Anyone know or care to share maintainence costs on a brand new truck; year 1-7

I agree, if you buy a glider with a pre-emission motor I think those numbers are pretty accurate. With a brand new full on choked to death motor, your Rollin the dice. Some have been on par, others have had full on motor jobs at 80,000 miles. Of those most are covered under warranty, but not all. Also warranty work does not cover your monthly truck payment.

 

The more important question is how many days of downtime does the average new truck have these days ?

Warranty covers the repairs but the cost of lost revenue is on you.

 

I have a new 2016 Evolution I have put 146 ,000 miles on her. So far nothing major but it's close to 6 cents per mile. I now put .15 cents a mile away. Things will happen


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Captain Dave

 

I've seen newer gliders with about 300-400k on them selling for about 60-70k. That's the route I'm going for my next truck. That or finding an old one that hasn't been rebuilt yet and rebuilding the motor myself properly

 

I have 2 Volvos - one has 230000 miles, the other 150000.
The older one has been at the dealer twice, but all was done over the weekend - Volvo dealers are not as busy as Freightliner.
First time they had to change the injectors, second time an after treatment system air valve.
Both times no down time and done under warranty.
When you buy new, pay extra 3K for 500K extended warranty.
Oil change every 30K miles is $300.
At 150K miles injector adjustment and new after treatment injector was $1100.
That's it.
I have teams in both trucks and I plan on selling when they turn 400K.
Even better, if you have good credit, get the truck on a lease, costs just under 3K per month, but when the lease is up, you can buy it or dump it to the dealer if it's a lemon.

 

I once read the Ryder fleet maintenance manager in Toronto said they average close to $1,000 per month over a five year period. That includes all repairs, maintenance and tires. They are rental trucks so they do get abused pretty bad, so that would be on the bad side.
I had a new 2006 Century with a Mercedes engine for six years. My total cost was close to $55,000 over the six years. That included changing rear ratios from 3.58 to 4.11 ($5k), a rebuilt front diff ($6k) and an engine in-frame ($18k).

 

according to the Penske lease paperwork I saw it's .11/mi or .14/mi (depending on the equipment you choose) on a 5 year lease (if my memory serves me) so the schedule posted earlier in this forum makes sense.