BUYING YOUR FIRST TRUCK !! Mistakes NOT to make 

The maxforce engine was made by Navistar and only found in International trucks, the Paccar engine is made by Paccar obviously and a better engine than the maxforce which was pretty much a POS. I am not a big Cummins fan but if I was buying a truck these days I would probably go with Cummins mostly because if you are somewhat mechanically inclined you can do a lot of work on it yourself and Cummins will supply the knowhow free with their Quickserve account and like you said there is a lot of shops that can work on them.

Back in the early 70's when I was a teenager growing up on a hay farm my dad bought a 53 Mack Thermodyne with a blown Cummins engine that had been sitting for a couple of years. Dad had been a mechanic in the Air Force. I helped him rebuild the engine and we had a cab-over for hay delivery that was classified as a farm vehicle that I could drive at 16 years old. Dad had never rebuilt a Cummins but he followed the factory service manual. It had 3 gear shifters so it had 24 forward gears. I ended up hauling freight with it as a summer job in Florida when I was in college. That job motivated me to get my Business Degree. Good pay but it was hard work for 12+ hours a day. And now I am in semi-retirement and driving CDL Hot-shot three to four days a week.

How is it going JUSTIN , Do NOT forget to pull the plugs on the TRANSMISSIONS and the rear ENDS and see how much METAL is on the MAGNET , Do NOT forget to JACK the FRONT end up and take a BAR and put it in the rim and lift it up and down and see if the KINGPINS are wore out or NOT tie rods and so forth , Put some OIL in a cup go have it checked , Crawl underneath and SHAKE your drive lines up and down see if they are wore out , I can go on and on , The more you find the more the money drops off the truck , You let them know what you found that you have to replace and fix and say this is my offer take it or leave it

Good morning sir..may GOD continue to bless you and your family. Your videos are awesome..keeping the family close and always including them is the definition of a man with integrity..I live down the street from you in CLEMSON SC..Born and raised in Seneca..been in and around trucking from 1983 to present..you provide valuable information from purchase to maintenance. You set the bar high and that's where it belongs..You are always well prepared..your appearance and mannerisms are rare my friend ..let me pause my rambling...and get back to moving Would consider it an honor to meet you sir..Sending love and blessings from my family to yours. Sam I am..LATER....

I’m in Houston Texas I have a 2013 freightliner cas. 60k rebuilt all Cummins parts new cam reshaved head, water/oil pump, turbo, air compressor and more pics and paperwork im driving it now I’m thinking about sale it $65k w/ tripac Thermo king APU

I’m hoping all this information helps some people out there and gives them confidence in buying a truck and trailer!!! Keep up the awesome content and hopefully you’ll have the trailer back tomorrow so you can get some loads in before the holidays kick in!!!

I’m a retired old timer so my driving days are over! I enjoy watching the different channels on RU-vid! Justin you put good information out there ! Good job!

I had a MaxForce engine in my truck , backed up real quick and hit the brakes it rolled of my pickup truck bed at the scrapyard .

I think paccar owns Peterbilt and Kenworth which is why the new trucks are so similar.

I know in Canada its different- most candaian trucks don't have APUs but do have a bunk heater, but I head if its like -45 degrees celsius - you have idle the truck the whole night or the next day it won't start

This vid really helped me out I recently just bought a truck yesterday a 2000 Frieghtliner classic, rebuilt engine everything looks good your vid help me thanks

Thanks for taking the time to help us newbies.

Hey Justin the mx motor is not a maxxforce motor the mx is paccar motor maxxforce was international motor which was actually a c13 cat internals and block international head and emission controls. Cat sold the rights to international. To each his own but stay away from emission motors and for sure stay away from cummins they are nicknamed cumapart for a reason. I've got one 12.7 detroit and two c15 cats inframed the detroit with head for around 15000.00 done the cats with head for around 18500.00 each. The transmission shifter has a red spliter button it's a 13 speed if the spliter is blue it's a 15 speed (don't make those trans anymore) if spliter is grey it's an 18 speed. Which a 13 and 18 speeds are nothing but a glorified 9 speed with auxiliary box on back of trans. My advice stay away from emission motors it's cheaper to inframe and maintain the non emission motors plus they last longer and they get better fuel economy.

Great info for guys wanting to go on their own in trucking.

To add to what has been said, if you’re buying a truck newer than 09-10, the chances of finding a CAT engine will be slim, as Caterpillar got tired of trying to do the EPA’s emissions dance and so stopped making commercial truck engines in 2010.

Any Peterbilt or KW dealer can work on an MX13, same as having to go to Freightliner to get work done on a new DD15. I’m 120k miles into my second MX13 with no issues, sold my previous truck a year ago with 600k on an MX13 and had no issues with it. Both ones were 510/1850.

