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  1. 550hpW900L

    550hpW900L Road Train Member

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    Im a young punk, i rather ride in style as i dont need to spend money on wife, kids, etc. Trucking is not a job to me, its a life style, so id rather looks cool sitting in that stool than look like a pansy not able to back a large car in a dock.
     
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    M.Enterprises Medium Load Member

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    1999 Freightliner FLD. If it is around $15k I guess that wouldn't be such a bad deal, compared to buying a new truck. How long will the engine last between rebuilds?
     
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    PharmPhail Road Train Member

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    Problem is you can't really finance a rebuild. I highly doubt I'll have 15k laying around when rebuild time comes. This is why it's better to trade it in right before it needs one.. unfortunately that's when we're buying ours.
     
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    Hey PP any updates on your business and freight?
     
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    Our inframe cost us just shy of $20k. But, while it was torn down, we replaced everything, meaning hoses, lines, anything that might have to be done later on. Why waste the time in the shop later on, and more labor costs. We really don't worry about break downs at all now. We know what we have, and in the long run, save ourselves $$$ replacing hoses, lines, turbo and things on down the road. We did have an issue with a couple of the new injectors, under warranty though, so replaced after I raised hell. LOL

    I think that each inframe is different, depends on what your shop finds, and what you replace. We just did all of it at once to have it done and over with, KWIM???

    Since our in frame, the only down time we have had was the time to get the bad injectors replaced under warranty and two days to get the APU installed.

    We've put 200k on the truck since the inframe, and she still purrs. :yes2557:
     
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    so i have a good ??? dose any one have any good leads on who is paying good and good to work for and staying bissy
    ya i know im asking for to much lol lol
     
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    Repo companies.
     
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    359kool Thanks this.
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    Oh so you have a high-mileage one too? For some reason I thought you had less mileage than me.

    This $15k news is actually not all bad. The reason I ask is because I would much rather spend $15k on a truck that will last another 500,000 miles than $15k on a truck that will last another 200,000 miles. So what if it is a couple years newer? I am saving about $0.035/mile doing the rebuild over buying a new truck, plus I know everything else has been replaced, so no big $4k surprises. I think of it in terms of long term investment. The assumption is that the rebuild puts the engine in commission for another 500,000 miles. This is what I'd like to find out.

    "If it don't make dollars, it don't make sense."

    Of course the downfall is that it is harder to get persnickity drivers to drive an older truck. Oh well, I guess I'll have to find a REAL trucker that doesn't whine about wanting a 2010 Volvo. I would suspect the whining would not stop there, either.
     
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    Cummins south was doing inframes on n14s for $8500 with warrenty out the door last time i talked to them $20000 sounds more like a outta frame I got the paper work on the detroit in a truck i have that was outtaframed new clutch,block,crank,rods,turbo everything and it was just under $20000.
     
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    There are many levels of an inframe.Detroit Diesel charges $6,000 for the basic rebuild.

    You can go up from there with a remanufactured head, water pump, turbo, injectors etc....
     
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