Is this a good truck to start with?

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  1. Jun 24, 2009 #1
    dmg1029

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    Mountain driving, long haul, price? I like the tall sleeper and seems reasonable priced...
     
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  3. Jun 24, 2009 #2
    rookietrucker

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    *scratches head* Is it one of those new radar invisible ones? cause I don't see it :biggrin_25526:
     
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  4. Jun 24, 2009 #3
    dmg1029

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    would help if i post the link..



    what do you expect from newbee.
     
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    rookietrucker

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    You need to be a little more specific then that. That gives a whole page of trucks and could be considered advertising. The link of the truck your actually looking at?
     
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    Native Dancer

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    We expect a newbee to tell us which of the 29 trucks on the link he is interested in.:biggrin_25525::biggrin_25525:

    That's OK, I've done far worse.
     
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    Great minds think alike and little ones seldom differ. In the interest of harmony on the board we won't get into whos who.
     
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    dmg1029

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  10. Jun 24, 2009 #8
    cat from the valley

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    do u think the extended hood would be good in the mountains?
     
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    pullingtrucker

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    It would be a decent start for a truck. From looking at the pics and info, I would guess that it was a fleet truck and they might have the maintance records if ya ask.

    The only thing I will say is that with the C-15 you are gonna get lower mpg's until you modify it and learn how to drive the motor. The ACERT C-15's are a different breed and a person can't drive them the same way as a E model CAT. Go searching in the threads here on info about the C-15 motors. There are a bunch of little things that a person can do to improve throttle response, hp/tq, and mpg.
     
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  12. Jun 24, 2009 #10
    haystack

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    I dont think that you will like the 3.36 rears, had a bunch of guys try to trade me out of my 3.55's
     
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