FLD 120's opinions please

I drove one for over 1 million miles. I think they are great allot of folks don't like them i love them. I just bought a 1997 single axle to pull my Toy hauler with. Its a flat top and a small sleeper but that's what i wanted. My 1996 had a 430 470 detroit wit ha 13 speed and 3.73 rears and ran great and rode fine it wasn't any noiser than any other truck as far as i could tell and over the life of the truck when i sold it we pulled the ecm records out and it averaged 6.3 MPG and i did allot of ideling so they are pretty fuel effeciant.

 

Depending on who had the truck, it'll likely be rough riding and noisy. Every one of them I've ever driven had a lot of wind and engine noise coming in the cab. Then again, I don't think I've ever driven any model Freightliner that wasn't that way. As to quality? Well those trucks seem to hold up pretty good with proper maintenance.

 

Bought a 94 new DD470/13. made alot of money with it. not alot a repairs. rode good not great. lots of wind noise. doors leaked. 805k mi in 5 yrs. good truck. sad to see it go. lots of used parts availible for them.

 

I used to drive a flat top '95 FLD112 which is the same as the 120 but with a shorter hood. It was the best riding truck i ever drove and i've drove allot of trucks. It also didn't rattle at all in the cab but there was some wind noise. The worst thing about any FLD is the doors. on all the FLDs i ever drove there was something wrong with the doors. My passenger side door wouldn't even open and another driver i know has to use his winch bar and reach out his window to get out his truck.

 

I have a 1999 fld120, Bought it a few months back, Yes = the drivers door latching is garbage, was told to replace with new as all used are most likely garbage, Front bumper must be replaced, as last owner like to run into some things,, Sleeper heater line was leaking, because rocks had been hitting the main water line under the sleeper. Vip sleeper is very hollow thus causing roard noise to be louder, stock seats are garbage for many reasons, replacing them with a set of Steel Case seats "should be a comfortable ride. There are plenty of corrections for the interior, dash, air lines along side of shifter and the story goes on, Seeing I'm fully retired, I can take my time ""YES MONEY"" and change it to my liking.
My main concern is to obtain the code readers and software to properly maintain the engine. Seeing the last owner kept all the manuals ""UGH"",