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I get that this covers mostly, if not all, the engine/transmission aspects of the truck, but what about the components such as the airlift cab, the crane(?) for moving the spare tire, etc.?Regarding the reliability and maintenance:
These trucks are on par with a semi.. The operating costs, maintenance expense, tools all fall very near that of a big rig.
If you want to know what it cost to run one, that's a good base line to research. Granted, most won't see that sort of mileage.
As mentioned above, if you spend the money going in to bring the rig up to par and maintain it....it's a million mile rig. But it won't be like servicing your glamper van a Quicklube for $39.95 a year. You can easily spend a grand on annual service (more if you just spin into the CAT dealer).
A lot of these trucks started out life being driven by 18 y/o crazy kids. And a lot of what got put out to pasture were trucks that the motorpool guys said "nope, nope, nope.......start pulling parts off this one". So some need more love and attention than others.
I feel like the engine and tranny are Cummins reliable, but I’m still curious about the durability/reliability of the smaller parts. Will these hold up in between service intervals and while doing 1000+ mile trips on the interstate? Will the breakage of the smaller parts leave me stranded?