Need Dumptruck brand opinions

Need Dumptruck brand opinions

06-05-2006, 06:52 PM

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clw1100

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Need Dumptruck brand opinions

Our tool rental company is expanding to do dump truck contracting and services. They have put me in charge of researching the best USED trucks to get - mainly looking for reliability. Our specs (so far) are Class 8, Tri-axle, 44k + rear GVRW, day cab of course- mainly specified for standard daily dump truck use. So far I have been looking at the Kenworth T800 series but not locked into any brand yet.

My biggest questions have to do with the engines. I have talked to several independent drivers + a few trucking firms and they seemed to recommend the CAT engines for power, reliability, and MPG. With me being a Cummins guy, that is a hard pill for me to swallow if you know what I mean. They were telling me that the Cummins is great in the medium duty applications but not the best in the heavy duty class.

Your recommendations from any of you guys with experience in this arena would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in Advance for your help.

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