BD69: The Owner Operator Chronicles

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Broke Down 69, Feb 5, 2018.

  1. sealevel

    sealevel Road Train Member

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    Yeah I get it man. The carrier actually sounds decent from the outside looking in. The truck just seems par for the course with these new age used trucks.
     
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  3. Broke Down 69

    Broke Down 69 Road Train Member

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    Crap happens. I still have a fair chunk of change in the bank and despite mechanical setbacks I'm still doing pretty well in the profit column. When you buy a used truck there is an element of risk. Morehouse has service records going back to the day the truck was delivered. Frankly, the injectors were no real surprise, they were at the limit of their service life. As for the oil in the ECM, turns out that isnt terrible uncommon with the cm2250, it's a design flaw that the new harness corrected. Is it frustrating? Hell yes it is, but I put on big boy pants every day and it isn't anything I can't overcome.
     
  4. Scooter Jones

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  5. Broke Down 69

    Broke Down 69 Road Train Member

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  6. Banker

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    That’s a very nice looking home. I am extremely jealous of your garage. I had one at my last house that I think was as big as your garage looks. I had the drive wide enough that I could bring the entire rig home. Now we live in the city and I don’t even get to park in the garage, but that is changing soon.
     
  7. otterinthewater

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    Ya...those things are what dreams are made of. The tuned C15's sound so freakin' good. I hear their mpg isn't as good...but Dang...I married a beautiful woman, and it's 100% the work.

    See now I want a yellow one.

    "Hi my name is Otter I like 1969 Cabernet's, my favorite color is Cat yellow, and I'm fascinated by small shiny objects."
     
  8. Broke Down 69

    Broke Down 69 Road Train Member

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    Yeah, the vet and feed bills are pretty steep with a Cat but treated right and cared for, they'll never let you down.

    And, oh yeah, they'll pull Hell off it's hinges as well.
     
  9. daf105paccar

    daf105paccar Road Train Member

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    Better not let old blue hear this talk.
    He/she might take offence.:eek::eek:
     
  10. bzinger

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    Just cause its yellow don't make it a race truck lol.

    Signed
    My 85 kw cab over with 310 cat power .
     
  11. bzinger

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    And I might add that it was the most stable engine I've ever owned cause it didn't matter if ya held it on the floor all day and night or ya pushed it off a cliff with tailwind .....it was gonna get 5 mpg .
     
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