Kenworth VS Western Star

i get the feelin you,s is waitin 4 me to say som ton

Yarh
U're prefered wheelz of motion

if i had to go back to workiong the highway full time , i like to be in a limo from bays water

On leakin roofs...
ol mate in the bonneted -- at pimba wasnt too happy with his purchase...
she leaked big time...down into the wiring etc in the dash...
Buggy would cease to function and he would get wet.....
-- according to his account were not too concerned with his plight, after 3 months of drama...
He was a heavy hauler from W.A.
Good and bad stories in all of em..
Usually find if some of the clowns that were drivin some of them..were in fact makin the payments...
Most of the problems would disappear!!

chocs

Yep spot on chocs!!!
Only I'd add a little bit.Mate.
If the same clowns were paying for the brake, Clutch & gearbox bits,
Most blokes R&M costs'd drop substantialy :

Just My 2cents worth

This here be AussieHooker's Star at my work, much better then that other new Star in the back corner.....

Anybody recognise this truck?



A White with a Western Star bonnet, apparently from the Blue Mountains somewhere. Now owned by my brother in (Port Moresby?) Papua New Guinea. Plenty busy doing lots of heavy salvage work in PNG.

It aint RED Bugly

I've eatin pleantly of dust and mud at the hands of both these make of truck.
To be honest It would be hard to say which is the prefer choice of log truck between them with Mack bring up 3rd position.
The Kenworth T904, T908 and C508 Brutes are the better looking trucks but the Western star offer that big cab.
All I know if someone handed me the keys to either make of them I wouldn't be complaining.

I guess this thread is a fair enough one to ask this question. Going back maybe 10 or 15 years ago, was there a particular model of Kenworth which had an inherent design flaw which KW wiped their hands of? Can

St
Gudday M8
vaguely remember a KW rig parked outside KW Bayswater factory with (Lemon) or sumthing like th@ painted on a sign on trailer parked there for a few days me didn't kno or remember wot the deal twaz

and many more moons ago may B KW S2 short wheelbase (Golden Fleece ?) oil company truck had truble controll n truck when turning me thinks

ButEyeDoSt&2BCorrected
Cya
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