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  1. Jonathan

    Newbie Question (Searched forums thoroughly) Purchasing a Freightliner M2. Need help.

    Yeah - I mean if I rebuild it then I can guarantee good mileage... if I buy a used then it's another gamble.
  2. Jonathan

    Newbie Question (Searched forums thoroughly) Purchasing a Freightliner M2. Need help.

    Update: --------------------------------------- Brought C7 Cat to Peterson Caterpillar here in Portland Oregon with misfire at all RPM's and gray smoke out of the exhaust and blow by. Discovery: Cylinder 3 is not firing due to scored cylinder walls. Recommendation: In frame rebuild. Purchaesed...
  3. Jonathan

    Newbie Question (Searched forums thoroughly) Purchasing a Freightliner M2. Need help.

    Progress Report: So far I've had to change the oil and discovered the fuel filters were the wrong ones. ($281.50) Then the Liftgate (Waltco tuckaway) quit while on a move. Tech discovered broken hose, low fluid, and seized hinge pin. Precision Liftgate from Milwaukie, Oregon came out and did a...
  4. Jonathan

    Newbie Question (Searched forums thoroughly) Purchasing a Freightliner M2. Need help.

    Greasy, I know, right? I'm going to do my best to take care of my trucks.
  5. Jonathan

    Newbie Question (Searched forums thoroughly) Purchasing a Freightliner M2. Need help.

    Unreal. Well I better have cash set aside then. I found an old Penske sticker in it... Could have began life as a Penske truck... fleet or rental? Guy I bought it from seemed a bit shady... Well - Load 1 delivered. 1,300 miles in and truck is pretty freakin' sweet! More power in this old C7...
  6. Jonathan

    Newbie Question (Searched forums thoroughly) Purchasing a Freightliner M2. Need help.

    Oh man... Now you got me scared. I bought the truck. Paid $17,000.00 cash. Feel like it was a mistake... But we shall see. Going 2,551 miles between now and next Sunday delivering Christmas Trees for Santa 'N Sons tree farm out of Junction City, OR.
  7. Jonathan

    Newbie Question (Searched forums thoroughly) Purchasing a Freightliner M2. Need help.

    Ragman: Good call. I'm looking into that now.
  8. Jonathan

    Newbie Question (Searched forums thoroughly) Purchasing a Freightliner M2. Need help.

    Johnnyboy: Thank you so much for that information. I would like to reach out to him - I just looked up his profile on UShip, he's got very high ratings. PaulnStef: Sending now. LBD: From everything I've read that sounds correct. So I'm going to keep searching for a Cummins-based M2. Does...
  9. Jonathan

    Newbie Question (Searched forums thoroughly) Purchasing a Freightliner M2. Need help.

    Vandriver2: You're absolutely right. And believe me, I've been drooling over a 2016 with a Kentucky movers body lol :) Can't quite afford it though and I'm up against the ropes because this winter I have seen a 40% drop in business, which is way more than any preceding winter since I've been...
  10. Jonathan

    Newbie Question (Searched forums thoroughly) Purchasing a Freightliner M2. Need help.

    tknight, Thanks, kindly. That seems to be the consensus based on what I've read thus far. Appreciate your 2 cents.
  11. Jonathan

    Newbie Question (Searched forums thoroughly) Purchasing a Freightliner M2. Need help.

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hello, and happy Monday. My name is Jonathan Guthridge. I own and operate Budget Movers in Beaverton, Oregon. I have $32,000 dollars - of which I would like to spend no more than $20,000 for a moving truck. (I...
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