New owner torn on a new truck.

That's a GREAT truck. I've had 2 BRAND NEW emission trucks, wouldnt touch one with a 50ft pole. And I had good luck with the volvo, but I sold it BEFORE the warranty was up.
My glider is as simple as it gets. Columbia, s60, 10speed. Cheapest truck on the road to maintain. Had it 4 years now. My friend has an emission truck, first year 2020 he had no warranty left he spend more on repairs than I've spent in 4 years. Never mind the down time.
If your buying and emission truck, dont. Stay in a company truck, or lease a new one every 3 years and ALWAYS, ALWAYS have warranty. When they break, NOTHING is cheap.

 

That was just a ad I stumbled across while looking for my old companies 4900sb gliders they were selling.

Maybe their all sold out now, their switching to all new cascadias for the fuel milage when running empty and electric Apus.

They were selling 4 year old Harrison gliders with factory built s-60 detroits and 10 speeds for 65 thousand with 350 thousand miles.


Heck of a deal I thought. I debated buying one but I hate the way a set back axle rides and drives empty.

 

You said you are going to finance your rig. Even better reason to get something with an existing warranty. Do you have a significant amount to put down to keep your payments low? Also, how much do you have saved for your maintenance account outside of the down payment?

Remember, if your ride breaks down for any reason, you still have to make your payments.

 

I was curious about that as well.. Plenty of T800 glider kits roaming around. Only available glider kits from Kenworth in recent years (2012 +) was the T660, T800, & W900. T660 has been gone since 2016..

So it's either a T800, or a T880 that was acquired in some other fashion & re-powered on the DL..

Maybe the OP can clarify if it looks like the top pic, or the bottom pic..

 

MX's bring endless unknown check engine lights.

 

Paccars can idle but if you do, bump the idle to 1k rpm. I have seen guys with 4 hours straight of idle time with no issues. The big thing is the haul length, trucks need to be ran 30+ minutes, at 45+mph, and no check engine light to regen down the road. If you are worried about emission i would say invest in a scanner that can force regen and just manually do one every couple weeks for preventive maintenance. I can say a mx13 turned all the way up does have plenty of pulling power to do any job. Our 7 axle lowboy truck that is good for 130k lbs only has a mx13 with a 18 speed. It does the job very well for what it is. Personally not a fan of Paccar but just me but any new truck will have issues under wrong conditions. Our company just purchased a used 2010 mx13 that had tons of emmision issues from over idle. We got it, cleaned the system up and haven't had a problem sence because we run alot on the highway with it now.

 

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So was a t800 then. Thanks for the clarification..

I've never been leased anywhere, but sounds to me like you've pretty much got everything in order.. Break a leg.!

X2 on finding health insurance.. I pay just shy of $190 a month (BCBS single 37yr old man) for a worthless HMO. The only thing it's good for was avoiding the $2k penalty for not having insurance, & if I were to be hospitalized for a serious injury..