What's the longest amount of years you have driven the same truck?

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  1. nocashnosplash

    nocashnosplash Bobtail Member

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  3. fortycalglock

    fortycalglock Road Train Member

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    12 years. I replaced it as it was economical to rebuild the whole truck, as it was all original, when the motor went. I bought a used glider that I hope to get 12 years out of as well.
     
  4. REO6205

    REO6205 Road Train Member

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    We have a '71 Pete that we bought brand new. It started out as a highway truck hauling lumber, then a tanker, then was made into a lowboy tractor, then it was rigged to haul logs and now it's a water truck.
    LOL...it's all original except for a couple of engine replacements, half a dozen transmissions, both frame rails being replaced, two sleepers, both doors,many many windshields, a few rear ends, several drivelines, a new front axle, two paint jobs, and three different kinds of suspension. I think we put about twenty front bumpers on it and a fender or two along the way.
    You know, just the usual stuff.
    I doubt we'll ever replace it.
     
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  5. 6rider

    6rider Light Load Member

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    Father is up to 23, hoping to get 2 more years out of his before he hangs up the keys.
     
  6. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    Just a company driver here, but I’ve been in mine for 11 years.
     
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  7. TruckRunner

    TruckRunner Heavy Load Member

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    Wow a company driver in the same truck for 11 years?
     
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  8. LoJackDatHo

    LoJackDatHo Medium Load Member

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  9. Grubby

    Grubby Road Train Member

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    Love them old KWs! The one of my Daddys in my avatar is the first one I rode in, and the first one I drove. Thats me standin in front of the air cleaner can. He had that thing for ages, hauled a lotta steel with that double bunk!
     
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  10. bzinger

    bzinger Road Train Member

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    Mine was an areodyne wish I had it back now....well maybe not cause it didn't get more than 5 mpg unless ya pushed it off a cliff with a tailwind .lol
     
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  11. Grubby

    Grubby Road Train Member

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    Im a Flattop man, but them Aerodynes were always cool imo!
     
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