PART 2: What To Look Out For When Buying A Kenworth W900

Great info! I’m looking into getting my own KW W9. But more than likely it’ll be the new model.

Thank you for sharing your information.

I'm not a diesel mechanic, but I am a car mechanic. In my opinion, they will never figure out a way to make all the emissions crap on a semi reliable. Why? An engine is a mechanical device that burns and emits fuel. The most efficient way to do that is to have the least amount of restrictions in the intake, in the engine itself, and the exhaust. Emissions equipment are restrictions. Everything you add is at odds with how an internal combustion engine works, therefore the 2 are always battling each other causing constant damage. It's a band-aid on a problem that can only be solved by technology we don't have.

Best motor I ever had

Red worms. Hilarious!

Thanks I’m actually looking at a 2000 w900 to buy. Thanks for the info!!!

I've got a 2020 cascadeia glider. Series 60 Detroit 13 speed Allison trans. No egr,no def,no regen... I love it..

I have a heart condition and couldn't get my physical card renewed. I have an awesome w900l for sale. A ton of new parts.

I am actually in the market for a W900 at the moment. I'm currently looking at a 2005 with 875,255 miles. What do you think I have to look for on that? How long till I need an overhaul? I know you can never tell. Depends on how well the truck was taken care of. I also have been looking at a 96. would like to have a pre-emision. Thanks for the vid, i loved it.

I have a 2016 cascadia glider kit with 60 series 13 speed. It is simply a money maker that just keeps on running. So cheap to fix and rarely ever needs any fixing

They sell AAA bras now. Kidding aside, Great video.

Hey driver you should carry a small puddy spackle knife and scrape all that old dirty grease out of the jaws on 5th wheel and side of the plate and keep grease to minimum to avoid issue w 5th wheel not coupling properly it works its way down into internal components and hardens in cold temperature

What I love about older tractors is they all sort of have there own personality. You inspect that tractor run it up the road under a load and after a month or so you will start too notice corks or things and honestly my money is always on the older pre emission tractor any day. It ain’t runnin unless your rattlin....

That "Kenny" is pretty

Nice "kenny"

So... subtract the DEF and you are losing about $15K annually in fuel. Seems like the cost of repairs, downtime, and availability of parts might cut that in half? You will lose $10K in depreciation of the newer trucks. I know what Ronan says, but it seems almost a wash TBH.

Didn't he just get it

Was your truck a ole WD Potato truck?

Well done Ronen well said

Me myself like the older trucks even though I don’t have a truck but just as a kid those type of trucks going down the road looked so amazing and I want to own one myselfthanks for all the information you give

The funny thing for me is... i have no clue about these new trucks 🤣 dont know a dam thing other then its alot more then our good old days motors now a vg turbo and a egr cooler is all im familular with..2004 detroit 14l other then that well ig im old school at 20 🤣🤣🤣

Wow what a great tutorial so I've been looking at a rig in order to pull my either fifth wheel or my custom starcraft custom 57 ft trailer so I was thinking about a HDT and definitely pre-emission pre-logged and like the 900s as well as the the long noses as well as the the Pete's but what you said is valuable information and I really appreciate that brother thank you so much be safe on the road love all your tutorials love your candidness great beard by the way I have a long one too and be safe on the road brother thank you again a great lesson as I'm sitting here at IHOP enjoying breakfast thank you again. Luigi- Fla TPA Bay

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This idiot sold his volvo because he had some bad luck and completely blamed it on how all modern tech is bad. . went out and bought this thing and now has had to sell it because its too old and he cant drive where he needs to because of emission standards lol. .

I always say that the old school vehicle are the best

Hi, all. i used to own 2 trucks, mack and COE F-liner (cummins). CHECK THESE , in anything, with wheels.
1. Starter 2. Alternator 3. Water pump 4. Air compressor 5. Get a lab check, done on engine oil, tranny and differential oils. 6. Clutch, check for wear, and also clutch brake. 7. Radiator, and thermostat/thermostatic fan. 8. Cab heater core 9. Engine coolant, and maybe get the lab, to check it.
10. Batteries, check for sulphate buildup ( Load tests, with amp meter). As well as the battery box, '' what are they sitting on ''. Loose gravel ?
Take care, all.

Good video Bud. Series 60 Detroit what can you say, one reliable economical motor and easy to work on. They screwed up the trucks with these bullshit emissions.

All w900 have the drivers side frame rail crack under the cab after so many miles. They are my favorite truck still but it is what it is 🤷🏻‍♂️

That was cute with the “red worms”. So all n all. Just do a MTO inspection on the truck.

I would like to see a w in the hand Hunter 2008 with a caterpillar engineer and single turbo

Cost of labor on new trucks much higher twice as much to change a starter or any other parts that buys a lot of fuel

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Thanks for the video. I’m looking to buy my first semi, but a single axle w/sleeper. It is very intimidating and overwhelming 🤣

Very informative, where can I buy permission truck? Can't find anything in the northeast, Great video,

They didn't come with Cummins

That’s one of my favorite engines also the n14 celect plus

thank you very much for the clear explanation. keep safe and stay healthy. GBU

Looks like FUDA's old truck used to haul live bottoms with same paint scheam was deleted and tuned nice rig!!

God bless

Thanks for sharing the video, what would one expect to pay for that particular truck that you just went over?

I hear you gave it up for a Freightliner.

I have a 99 W 900 with 86” studio sleeper 1MM 600hp Cat pushing 650hp just put a new performance head on her built new 18 over she weighs 24,000 will pull left front off the ground in the higher gears smoke drives. I don’t drive her that way she works specialized oil and gas moving equipment doing set up and tear down.

Truck drivers begging for more money is just as bad as grocery baggers thinking they deserve $20/hr. You have a 6 week certification. lol

Good info

Best trucks ever anything over 2007 is junk its meant to keep you broke

Great video, very influential unfortunately as a driver owner operator I live and work in California, and it has the most stringent rules when it comes to diesel engines and semi trucks and by the way I have had nothing but problems with my trucks since having been forced to buy trucks with computer motors, previous trucks I've owned always had catapillar engines that were manual, with analog gauges that were straight forward and simple to work on, my 359 peterbilt was nice my 379 was nice also all catapillar the started with my 389 peterbilts 2008 sensors fault codes, which mechanics didn't understand engines ran great but the sensors were constantly sending false information just one headache after another, then finally somebody figured it out no sooner than we got the bugs out of the way the state said I gotta buy a new truck with a 2010 engine or newer
so now I got a 2013 peterbilt 389 I know it's older but who's gonna pay 250,000 to 300,000 for a truck thats how much it would cost to spec the same truck today identically....

Yes the oil leak between the head ,timing cover & block can be easy to fix or expensive $$$, cam to head o ring, timing cover to block or o ring to head to block $$$

Was that a WD Potato truck?`

You need to have a "tuner" approach. Swap for a newer generation motor and strip it off eco-crap. You'll have less fuel consumption while the motor itself will be relatively simple.

Very informative. Actually even when technology has evolved to such big mess, the basics of trucks remain the same. You still need to check the same things on new ones as you did on yours. For me its a video to be saved for future reference.

Thank you Brian