How many miles on a Twinkie Truck?


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Posted by Don in Missouri [69.69.205.226] on Wednesday, July 03, 2013 at 10:09:27 :

In Reply to: 130 hp Cummins 4bt 5 spd For Sale posted by Don in Missouri [69.29.65.118] on Tuesday, July 02, 2013 at 23:59:33 :

The odometer reads 138,000 miles. That can't be original miles on a commercial truck, can it?

This truck was first put into service in 2004 and Hostess shut down in 2012. That is 8 years on the road. The truck is goverened at 60 mph. If the delivery driver drove 8 hours a day at 60 mph for 52 weeks a year for 8 years, that is just under 1 million miles-not enough to turn the odometer over.

Maybe they run 10 or 12 hour days and service the trucks at night, but an average speed of 60 mph is not very realistic considering stops for delivery and traffic, etc.

The ESN is 45674277, CPL 1839. The chassis number on the engine does not match the chassis number of the truck, so the engine (or at least the valve cover with the # on it) has been out of the truck (perhpas for an overhaul?).

Many of the similar trucks I've seen show about 250,000 miles on the odometer.



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