I had a bad day!

They are going to total the truck out. I haven't heard a final price.

 

Nope that didn't work out too well.

 

That was a temp deal. Boss's boy traded that one on an 03 Pete.

 

Originally Posted by Brickman
I will take a look today at the engine sticker. I thought there were 2 yrs or so that the C15 was just a change made by Cat in moving to a C designation, but before the bridge motors. I've heard a lot of good things about the bridge for power and mpgs. I'm not overly worried about a bridge.

To add to the confusion I've seen trucks built in 03 billed as an 03 with a twin turbo. I've also seen trucks built in 04 billed as an 04 with ONE turbo. The twin set up is clearly the Accert.

It is definitely the C15. I talked to my mechanic and he said the so called bridge engine was the one between the 3406E and the Acert twin turbo nonsense. CAT was doing a designation change and wanted every thing to have a "C" designation.

I had the truck looked at by an independent mechanic. He said the maintenance has been kept up and he saw a lot of evidence of new parts or work being done. The only code in the engine is a jake brake code for a solenoid. Idle time is a low 24%, max load of only 40% and a life time MPG of 5.26. About what I expect from a big CAT.

I'm getting the truck for $40,500 with 4 new batteries, and 10 new tires. I should be able to haul cars either thursday afternoon or friday morning.

 

Thanks to you and every body else thats said the same or similar.

 

How is this for interesting?


I just fired up my laptop checking to make sure it still worked. The GPS route actually shows me veering off the road with a big red arrow where I came to a stop. That is pretty accurate when you look at how close I was to the roadway.

 

Taking credit for the FUBAR.