2PM's wrote: Just thinking, they said they drive 600-700 miles a day, they would have to to put a million miles on in that time frame. They said they change oil every 3000-4000 miles, that would be every 5-6 days of driving. Wow, that's alot of oil and changes. Figure that out, just thinking.
1,000,000 miles divided by an average of 3500 miles per OCI
1,000,000/3500=285.7 or for the sake of practice 286
average oil change is what about $60.00?
286*60= $17,160.00 in oil changes
Someone else can figure the cost of air filters and the recommended service interval costs. I am not that familiar with Diesels.
Ok, so rough estimate. This truck has 20-30k in maintenance alone. Does that sound like a fair estimate for a 1,000,000 mile truck?
thanks!
Jeremiah
TT: 1995 Layton 2910
Tow Vehicle: 1999 F-350, v10, 2wd, Crew Cab, Dually
Hitch: Draw-Tite Trunnion WD Hitch
Sway Control: Valley dual friction sway control
Brake Control: Tekonsha Voyager
"It's Kind of Fun To Do The Impossible"
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You think they change at 3500 miles? Probably close to 10K!
John and Elizabeth (Liz), with 3 nutty cats
My beloved St. Bernard, Marm, lost him 1/2/12
Current rig:
1992 International Genesis school bus conversion
Not to mention the fuel costs
Giving them credit for 15 MPG that is 66,666 gallon of fuel At a very considerable estimate of 3 buck per gallon that is $199,999.9999. Two hundred grand and they don't tow for hire??? Nice life I guess
No wonder they don't buy new trucks every 3 years
Good job GM.
45Ricochet wrote: Not to mention the fuel costs
Giving them credit for 15 MPG that is 66,666 gallon of fuel At a very considerable estimate of 3 buck per gallon that is $199,999.9999. Two hundred grand and they don't tow for hire??? Nice life I guess
No wonder they don't buy new trucks every 3 years
Good job GM.
From the article:
"When Katrina hit, they needed drivers to get travel trailers for people to live in," said Tammy Pennington. "So I started pulling out of Fitzgerald, Georgia at the Coachman plant. I ran Hugh's 2001 Duramax diesel (Silverado) for 150,000 miles. And then I said here's your truck back, we're going to buy me a new one."
In June of 2006 they purchased a brand new Chevrolet Silverado 3500 HD crew-cab with a Duramax diesel engine and Allison transmission while in Georgia.
The first trip in the new Silverado was a vacation in Michigan. Then it was back to hauling Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) trailers.
By November of 2006, they had changed their customer base and began hauling fifth wheels and trailers from factories to dealers for the Indiana Transport Company.
45Ricochet wrote: Must have been the good ol transfer case pump rub? Lot more miles than most make it before the hole develops. Didn't mention u joints or front end parts or much else. Maybe they didn't list the small stuff. Heck I don't think I have a million miles driving in my lifetime, great feat.
Good for GM.
I've got over 800k miles towing for a living off and on in the late '60s to the early '80s. However that 800k had several different one ton 454/460 DRW trucks mostly GM and two Fords carburated gas hogs. 4 to 6 mpgs on average with 2000-2500 mile oil changes. These truck towed from 25000 to 32000 GCW on every run and had a life expectancy of 120k to 175k miles on average. Having something back then like the DMAX would have been fantastic.
There have been several Dodge/Cummins work trucks reach the million mile mark after 6-8 years of working. IMO we'll see more GM LDTs in the million mile work truck club now that GM raised their GVWRs and GAWR to compete against Ford and Dodge in the LDT market.
"good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment" ............ Will Rogers
'03 2500 QC Dodge/Cummins HO 3.73 6 speed manual Jacobs Westach
'97 Park Avanue 28' 5er 11200 gvwr two slides
Nice story. I'm getting excited about hitting the 100k mark soon on my Dodge, I have to drive it more I think. This should definitely be my last truck.
45Ricochet wrote: Must have been the good ol transfer case pump rub? Lot more miles than most make it before the hole develops. Didn't mention u joints or front end parts or much else. Maybe they didn't list the small stuff. Heck I don't think I have a million miles driving in my lifetime, great feat.
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Hey, it's "summithmk", aka "I'm Rick James", aka "gmcsmoke". This means another...SOCK PUPPET TROLL ALERT!
Good job for them and GM, not a big feat for a diesel however.
I don't think I'm willing to believe any hot shot driver is changing oil every 3-4K. Maybe 15-25K maybe but not 3-4K. A diesel oil change is running $90 for dyno and $145+ for full syn oil. Can't make any money changing it at her reported intervals.
Also I have done why to many upper/lower ball joints and hubs on GM trucks and SUV's to believe they are running any stock front end parts. I can buy the 300K but not much further.
But before I get slammed this is still a tribute to the long life these vehicles can get if taken car of.
Don
Perrysburg Dodgeboy 2004 Dodge Ram 2500 Quad Cab SLT Cummins HO
2005 Keystone Cougar 304 BHS
Chrysler the only one to pay back 100% of their loans from the Government. *The Old Car Company" still owes 1.6 billion. Is that better Chuckles
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At a very considerable estimate of 3 buck per gallon that is $199,999.9999. Two hundred grand and they don't tow for hire??? Nice life I guess 
I hope !
