The first gen egr pushed way more soot back in to the motor. That caused problems with carbon packing which leads to premature cylinder wear. It also pushed more soot in the engine oil which led to premature bearing failure, oil filter plugging and rocker shaft wear. they had oil pressure issues which led to premature cam failure. They have and still have head issues the are only good for about 500,000 miles. The air actuated vgt isn’t nearly as efficient as the electronic controled Vgt. They are not a bad engine, but they are maintenance heavy engines. They were rushed into production and it shows. ‘15 on to current are a much better design.
Advice, please?
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Gimme a couple of years to stack some savings and prove myself as a business man, and watch me SOAR!
A paid off, reliable truck sets me up well ahead of the lease-purchase and first time new truck buyers. Brings my cost per mile for operation right down right quick. No weekly $1,450 truck note for a wire out former company truck for me, no sir!
Also let's me be far pickier about what I'll haul, and what rate I'll run for. I despise cheap freight (always more of a PITA than its worth), and the term "backhaul" doesn't exist in my lexicon.
I expect to bust some serious tail over the next five to ten years. Won't actually be any different than what I do now, just more stress and more reward.
Don't get me wrong. I LIKE my company. I have a comfortable lifestyle, and I make better than average money for a company driver. I work as hard as I want (hard enough to make my dispatcher concerned at times) and take time off when I want for as long as I want. But I'm tired of the maintenance program not meeting my standards, and I'm tired of the "Truck most always be loaded, even of we lose money in the load" mentality. I want the freedom to maintain MY truck to MY standards without having to beg permission from some desk jockey, and the option to bounce to a better paying lane without losing a day for some jacked up load that costs more to haul than it pays.
I work the Rust Belt area down to TN, with a bit of WI, NE, and very rarely some NY State thrown in. I'm very rarely more than 200 miles from decent freight at the most extreme of more normal range. I don't see the point of taking a crud load I (or in this case the company) ends up PAYING to move, when it is cheaper to run empty and enjoy the bump in fuel mileage to grab the next actually profitable load.
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Craigslist can be your friend here, and/or truck paper. I haven’t seen the truck you mention, but if you were patient working your regional craigslist, I’m pretty positive you could get that same truck for $15k. Search in Craigslist the motor you want, like Detroit S60, n14, Isx, 6nz and etc. these searches tend to pull up a range of different setups with these motors. You get to know the owner, get the real reason for selling. And if they were profitable they’ll have years worth of maintenance records and can explain you that truck like the back of their hand.
From a dealer?... they don’t care. They don’t know. Can you get a great truck/deal at a dealer, maybe so.Last edited: Jul 5, 2019
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The thing different with trucking than cars is that, you’ve been in trucking and should be able to use your BS dector with other o/o’s. This especially comes after years of being one yourself.
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I rode a dyno once in sleeper, mechanic put it on there and loaded us down. I woke up believing that were all out on hands and feet at 40 and dropping. He had me strap in pax seat as he drove the dyno to try and make my tractor fail in the cooling at max pull.
30 minutes of it. Rough ride to be sure. I wont recommend it. He did good with large shifts in proper RPM. And she growled into the load imposed on the drives as if she was all out. But the dyno won that round eventually. Got her all hot and bothered with dash values beyond what I am accustomed to. Particularly the axle temps back there in the gauges back then. Thats probably why he quit it. They were at 270. Usually 220 or so running normal.brsims Thanks this. -
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