| Author | Message | ||
     Joe Rich New member Username: Joe_rich Post Number: 17 Registered: 12-2006 |
WE HAVE USED DUKANE FOR 2 YEARS.THEY HAVE DONE A FINE JOB. OUR 2000 GILLIG STARTED TO FAIL IN 2009. THEY ARE RUSTING FROM THE OUTSIDE. DUKANE OIL COOLER IS BETTER DESIGN AND POWDER COATED. | ||
| Denny_hahn Member Username: Denny_hahn Post Number: 161 Registered: 08-2004 |
None at RVT. Listed below is another vendor that does custom work & fabricates: Cicioni 442-448 S. Church Street Route 309 South Hazelton,PA 18201 570-455-3697 Fax 570-455-6088 www.cicioni.com sales@cicioni.com | ||
| Mark_mitchell Member Username: Mark_mitchell Post Number: 82 Registered: 08-2004 |
Steve, As you know I have practically an entire Gillig fleet(1995's, 2004's, 2005's, 2006's, 2008's & 2011's) and most of them are with Voith transmissions. We have not experienced any trans cooler failures. I'm curious, are they rusting from the inside-out or from the outside-in? | ||
| Tyler Smith New member Username: Tyler_smith Post Number: 9 Registered: 06-2011 |
I noticed there is alot of talk on here of Dukanne Radiatior so I figured I should also mention that they do alot of custom fabrication as well. They build us alot of brackets and tools for the MCI and Gilligs. They build everything better than the OEM and at a fraction of the cost. There shop is only 50 miles from here, I have met Tom and Christine quite a few times they are both very nice people and great to work with. | ||
| Shane Lint New member Username: Shane_lint Post Number: 20 Registered: 09-2010 |
Steve, We have not replaced any yet, however I do have a vendor that may be able to help you out with some better pricing: Christine Hagemann Vice President of Sales and Marketing DUKANE RADIATOR, Inc. DUKANE SHEETMETAL SOLUTIONS, Inc. 121 St. Clair Avenue Clairton, Pennsylvania 15025 Phone: 412-233-3300 Fax: 412-233-3055 Toll Free: 866-466-0805 She's been able to help me out with a bunch of radiator parts and keeps asking about our trans coolers-- I know their pricing beats out Gillig big time and the quality is top-notch. | ||
| Mark Kutzer New member Username: Mark_kutzer Post Number: 12 Registered: 10-2008 |
I am not sure exactly how the coolers are designed on a Gillig but we buy just the housing for our coolers, we have them crack once in awhile. We get them from Dukane Radiator, the housing we get are $265.00. Dukane Radiatoris is out around Pittsburgh. 866-466-0805. Ask for Tom Stoner. They also have a web site dukaneradiator.com. | ||
| Dan_russell New member Username: Dan_russell Post Number: 58 Registered: 05-2005 |
We have 17 2005 and 5 2007 Gillig BRT models and have not replaced one at this time. I do not look forward to replacement parts when it runs through a group like that.Thanks for the ehads-up about Dukanne. Dan | ||
| Tyler Smith New member Username: Tyler_smith Post Number: 7 Registered: 06-2011 |
Figure on replaceing all of them we have 6 2007 Gilligs and we have replaced them all. The best price we found is from Dukanne Radiator 1-412-233-3300 we paid $1,075 and they are alot better built than the ones we got from Gillig. | ||
| Dennis Chronister New member Username: Dennis_chronister Post Number: 20 Registered: 03-2009 |
None so far here. | ||
| Steve Myers Member Username: Steve_myers Post Number: 107 Registered: 08-2004 |
Just curious how many trans coolers have rusted out on Gillig Phantoms. We have 8 2005 Phantoms and they are starting to be replaced. They are $1330 from Gillig and $1300 from Muncie. Is there anyplace else to buy these? Steve |
