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Trying to check out a used truck with a MBE 900 (300 hp) engine with lo mileage. Had Freightliner do a 2 hour inspection, pulled computer codes, all checked out ok. Codes showed a high idle percentage (54%) but truck has no apu. Had dealer pull an oil sample and they recommended a...

Carfax is a great service for used car buyers. For a little over $20 you get a vehicle history report that covers title history, major accident report, odometer tampering & registration info. Is there a carfax like service to for commercial vehicles?

Located a truck offered by a private seller I may want to purchase. Both are in another state. For truck evaluation: I extracted the bottom recommendations from one of Greg’s posts on EO. “First find a licensed experienced mechanic you can trust” “The second thing is go through and...

Ok it appears for me a "d" will make the most cents, So the max sleeper is about 96" Available Benz & AA sleepers seem rather similarly configured, but other than a double bunk what would you guys say are the essentials in a sleeper? What would you do with the remaing 42-48" Is the...

I expect there will be times my son and I are satisfied its time for some home leave but we are much to far to DH. If we decide to fly, where can we park a 40' expediter for a week or more, confident the truck will be safe upon our return? One driver suggested it would be a good time to...

A MBE900 engine specs: 300 HP @ 2200 RPM/ 860 LBFT @ 1200 RPM If a class D expediter truck cruises at 65 mph and is turning 2100 rpm is it geared correctly? For fuel economy, would it be better if the cruising rpms were closer to the slower max torque rpms. Would lower cruise rpms mean...

Want to team expedite but not sure how to decide between a class d or a class c truck. If I understand this right: Class d trucks are pretty much constrained to a 96" sleeper and may take the smaller class c loads as well d loads. Class c trucks can't take d loads but might be...

Curious about how and if the HOS regs pertain to off duty commuting and or driving. For this question say you own your own straight truck and its leased to an expidite company such as FedEx. 1) After delivering a load and notifying dispatch that you are going out of service, can a driver...

On OOIDA.com, they provide a cost per mile spreadsheet. The article explains and the spreadsheet shows the truck mortgage as the second highest fixed expense. That I can appreciate but how should depreciation be understood? While sample values for maintenance & repairs are given no value for...