What is the most reliable truck you can buy? (That will run all 48 & pull ANYTHING)

depends. Everyone has their favorite.
Can't really ID a specific truck, because of the options. You can slap different engines and transmissions combinations into different trucks.
Really depends on your experience.

I'm sure someone will come in here and say "X brand combined with X engine maker and X trans maker is the absolute best."
Take it all with a grain of salt. Make your own experience.

I for instance, I love Volvo outfitted with a Cummins, running an Eaton Roadmaster. That's my opinoin. It's not fact. I'm a 2 year driver. I know very little about this business. All I know is that I was able to squeeze around 7 mpg out of the truck, on average, and that it rode like a dream with a lot of driver amenities, and that maintenance was limited to PM's.

You'll have guys telling you PB/KW/FL/INT are the best. Just find your favorite.

(Incoming retaliatory comments.)

 

That's like asking whats the most reliable racecar you can buy. That depends on the race you're trying to win. If youre trying to win the WRC rally, you wouldnt go to Ferrari, would you? If you were trying to win the 24 hours of LeMans, you wouldnt ask Dale Jr for advice.

As in racing, reliability in trucking also has to do with the engine manufacturer, tranny, chassis...and the driver. If you beat on it, it will break. The more that manufacturers try to stupid-proof a truck, the stupider the steeringwheel holder can be. Get a truck with full gauge package and you have 22 guages to watch. Or get a stupid-proofed truck and you have idiot lights, backup cameras, and an automatic transmission. All one has to do is 'hold the steeringwheel.' If something goes wrong, the idiot lights will flash, cut the power, and force the idiot to park. Wow, I feel safe!

 

I also don't have much experience, but the experience I Do have is with 2012 or newer Volvo, Cascadia, ProStar and T660.
Great trucks but everything that has gone wrong with all I've had, has been emissions or ECU related.

My advice? Buy something older (but well maintained) and less computer controlled...

 

ECU is currentely a preveriibale pain in the ###. Don't touch trucks that are '09, or anything +2/years of '09 as they tend to still have bugs in the EGR/DPF/DEFS systems.
Had a '10 cummins in my '11 Volvo. Ran fine. It also only had 200,000 miles when I turned it in. Again, zero problems with it. That was also a Cummins ISX 15.

I'm a big Cummins fan boy, got a lot of good work out of that engine in my 670. Sure the next few guys that will get it, will see good service out of her too- so long as they're not horsing it.

 

Yeah now-a-days, I'm driving International 9400s that are almost 20 yrs old with 1.5 million miles. Battle worn? Surely.
But everytime I flip that mechanical switch or turn that key, it works though.

 

Naw, in terms of longevity, it's now a Roman Catholic living saint

 

Heh heh yeah I agree, they don't like to buy equipment.

 

There is not truck that can run 48 and be 100% perfect. 48 means you need dpf and pf is simply not trouble free. That being said, a KW will problay be one of the mor reliable trucks. Fregthshakers cost less to repair, but will have some quality ishues. International is n the same boat. Volvo are nice when they work, but have unrelible electronic #### on them.