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Joetro · Aug 6, 2011

audreynmotion said: ↑

most insurances will not cover a truck over 10 years old why breakdown and new emission laws etc. bogus
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I know many O/Os with trucks older than 10 years that have no problem insuring them. Hell, I'm one of those. Not sure where you got your info, but you might want to recheck your facts.

dloving8915 · Aug 11, 2011

ziggystyles said: ↑

Actually this is a fuzzy area. Various new emissions laws and such being put into place, or coming up in the next few years state that you can't have an engine older than XX year; and I THINK that there are some that state you can't have a truck older than a certain year.

Lots of truckers who own their own trucks, lease on with companies and get their freight through them. basically they own the truck but haul for the company. Many trucking companies won't even let you have a truck older than I think five years due to 'maintenance concerns'...etc.

Rebuilding an engine on big rigs is somewhat common among the older trucks; ranging from a simple in frame rebuild to a complete out of frame rebuild. I personally don't hear much about major trucking companies doing this however, it seems to be more common with owner operators.
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For the company we pull for they do not care how old the truck is. We just have to pass a dot inspection every 4 months!

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