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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SmoothShifter, post: 1945301, member: 49119&quot;]Pretty much been all said here.&nbsp; How it&#039;s spec&#039;ed - if it does the work is was built for.&nbsp; Maintenance, driver care, the quality of roads it operates on (a truck pounding the roads of NYC will see more wear and tear than something that runs on pristine highways).</p><p><br /></p><p>The trucks of today last longer than the trucks of 25 years ago because the engineering has progressed.</p><p><br /></p><p>And, you get what you pay for.&nbsp; Each truck build has it&#039;s own quirks and faults.&nbsp; The wind noise between a door of a Peterbilt and a Freightliner Century are worlds apart.</p><p><br /></p><p>Million mile engines are common these days with the advent of APU&#039;s ( no idling) and regular maintenance and good driving habits.</p><p><br /></p><p>I got 740,000 miles on one clutch and ran heavy.&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen trucks in fleets have a completely destroyed clutch in 125,000 miles, because the drivers were rough, and too lazy to start off in the correct gear.</p><p><br /></p><p>Diesel engines have been designed to be rebuilt effortlessly unlike a car engine that needs removed for machine shop work.&nbsp; Regardless, all it takes is one inattentive driver to overheat a motor,&nbsp; operate it low of fluids and ruin an engine block with cracks, or destroy the crankshaft mains by running low on oil.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oil changes are important.&nbsp; The one thing I have noticed with the new breed of emissions engines is that the oil gets dirty faster.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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