opinion on used trucks

Stick with the popular brands. Easier to fix with more locations and parts availability.

Volvo, intl, and mack being the least favorites.

 

Finding the right fuel filters for international at a ta.....good luck

He's right on that one.

 

I just don't understand why, when someone is looking for a good used truck, Kenworth is always overlooked. There are a ton of them out there, ( even old fleet KW's, like Millis) and might cost a little more initially, but you get twice the truck. From what I've heard here, newer Macks are but a shell of what they used to be, not the best, and if you are looking at Freightliners, why not a Volvo? ( Good heavens) Sorry, there IS a difference in trucks, and I feel, Kenworth is the best out there. Always has been.

 

T600 13speed kW with a cat.

Best truck I ever had.
Just duck when coming back to the chair and suck it in...

Got better mpg out of that truck then a auto 2015! 10 year older truck.

1day in the shop ever for a new starter.

 

It is what is under the hood that counts the most.

 

I'll take a Diamond Reo any day over a Kenworth.

 

On my second 1.1+ million mile D12 volvo.
It gets better fuel mileage than any other 700k engine. 1mpg better a year pretty much pays all the maintenance, shh don't tell the haters. But there are a lot of things I hate about them as well

 

I went with Detroit, simple reason being you can cross parts and you can find a Detroit mechanic anywhere. It's all luck of the draw in the end. My only other advice is unless your putting it in a truck show, nice looking should be close to last in priority list. Paid 12,000 for my first truck it was ugly and had 1.1 million but lasted for 6 years and was still going strong when I sold it.

 

Hi Chinatown, HOORAY, we agree on something. (just kidding) Diamond Reo was indeed a classy truck. Even UPS used D-R cabovers for a while. The asphalt plant I worked at in the '90's, had a D-R conventional day cab, maybe early '70's, that we used as a lowboy truck, and it was pretty tired, but you could still see, at one time, it was a nice truck. Same cab as my Western Star. ( thanks to hankstruckpictures and John Becker for these)
http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/pix/trucks/john_becker/ups_diamond_reo_03_jlb.jpg