~ Prostar OR Cascadia ~

none of the above IMO... Cummins engine all the way.

 

the 2010 cascadia im driving is already having egr/emissions problems with only 135,000 on it. You should get 2003 or older pre emission trucks.

 

You do better with an odd amount of trucks 7 - 9 for some reason than with an even # of trucks like 6 - 10.

 

Maxxforce sucks. Stick with Cummins. All you've got to do is look at a picture of each engine to see which one is going to be more problematic. International has hung soooo much junk on their engines compared to Cat Cummins or Detroit that it's almost unbelievable.

 

if i were buying new, cummins all the way. maxxforce has too much junk hung on them and having problems alrady, detroits arent alot better and are having problems, major problems. all engines are going to have issues, but so far cummins has the least amount of major isuues right now, and is more dependable than anything else on the road right now in my book. the cummins isnt any louder than any other engine on the road, just my .02 as a current mechanic/former driver

 

Just because its a newer truck doesn't mean you'll have years free of major repair. There are plenty of these trucks on the road that have had huge issues with downtime and warranty not paying it's part. Plus these two models have the motors and everything else shoe-horned into them...this means higher labor rates for repairs. I've had a couple shops ask me up front what model of truck I had before they qouted me a appointment time. When I questioned this the mechanics said they try to shy away from the newer aero trucks.