International LT625

Also welcome!

@@LifeintheHammerLane thanks

X15

Cab looks smooth on the inside

@@TheMatheuscouto sorry for the late response. I will give International credit, I like the interior of this 2019 LT better then the 2020 Kenworth T680 I had up until recently. I have a video of that but have yet to upload it. In February they just gave me a brand new 2024 Kenworth T680 which has a fully digital dash which I love. Will have to showcase that at some point as well

When it stops breaking down 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I have a very abusive relationship with PACCAR. Also I had a huge personal debacle happen where I had to move out, I have a new relationship, other things I won't bore you with. I promise it's coming 🤣

Thank you for reaching out though. It motivates me more to get it done. I'm doing well for myself in terms of the company though they are treating me better than I could imagine.

@@LifeintheHammerLane Really? As someone whos startin a career in the Diesel technician area Im curious to know what kind of issues youre havin.

@@LifeintheHammerLane All good tho man, in the meanwhile i still have a lot of these videos to watch, even the older ones where you drivin a Prostar

@@TheMatheuscouto oh dude PACCAR is atrocious. Basically just shitty unreliable parts that fail any time. I got this truck and weeks later broke down with constant gearbox faults without an issue. They tell you to pull over and do a "6 key reset" where you shut off the truck, then go "accessories, off" really fast 6 times then start it. Did that for like 2 weeks until I got to a shop. Ended up being a computer problem (PACCAR transmission). Then my coolant sensor kept saying I had dangerously low coolant any time I went around a bend for WEEKS and then it just went back to normal magically one day. I've had 3 separate coolant leaks. My turbo actuator failed once. My DPF sensor constantly says I need to regen then it'll go away 20 miles later. Couple weeks ago I was driving along and my carrier bearing just shot out of the bottom of the truck in the middle of an Ohio backroad. Luckily I was right down the road from the TA in Wapakoneta or else my drive shaft would be in a corn field somewhere. Now yesterday I got the maintenance light and a derate code, can't see what's wrong unlike my old LT, but when I pulled over the AC compressor wasn't spinning with the belt. I turned the truck off and on again and it started turning again but the derate code is still there. I've had this truck for 5 months. Less than 500k miles.

I've actually been to US Steel there in Dravosburg a few times with the company I work for now. Nice place too, I like going there.

This guy gets it. I used to do crazy massively illegal clock running for them and once I realized I need to calm down and started telling them I'm sorry I can't do that, they let me go literally the second they could. I want to make a video about it soon what happened to me was downright despicable and they absolutely should be exposed for it

Best of luck!!!! One of the good things about this industry is it is literally never too late I'm sure you can put good long time in if you want to.

Thank you very much !@@LifeintheHammerLane

It will be a second life for me !!

I live about 5 hours from Springville as well 🤣 I miss this store so much.

Thank you very much, and welcome! 😁😁

Thanks! Glad you enjoy and welcome!

Jeez you know more about these trucks then I do 🤣 Unfortunately I do not know the gear ratios, however I do know it's a 425HP Cummins X15, and the transmission is a 10 speed Eaton automatic.

@@LifeintheHammerLane thank you for respond, sir ) I just love trucks and trying to point as much details as possible about them, pure interest)) Thanks for your videos)

@@essermax of course! I changed to a different company and drive a Kenworth T680 now. If you stick around you'll eventually see some videos with this truck as well! I don't think the PACCAR sounds as good as the Cummins but still fun to listen to.

@@LifeintheHammerLane holy moly, thats great news! T680 is also one of my faves. Looking forward with impatience to watch new series of your vlog 👍

Yup! This was my 2017 Prostar

I probably was. I used to take a lot of the long runs in between these. If I don't make the money someone else is gonna, so the way I see it, might as well be me 🤣🤣

Correct, and correct. This is the old system though, they just recently changed and now use Netradyne's Driver-I.

Thank you for the welcome back Sean, KZbin tells me you've been subscribed for a year so happy subscription cake day! As of now I will still be driving trucks yes, on Wednesday I have an interview with AutoZone to run dedicated for a distribution center they have an hour north of me in Hazleton, PA, vs Hagerstown MD which was 2 hours 45 min southwest of me. I'm certain NYC is going to be involved cause its a 400 mile radius, but for six figures that's how you make me a yesman lol! Also would make for some really fun video. I want to say they drive Freightliners from seeing them on the road but don't quote me, assuming the interview goes well we shall see! Also not having a Cummins is literally going to be the biggest thing I'll miss about having a new job, I especially love when you're loaded, up a small hill about halfway up the band that chugchug sound it makes. So pleasing to listen to.

@@LifeintheHammerLane Good luck on the interview, and let me know how it goes! Cummins sure is a great engine, so I understand how you feel about missing it if this job goes through. But you'll probably be getting a Detroit! From what I've seen and heard, Detroits are great engines! Although if the trucks are Peterbilt or Kenworth you just might get lucky and get another Cummins, or maybe even a Cat if they run gliders!

