Posted by caterpillar guy on September 01, 2018 at 06:31:44 from (47.26.86.124):
In Reply to: Big truck shopping posted by Lazy WP on August 31, 2018 at 08:20:14:
After 20 years in the truck and 14 1/2 years with my own authority I would go back to my authority if I went back. For trucks I would stay with my Pete's. I've driven Freightliners,Volvo's,Internationals,Macks and in the long run I did best with the Pete's. They seemed to have the least problems. I've own 2 Pete's. Have owned 1 Volvo and one Mack. The Mack spent more time in the hospital than on the road. The Volvo was older and just a poor set up for a truck. Yup the Pete you have the joint for the sleeper at the cab Never was a problem to me. The frieghtliner I drove was new and had the louvers falling out of the dash for the heater had that stupid point sticking out in the middle of the dash to get by each time you wanted to move from the seat to anyplace in the cab. Volvo had the same thing only bigger and was always a pain to get around too. Anything with a dog house in the cab to work on the engine makes for more work and expense to do anything. Now when looking at trucks look at how the thing is to work on like Alternator and A/C compressor as those will need the most attention for service. Also see how hard it is to get to filters. Sure don't want to fight with them in the winter if you have problems. My Pete's have the fuel filters right out in the open along with the Alt and A/C. you can save a lot of expense by doing regular maintenance yourself ,Oil grease and such. I greasedmine every week or about 3,000 miles oil at 15,000, Trans and rearends at 250,000 miles Synthetic in trans and rearends, Regular oil in engine. I preferred Cat engines to anything around They were very durable engines if before the twin turbo crap. Not the best mileage maybe but made up for it in durability to me. If you want to jaw more call me if you like 989 413 5684. Both my Pete's have over a 1,140,000 on them. I am looking at putting one of them back on the road again this fall. Probably the 91 leave the 2000 set for a farm truck. Talk to OOIDA for information on filings as they are the cheapest for that.
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