their office seat and be drug tested so others can review there daily activities great ! After all they are making daily decisions that affect driver safety out on the road everyday.
Very nice trucks there guys, I live the tan color on the interior. It's almost enough to make me wanna quit 😂👌
Put that camera in your office , and ooonlyyy at 110F you let the driver to use the engine if unit broken ? Shocked
The one at my trade school has 300 miles.That’s it
I am all for outward facing cameras but would never work for a company who feels the need to to have one pointing into my office and life. Either you trust your drivers or you don’t. I am sure not a single person at the office has a front facing camera looking at them all day?? No, didn’t think so!! Amazing how a large Company Like Prime Inc. can say we will NEVER do this to our drivers but these little guys who try and save a few bucks on Insurance will say “No One Is Watching unless there is a critical Event”. Please what a load of crap. If you trusted your drivers you would have the inward facing cameras. Just another company saying we Appreciate you drivers BUT we don’t trust you. What a load of 💩
It is a complete load of crap. All companies with inward facing cameras periodically review the footage and dock the driver for things like texting, reaching for something, reading a map. Anything they can classify as distracted driving. Rack up one too many of these recorded incidences and you're history
Audio is only recorded when an event triggers the camera. So only 12 seconds of audio is ever heard. There is no live view available to us, forward or rear facing. The drivers privacy is taken very seriously and you could ask any of the current or past drivers and they would attest to this. Pretty certain we would have many negative reviews if we were abusing the cameras.
And it isn't about trusting our drivers, if we didn't they wouldn't be put behind the wheel in the first place, it is about protecting us and the drivers against false claims.
No automatics for me been driving 20yrs good video that front bumper sensor needs too go!!!!!!
That is one sharp looking T680!!!
Well good luck with your both sides in camera.
I like American trucks. God Bless America! Be my friend brother.
I liked.👍👍
Very nice features smith, but that forward facing camera on the driver man 👎. I really like that remote idle feature thing though. Because that apu is eventually going to put drivers down in the worst time.
I worked for a company out of Winter Haven, FL. When they started putting driver facing cameras in their trucks drivers were quitting.
We have had them for a long time, has not been a problem for us.
They need more storage take a good look at the international that's where your storage is at the performance of the KW is awesome if they put the two trucks together they would be unstoppable the performance of the KW and the storage of the the international
should've been a truck driver love to drive and enjoying driving big trucks
Maybe you still can :)
@@smithtruckinginc. I know the training isn't cheap
Definitely interested till you mentioned camera facing both ways. You’ll never get an experienced driver who will agree to invasion of privacy.
As someone who has a smaller transportation company (have vans) I understand perfectly why a company would have cameras. Both dashcams and internal ones. The amount of idiots on the road makes dashcams excellent for insurance cases and the internal camera is good both for safety and to see if the driver was distracted and or tired. An accident is always big money even for a company with 30 Kenworths.
Thanks for all of the comments, we appreciate all of the feedback. As far as the cameras, trust me, no one is watching or listening to the drivers do their work. One person is assigned in our company to look at the events that come in each day and they just forward any questionable events on to GM and safety director to review. We respect those of you that don't agree with them but the extremely high amounts that are being awarded for accidents with trucks we need all of the proof we can get that our drivers are the best and not at fault in these accidents. We had a person jump out in front on one of our trucks (killed them-self) a couple of years ago on I-15 south of Salt Lake City and the video was sent to the officers at the scene and proved our driver did nothing wrong. These are the things the cameras are really meant for. If you ask most of our drivers they will tell you that we do not abuse these in any way. Thanks again. Stay safe everyone.
I have an outward facing camera whatever needs to be done needs to be done with that. You may say that your company doesn't do anything below the belt. but it is people who are watching and people tend to do whatever they want. There are no guarantees.
There is always a trade-off between removing someone's privacy and protecting your company. And that balance is a judgment call.
James Ray , Good points. It’s a catch 22 I believe, but it tends to lean towards having control issues and abusing it.
Don’t feel bad Mr.Smith you’re just doing what’s best for you as anyone else would
Shame on you sir.
THE POINT IS THAT WAS A FORWARD FACING CAMERA WHICH MOST DRIVERS DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH. IT'S THE INWARD FACING CAMERAS THAT ARE THE ISSUE AND THE INWARD FACING CAMERA HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH SAVING THE DRIVER FROM THE GUY JUMPING IN FRONT OF HIM. IT IS SIMPLY A VERY DANGEROUS DISTRACTION AND HAS A VERY REAL POTENTIAL OF INVASION OF PRIVACY. AND I DON'T CARE WHAT YOUR DRIVERS SAY.
Wow beautifull truck I love it
Beautiful machine isit a 510 horsepower
Oh, and we do have some of these coming with Cummins ISX in them in a couple of months too.
No more isx, current Cummins nomenclature is X15, efficiency or performance ratings. The paccar fuel/water separators have been a disaster, especially in cold climate Minnesota. Rear facing camera would be the deal-breaker , are the front axles air suspended?
Take the driver facing cameras out. Drivers don’t want them. Disable the audio. Let the trucks idle when it gets above 85. 120 for the truck to idle? You guys are out of your damn mind. Whoever made THAT rule alone has clearly never tried to sleep during the day in 105 degree heat with an APU. News flash, an APU doesn’t work that great when it even reaches 95.
120° for a truck to idle... Clearly you all haven't spent any time in a sleeper around 100° it is already unbearable and a working APU can't keep up.
One of the best eq @nd looking trucks on the road.
