Yesterday I traveled to Denver to pick up my new PT425 at Overnite's terminal.
With the pickup and trailer rental, the total cost above the tractor and implements was about $800. That would have be reasonable, but I had to blow off a day's work to pick it up.
I think that PT should find a different method of 'delivery'.
Here's how the day went.
Picked up truck and trailer 7:30 AM.
Drove 80+ miles in urban traffic to terminal.
The dispatcher at the terminal didn't know about the delivery (although it arrive Friday PM, I still had not been notified as of Monday AM).
With the trailer number I brought, they were able to locate it. I waited 1-1/2 hours until they could move the trailer to the terminal. My tractor was the only thing in it. They had not unloaded it because they couldn't figure out how to release the brake and didn't want to do any damage. At least that was good.
I first saw the PT (sort of) in the dark front of a trailer, released the brake easily, and attempted to start it. The battery was so dead the starter solenoid barely clickec. And I had no idea to operate the tractor anyway other than what I had read.
SO--after another hour of waiting and negotiating, they agreed to attempt to jump start the PT. Unfortunately, it was lunch time, and they were off the clock, so I stood and waited another hour.
When they were back on the clock, it only took another 40 minutes, and we did get it started. Not my idea of customer service and delivery, but I backed it off the truck, down the ramp, over to the trailer, and it stopped. No gas.
After a few more minutes of gazing dejectedly at the ground, got fuel, jumped it again, put it on the trailer and left.
Not to complain too much, but this is an extraordinary amount of work and lost pay for little return.
Now that I have the tractor at my house, and have cooled down a bit, I've run it, and find that it is as described in this forum.
I'll be calling PT this AM to see about some paint or compensation for same, as it looks like it was under boxes or whatever, as the entire rear part is scuffed to bare metal in a number of places.
Looks like one of the main lift cylinders leaks quite a bit, also.
Fortunately for Power-Trac, I signed the purchase order that says I understand that there are no returns or refunds.
A lot of the welds look like my first ones ever attempted, though, and the instrument pod plates are crooked.
This is the last time I will spend nearly $12K on something I've never seen. Hopefully, I'll look at things differently at some point.
If you're still with me after this rant, thanks for the patience!
The machine is solid, appears to be very capable.
Mark H.
With the pickup and trailer rental, the total cost above the tractor and implements was about $800. That would have be reasonable, but I had to blow off a day's work to pick it up.
I think that PT should find a different method of 'delivery'.
Here's how the day went.
Picked up truck and trailer 7:30 AM.
Drove 80+ miles in urban traffic to terminal.
The dispatcher at the terminal didn't know about the delivery (although it arrive Friday PM, I still had not been notified as of Monday AM).
With the trailer number I brought, they were able to locate it. I waited 1-1/2 hours until they could move the trailer to the terminal. My tractor was the only thing in it. They had not unloaded it because they couldn't figure out how to release the brake and didn't want to do any damage. At least that was good.
I first saw the PT (sort of) in the dark front of a trailer, released the brake easily, and attempted to start it. The battery was so dead the starter solenoid barely clickec. And I had no idea to operate the tractor anyway other than what I had read.
SO--after another hour of waiting and negotiating, they agreed to attempt to jump start the PT. Unfortunately, it was lunch time, and they were off the clock, so I stood and waited another hour.
When they were back on the clock, it only took another 40 minutes, and we did get it started. Not my idea of customer service and delivery, but I backed it off the truck, down the ramp, over to the trailer, and it stopped. No gas.
After a few more minutes of gazing dejectedly at the ground, got fuel, jumped it again, put it on the trailer and left.
Not to complain too much, but this is an extraordinary amount of work and lost pay for little return.
Now that I have the tractor at my house, and have cooled down a bit, I've run it, and find that it is as described in this forum.
I'll be calling PT this AM to see about some paint or compensation for same, as it looks like it was under boxes or whatever, as the entire rear part is scuffed to bare metal in a number of places.
Looks like one of the main lift cylinders leaks quite a bit, also.
Fortunately for Power-Trac, I signed the purchase order that says I understand that there are no returns or refunds.
A lot of the welds look like my first ones ever attempted, though, and the instrument pod plates are crooked.
This is the last time I will spend nearly $12K on something I've never seen. Hopefully, I'll look at things differently at some point.
If you're still with me after this rant, thanks for the patience!
The machine is solid, appears to be very capable.
Mark H.
