Bought a 98......

Detroit 12.7 is an excellent motor. Did you get paperwork on the overhaul? The reason i ask os there are many things that may have or may not have been done. Such as injectors turbo head having the block cut ect.... you also have the transmission and rears to consider. Defending on the condition of the truck you may have gotten an ok deal.

 

Congratulations that is a great package.

 

Hi Center Lane, Welcome aboard. 10 grand is peanuts for a truck today. Not sure what you plan to do with it, be a great truck to haul RR cans around local. I'd be a little nervous running a truck with that many miles OTR, but I'm sure people do it. Reason I say that, is it could nickel and dime you, cooling, electrics, suspension,rest of the motor, but you've got nothing in it, relatively speaking, so sounds ok. Good luck.

 

Wow, that was kind of a shot in the dark. I pulled RR trailers for almost 5 years out of Chicago. I had a cheaper truck, kind of like you, and when a problem did come up, I was usually an hour from home and not stuck in Phoenix (or where ever) and at the mercy of some rip off truck repair. I knew guys that had newer trucks with a big payment and didn't last 6 months. There's a forum category here for intermodal if you have any questions, people here are glad to help. Intermodal has changed a lot since I did it, but if I can help, let me know. Good luck.