You do have a point there, you could give me a brand new Cascadia and I would sell it without putting a single mile on it. I don't know why you act like Cats are so expensive to maintain, I doubt I have 30k in mine with the out of frame overhaul a couple years ago. 50k mile oil changes is just ridiculous, it use much at all in between oil changes?
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48,000 miles since my last oil change and haven't lost a drop. Manufacturer calls for semi-synthetic oil with the 50k schedule, but I just recently talked myself into upgrading to full synth and keeping the same schedule. I figure a couple hundred bucks extra every 50k isn't a big deal. I think they say 15k changes with regular oil.Last edited: Jun 19, 2021
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I’d never spend 30k on a pre emissions truck, think I paid 15k for my 97, and had I don’t just the one wheel seal, a brake can and a set of slacks that it actually needed to be dot legal, I could of had it running for under 20k, but I kept my company job for another year and went right through it, ran it a year and did a complete Cummins rebuild.
You other option is go buy brand new, used trucks are cheap for a reason, personally, I liked paying cash because I can work less, everyone has different opinions on “making money” but personally I don’t think you will truely ever make money with a single truck, you can make money with 10 of them, but that’s more baby sitting then I ever want to deal with
my uncles spare peterbilt day cab I stole while I was doing the inframe on my kw is an 89 with a 400 Cummins with a rto 13 speed and 3.70 rears, I was averaging 5.9-6.1 mpg running in MA, the driver makes a bigger difference in fuel then the actual truck, but when it all comes down to it at the end of the year, it’s all tax write off. If you want a pre emissions/hood, buy one, there’s no reason to walk out to a truck you hate every day, especially if you have to make 60 payments on itJarhed1964, Geronimo17, Holy.Roller$ and 2 others Thank this. -
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But I don't want folks thinking I'm going to talk anyone out of old iron. I play devils advocate a lot, but as far as I'm concerned, most trucks are good buys if the price is right. The big question is how to figure out what's a good price on any given truck, and what isn't.
And tax writeoffs don't mean free fuel. It only works out to like 10-20% off. Whatever the effective tax rate is you're paying, that's the percent discount that a tax writeoff gives. It's much better to buy less fuel, than to buy more and take a bigger writeoff.Last edited: Jun 19, 2021
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The biggest thing is there are a lot less sensors and bull that will derate you and leave you sit somewhere on the old stuff, easier to limp them home and not pay 150 an hour shop labor but first have to wait 2 weeks to get in the door.
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