We currently have plates on a '98 T800, '01 T2000, '05 T2000, '08T660. The '98 is the tightest truck of them all.

How much have you spent on maintenance?

 

I only have 1 truck. how much I spent on maint? since I bought truck? yearly? I dont have the numbers in front of me. have not spent much at all over 11 years. most of mine were preventative maint fix's. my clutch went 1.1 mil before being replaced. bottom 1/2 done at just over 1 mil, preventative there. cost 900.00 6 injectors at over 1.2 mil. thats all the major I had ever had done. the rest was, the normal wear & tear stuff.



after accumulating the assets that I have, since I bought my truck, from my earnings from that truck. I know I have done well. good business sense, luck? both? whatever. I have done well, with one truck. I have had no where near the problems that I hear others drivers have with newer truck, & I never had a truck payment. I will be doing my taxes soon & will have a breakdown on my expenses.

 

yep I was wondering how much you spent in total over the 11 years.

 

You know, that's why I'm pretty determined to stick with my old truck at this point. Most of the guys I've talked to with newer trucks aren't too crazy about them. I would like to see better fuel milage out of it, and I think I can get it with a rebuild, when it's ready for one. The thing that concerns me is if the emission standards increase and I'm forced to retrofit the old motor, then I would have to buy something newer, I guess.

I'm also just on the cusp of taking this philosophy to my personal vehicle. I might keep my newest one but sell the other two and get older pick ups with no computers, something I can work on again. I've been keeping my eye out here and there.

 

oh GOD.. I don't think I want to go into the attic & drag down all the boxes of previous years records. I can tell you this. I never had a major breakdown. never had to have a service truck come out anywhere other than to have a tire repaired in over 11 years. I never spent more on maint in any year, than if I had your average truck payment.

Now you got maint & repairs. most all of mine was, what anyone would put into any truck. oil change's, batteries, wheel seal's e.t.c. I mean everything is a wear & tear item on a truck & has to be replaced at some point in time. I will say I think my truck has been one of the best. having the original clutch go over 1.1 mi miles.1 alternator, 1 water pump, one u joint, since I had truck. most of my trucks components are original. some work I had done, as preventative, not caus it was showing wear. still original turbo, I did have the air comp, replaced a few years ago. again preventative there. wish I had not done that. my original, that I thought must be wore, did better than the replacement. live & learn. A lot of work I have done myself & learned so much more than if I had nothing to work on. as most of us did back in the day working on our ole beater of a car.

 

I think the main thing, is if the Truck is right for you. :thumbsup: