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I do plan on RV conversion but it's not in that state right now. I most likely will cancel the commercial truck reg and restart as an RV because this smog stuff is becoming a huge hassle.
I think now when we are talking about reliability we really mean longevity. This is a discussion of engineering not current state.
The cat 3116 is a known good mechanical design and can survive in harsh conditions with almost no maintenance/adjustments.
The 3126 with the HUI can suffer...
Letting the batteries run dry should be a red flag. You can get solar battery tenders and leaving a vehicle on a tender or starting it once a month is required to make sure you don't get a bunch of internal rust. 6TAGM Batteries are over $400 retail so it pays to keep them tended.
We just bought a m1078. It has cat and Allison parts. After your conversion most of the military parts will be stripped. At that point it's just a heavy diesel truck.
As far as reliability big commercial trucks are designed to fail slowly and gracefully. Everything is bigger and redundant. As...
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