Old (pre 2000) Trucks vs New Models

I think the def and other issues are due to neglect
The oldest truck I’ve had in the past 7 years has been a 2014
But I do things most guys and companies don’t and I don’t have any issues.

 

I flush the egr every year
Never get a sensor code or anything

I did have a sensor issue several years ago after 3 shops I finally ended up at KW in Ogden
The flushed the egr and a few other things and they said guys they service do it every fall and are never on a hook

I’ve been doing that ever since and have had zero issues

 

I just hope the exemption cut off is the same as the ELD! If not for the sustainability…..I’m making more CPM at $5.50 per gallon with my EGR,DPF,SCR, ELD exempt 700hp CAT than I was when fuel was $2.00 per gallon. I’m acutely aware that my good fortune is unsustainable as discretionary spending is finite in this fiscal climate. I’m driving 80mph where the speed limit allows. Will it be $8.00 fuel or 62mph speed limiters for old CAT engines in 389’s that will force me into well deserved retirement? Hummmh!

 

Call me a sicko…but I hope to put an additional million or so on this girl and maybe mid 70’s in age (late 40’s now) before I hang up the keys. If I have to dodge too many more of these bureaucratic bowel movements, I might end up bored on a beach with a pickled liver in Mexico?

 

Yeah I know that's why I put "outlaw" in quotes.

 

Ha! I've heard about the mpg increase as well but I've also noticed guys making big hp swearing that twins are better. It's a little beyond me at that point because I've never ran a set of twins.