Million Mile Truck

[Merle Coggins]

Hard to believe this Wisconsin truck made it to 1,000,000 miles without a complete rust-out.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080212/ap_on_fe_st/odd_million_mile_truck;_ylt=AmZKL3xcwL8PWYnj7qNDi_wZ.3QA

Gresham is just down the road from Todd B's location.

[grey beard]

Hey Merle,

Neat story. Did the blurb say he had no meaningful work done to the engine in all that time? That is one amazing Chevy!

A man who attends our church is an owner/driver and hauls potatoes from NY and west back here to Pa potato chip companies and averages six thoudand miles each week. He bought his Pete with a 425 Cat new in 1998, and at one million, two hundred eighty thousand miles, had new bearings rolled in - first time the pan was ever off the block. Now that is amazing to think about. Of course you must remember that over-the-road engines most always run at operating temperature, and do not make short, cold runs like most of our vehicles do.

In my years as a fleet maintenance superintendant I have seen quite a few truck motors town down for in-frame rebuilding that had close to one million miles on them. Water jackets and oil areas like rocker boxes were almost spotless - no sludge or corrosion - just amazing to see how clean an engine will run with routine maintenance, if it gets up to operating temperature when it's put to work every time. All condensation is evaporated out of the crankcase, and the Ph of the coolant is maintained with regular additives and possibly a water filter.

it can happen. You just don't hear of it taking place very often in a Chevy.

[dmulhall]

I just sold my '92 Chev truck last year...

I sold it with 476,000kms which is about 297,000 miles I think

The guy I sold it to rolled it over 500k and still going strong..

It uses about a liter (quart) of oil inbetween oil changes..

Still original engine and transmission..

That truck never let me down or left me stranded..

and *holding my head down* it is a chevy..