Are you actually making money after ALL expenses… or just think you are?

Yep, same links I saw when I made the post above yours. The last one has a demand of Paccar paying for future repairs, and that’s about the time they extended the warranty on them.

On my 2022 I did two cleanings and then the warranty rep leaned on them and I got 6 of the new injectors. Based on my personal experience with them in different trucks since Jan of 2019 I’d still take one over an X15 any day. The guy I work for feels the same way. They’re showing up 4 at a time to replace the low mileage x15’s that are giving us problems. And when something does go wrong their warranty process is a lot faster at making decisions than Cummins is.

 

I agree with you the X15's are junk. The one I'm in has 90K and burns oil like a DD60 with 800k. We got 4 of these Petes at the same time, and all four are on the same bid run. Mine has about 10k more miles than the others because they all spent significant time in the shop for warranty issues. They all struggle to pull the 'hills' on I-41 and the ride is rough, though some of that is being a single screw. The twin screw rides much nicer. And don't get me started on the Eaton auto shifts or how fast they burn through headlights.

Out of modern trucks, the Cassciada with a dd15 and a dt12 transmission is my preferred option. It has it's flaws, but I've never had the problems I've had in the last two years with Paccar stuff.

 

If Daimler made something that resembled a long hood I’m sure it would be popular but they don’t so that’s not an option for my employer. Until something else comes along I’m sure he’ll keep buying 589’s with the 519/1850 Paccar in them.

 

Company spent $1500 on fuel and paid me $1740. That’s for 2540 miles. All the runs are easy round trips. I’m sure they made at least $7,000 gross. Probably $8,000+. I pay $66 per week for good health insurance.dental and vision. The key right now for me, and obviously them is to keep running steady. I’ve gotten real good at budgeting. Constantly looking for any hedge against inflation in my spending. Just bought Ribeyes for $11 lb. It’s the simple things. lol. For now anyways, I’ll keep doing what’s been working. Progress is slow, but it’s progress. So much easier than juggling all the insurance, repairs, and uncertainty.

 

You right about that!
A solo o/o with a paid for truck is only
good and smart for as long as that truck runs.
When it stops, you might as well forget about it...the way things are going today. They'll give you a few months of hope just to beat you down with fuel cost in the end.
Even if it runs: oil is clean and oil pressure good, you can't really know what they're going to pay for that dog food load two weeks from now.
It is all the same waltz all over again.

 

Cummins I hate to say is not the same outfit they built their reputation on with the oldie but goodies from the 80's, 90's and even some of the 2000's stuff was still pretty good. I can only speculate they kind lost of plot when the engineers took a back seat to the bean counter wall street types and woke millennials that undoubtedly run the place now.

Basically anything built following the Covid era supply chain shocks is a bad idea IMO. 2020 at latest. 2019 if you really want to be safe. Lost track of how many stories I've heard corroborating this from the automotive world.