bguy193
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Well there it is. Just wondering how much you can get out of them?
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What's high mileage for a M915A1
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wreckerman893
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The M915 is just a military version of a civilian road tractor.
Most of the M915's were assigned to transportation units that actually had a hauling mission.
A lot of these units were National Guard and Reserve units.....they only drove their trucks one weekend a month and during two week annual training operations. A lot of the low milage trucks you see on the surplus markets now are from these units.....they are the last units to get new equipment.
The 400 Cummins engines are good for 500,000 miles at least if they are not abused and maintained as per the military maintenence schedules.
Very few military M915's ever accrued that kind of high milage unless they were deployed to a theater of operation.
One issue with these vehicles is the long periods of storage without being cranked and moved. This causes a lot of problems with seals and air systems.
Most of the M915's were assigned to transportation units that actually had a hauling mission.
A lot of these units were National Guard and Reserve units.....they only drove their trucks one weekend a month and during two week annual training operations. A lot of the low milage trucks you see on the surplus markets now are from these units.....they are the last units to get new equipment.
The 400 Cummins engines are good for 500,000 miles at least if they are not abused and maintained as per the military maintenence schedules.
Very few military M915's ever accrued that kind of high milage unless they were deployed to a theater of operation.
One issue with these vehicles is the long periods of storage without being cranked and moved. This causes a lot of problems with seals and air systems.
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With proper servicing I think a 915,915A1,916 or a 920 would easily make it to the 500,000 mark.
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Thanks for the replys guys......
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I have a 915A1 with 147,000 miles, that's just broke in........ My Freightliner w/ N14 Cummins has 1.16 million miles and still runs out perfect. Expect the 915A1 can do the same, it better or I'll backfill it. JT
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The M915A1 I won in Topeka has 137,9xx miles on her. Some of the other trucks that sold there had a little over 200,000 showing. I looked at one that sold on GL recently that only had 258 miles showing (it had been reconditioned in mid 2007) that was a sharp truck!
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That's something to remember on all our trucks - just because the odometer says XX,XXX miles, doesn't mean that's in toto. Sometimes when the truck is rebuilt the odometer gets changed as well, so the clock starts from zero again. Granted, getting a lower odo number is good, but doesn't tell the whole story.