Fleet Diagnostics that work across several engines?

Good Afternoon,

We've got about 10 mixer/crane/daycab trucks here, looking for some recommendations on what to get for software diagnostics. Mixed fleet- 3 - MX 13's, 2 - ISX's, a C-13, a C-12, and some older M-11's. We don't do a lot of heavy engine work ourselves, but need something to diagnose engine lights and emission issues etc. Has anyone tried the PF Diagnose from diesel laptops?
Universal Diesel Truck Diagnostic Tool & Scanner Laptop Kit
They seem to think it will do most of what we need. They do sell TEXA also, but I think that's maybe a bit overkill for what we are looking for? Or what are your thoughts. Other software we should be looking at?
Thanks.

 

Ok, well maybe our fleet is a little too mixed breed to get any offers. I'll have to do some calling around and see. We've actually only bought 2 of them new from the dealer.
Which product did you get from Diesel Laptops? Do you use their troubleshooting guides at all (Knowledgebase 2.0, DTC)? The salesman seems to think they are top notch.

 

Ok, we've got an old CF Toughbook here, so I'll maybe get a Nexiq and go from there. I've gathered there are a lot of cloned Nexiq's out there also.

Davie 4 has a mandatory subscription, is that right? Diesel laptops sells it, but where is the best place to purchase that through? Inland KW? That's our dealer. Are there different levels of Davie 4? Fleet and Dealer Level?

 

I will check into that a bit more. I never realized they had the eportal option was available to us. Would be very handy, especially as the trucks age a bit.

Inland quoted me $1400 CAD, so that sounds pretty fair. He said though, that there was no subscription, I thought that there was.

Also, we do have one MX13 that has had an DEF delete on it. The way I understand is you can use the Davie 4 on those, just make sure not too update it?

Thanks for all the help.

 

Ok, that's good to know. Ya this one was actually deleted by a truck center that is a Peterbilt dealer. Manager does deletes with his own "division" outside of the dealership. So I can't say how it rates on the hack job scale, but we have not had any issues with it.

We will probably go that route then. Is there a reason you would want to put the ET and INSITE on a separate laptop? Not a huge investment for another cheap laptop, but just curious.

Thanks for al your help/recommendations.