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Old 12-10-2017, 09:38 PM   #26
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Name: blackcloudCTD95
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Originally Posted by takedown95 View Post
I don’t know much about heavy duty motors except the ones I used to deal with in the Army. I believe they were all D60 series, supercharged and turbocharged. They were dogs.

Anyway, as I’ve been looking at motorcoachs and toters I’ve found that Volvo’s have the highest resale value and freightliners with Cats or Cummins are less valuable and Mercedes seem to be the least valuable. Any thoughts?
I don't have exp on mercedes otr motors, but If they are anything like what's in boats (mtu) or the sprinters 2.5 and 3.0 they are expensive to fix and most you need mercedes software to work on them. I know a over haul on a mtu is about 20-30k more than a man, or cat
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