Great info brother thx for all of it. By summer I'll be looking because market is getting flooded with tractors. Def will check out green APU too

Thank you Justin for your content. I hope to buy my truck next year and your channel has been helpful

I tested in a 05 freightliner columbia day cab with a Detroit 60 serious and eaton fuller 10 speed and it was hooked up to a 48’ tempte hopper bottom.

I run day cabs now, but my last OTR was a 16 Cummins pro star, the factory APU was fine @ 30-40 degrees, but could not cut the mustard on a 0 degree north Wisconsin evening, and there wasn't a trick in the book to over ride the auto shutdown system, ugh, and screw DPF, had a plain jane 06 9400, was the best truck I ever ran :)

This is a video any start up driver should watch. Any help is always good!! Hope they get your axle fixed and you find a load! I bet the brokers are wondering what happened to you!!! lol !!

Appreciate these super informative videos breaking down the nitty gritty. Very impactful. Thank you.

Hopefully I get on rolling in my own truck soon. Thank you for the good information 🤙💪💯

Yeah i worked at the Caterpillar Mossville Engine Plant as a hot test specialist, which i would hook up the engines to the dyno's and run em thru the process and in 2007 i had a fire in my test cell almost EVERY NITE due to the new emissions control BS they were trying to get in order. All of 2005-2006 we got unlimited overtime cause they were pushing out all the Cat 3406's they could before the new emissions of the 2007. The older 3406 Cats were in my opinion the BEST ENGINE EVER!

I learned to drive a twin stick 6x4 dual allison peter powered by an international v8, yes a v8! non turbo. She was old, but gosh I loved the rocket science it took to learn how to start the thing rolling and running efficiently. Unfortunately I couldn't pull a full dry van and had to stick to 60 ton or less since I drove the Virginia mountains. After that I graduated to a decked out Peterbuilt where my boss straight up told me I had to polish her every week and send him a picture. 10/10 work horse show truck right there. Too bad the company folded. After that I picked up for swift and left the industry 2 months later. I still get phone calls form companies wanting to pull me back in, but honestly I just commit to the life style anymore. Trucking isn't just a career, it's a life style. I'm glad Justin is out showing it for what it is.

When there is a splitter on the side of the stick, you can tell what speed it is from the color of the splitter. Red-13 Blue-15 Grey-18 There is also the 10 over, I think it's a red splitter, but it doesn't have the hi/lo in the front because it's basically a 5 speed that you have to split every gear

E G R… exhaust Gas Recirculated 😊😊😊, love you guys … stay safe , hope your trailer gets done soon, and you get a great load, from central Illinois

Cats aren’t that bad to rebuild, cummins seems to run higher from those I’ve talked to. I have a cat and have talked to multiple people who have recently rebuilt theirs for mid 20’s. If you take it to cat it will be higher. Cummins seems to make it to the 6/700’s , a well maintained cat will make it to a million miles. Detroit seems to split the difference. Cats are definitely expensive to maintain but go further between rebuilds. Detroit is the cheapest, can rebuild those for less than 15. (60 series) best engines: cummins n14, detroit 60, cat 6nz

Thanks bro right I’m looking into buying my first truck🙏🏻 been watching you for the past 3 years.

Freight liner has a great automatic but I still prefer manual

I have a car hauler like that purple one and I am also 6’5 and it’s not a comfortable sometimes but I love it. I have a paccar and the only problem I have with it is the def system it is horrible. But will get deleted after warranty is up

The best engine for o/o is series 60 pre 2003 the six 15 has cam wear on lobes, intake rockers. I have one apart and more on the lot, I'm a o/o and truck mechanic

These guys on fb are smoking angel dust. Tryna sell an old truck with high miles and salvage title for 40k

Subbed. I want to be you when I grow up. I love the mechanical, market, experience and regulatory knowledge you presented and I got no complaints on your delivery. And I complain A LOT 😂.

Love your videos, check out Amsoil instead of Rotella better life span !!!

Man I missed watching your video during the time I was on my CDL school!!!! Great video and thanks again to share with us 🔥 15:44 ''you suppose to got it with the 13-speed when it's a RED spliter '' ✌

Note the DDC DD 13-15-16 DPF one box has replaceable DPF filters and all components are replaceable. Many times techs replace entire components based on mileage Buying used get the shop to back up the filters. Most Freightliners are turned in by big flees at or near 500k Get a sales agreement on emissions devices of you can. I'd also request test drive with a tech and DL8 diagnostic running during the drive.any faults ask for repair first. This would be on any truck. Realize Freightliner and Western Star run Detroit and Cummins.

