Bottom falling out on pre-emission trucks?

There is ALWAYS an endless supply of clueless dolts that couldn’t tell the difference between a piston and an s-cam that are ALWAYS going to be in the market for a truck. There is an alarming amount of people that couldn’t tell you within $20,000 how much they are going to spend on repairs and downtime in the next 6 months. There is a disturbing amount of people who aren’t even in this country to live…..they are here for cash money until they go bankrupt, take their cash and go back home and burn their visa.

 

I do I do!

 

I always liked the LTL Fords. But there are certain parts on those trucks like if you bought one now to run that are outrageously expensive.

I also like the GMC generals but parts for them are difficult to get in general. If you're going to put a truck on the road you need to be able to just call and get whatever you need within a day or two.

I also like those autocar trucks I think they're number at64 I believe. Really nice looking truck but again problematic to find parts for.

Plus now those trucks are older trucks and the Rears are hard to find parts for and it's all kind of obsolete in that way unless you update them.

I have to say I always hated that in the Fords and the gmc general the big cam Cummins had to sit crooked.

Fortunately the fld120 there are plenty of parts available. To this point I've never had to wait more than overnight for parts. If the rears ever become obsolete they still use the exact same suspension. Buy a cut off and you can roll that suspension right under the other truck in probably 2 hours or so.

The big cam Cummins now is an older engine although there's still plenty in use, it's not like it's something that's in such high demand you can't get parts.

I'm very happy and fortunate to be set up the way that I am.

 

Yep, sits crooked like the old slant Six in the dodges

of I was running a older truck with unique parts , I’d just pick up a parts truck.
For the rears , I’d just use a cutoff from a newer truck , rides better and easy to get parts for and usually cheaper the rebuilding the old rears .

 

That's the best approach but sometimes there are things that you can't get from the Parts truck.

Like if you need a heater core or if you need a windshield wiper motor or something like that sometimes those parts are not easy to find.

 

Only thing I couldn’t get last 6 months was cab airbags from Freightliner. Went online and found them everywhere. Moto mirrors are on a long backorder too. The genuine Detroit parts are the only ones I’m (engine builder) is currently having trouble with. I’ve spent over 4K on all kinds of stuff and Freightliner had it all.

 

Those were Bentz Bunks. Might know were one is being removed this week. Plumbed for heat/ac.

 

Freightliner of KC, MO had no air filters for the past few weeks, will see at the end of the month.

 

What are you defining as pre-emissions? The market for pre-DEF trucks is through the roof. Seems your title is a little off, as well as your examples. The market for 50 year old trucks may be falling though.