Where NOT to buy a used truck - Lone Mountain.

I know their a sponsor that's why I am posting. we bought a 2007 Volvo VN780, w/ about 480k miles fully knowing that some expenses would occur, what we did NOT expect was not 24 hours into the drive home, we got stuck in Sparks, NV with an electrical problem , with all the computers ECU etc on a Volvo, Not a good thing. We were told by the Volvo dealership Vovlo Master Technician that they had literally ripped out the old Qualcomm unit, not even bothered to cut wires..I repeat...RIPPED OUT....that caused several shorts in the electrical system and over $800.00 later we were ok.

Oh did I mention Lone Mountain never stood by their warranty (no electrical coverage)....we just asked them to cover at least half the repair as the technician told us even a very quick inspection would have turned up this electrical mess, they refused to help in any way and would NOT stand by their product they sold us.

Issue #2- We got a good DOT inspection their in NB by "their" recommended shop only to come back to California (where we needed to get another from the California Dept. Of Motor Vehicles, guess what? Oh you need another $4,300.00 worth of repairs before you can pass DOT....HMmm let's see....passes in NB by their recomended shop ( yes we should have picked someone else).....drive straight to Cali, oops you need a lot of repairs....could it be they have some "relationship or arrangement" with the shop in NB? Wouldn't surprise me a bit.

I expected a truck that would go at least 24 hours before a repair
would occur, I could go on with other "issues" but needless to say we
are looking at acquiring 2 more tractors, for obvious reasons we will not
be going back to LM.

If you go their here are my recommendations;

1) never get your truck inspected at a place they suggest
2) make sure you get electrical coverage with your warrenty and understand it clearly, I was not in charge of the purchase so I had limited input here.
3)Save yourself some time and frustration ND go somewhere else.

Just my experience and my two cents..feel free to flame away, I am posting this experience on as many trucker related boards as I can to share my personal experience with other truckers.

Peace out....