We have had the MX Paccar motors here in NZ for while now. While I am a Cummings fan the MX is a good solid motor. We have trucks in our fleet that have a million kms on a motor that is still working and still not had a rebuild. It you ate right you need a good shop that knows their stuff.

MX11 and MX13 with automated manual transmissions have been running in Europe for years with very few issues except for def/dpf trash...

Great video I took a lot of notes and yes the jailbreak is 807 HP

Great video! Thank you so much to spend your valuable time and make this video. It will help so many drivers in the industry.

Nice truck man that engine is very clean. Bravo 👏🏽. I start school for trucking this week

As a diesel mechanic for 10yrs I can tell you that paccar is a sister company of cummins almost everything is interchangable with the Cummins and their good engines not the most powerful but their great work horses and more affordable

Man what a helpful video. Seen quite a few on this subject and yours is by far the best.

Sorry, kinda responding as I watch, but to tell which transmission a truck has between 10, 13, or 18 speed, the color of, or lack there of, of the side splitter. If there’s no side splitter, only the front one, it’s a 10. Red side splitter it’s a 13. Gray side splitter it’s a 18.

Much appreciated learnt a lot from your videos

JUSTIN your wife is lucky to have u u workaholic 😆 🤣 God bless hopefully these times get better for the industry

Thanks for the info Justin be safe out there

Thank you for sharing this! Really help a novice like me a lot!

I like a manual Trans !! Especially in the Mountainous Areas !!!

My first truck, 1970 IH COE 4070A! Screaming 318, 13 speed under drive tranny.

I drove both auto and manual. I prefer manual cause I like to have full control of my truck. From what I've heard, it's more costly to work on an automatic transmission. Also I have a 12.7 detroit and I love the motor, cheap on parts and alot of people can work on them.

I'm curious about Western Star. If I ever buy my own truck that's a consideration.

Loved this video been driving over two years and wanting to fulfill my dream of getting my custom w900. Long way rings but motivated. This was also the best video yet amazing work.

Best video ever to help me get a strong idea what to look for. Thank you

Driven both manual and automatic I absolutely loathe the automatics. Also have experience with the x15 and dd15 I prefer the detroit slightly more because the Jake just seems a bit stronger.

Nice video! I currently am a company driver with 3 years exp. I run for FedEx ground right now. I’ve put away over 30k cash and I’m just contemplating what a good next move would be. I’m looking at real estate, but I’m also trying to learn everything I can about possibly running my own trucking operation. Tough decisions.. either way thanks for the video 😎🤙

I got a 23 kw 680 Currently has 189160 on the ticker, MX13 on it's 2nd set of injectors and the engine light is on again. I can only imagine it's the same problem as always, time to start looking for injectors again before it goes into Lymp mode again.😢

Love this Guy good person.

Probably the most informative, honest, insightful inside information anyone has ever offered in "any industry"! Sounds like Chris at Paccar Financial needed some extra time to get his ducks in a row. Hmmm....

One thing you didn’t cover pick up a dye kit that will show if there is anything like Antifreeze mixed in the Oil.

When i worked at the Caterpillar Mossville Engine Plant back in 2007 when the new emissions engine came out it was the downfall for Caterpillar and its engine division. We would have engines that would fail the hot test dyno testing and they would tell us to still ship it and they would fix as warranty work, hell they had trucks burn to the ground on tye highway. God knows i had fires in my test cell every nite when it came to the 2007 emission control engines.

Bro - the rock chip in your windshield made my eye Twitch the entire time! Thanks for sharing.

Alot of the new peterbilts have what's called smart air a 4 battery system apu from the factory runs ac for about 14 or so hours before it will automatically start the motor until batteries are charged

I have Two M2-106 with Cat Motors without any issues we bought both Pre Emission @300,000 miles and both don’t use a drop of Oil or Leak a Drop Either they are Both Dump Trucks where we Run the heck out of them, we are definitely a Freight liner Fan the thing is Western Star, Mercedes, Volvo all owned by Daimler Chrysler

in canada 99 or older lol pre DEF pre ELD id even consider look for pre 94 so i can actually work on my own brakes

18 speed has grey splitter button on the shifter, 13 speed has a red splitter button.. quick easy way to tell from outside🍻 EGR = Exhaust Gas Recirculation

Had a 12.7 Detroit D Deck 4 1.3 million miles on it before in frame

4 out of 7 of my semi trucks I owned were salvage no problems with them one had a front end damage nothing crazy one had a new cab because it rolled on its side as long as you stay away from a maxforce you will be fine an apu is key

Great informative video. This is going to help first time buyers. Truck it safe Justin 😎

APU is a HUGE plus for sure. The opti-Idle and bunk heaters suck! I hated it in my ‘18 freightliner.

