Help buying day cab

Where's a good thread post on more of this?

orrrrrrrr hijack!!!!

So you can't do a parked regen? How fast would it clog idling every night? I heard a DPF cleaning service is like $300. Doesn't seem outrageous if you had to do it once a month. Cost of doing CA business I guess.

 

There's no provision for a 7th injector and no ECM programming for an engine not built with a DPF to have one anyways. To install one would drive the costs up so high it really wouldn't be worth it unless you literally were in love with the truck you had.

If I really wanted a day cab that was CARB compliant, I'd buy a coffin sleeper EPA 2007 compliant Kenworth or Peterbilt and remove the sleeper and add a day cab conversion kit.

 

I have no clue why you would settle on Crapcadias. I suspect that low experience fan boys that work for the mega's get issued a couple year old Crapcadia and not knowing a freeing thing, think it is the '####.'

The mega-crap companies by Crapcadias because they are cheep mexican made trucks and they show every bit of it. They still lease them and get paid for the warrant work by Freightliner. For them it is a win-win.

Own that Crapcadia after the fact is just going to cost you more money. For your desire list you should have no problem finding a used Paccar or Volvo product.

As far as buying from a mege-crap carrier don't do it. There mechanics are the worst, their drivers are the worst, put those things together with a Crapcadia and you have just wasted your money.

Another tip - this is the wrong time of the year to buy trucks. Most market segments are surging and finding a deal on used truck is much tougher. Lease until the end of the year and if you still insist, you can pick up a mega-carrier truck for cheap in Jan-Feb; the dealers will be saturated with them.

 

This is just my opinion, based on my experience of owning trucks. In the long term, It's cheaper to properly fix the trucks you have than but another one. If your old trucks have maintenance issues, so will your new trucks. You need to address this issue if you want to ultimately solve the problem you are facing. Otherwise, you will be in a never ending cycle of replacing your fleet like you are now.

 

The problem with getting advice on the forums is everybody claims to be of some knowledge. Yet, like the rest of the trucking industry, many posting on line have little or no experience. Their only experience is holding the steering wheel of a Crapcadia at a Mega. I can't provide a resume here and won't waste other's time. And even if I did I could still be wrong about something.

Just ask yourself, what truck brands do you see real owner operators using and why? (Peterbuilt [Paccar], and Volvo) They are much more reliable.

What brands do the mega leasing company use? Crapcadia. Why? Because they lease, they are cheaper to lease, get paid to do warrenty work, and have no ownership consequences since they are lease trucks. That does not sound like your situation.

It is amazing how the idea of the DD in the Crapcadia got lower emission costs. They all can have emissions problems and have never seen the Crapcadia having less. Its just that the DD and the Crapcadia has so many other problems. If safety scores are a issue for you Crapcadia is probably the last thing you want. They are just a poorly engineered and built truck.

Paccar daycabs are not hard to find, and are less likely to be in the hands of the meat head mechanics of the mega-leasing companies. There is nothing wrong with Volvo or Mack. The parts and service center argument is such crap and from the mouths of newbies. 90%+ of the parts on all the trucks are from the same manufactures. Volvo dealers are all over California and the nation. Many if not most Volvos come with a Cummings and any service center will take care of Cummings.

I get you are in need now, but so is everyone else that is why the prices are up. They will be until after Christmas when the mega's dump a bunch of trucks.