Originally Posted by draginzwagon

Cummins N14's are famous for eating injectors, they do not like any water
in the feul. you might consider upgrading the feul filter system. if the truck
is equiped with a feul/water seperator. As allot of fleet trucks are. A Cummins does not work well with these installed. I have replaced 2 injectors this year, I have 600,000 miles on the truck,not really that uncommon with this many miles. Cummins told me to get rid of the feul/water seperator. The system they recomend is about $500, but cheaper then new injectors.

Thank you for the advice I asked for!

I figured the injectors would be what is most likely to go, I'll look into this water seperator situation your talking about.

[MACK]

Do you know how much HP and torque that engine has?

Also talking to my mechanic he said the ISM is the new M11.

Originally Posted by MACK

Do you know how much HP and torque that engine has?

Also talking to my mechanic he said the ISM is the new M11.

Its the ISM 370 engine, don't have the spec sheet in front of me right now and I don't recall what the torque was at.

[Folsom Flash]

Hi Floored,
Don't know anything about the truck in question but I'm interested in the business of running a transfer dump around Sacramento. I'd like to hear what you've learned about the business and how well one could do with their own truck. The biggest thing I was looking at was the winter season and having to keep up those payments when the work slows down. Are there many companies that you can lease on with? Thanks.

[srytrucker]

Couple of my friends are running the dump trucks in sacamento area they had a gr8 year last year and got another truck this year but this summer biz was not good for them and they hope coming months will improve........ hope this helps .......
Floored, that PETE was some truck i wish someone sells something like this in arround my area as i am looking to get a new truck like that but the trade off for you is awsome as you are getting into another wonderful chapter of your life... best of luck with that....

[MACK]

Originally Posted by Floored

Its the ISM 370 engine, don't have the spec sheet in front of me right now and I don't recall what the torque was at.

Is the truck on your aviator the same one we are talking about because that truck might be all right if it isn't abused.

All right if the truck ether has 1,350 or 1,450 ft lbs of torque not bad for a dump truck I think it might be all right.

[Maniac]

Truck was a Beneto fuel truck before so I'm assuming its been well serviced,

Assuming?? why not get the service records from Beneto? They have nothing to hide since they already got rid of it.

Also those trucks usually run 24/7 so they pretty much have been well used, after all they got rid of it for a reason.

Also they are very lighweight speced to haul the fuel and are NEVER off-roaded like a dump, personally I wouldn't touch it.

Originally Posted by Folsom Flash

Hi Floored,
Don't know anything about the truck in question but I'm interested in the business of running a transfer dump around Sacramento. I'd like to hear what you've learned about the business and how well one could do with their own truck. The biggest thing I was looking at was the winter season and having to keep up those payments when the work slows down. Are there many companies that you can lease on with? Thanks.

I'm leasing on with Bobs Trucking off of Bradshaw Rd in Sacramento, they are very nice and helpful for first timers like me, there are a few others in the area just gotta look for em. I purchased cheap so I wouldn't have a truck payment come winter. I'd be happy to PM ya (or post on here if others are interested as well) on how it goes. Last month most guys at Bobs took home 16k for the month after paying for the box/trailer lease and broker fees.

Originally Posted by srytrucker

Floored, that PETE was some truck i wish someone sells something like this in arround my area as i am looking to get a new truck like that but the trade off for you is awsome as you are getting into another wonderful chapter of your life... best of luck with that....

Thanks! Yeah that Pete took me 2 months to find and I had to fly to Kansas City, MO to get it. A good clean *used* truck is hard to find.

Originally Posted by MACK

Is the truck on your aviator the same one we are talking about because that truck might be all right if it isn't abused.

Yep thats the truck.

Originally Posted by Maniac

Assuming?? why not get the service records from Beneto? They have nothing to hide since they already got rid of it.

Also those trucks usually run 24/7 so they pretty much have been well used, after all they got rid of it for a reason.

Also they are very lighweight speced to haul the fuel and are NEVER off-roaded like a dump, personally I wouldn't touch it.

Yep its light, I know that and it will be fine. Like I said there are two others running these exact trucks at the company. Benento will not release maintance records. I have yet to find ANY used truck where it sells with complete maintance records. And as I said before, Donner Summit is worse "off roading" than where this truck will ever run.

Anyway, I decided I'm going to pass on the warranty. I have 10k in the bank for maintance if something goes out and would rather get the truck at the lower cost. Thanks for the opnions/ect.

[GMAN]

Good luck with the new venture, Floored. Let us know how it goes.

[brian]

you pop that engine alice and the maintenance account is empty and then some