My LMM is a leased company truck, 08 ECSB 4x4.. Just picked it up Friday, has about 60K miles on it, from the mud I knocked off of it with the pressure washer, the amount of bent stuff underneath and sandblasting from gravel roads, none of them were easy, it was either previously on a lease to a logging outfit, or something related to it, or just run hard and put away wet as a rental, as we got it from Tilden. It has a complete Moog front end in it, that doesn't look to be very old.
We have a few other NBS gas trucks in the fleet, so, I was expecting the typical extended cab rattles and the likes, surprisingly, other than some very nasty creaking out of the cab on off camber stuff and the typical dash rattle at idle it's in pretty decent shape.
The outer side bolster in the drivers side seat doesn't hold up well in any of these trucks, but being company trucks with lots of in and out and multiple drivers, that is a very high wear item.
Other stuff I've found to be common on these trucks is broken exterior door handles, power steering pumps outright failing(My d-max looks to have a new one,) and the ex-cabs have issues based on their design, the doors get loose on their latches pretty early in life if they're used alot, or if the truck sees alot of rough roads, and, the rear doors crack at the front corner of the door, on the body line below the window, every one I've seen has had this happen, including the 07 half ton we have at this base that never leaves the tarmac(not a bump or pothole to be found) and has just under 50K on it.
We have one 07 2500HD 6.0 that the cab rattles so bad it sounds like the front end is falling apart, fixing that is on next weeks to do list.
We've also had issues with the drivers side power window switches, and that is directly related to the design of the doors, with the window open, water drips off of the edge of the window opening, right onto the switches.
I'm sure after a few months I'll be able to report back with a better idea of how a D-Max truck holds up, as I usually average somewhere in the 4000-4500 mile a month range.
One thing I can say for certain, is compared to my Cummins and PSD, the around town fuel mileage is plain old horrible, I haven't calculated it yet, but, I'm expecting 13-14 US. Highway so far seems to be in the 17-18 range, which is OK, as I'm not paying for the fuel, but, I'm used to 20-22 out of both my 7.3 and first gen CTD.
Don't get me wrong, I like how the D-max rides and drives, and the power is great, but, I'm on the fence as to whether or not I'd own a NBS truck, having my own personal truck that isn't going to get driven and beaten by everybody and their dog is going to let me make a very well informed decision however.
Oddly, I got out of it for the first time in 5 days yesterday and into my 96 PSD ex cab long bed which is on 315's, and the Ford felt small and light compared to the Chevy, of course, being stock, there is no comparison in power....