Who are the best truck manufacturers?

We should also include some costs the new junk trucks add to the bottom line. This doesn’t include labor costs, lost revenue, and unecessary downtime.

EGR Valve $1000
EGR Cooler $1000+
NOX sensors $500 a piece
Doser Injector Assembly $500
Def Pump $3-400
DPF FIlter $2000 new, $250 to clean
DDEC software $7-800 for reading and clearing fault codes, forcing regens
DEF @ $3 per gallon 15 gallons a week and 50 weeks a year $2250
Inframe for a DD15 ranges from $20k to $35k depending on how in-depth it is.

Having a well tuned 3406b that costs around 10k to rebuild putting 500 to the ground, getting 6-6.5 mpg, requiring no ecm or software and going 1 million miles or better with little more than overheads and routine maintenance? PRICELESS!!!

 

Cummins you got to be kidding me

 

My father used to haul a lot of steel out of Western Penn. I have forgot this engine he talked about, but he swore by it. I'm thinking it might have been a cat. All I know is he said it pulled those mtns going south and left a lot of other trucks in his dust. He said it pulled and pulled and pulled.

 

3406A?

 

I just don't remember. I was guessing when I said it might have been a cat. The primary reason I have no one to ask is all of those guys are no longer with us. The son of the man he drove for is still alive. If I ever get back to Georgia I might ask him if he remembers that old tractor.

 

I was just curious. That A model 3406 was a real puller. Smoked like a steamboat and got lousy mileage but put it ahead of a 6x4 and double lockers it would darn near climb a tree.

 

Just like a wildfire lol

 

Talking iddy biddy trucks are ya? Theres more than Chevy's and Fords in the larger truck world.

 

I'm not defending Freightliner I am using their specs as a comparison to trucks of old.