New owner torn on a new truck.

So i did something silly. I weighed the parts. The chinese one was 7.62 pounds. The AC delco one was 22.81 pounds

Wonder if that had aaaaaaannnnnyyyy baring on the failure......naaaa im sure its fine.

 

So little update. So far so good. Had an airline fitting break and friction weld itself to the PTO. Also lost a couple tires to nails. Otherwise all is well. Got a firm average on my MPG as well 5mpg on the dot. Not great compared to the 6.8-7.5 of the frog. But im actully able to get out of my own way so ive been averageing an extra load a week so its a wash so far cost wise.

I also ended up selling the bullfrog for scrap. Got an alright offer for it and as much as i wanted to fix it....frankly it had a shot engine. The axles had gods know how many miles on them. The frame was never right after it got bent and the truck always fought with me anyway. The 5th wheel was about done, and it needed a rebuild overall on the electrical, the cab and a bunch of other ####. Doing the math and priceing out parts. It would have ended up costing more then a new 579 to put back into service. And it just wasnt worth the money.

Coulda parted it out for more likely. But with how little time i have free anyway it wasnt worth the extra 5 or 6k i woulda gotten. If i coulda gotten it. Feel bad about it, but sadly the smart choice is get the cash and reinvest it into my new rig.

 

Note to self. New truck does NOT like engine washes. Decided to wash the drool off the block when i got a truckwash at the beacon and that was a mistake. Check engine and stop engine galore. Let it sit for an hour to dry and it let me idle up with only a warn engine. So got the engine fan running at high idle to get air flowing over said engine and to get the block hot to help dry and going to keep an eye on it for a while.

Would just let it sit overnight but its supposed to get below freezeing tonight and i dont want to risk freezeing water breaking plugs. Going to have the codes pulled anyway and written down so i can have the dealer check the plugs for corroson and put new seals on for anything that threw a code.

 

Lol bit late to the party there mate. that ship sailed, sunk, was a target for depth charge practice, raised, set on fire, and blown up with a nuke quite a while ago.