My impressions of MaxxForce and the Prostar.

Yeah the MaxxFarce is pretty weak. I like Internationals though. You know a rental truck is gonna be abused, even at 6500 miles. And day cabs always ride rougher than sleepers.

 

We got some 2013's in and I was offered one. After I checked it out, I decided to pass on it. I also used one of our daycab prostars on a roundtrip of about 900 miles and it was brutal..low mileage as well and rattled like it was 15 yrs old.

 

My company did me a "favor" and moved me "up" to a Prostar/Maxfarce, after one day I tossed such a fit that within 3 days I had my old truck back! YEAH!!! I did like how quiet that Maxforce was tho but thtas about it.

 

My old LTL company abandoned International because they just kept getting worse and the MAXIFORCE is complete junk. Nothing more than a half ### version of a Cummins.

 

The Swift Prostars with the ISXs ran pretty good.
They also rode better than the Volvo 670s they had.
The Prostars were really loud when it was Windy though, had a weird Door Seal.

 

Huh, I don't have that many complaints about my '13 Prostar with a MF13....except for the utter lack of power, and a nearly non-functional jake. Honestly, I've driven Cat C11's/Cummins M11's that pulled MUCH harder. It'd be a nice truck with a real motor in it. A few complaints I do have, though:

1. Excessive bump steer. This thing across the GWB is downright hard to keep in lane. On smooth roads its great.
2. Lots of cab/sleeper bounce. Had a look underneath and discovered that the only suspension on the sleeper is a pair of airbags and limiter straps. NO SHOCKS?! WTF?
3. The leveling valve on the rear suspension absolutely SHRIEKS, at completely random intervals. Almost like it's got a bit of dirt stuck in it..but it's loud enough that if it's having one of its fits I avoid DOT stations like the plague.

 

My Pro Star is one of the biggest pieces of garbage I've ever had the misfortune to drive. The wind noise is unbelievable. I have a electrical ghost that moves from one system to another. It's been in the shop 4 times for this with one 114000 miles on it.

Mine has the Maxi Force engine in it. If there is even a rumor of a hill it starts slowing down.

On the up-side... Who am I kidding ? There is no up-side to it.

 

ProStar....use it up and throw it away type of truck.
Glad mine has the 475 ISX.
300k on it now and the ride quality has went way down.
Just had all new Michelins put on along with shocks and an alignment. Now the cab shocks are shot.....

I had a rental 2013 model for a day with the MaxxForce....what a POS!
Could hardly drive it!