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Originally Posted by Elmix
I am in Denver, CO. I did go check it out today. It is Eldorado National 30 ft. But the seller doesn’t know much about it. He bought it 4 months ago for almost $8,000 at a dealership and now trying to sell it for $5,500. I couldn’t find any info about the maintenance history or a transmission. It is Cummins 5.9 engine and it has almost 290,000 miles. Looks like it was used by Advantage rental as an airport shuttle. But I am very far from being an expert in diesel engines so I want to hire a mechanic to do an inspection prior to making an offer.
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Apparently the B50 rating for the Cummins 5.9 is around 350,000 miles (this is basically the mileage by which half of the engines will have required a rebuild - so it's similar to life expectancy for humans). By comparison a DT466 has a B50 of 500,000 miles. This bus might not be a good idea.
This is the source of the B50 numbers:
https://www.capitalremanexchange.com...ngine-history/
Not sure how reliable this info is, FWIW.