finally bought my own truck!

Yea get a ECM printout, reset there sheety parameters, I would also get it Dyno'd. And a oil sample would be very beneficial. But that's me

 

I was thinking this same thing! Thoe will be "gators before long!

 

Hope your not plannig to pull a van with that midroof. Wind drag will kill your fuel mileage.

 

Recaps aren't all that bad. I used to hate them and vowed never to run them, but the best tires I ever had were Bandag snow and ice tires with the V tread. You just need to make sure you take good care of them.

 

get a nice custom seat in there!!

 

it's winter time. keep the tires pumped up and they should last till next summer. provided the sidewalls are any good.

what's wrong with keeping the higher 5th wheel???? you may decide to start pulling tanks some day. and you'll want the taller wheel so the tank slants. gives you more weight to haul. and tanks LOVE to gross every gallon they can.

 

Must be going intermodal. Midroof is OK for that; most runs are shorter.
That tractor is good for flatbed & tanker also.

 

$19,000 sounds like a fair price on the truck and you should have plenty of life left on the engine with 500,000 miles on it. Caps can do well on trucks as long as you keep your eye on the air pressure and watch your speed. Heat and low air pressure is where some have problems running caps. If you keep your speed around 65 mph you should get a lot of miles from those caps. Most of the big fleets use caps on their drives and trailers. They would not continue using them if it was not cost efficient. I have a friend who only runs caps on his drives and he runs the left coast. I started running caps a couple of years ago and have mixed feelings about them. I had some problems with a few, but think it was mostly from having old casings. It is good to see someone starting out with money set aside for major repairs. Good luck.

 

Just to echo some other guys, I ran caps for a lot of years. Keep a close eye on pressure and thru the winter/cooler weather they can be okay. Make yourself some money and swap them out for virgins in the spring.