International Prostar with Maxxforce 13

Why do you think the price is so low on the prostar...?

 

If you like down time and repair bills buy the Maxxforce engine. Do a search on here for Maxxforce lots of info already posted.

Do a search on CraigsList you may find a local company or owner op selling trucks outright for lower price.

 

If you're trying to get a better understanding of what "buyer's remorse" is, by all means, get the Maxxforce.

 

What all have you had going on with your Cummins?
One of the big things I notice with DPF-equipped trucks is that, although they're an item to be serviced at regular intervals, a lot of people don't touch them until it stats throwing codes (the company I work for included). Cleaning a DPF isn't difficult... if you have just the DPF without the DEF and SCR, then you'll either have a four piece or three piece system, depending on the model year... the difference being that the DOC is integral to the inlet on the three piece system, whereas the DOC and inlet are separate on the four piece. What is a pain in the nuts on those is that those are held in with four bolts which are prone to seizing, so you'll want to give them a liberal dosing of PB Blaster, Liquid Wrench, WD40, and let it soak for a bit before you go cranking on them, and make good and sure not to break them.
IMO, if you're going to own a truck with an aftertreatment system, then it's worth it to get the software (in the case of Cummins, that would be Insiste), and the diagnostic reader with the SAE J1939 connector (for Cummins, either Inline 5/6 or NexIQ).

 

Had 4 maxxforce international 08-10s constant headaches all,of them if you want my advice I say NO WAY STAY AWAY. It may be cheap that buy... But not to keep up with.

 

You should listen to these folks and look elsewhere. That truck spends more time on the hook than rolling.

I gave up my new carrier issued 14 for a slower 12 Volvo automatic. Got tired of sitting at Binder drinking coffee while my commissioned brothers rolled by while I starved .

Trucks have problems, lines are long at dealer and there's no parts. Factory blames union and you starve while waiting. Package nearly bankrupted Binder.

JMO

 

My friend who works for celedon is on his 3rd prostar in the last 2 years. The previous two have blew up around 300,000 miles, both of them.

 

Mechanically M.A.N. engines are good, but really early common rail engines for class 8 trucks were not reliable enought.

In early 2000s only three companies introduced CRD engines for trucks:

M.A.N fit this engine to TGA trucks, and later to International, Renault/Mack (before wedding with Volvo) made DCI 11 and Cummins introduced CRD engines from small ISB to ISL9, later they add ISF.

All these engines got different versions of Bocsh CRD. Good ore not? Yep, not so reliable like pump units ore injector pump units, but surelly fuel economy is much better