Most reliable egr engine

DD S60 14L .

 

So if you have money to throw away on an EGR engine, why can't you buy an non EGR truck???
I don't understand.

 

If you’re not planning to run into Commiefornia why would you waste your money on a Post-Emission truck?

 

If your getting an emissions truck you want the newest year you can afford like anything 2014 and up. You know how trouble the first several generation were. I would say get DD15. Volvo had trouble with EGR. Cummins had oil starvation and the top cams on engine would go out. Cummins would never admit something was wrong. Even Detroit Diesel had trouble with DEF systembecause they were using an air pump. That got the air from truck air tanks. That was bad idea when oil and water and rust was pumped into the DEF system.

Their are all kinds of problems that have fixed from the now older emissions engines.

 

Is this a loan approval type situation?
If I don't play that game. If you have cash buy an remanufactured trouble free engine. In a older truck.

 

Nothing so advanced on new trucks except Apu and electric inverters, and outlets galore. How much does it cost to wire outlets, or hook an sinewave inverter, Air ride is nice but last I check most cars don't have it, nor do dump trucks for the majority.

I may be bias, I want a CABOVER.

 

I've been curious about this too. To buy pre emissions means buying a 17 year old truck at the newest. I get so tired of piddling on my old truck all the time I sometimes look at used truck around 100,000 miles and think that would be the way to go. Nothing older than a 15.

On the other hand, I piddle around and constantly have stuff that needs to be done, but I rarely spend over a few hundred bucks a month on parts and am able to do most of my work myself. A new emissions truck that gave me trouble would probably put me out of business. A one man show just can't afford weeks in the shop and thousands in repairs.

Gliders like you say are outrageously high. Plus I have a friend who bought a Pete 389, upgraded to a 3406E cat motor, and by 30,000 miles the motor had serious oil leaks and had to be gone into. The mechanic said the head gasket wasn't even new. That's even bought brand new from Fitzgerald with all the bells and whistles and upgrades.

No Oldeskool, you can't afford a glider for sure. Especially if that's the kind of mechanics overhauling them.

My dream is to buy an old truck with a big cam cummins. It will be a continuous project/money pit, but those motors are simple. I could overhaul it myself. A rebuild is very cheap. It will probly drink fuel, but it won't have electronic garbage malfunctions either. Derating along the road is no fun.

My thinking is, the old trucks are tried and true. The new emissions are tried and true garbage. An old truck may take upkeep and I get tired of working on it on the weekends, but anything that happens can be fixed soon for under $15,000 and it won't put me out of business.

Ya that may be confusing, but that's how my mind goes when I think of getting my next truck.

 

I apologize for my long post and afterwards I realized I never answered the question you asked.

I can't say from personal experience, but I have extensively researched the new emissions engines and the X15 cummins would be my first choice followed by a MX13 Paccar. I guess Detroit would be next.