Contemplating a 2014 Cascadia with a DD15

I own a Tripak already. It is a question of moving it that is all. Nothing against the generator idea, thought about that many times but in this case it is irrelavant. $4,000 for the move from one vehicle to the other.

 

YES if I was buying one new.

 

Superb information, thank you. However an external filtration like an OPS is always a good idea. You just can't clean the oil enough.
As for checking the idle hours I wouldn't know how to do that. Kind of hoping it has opti idle. I would like that in conjunction with my Tripak. A nice combo.

 

Absolutely agree with everything you have said and if you read between the lines of my original post you will see that what you have said is what I was driving at.
One word - Soot. Caused by excessive idling.
Quite familiar with Rawze.com and I plan a visit to him.
Trouble is that these dealers know they have you over a barrel.
I am a captive audience. I am broken down - almost - in a dealers lot in Tupelo, MS. Not worth repairing my truck so where you gonna go?
At their mercy somewhat.
That is the bad news.
The good news is that this salesman so far has checked all the boxes with me as we have progressed PLUS he is known personally by friends. In rural Mississippi that means quite a bit.
You have to look at it this way. Firstly that every time you buy a truck you put a gun to your head with one round loaded and a spun cylinder. Next, they will unload me of my dinosaur no questions asked. The money works - I have done my sums and this is very manageable. The warranty side looks good. This will make me California compliant (almost) so it expands my cachment area. Then there is the big one. This SHOULD take my fuel to around 7 and at the moment I am about 5.5 - age and just wear and tear has caused that with my Century, it is old. That last one is a tank a week. A huge savings.
You weigh the odds in your favor as much as possible and roll the dice.
All I need is 5 years relatively headache free driving. The Century has given me problems but overall has been a great introduction to the OO world. I paid $40,000 cash for it with an APU and they are offering me $8,000 for it with 1.1 mill and a bunch of problems. THAT is a pretty good return on investment after 6 + years.
The only real question for me to ask is if a 2014 Cascadia with a DD15 motor is a decent statistical bet?
This thread has a single guy saying no and others advising prudent caution. I am going to side with prudent caution.
If I had started this thread and it had been swamped with folks saying don't do it the sky is falling I would run. But that has not happened.
Thanks for your advice. It is well taken.

 

It is not pre emmision. It is a 2007. So it is EGR poisoned.

 

First of all a big thank you for taking the trouble to offer advice.
I will do what you say regarding the idle hours.
As for the Century I have already had 2 shops look at it and it has been $4,000 down the drain. I am pretty sure that the tranny would need to be pulled at this stage and I would have to do some soldering to put back to normal the defective from new FL parts. It would take me a while to explain but trust me this would be very time consuming and at the end of the day it might still be screwed. It is also brakes, jake, fuel gauge and exhaust. More trouble than it is worth and money I am not willing to sink into an uninsulated, bad mpg old truck. 5 years to retirement and I want something I can sell a little easier. There are many factors at play. Final straw and all that.

 

I am going to have to move with the times. I had a Prostar for 2 years and it had regen but it never happened to me. I had other problems with that truck but not regen. I also did not have DEF.
This truck I am eyeing up will have DEF and a particulate filter so I won't have anymore deadheads from Las Vegas back to Texas for a reload !! I can go into CA and load there. The fuel economy is also a big factor and the luxury of warranty.
Once the Colombia and Century were the backbone of the American fleet. That time has gone. Now it is the Cascadia and Prostar. They can't ALL be bad or the fleets wouldn't keep buying them. So fingers crossed.
I am not seeing anything here that screams run away.