Buying my first truck

Who did you buy from? I was considering Patriot Trucks but haven't pulled the trigger yet.

 

Be careful with Lone Mountain. Some of their trucks are junk. Just be sure you get a good mechanic to look at it. I dont know any mechanics in TX tho.

 

For best advice, tell us a little bit about the truck your wanting to buy....... engine, specs, mileage, year etc etc etc...

 

Cummins is a good motor. Just be sure you have the DPF filters checked. I'd go ahead and have the mechanic take them out and check them.

 

Using insite, I'd have the mechanic bring up the regen history of the engine and look for how often it is doing a burn.... too often means something is wrong and it hasnt been burning properly.

Give cummins the serial number for warranty claim history and look for excessive claims or rebuilds.

Maybe go join rawze.com as that forum is primarily focused on the isx as well, a bad engine can put a new owner operator out of business instantly.

I bough a 2008 pete and 1 month later the engine blew, $50,000cad to rebuild...... can you afford that if it happens? If not then maybe take the time to really have that motor looked at hard. I wish I had back then.