bearm1088
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hello all I am looking at a m1088 are they a good rig ?
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And some members have had the drive lines shake their motors apart , oil lines rub and dump all the oil toasting the motor , hydraulic problems lifting the cab and electrical problems to no end. NDT's advice is spot on.They are just like any other older surplus vehicle it will need some to I have one that has had some small issues and I fixed them. But also I would say remember these vehicles are sitting alot in an armory yard and then when they take them out and have them serviced they are being serviced on by alot of times people who don't care what happens to it if t breaks. It's not coming out of there pocket. So if you buy it go through it before just jumping into it and driving it like crazy. Lastly remember these vehicles are approaching if not have the 15+ year mark. There are plenty of members that have these trucks and no real issues and yes occasionally you get some bad apples that is inherite of any vehicle
Not trying to discredit your truck , just posting known problems with them so he is a informed buyer . Caterpiller motors and Allison transmission are expensive to repair and maintain. If you can't fix them yourself your going to have some hefty repair bills just to get them diagnosed , not to mention the repair costs.This form is not to go ahead and discredit each other it's to give our opinions I personally own a truck like this and have had very little issues with it. It's just my opinion.
Nope don't own one, read enough about the problems on here, not to want one . Been around heavy equipment and heavy trucks for 40+ years and you better have deep pockets with yellow motors. And I would take a Roadranger over a Allison any day.View attachment 719191 This is my next one coming home.
So my only question of porkysplace is does he own or has he owned one of the trucks in question? Just want to clarify. I do and my opinion changes as I learn more about them. Are there electrical gremlins? Sure but basic troubleshooting skills and following the TM flow charts of the most likely cause provides a much better solution than just throwing hands up and saying they are impossible to work on. I took a non runner, got it running. Found that it had a miss, did the troubleshooting to find I had one bad cylinder and took it to the CAT guy to replace the injector and set the fuel rack. That cost me a grand total of $300.
I think that says enough for me.Nope don't own one
It wasn't a nasty PM feel free to send it to any moderator . As doghead pointed out it is a open forum with different opinions. I'm not new to trucks or equipment , normal legal loads here are 160,000 lbs Allisons suck with a heavy load, cabovers been gone for years in the commercial truck industry. I sent you the pm to keep your wanting to argue out of this thread , but you seem to want to continue.Awesomeness could not have said it any better that's what I tried to say early but could not due to having family to attend to. But becareful you might get a nasty pm like I did. JUST SAYING
Very true!.........In the realm of Cab overs, North America are the last holdouts with the long noses. Everyone else uses cab overs to have better turning radius’s with shorter wheelbases. ..............
Nothing wrong coming to conclusions, after educating yourself(considering the source of info).Regurgitated information from reading a few threads of other people is not an opinion.
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