200,000 miles on a package car

[iowa boy]

We have two p7 freightliners. One has 255,xxx the other has 370,xxx. Both on the original Mercedes-Benz diesels.

 

[Wally]

My old Freightliner 7 cube had 465k when they pulled it. It ran great but the frame was going according to the shop.

 

[scooby0048]

Parts on order. OK to run.

HAHA..I thought they only said that exact phrase at my center!

 

[Thebrownstreak]

we had a old high step 800 in our center that had 875k. It became a yard truck for moving tp60's and snow plowing. I remember having it the christmas before they took it off the road….i'd be going down the highway at 45 while everyone was passing me at 70….the thing was an absolute beast in the snow. It drove through 12 inches of snow like it was on dry pavement. The new trucks just don't handle the snow well

 

[ManInBrown]

I drove one last week with 540K

Old high step 10cube

 

[Rainman]

I drove an old P5 once with 875,000 miles on it. Most of our old P8s have around 375,000 or more. And we have a bunch of them. Good thing for us that most of them are part of the mothball fleet, only used as a last resort or at peak by temps. We have a large facility, so all of the individual centers in the district send all of their old cars to us when they get new ones.


Kmart sux. So does Walmart. And Orion.

 

[Bottom rung]

We had a driver put a million on a five cube. Mechanic pulled the odometer at 999,9xx and gave it to the driver.

 

[Myleftsideistan]

395k on my freightliner 7 cube. Original motor... Every day I wonder when its going to give lol. Will be well over 400k by next year.

I shouldn't have posted, she gave yesterday.396,1xx

 

[ZQXC]

I shouldn't have posted, she gave yesterday.396,1xx

How long do you expect the turnaround time to be?

 

[Myleftsideistan]

How long do you expect the turnaround time to be?

blew a head gasket, so they are going to just put a new motor in it. My mechanic said at least two weeks. Our trucks get hauled to a local shop for motor swaps as we only have one mechanic for two centers.

 

[soberups]

I once had a connecting rod break and go out the bottom of the oil pan, it was in car #14222 "the triple deuce" which was a 1958 model year Ford P-800 with a 300" straight-6 engine. I rejoiced, thinking I had finally sent that wretched piece of crap to its grave. Not a chance...they put a fresh motor in that night and I was back in the same damn truck the next morning. We used to have spare engines on pallets and the mechanics could do a complete removal and reinstall in a few hours. Those were the days...

 

[bbsam]

I once had a connecting rod break and go out the bottom of the oil pan, it was in car #14222 "the triple deuce" which was a 1958 model year Ford P-800 with a 300" straight-6 engine. I rejoiced, thinking I had finally sent that wretched piece of crap to its grave. Not a chance...they put a fresh motor in that night and I was back in the same damn truck the next morning. We used to have spare engines on pallets and the mechanics could do a complete removal and reinstall in a few hours. Those were the days...

Had a 98 International in need of a new clutch earlier in the week. According to the mechanics, it was 15 minutest out and 20 minutes back in...on a job that books about 7 hours.

 

[somewhere in the north]

Yes Sober, Those were the days! I would take one of those Ford P-800's over Orion and back first exception print outs any day. My customers have always been first and will continue to be, no matter what. First post for me and wont be the last!