Rates are crashing and fuel to the moon!

The housing cracked. It wasn’t the tune. And the turbo was 3500. May be higher now. I don’t know.

 

Why did it crack though? How hot was it running?
That 3500 was before Covid. Don't know how much it costs now for that old model, but for something like 2015 is $7k retail and $5500 with shop level discount. Injectors are $1300 each. Again, compare it to Detroit $1000 turbo and $300 injector

 

How am I supposed to know how hot it was run before? Like I said it was a reman. My egt’s never got hot. The original ran until 650,000 and was replaced because of sticking vanes. I put six injectors in it too. They certainly weren’t 1300 each but I don’t remember how much. Don’t think they were much more than your Detroit injectors.

 

You do realize that you compare apples to oranges right? If you had a Detroit and not ISX, you would have had spent probably like $15k instead of $40k and would not now participate in this thread with such an enthusiasm

 

Maybe they figure a new one won’t randomly lose a wheel going down the road. Lmao The difference is probably in the liability.

 

my insurance is not the same-
I pay in full; with the exact same coverage, the 2025 by itself is $1000 less per year than the 1995- i cannot speak to what it is monthly. I pay in full and always have: it’s less overall money lump sum than financing a bill I have to pay anyway. Payments on insurance is like factoring receivables imo cheaper long term not to finance.
I’ve heard a few reasons for the lower cost on newer units: most boil down to “less safety equipment on older units and less chance of a breakdown and therefore a claim” the underwriter's also want a less than 30 day old federal annual on my older units which they don’t on any newer unit I have added.




I like older stuff. There was quite a few reasons that I chose to order something new, and some of them don’t apply to everybody based on what they use their equipment for, where they are based, or the service demands put upon them. It made the most sense to me to buy a new unit; woulda made a lot more business sense to get an off the lot fleet truck, however, that doesn’t fit my business profile or personality so I didn’t.

 

The joke is funny, but age of the truck does not play a role in price for liability, other factors do.

 

The last company truck I was in had to get towed at like 160k miles because the fan clutch went out and it overheated pulling a mountain pass... 1500 for the tow and 3k for the repair.. glad I didn't have to pay that bill.. 2023 model pete

 

Thats not what my insurance agent has told me. See my last post.

 

Hard to make a freightshaker look good. But you did a #### fine job on that. Beautiful ride