We bought a Mercedes-Benz?
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- čas přidán 8. 01. 2022
- Let's go to the auction and see what we come home with today?
Dylan and Robert come home with a truck and a trailer within their budget after looking for over a year. A 2006 Sterling AT9500 with a 450HP Mercedes-Benz engine and a 30 foot Jet hopper bottom trailer. Will it be a good truck? I guess only time will tell.
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Hello from a SW Iowa small farmer! Just stumbled on to your channel. 4 years ago I bought an 05 Freightliner with the same Mercedes engine and a 10 spd trans. Never regretted it for 1 minute.
I like it what little bit I've drove it around. It feels like its got a lot of low end power. I'm hoping it will last me a long time. We use a truck a lot but never put many miles on one. A lot of short trips.
I watch your videos because of the older equipment. I like watching real world farming channels that aren't fully funded by leased equipment. I know it's nice to look at new stuff but it doesn't represent the real farming world. The Mercedes engine is ok we had one it wasn't as stout as the cat but it did good on fuel. We never turned ours up and it had plenty of room for it they said we could go to 550 but it did alright where it was set. We never had our sterling give any trouble it ran real good so much so we bought another one after the first.
Looks like a good set up.
Nice truck👍👍
Great video
Put me in that old sterling!
Come on. We need a good truck driver to haul grain in the fall.
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Should be well maintained have a dealer plug in and turn it up and get rid of the speed sensor she will run . A guy around home added 6 feet to the middle of the frame and put a steerable drop axle and runs a end dump .
Beautiful truck and I heard the Mercedes diesels are very reliable so it should be a good truck for you Dylan congrats hope you’re having a great 2022 so far take care and God bless
I hope 2022 is as good as 2021 was. Hope you have a great 2022 as well.
Just recently found your channel I'm enjoying watching your videos. Keep up the good work and everything else will take care of itself.
Thank you. I always love hearing from new people that have found the channel. I hope to continue to hear from you.
Well said , that is one reason I watch, you make it with what you have. That is a true farmer.
Thank you sir.
Looks like a couple of nice upgrades to the fleet. Hope you several years of service from both the truck & trailer. Take care.
Thanks 👍
Nice rig just remember us first 1000 Subscribers that was here from the beginning I wish you would make longer videos
Lol I will never forget the people with me from the very beginning.
Bud, young beginning farmer here and between you and shorebilly Farmer you both are my favorite CZcams to watch. Thanks alot.
I'll have to check out the channel you just mentioned. Thanks for watching.
I enjoy your Chanel because of down to earth of everyone in the video
Thank you
Heck yeah!! Gonna be awesome to have two trucks and trailers running this fall!! I bet that is a nice upgrade form old blue with all the air ride!! Those are probably really good engines!! Look fwd to seeing it in use this year!! Man yeah, your channel is amazing and will be 10k in no time!! Down to earth good content and people!! Thank you for bringing us along, look fwd to more!! 😁👍
They dont make them like old blue anymore. Ive read mixed reviews on the mercedez engines. The biggest conplaint is that they are expensive to work on. Which any of these newer electronically controlled engines are going to be. I know a couple of years ago it was 20k to overhaul a N14 cummins if done at a shop. I thought we bought the truck at a fair price so I was willing to take a chance on it. Definitely nicer ride and drive. Blue truck will probably be used for mostly lowboy duty until fall comes.
@@DylanJoyceFarms Heck yeah!! Sounds like a plan!! Yes I agree the newer computer stuff is kinda expensive, but hauled alot of those ABF trucks back in the day when I drove a heavy wrecker....not many had the Benz engine that needed my assistance 😉 Look fwd to seeing it work this fall for sure!!! You gotta put a big steering wheel in it though 😁🤣👌
Glad yaw got another truck good to see Mr. Kesterson got out of the house.
He had to ask his wife pretty please.
Looks good. This should really speed you up next fall
I agree. I'm ready to put it to use.
LOOKING GOOD WE ENJOY YOUR CONTENT YOU SEEM TO BE JUST GOOD OLD CONTRY BOYS NOT TRYING TO PUT ON AIRS .JUST AN OLD MANS OPINION AN YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT THEM.LETS GO BRANDEN
FJB
I think you'll like that Sterling, I put several thousand miles on and delivered many loads of lumber with one, it was a dang good truck!
Thanks for lettkng me know. I'm hoping it will last a long time. We dont really put a lot of miles per year on a truck.
Ya'll will enjoy having a second truck and trailor
I think it will make our life a lot easier come harvest time. Thank you for watching.
nice looking rig
gonna need lugger drive tires though
Thats on the to do list.
that setup should work good for you it looks nice.
Thanks
You are into high class vehicles now, lol. Hopefully new tires and you will be able to get out of the field when you got some grain in there. Looks great.
Yessir. It definitely needs some tires with some tread.
I honestly love the color myself. Looks sharp. Not sure about the engine myself lol. If I could afford it I'd get something with either a cat, Detroit, or Cummins. Some Mercedes Benz engines are a little sensitive from what I have read a couple times, but you never know. It was new when I graduated lol. I remember when sterling also had a medium duty truck that was technically a Dodge Ram 5500 lol.
There was a local equipment dealership that had one of the Sterling branded Dodge trucks. It was the only one I ever saw.
Nice upgrade
I think its going to be a lot nicer having two trucks.
Most definitely we have 3 trucks 2 automatic Freightliners and a 10 speed Peterbuilt
@@walterlaubscherjr2011 I would have liked to found an automatic. It would have been a lot easier to find a driver in the fall.
Just go to a truck shop an have them turn up the speed an maybe a little power! You'll be set!
I'm hoping to do that pretty soon. Maybe they won't charge an arm and a leg.
Really nice M-B and trailer. Appreciate all your videos, keep going, Next goal 5000 subscribers.
I sure hope so. Thanks for always watching.
I'd rather have your equipment any way looks better and reminds me when I helped my grandpa no Def 2 buy and no payments to the bank
Thank you. Lol I still have payments to the bank but they are much smaller than new stuff lol.
In an older video you were driving a newer international tandem truck. Do you guys not have it anymore?
We had it rented from a neighbor. It had a Cummins isx in it. It was a nice truck but not really something I could afford.
You kinda left us hanging on why you didn’t buy a bigger truck.
Got sidetracked
I'd bet money your engine has not been set at 450 hp. ABF would never set an engine that high. It's capable of 450, but probably set at 350. Maybe less. Probably has cruise control disabled also. Most likely you will need to have the computer parameters checked by a dealer. Be prepared to pay to have it set at 450
I'll have them check out
Whyd you buy w single axle you ain’t gone haul much beans that way
Who said I wanted to haul a lot of beans?
@@DylanJoyceFarms aw hell
He can haul twice what he was hauling to start with but I'm sure he will just leave one in the field and take the loaded one to unload