[OntheRoad2]

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

[RockyMtnProDriver]

Originally Posted by OntheRoad2

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

"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.