Can old trucks run highway after engine replacement

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Samteja, Jul 4, 2020.

  1. Burb2020

    Burb2020 Bobtail Member

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    Yea not too much difference the cascadia can't rot the body out it's plastic but I just don't get where the OP is trying to go with this though because the company I drive for has trucks that are 40 years old with 2 million miles
     
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  3. 062

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    Yes. Do you want me to come get it out of your way or do you deliver:cool:
     
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  4. bad-luck

    bad-luck Road Train Member

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    Absolutely not. Keep on trucking!
     
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  5. bad-luck

    bad-luck Road Train Member

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    And longer... My buddy is still running a 1986 Pete evey day
     
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    If it's a Frightliner [sic], yes,,,I drove a '99 Columbia for a friend, had almost a mil on it, and while it still ran great ( 500 Detroit), it began to fall apart like a Chinese motorcycle. Oddly, right around a mil, as if to say, you got your money's worth, time for a new one. Obviously,, they engineer those things so you don't use them forever. Just about everyday, it was something. 1st the cruise didn't work, then the adjustable steering wheel broke, wiper motor, heater motor, hearer core, a/c condenser ( that Freightliner couldn't locate for some reason), it was awful,,,but it still ran great. Up to you, I've driven Pete's and KW's with millions of miles,( my '72 Pete in avatar had many, many miles on it) and never fell apart like that.
     
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  7. Farmerbob1

    Farmerbob1 Road Train Member

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    All the problems in the world don't pay the bills.
     
  8. Farmerbob1

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    I follow Letsdig18 on YouTube and he has a guy who hauls his equipment that runs a 1968 Kenworth. Single owner truck, 52 years.
     
  9. bad-luck

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    Wow! That is Awesome! I am going to check that out thank you!!
     
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  10. Nostalgic

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    Yes! Bring it on over, I'll take the burden of rolling around in such a deathtrap off your hands for you.
     
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