Cat C10

The one I drove in 1998 blew up and left me stranded off US82 in Mississippi.

Walked a couple miles to a roadhouse and called Maintenance . First time I heard the classic trucker phrase (delivered deadpan), “Yeah, they’ll do that”.

We ran ours a lot harder than you’re indicating. Still made it to 480k miles.

 

A c10 yikes. What’s that like a 300-330hp engine?

 

Load of 40,000 or gross of 40,000? Because that will be a big difference.

If all you are doing is running warehouse to warehouse shunting trailers in a single city, never hitting a highway, it'll be great. Highway trucks need far more power than that, especially if you come across any sort of hill.

I'm amazed that someone ordered a 379 with such a tiny motor through. Even a large number of the 378's from the late 90's and early 00's had C-12's.

 

I have a C10 in this furniture truck, 300hp w/Allison 6 sod, this thing is a race car-not sure how it would be pulling the kind of weight you do.
I would hold out for a bigger engine.