Nicely setup truck. But I think i’ll go with Cummins and door style fridge.
Very good information you give me
👍🏾good truck
I wish they have front facing camera to is the original rate of the loads!
What is the horse power in this engine? These days is the most
important thing for most drivers.
Awesome truck!
All of these people carrying on about cameras but have no problem toting a cellphone that tracks literally every aspect of their lives. Your phone might not see an accident, but it can sure as heck prove guilt.
Nice truck for company truck.
My nephew has a 2018 . About going bankrupt from Def system plugging up. Kenworth Dealers are Not Real great. Always a run around and a week of downtime after a tow. Good Luck hopefully it's been improved. Coolant Leaks too .
"Have you ever traveld EARTH behind the wheel of a KENWORTH...?!?" US TRUCKS-BEAUTINES IN TRUCKING!! 🇺🇸🖤👍
Everything a modern day steering wheel holder could want!! Inward facing camera, radar to slow you down and an automatic for all you non driving, Bluetooth wearing truck stop cowboys!!
Cameras, automatics. Glad I'm retired.
😂
Technically auto-mated manuals, but still junk. Combined with the "radar" and the rear facing camera, I definitely not go with a fleet with this crap.
NZ Chip Trucker..
in 2020
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It's not so bad, it's for liability.
I rode in an Auto for the first time today. Yeah, its a little weak, but the driver was 100% concerned with what was going on outside the yruck so safety-wise it's great. He said he wasnt sore after driving through busy cities either.
Ok done when heard of inside Cam. !!!!
Nice truck
We are literally living in these trucks...no big brother please...
I work for W.W. Transport. They have forward, and Driver facing cameras installed inside all of their Mack trucks. I always feel spied on. Right. When I found out my Supervisor was throwing away, and "misplacing" some of my BOLs I started wondering about the GPS, and cameras installed in our trucks. He has a law suit pending against him from other Drivers. I figured if he wants to do things like that karma will catch up to him eventually.
I love mine
Driver facing cameras? Couldn’t pay me enough to spy on me doing my job. No thanks. I’ll give you guys a call whenever you take that shit out of your trucks.
I bet you’re an oldy cause i actually heard a good reason why its usefull
Why would it ever be useful? You'd have to pay me a pretty high cpm to put me on camera all day. They pay you to drive not be a cam model.
Chris they make sure you’re paying attention to the road
Kinang Eagle you must not be a driver. If you are and are fine with someone watching you drive, that’s your opinion. But you won’t change my opinion or other drivers.
I can pay attention to the road fine enough without being spied on. If they are that paranoid then they are going to be overbearing. I've worked with micro managers I don't need one while I'm managing a 80,000 LBS vehicle. If it is a bus that is one thing I'm not going to live in a truck while being spied on.
I echo the sentiment of many others here in that I would never drive for a company that has inward facing cameras.
It is because we care so much about our drivers that we protect them when they are involved in an accident due to someone else's carelessness or out of their control. Have a clear view of the accident has exonerated our drivers from fault time and time again.
@@smithtruckinginc. ALL YOU NEED FOR THAT IS OUTWARD FACING CAMERAS. YOU DO NOT NEED INWARD TO PROVE ANYTHING. STOP KISSING THE INSURANCE COMPANIES obama AND TAKE THE DAMN CAMERAS OUT!!!
@@jeffyount3559 We are not kissing up to anyone that's for sure lol. We are self insured BTW :) We look out for our drivers and our company.
No, you just look out for your company BECAUSE YOU ARE SELF INSURED. THERE IS NO LEGITIMATE REASON FOR A DRIVER FACING CAMERA EVER!!! FORWARD FACING I CAN GET ALONG WITH. AND YOU WONDER WHY YOU CAN'T FIND DRIVERS. I GET AT LEAST 4 VOICE MAILS FROM YOU EVERY WEEK. IF NOT FOR THE INWARD FACING CAMERAS, I WOULD HAVE APPLIED BECAUSE YOU'RE ONLY ABOUT 2 HOURS AWAY BUT IT WON'T HAPPEN WITH THOSE CAMERAS 8 YEARS ACCIDENT AND TICKET AND VIOLATION FREE ALL BY MYSELF.
@@jeffyount3559 Hi Jeff, I don't know why you would say we can't find drivers??? Our trucks are filled at present :) And I don't know who is leaving you 4 voicemails per week but it isn't anyone from this Smith Trucking, maybe you have us confused with another Smith Trucking or Smith Transport. We are located in Worthington Minnesota.
For those of you with all the negative comments in regards the inward facing Camara. If you nothing to you hide you nothing to worry about point blank 💯
nice truck I will buy one of this truck.. but how much is it ?
You are very very good professional person
Nice! I will come back if I had the chance nice truck Smith!
Beautiful truck. Thanks Mike.
Really set at 120 degrees outside inside going to be double that
The Tripac should keep you comfortable without idling the truck.
good job Mike
Minnesota busines owner here myself that’s switching careers to cdl driving because of economic destruction of covid-19. Would love to work with a Minnesota company and someone that takes pride in their drivers and equipment. Should I even apply until I have a year driving?
Where in Minnesota are you at? We need to see 10 months of experience.
@@stacysmith8187 Hey Stacy! I am in Ramsey MN, but I wont bother taking up your time at this point. I will have my CDL first week in July (6 week course completetion is scheduled for that week). So no 10 months of experience. I have herd that new CDL holders end up working for very little at the mega carriers, which have enormous turnover. Thankyou though, and love your company and the cool trucks. - Aaron