I drive a 23' peterbilt with a packard And to be honest with you I get between 8 to 10 miles to the gallon I wish it had the Commons in it I wish it had the Common And it

All I can about used trucks from Penske, buyer beware. Not even two years since I had the truck, I am on second major repair. First, def sensors went out spent 13k. Second repair, coming around to 36k +/- right now. though I messed up and took it to Frieghtliner and they are charging out the butt on labor, 225 an hour. Plus, they messed up, left my truck hood unlatched, fuel tank open, and few other issues. I am hoping I can last a 2-4 more years with the Cascadia 125 I have and trader her in for a Volvo.

nice ! i have a detriot DD13 2014 motor parts are cheap and easy to fix that engine !

My 2016 Volvo has 850Kmiles(more than 23k engine hours)on it and I haven’t needed to do an overhaul. I haven’t too many issues with the after treatment system either. I probably won’t be doing an overhaul until it reaches a million miles

MX-13 is actually a PACCAR motor manufactured by Cummins for KW and Peterbuilt. It's not a bad motor, but the electronics and DEF is problematic. You will see lights on the dash quite a bit with the PACCAR system. My T680 is a 2016 and I'm constantly seeing warning lights.

Thank you. I just learned a lot.

As a tech the older dpf only trucks 07 to 10 are really good beside cats. Mx engines from 2010 to 2013 were good. But after that are pretty crappy the new mx engines are eating cams. If you can buy an old truck and learn to work on then

Why wouldn't some of these companies put APU'S on their trucks to save on wear and tear and fuel cost? Just doesn't make sense to me.

Very useful information. Thank you

POOR HYUNDAI 😂😂😂 Great vid ! Look to become an owner op this year thanks for the tips

It's a paccar motor not max force motor in the Pete. Max force is International

Great vid, I have watched it a few times. Please turn the motor off next time it makes it hard to actually hear you at some points.

Thanks for the video. Currently a year in to my flatbed career . Plan to have 80k this year. Hoping to have 50k for down payment and 30k for uhoh money if I end up buying my own truck.

For owner operators your I promise you get you a glider truck easy to work on parts are easy but if you get any of these new trucks good luck

Maxxforce was international. Navistar and caterpillar teamed up to make the maxxforce and it was a total flop. The MX 13 is simply the paccar in house engine. They’ve gotten a lot better over the years, and if buying a 19 or newer, the MX really isn’t a bad option. I, myself, have the caterpillar C15. Only problem with a cat is finding an old school shop that regularly still works on them. Thankfully I have a shop like that and they have a better accessibility for old cat 🐈‍⬛ arts that other shops might have a waiting period for.

My 12.7 Detroit d deck 4 did 1.3 million miles before in frame

Hi Justin, good on you for talking would be owner operators through, what can be a nightmare in buying the right Truck, for the right job. Your knowledge of engines is invaluable when it comes to buying a new, or used Truck. By the by, when it comes to knowing just what box is in the Truck your looking at, Grey splitter trigger is, 18spd. Red splitter trigger is 13spd. and black, I think, is 15spd. Not sure on that colour, been 25yrs or so since I 've driven one. Have seen every one of your videos, for the past 3 and a half years, of course, also a subscriber. Keep up the great videos mate, wouldn't miss one for the world,cheers. John,Queensland, Australia 🇦🇺

Good info. You just save some drivers from bad choices

Maxforce was the nightmare engine from international. I have a friend that has the paccar engine in a T 660 and it’s got one million miles on it. Just now starting to have problems. I have three Cummins ISX and they have been big time pos. I also have a DD 15 and it’s been junk also.. I would love to go back to a 60 series engine today. These after treatment engines just flat out suck

Buy I cheap truck with a rebuild no emissions, I bought my first truck for 18000 I paid it off in my first 6 months then a trailer the next 6 months I had a paid for truck and trailer my first year of operation the second year I was able to buy a w900 outright my second year. Whatever the case my be keep overhead as low as possible and with some patience and discipline you can get exactly what you want.

Thanks

Great video, thanks for sharing all this information.

Hey brother , I really appreciate all the information on your channel I really appreciate your channel and your family. Keep up the good work.

Thank you, very informative and advanced advices, definitely like!!

All large trucks that have automatics are automated transmissions. Most of them are made by Eaton

I had issues with paccore,im with you ,cat is a good motor but since they don't make them anymore parts are going be crazy high

I just brought a 17 vnl 630 with a d13 526k miles and im stressing a lil more then normal with just getting leased on with a company

That was a good listen about engine thanks a lot

Hello Justin just watched your video about buying trucks.you talked about Freightliner having a one box. I work for Cummins Tampa FL. 42 years. I know all about egr,dpf ,scr and doc. Is the one box that you talked about in Frerightliners a whole assemble that is welded together. Can you explain more.