Truck Shop
Senior Member
That stainless A-Car has been at Iowa 80 for awhile now.
and put up wet trucks that need the radiator cap jacked and a new truck run underneath at the
tune of $150.000. All this rebuilding is making the parts houses just extremely happy. They are
rubbing their hands together like flies on a dead bloated carcass. And when your all done {you
think} you still have a tired worn out electrical system, old fatigued rails and crossmembers, door
guts that need replacing, the complete air system, cooling system on and on. Every month it's
something else. If a truck had low miles {like 550,000} that's one thing but most of these are
1 to 1.7 million miles. There isn't a tight screw left in the cab. The old fence rowed trucks have
been dragged from the fields by the thousands, has anyone thought about the fact that will come
to a end. Then what? The same scenario played out with muscle cars, when that ran it's coarse
{along with emissions issues on diesels} the attention was turned from pi$$ ant diesel pickups
to Class 8 trucks--just like Harleys--Peterbilt's became the {Me Too Please} I want one of those
with a drop visor and some big stacks, I want to go broke too.
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If it was such a great idea--even my old boss and his dad would have rebuilt the 26 Freightliner
Coronado gliders that were pre-emission 14L 550 Hp 1850 torque with RTLO18913A gear boxes
and Eaton 404 3.70 ratio. But the time involved plus coming up with enough OEM parts would
have taken allot of time & money spent on a {now} 2012 gliders with 750,000 on them, which
also meant several trucks shut down at a time for all this rebuilding, less revenue coming in.
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Right now it's a 90 day lead time closer to 120 for a OEM Detroit Series 60 14L non emission,
same for a 12.7L. Average cost {And I know this because I just priced one} $38,000 plus
$11,500 for the core-if it is a acceptable core-all have gotten very picky about acceptable cores.
One of the dispatchers just spent $70,000 on a C15 installed-Cat kicked the core out, cracked
head and issues with block.
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If your going to be in the hauling biz may as well by a SD122 Freightliner with a DD15 and buy
the full warranty covered to 700,000 then dump it at 600,000. You can't beat the DD12 AMT
transmission will run on average 800,000 with no repairs way better than a Eaton manual,
plus fuel mileage is way better. Price $220,000.
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Below is a 1969 W900 923 I rebuilt in 2000 long before the crazy started. I rebuilt the interior,
shortened frame installed used air ride already had, rebuilt a 400 Cummins already had, rebuilt
a 12513 already had, repainted threw some tires on rebuilt the brakes and suspension along
with cooling system----Cost was $30,000 with labor, those days are long gone, but in the end
it was still just a old 1969 W900.
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Just what is it I have been saying for awhile now folks. All this resurrecting old tired rode hard
and put up wet trucks that need the radiator cap jacked and a new truck run underneath at the
tune of $150.000. All this rebuilding is making the parts houses just extremely happy. They are
rubbing their hands together like flies on a dead bloated carcass. And when your all done {you
think} you still have a tired worn out electrical system, old fatigued rails and crossmembers, door
guts that need replacing, the complete air system, cooling system on and on. Every month it's
something else. If a truck had low miles {like 550,000} that's one thing but most of these are
1 to 1.7 million miles. There isn't a tight screw left in the cab. The old fence rowed trucks have
been dragged from the fields by the thousands, has anyone thought about the fact that will come
to a end. Then what? The same scenario played out with muscle cars, when that ran it's coarse
{along with emissions issues on diesels} the attention was turned from pi$$ ant diesel pickups
to Class 8 trucks--just like Harleys--Peterbilt's became the {Me Too Please} I want one of those
with a drop visor and some big stacks, I want to go broke too.
*
If it was such a great idea--even my old boss and his dad would have rebuilt the 26 Freightliner
Coronado gliders that were pre-emission 14L 550 Hp 1850 torque with RTLO18913A gear boxes
and Eaton 404 3.70 ratio. But the time involved plus coming up with enough OEM parts would
have taken allot of time & money spent on a {now} 2012 gliders with 750,000 on them, which
also meant several trucks shut down at a time for all this rebuilding, less revenue coming in.
*
Right now it's a 90 day lead time closer to 120 for a OEM Detroit Series 60 14L non emission,
same for a 12.7L. Average cost {And I know this because I just priced one} $38,000 plus
$11,500 for the core-if it is a acceptable core-all have gotten very picky about acceptable cores.
One of the dispatchers just spent $70,000 on a C15 installed-Cat kicked the core out, cracked
head and issues with block.
*
If your going to be in the hauling biz may as well by a SD122 Freightliner with a DD15 and buy
the full warranty covered to 700,000 then dump it at 600,000. You can't beat the DD12 AMT
transmission will run on average 800,000 with no repairs way better than a Eaton manual,
plus fuel mileage is way better. Price $220,000.
*
Below is a 1969 W900 923 I rebuilt in 2000 long before the crazy started. I rebuilt the interior,
shortened frame installed used air ride already had, rebuilt a 400 Cummins already had, rebuilt
a 12513 already had, repainted threw some tires on rebuilt the brakes and suspension along
with cooling system----Cost was $30,000 with labor, those days are long gone, but in the end
it was still just a old 1969 W900.
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