when is a truck " have to many miles on it"??

[OntheRoad2]

Sorry i am new. How many miles is considered ( way too many on a truck)..
thanks for your time.

[RockyMtnProDriver]

Sorry i am new. How many miles is considered ( way too many on a truck)..
thanks for your time.

"My truck has too many miles on it" usually means "I want a new one just because I want a new one".

You can fix this stuff forever if you want.

[Rawlco]

A "truck" is nothing more than an interconnected set of components, primarily the engine, transmission, axles, and frame. Each of these compeonents has an independent life span.

It also depends on the maintenance. For a company "fleet maintained" truck that may have had the oil changed twice a year the engine may not make 500,000 miles. A well maintainted engine may go 1.5 million miles or more before needing an overhaul. I know of several trucks with more than 3 million miles on some parts and one that has more than 7 million miles on it. They last forever if taken care of.

[Midnight Flyer]

8) Like a gasoline engine the secret to a diesel engine's longevity is proper maintenance and changing the oil and filters on a diesel every 10,000-15,000 miles and lubricating vital chassis components.

[BigRigOperator]

My grandpas truck had close to a million and ran extremly great.

[OntheRoad2]

thank you for your answers..

[Douglas]

When a truck gets so old and ragged out that it stays in the shop all the time, that's when it has too many miles on it; whether it be 30'000, 300'000, or 3'000'000 for that matter. :wink:

[Malaki86]

When a truck gets so old and ragged out that it stays in the shop all the time, that's when it has too many miles on it; whether it be 30'000, 300'000, or 3'000'000 for that matter.

Not so with the local co i work for. They just take the good parts left on one truck, and swap em with bad parts on another truck. VOILA!!! A running truck.

I asked our mechanic what year my truck was. He said it depends on the part. It's somewhere between a 1978 & 1985 model.

[PhuzzyGnu]

I think the Freightliner Columbia my company has me driving now has too many miles on it. It's a 2007 and has 16,512 as I type.

-p.

[brian]

i`m around 600k and it runs great, has no issues no annoyign squeaks or rattles, a hood with last alot longer then an aero truck, their just built better. you could keep an aero truck running indefinetely but it`ll nickel and dime ya to death.

[uncleal13]

It depends on how good you are at managing your money. If you have a good healthy maintenance/emergency fund and you maintain the truck properly, then you could go for ever. If you're lousy with your money and don't take care of the truck then I would trade it in every three years on a new one.
A friend had a 96 FLD w/ CAT 435 1.6 million miles before an inframe. He took care of it, got it up to 2.2 mil before he died at the wheel.
Another had a 99 Century w/ Cummins N14 525 800,000 miles and it was completely trashed. Drove the heck out of it, didn't take care of it. The head gasket went, opened it up, everything was worn out. The king pins were worn out, rear suspension shot, on and on.

[allan5oh]

When a truck gets so old and ragged out that it stays in the shop all the time, that's when it has too many miles on it; whether it be 30'000, 300'000, or 3'000'000 for that matter. :wink:

When I bought my truck, the first 6 months were hell. It had 550,000 miles on it. Now it has about 850,000, and is reliable as hell. Go figure.

[driverboy]

Our company fleet of daycabs are shot with 400,000 miles, falling apart.

Running long haul a Volvo ran like new, cleaner and less vibes than our daycabs with 1.8 million on it.

It's all in how they are treated.

[turbodave]

I just bought a 97' Freightliner w/ a Detroit 60 series with 945k on it. It was well maintained and runs great. Hasn't been rebuilt but the rod and main bearings were changed as PM item. I just put 3.5k miles on it w/ no noticable use of oil. It has some BS issues that you would expect out of truck that old but nothing major.

I heard ryder trucks are well maintained trucks and have heard good things about drivers who bought them.

[LOAD IT]

I just bought a 97' Freightliner w/ a Detroit 60 series with 945k on it. It was well maintained and runs great. Hasn't been rebuilt but the rod and main bearings were changed as PM item. I just put 3.5k miles on it w/ no noticable use of oil. It has some BS issues that you would expect out of truck that old but nothing major.

I heard ryder trucks are well maintained trucks and have heard good things about drivers who bought them.

Turbodave, did you ever run a blue intl pulling a 53 step?