Truck and engine combos

Does not sound too bad.I like 3.58 ratio.8600 International is kind of a no frills truck.
Thinking of new or used?425 is a good efficient H.P. I like a 10 speed. How many miles do you expect to drive per.day.8600 international should be easy to drive.It should have good turning radius.
I drove a Freightliner M2-112 day cab.450 H.P.mercedes 10 speed 3.58 ratio. I liked everthing except the mercedes motor. I think you are on the right track with the cummins.

 

Mercedes motors have a bad oil filter system on them.IT is a filter that fits in a canister.We had our oil changed at a speed-co in Indianapolis In.WE took a load to Chicago Ill.during a freezing rain storm.On the return trip warning lights came on.Smelled oil,Got it into Stoops Freightliner in Indianapolis.Freightliner said it had a collapsed oil filter because Speed-co used a Baldwin filter instead of a mercedes filter.Later the service superviser said he thinks Ice built up in the blow-by tube causing to much pressure in the motor.The truck always seemed to have a lot of blow by.We bought the truck new.I never really trusted it after that.
I now drive a 2007 Westernstar with a series 60 detroit.
I think you should go with an over drive transmission.How much weight will you be pulling? If you are sold on an International you might want to look at a 9200.I think they might have a little better cab than the 8600.
Also we had the mercedes for 2 yrs.We drove it 200000 miles.We hauled loads that averaged 25000lbs. WE got 6.5 mpg on average.

 

We own two 4900 series Westernstars.One is a 2006 mine is a 2007.We bought both of them new.They both have 14.0 515 h.p.10 speed trans.3.58 rears. We get in the 6 mpg range in the winter and 7plus mpg.
in the summer months.My dad owns these 2 trucks as well as a Freightliner with a mercedes motor that he drives.
We traded the Freightliner that I was telling you about in the earlier post because of the mercedes motor and my dad wanted to buy a new truck with a pre-emmisson motor.We were having good luck with the 2006 Westernstar so we bought another one just like it.I love it.
I thought I wanted a International Pro-star.I test drove one with a ultra-shift automatic in it.I liked it.I wish I could have pulled a loaded trailer with it.We did not buy it because it was not a pre-emmison motor and it had a price of $116,000.00 dollars.WE paid $100,000.00 dollars for the 2007 Westernstar and it was identical to our 2006.
I have mixed feelings about a automatic transmission.I would be afraid of a used one.I think I might like driving one.I think if I was buying a used truck I would have to go with a manual probably a good old eaton fuller 10 speed.
I have heard that cummins motors have problems with egr valves going bad.There are some threads on them in 18 wheeler section.
I dont know much about a cat. Some guys that is all they will drive.I think the c15 cat is more popular.
My only motor advice is I would buy anything other than a mercedes.
Do you look at trucks on ######? There are some 2006 9200 in Wisconsin with only 80000 miles for sale.

 

I am seeing a lot more super singles on the road. I do not know anything good or bad. I bet they are expensive.

 

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My truck is a road tractor with a sleeper. I like a detroit. The thing is you were looking at Internationals and if you buy a late model it will have a cummins or a cat,detroits are not available in late model Internationals.
If you want a detroit you will have to look at a Freightliner or Westernstar.
If you go with a volvo it will have a cummins or a volvo motor. I have been in a Volvo.I do not like the clutch and gas petal in a volvo. They are small like driving a pick-up truck.
Peterbilts and Kenworth will have a cummins or cat. A kenworth t-800 might be a good tractor for a LP tanker. They do have a small cab but,I think they are a good truck.
Macks are tough trucks. I think they are reliable. It will have a Mack motor.
I think you are on the right track on wheel base 200 in. Or less. That is with a day cab.