falling apart piece by piece

Discussion in 'Trucks [ Eighteen Wheelers ]' started by txnewbee, Nov 19, 2012.

  1. Real Deal

    Real Deal Medium Load Member

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    If you can't afford a Peterbilt then get a Mack
     
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  3. Pedigreed Bulldog

    Pedigreed Bulldog Road Train Member

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    Dern right. Macks won't fall apart when you take 'em off road, so there's no need to fix 'em like you do them Petercars.
     
  4. Cat sdp

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    Not sure the new Macks are as good as the old Allentown ones!
     
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  5. 59BROCKWAY

    59BROCKWAY Light Load Member

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    Yeah old Mack's are great trucks , but the cabs rot out very bad unlike the peterbilts which are extruded aluminum.
     
  6. heavyhaulerss

    heavyhaulerss Road Train Member

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    I agree. they are a better quality
     
  7. heavyhaulerss

    heavyhaulerss Road Train Member

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    Your correct on the quality comparison. did not mean pete's are a waste of money. just there are times you can get more bang for your buck sometimes buying other than pete. MY former agent/dispatcher for steel transport, bought a pete. just because it was a pete, no other reason & he owned 3 previously. after buying & having everything gone over, 4 months later the engine threw a piston thru the side of the engine. it put him out the trucking business. or just made him want to give up on it all. it was a cummins red top. I know it was the engine & not the truck itself, but the cost of the 2000 pete with 800,000 miles cost $40,000 just cuz it was a pete.
     
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  8. BigCam9670

    BigCam9670 Medium Load Member

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    You do know that that is an average of 333,333 miles per year right? 6,000,000 miles/18 years. Next time you going to throw numbers out make them a little more believeable.
     
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  9. fortycalglock

    fortycalglock Road Train Member

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    Shakers aren't made for off road, heck the dashes crack on highway trucks. Get yourself a Canadian built Western Star or older Mack, you won't be sorry.
     
  10. Smellfunny

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    There are very few century class trucks that come in our shop that don't have just about the entire dash broken or falling apart. All of them are broke at the park brake valves.

    Throw away trucks...
     
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  11. txnewbee

    txnewbee Light Load Member

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    Ya bought the truck as a starter rig it does ok the dirt and i wish i could afford a mack i love the old school trucks just built like tanks and as far as new rig no thanks i bought my truck cash and even tho it has broke down now that i have been taking care of it its doing fine so i dont see the need to buy a more expensive truck cause just cause its more expensive dont mean it wont break i know if i get a new dash itll pbly break but i just want one to make it look nice again and smellfunny thats exactly where mine is broken the park brake valves any suggestions on this besides getting a new truck
     
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