@@GarbageSean long nose Pete with a pre emission Cat, 13 speed manual. That's my dream but nobody runs them anymore so it'll probably only be that, a dream 😅🤣🤣 And I sure will let you know! I'll probably group all of it into one video assuming I actually M A K E the video 🤧🤧

@@LifeintheHammerLane If you ever decide to go owner operator, make sure to get your dream truck and straight pipe it!! And I'm looking forward to the video!

@@GarbageSean hey buddy it's me again! I ended up getting picked up by Fraley & Schilling to mostly haul steel out from where I live to neighboring states. I just got here to Knoxville for orientation tomorrow, then Thursday I'll be back on the road!

Welcome! Thanks for watching! 😁

Oh I have had a real go of it the past couple months 😪 I have an update video to do soon, I'm having a job change so there is this and one more McElroy video then I'm on to M U C H greener pastures. That company is turning into an absolute disaster really fast, I tried my absolute best to keep putting up with it and keep my head down but so the story goes... Thanks for being the first to welcome me back 😁

You're welcome, thank you for watching! I agree, I like the way I do this better. Same with like when I watch playthroughs of video games online, I hate when they sit there and talk about everything under the sun the whole time. Shut up and let me watch the damn game lol.

Not sure what options the game offers but I have a 2019 LT625 with Cummins X15 425HP, and Eaton 10 speed automatic. Thanks for watching, welcome aboard! 😁

Je prévois. Après avoir posté, j'ai remarqué que c'était un peu gênant. Merci d'avoir regardé

McElroy Truck Lines. We drive International LT625s with a Cummins X15, 425HP. My truck (2019) has a 10 speed Eaton gearbox, the 2021s and newer have the 12 speed Eaton

Cummins X15 425HP

Company truck. I work for McElroy Truck Lines

Happy to provide! 😁

Peace sign. I was thanking them for letting me through. The cross traffic doesn't stop so sometimes it can be a nightmare for trucks turning there like I was stuck there.

Welcome aboard, glad to have you here! 😁

I appreciate that so very much! If you want to hear a quick story, part of the reason I made this channel was because I wondered if videos like this exist. But almost all of them had too much.... Filler? 🤣 They yap on about all kinds of stuff, jump cuts and all this extra stuff. I was like I wonder if I just make it an "ASMR" type deal where I hit record, hammer down, and upload it people would enjoy it. I'm glad you do! Thanks for watching! 😁😁

@@LifeintheHammerLane the longer the better, I hope you keep uploading more videos

Good to see you again as well! 😁 Hard in what capacity?

@@LifeintheHammerLane I heard that you have little cargo and that the income of drivers has fallen

@@foxowl1897 we did have a dip in winter, but that's mostly because I'm dedicated for Lowe's so people don't do much home improvement in the winter 🤣 We get paid layover though so I make a minimum rate whenever they don't have anything for me, so I don't have to worry about going destitute over it. As for everywhere else? I'm in a couple Facebook groups for US truckers and I haven't seen any more complaints than usual on that front. Skyrocketing fuel prices was the most recent one that comes to mind, that was real nasty business for people that owned their trucks and weren't leased to a company that some didn't make it out of.

@@LifeintheHammerLane this is good, at least at the minimum rate there are goods, better than nothing. I just watched Russian truckers in the USA, like ANKA, they say that there is a problem with cargo, it is difficult to find cargo at least somewhere.

Thank you so much for watching!

They do have a lot of issues. I know these LTs are much better than the 17 ProStar I had in my earlier videos, mostly because the LTs have the option of the Cummins X15 which is a really good motor, especially vs the Navistar 15. These LTs though get coolant leak after coolant leak after busted radiator after bad DEF/knock sensors after more coolant leaks, so they definitely have their problems. I haven't driven anything besides Internationals though even in CDL school so I don't have a frame of comparison though with other brands.

The automatic gearbox is also a nightmare on these things, always trying to shift for no reason which if you get to any slowdown or exit ramp in any of my videos you're bound to find some points where it acts up.

My dashboard says I have a total average of 6.5 MPG throughout my time with it. Loaded it's 3-5, less if I'm on a steep hill, empty it can be anywhere between 6-12, terrain plays a huge part

So if your fully loaded the truck gonna be 6.5 Mpg is bring you a good benifits ?

@@Amir-El-Ghouat well I'm dedicated out of a distribution center so I have almost equal loaded and empty miles, slightly more empty because of going home and back every week. If I was a truly regional running driver that number would probably be fairly lower because I would have more loaded miles vs empty.

That's the fun part, you don't! 🤣🤣🤣 I substantially exacerbated the issue when I got the CB antenna I use now

Weight. Loaded we weigh max 80,000 pounds, this was probably 76-78,000. Trucks have a lot of power but not enough to hold speed going up hills.

Very okay! I know small amount of Russian, Здравствуйте! 🤣 Thanks for watching!

Also why I downshift to high RPM while going up the hill, for max pulling power