Diesel Laptops - Scam?

[Birken Vogt]

What happened to the posts this morning? The guy sort of seemed legit or was it just a scam or free advertising?

 

[dieseltoolz]

What happened to the posts this morning? The guy sort of seemed legit or was it just a scam or free advertising?

I finally got one recently. the only complaint is that the tech support takes a while to answer but better than paying $10k plus for the same thing

 

[dieseltoolz]

More coverage and updates, especially on the off road side.
Might help if the Texa I'm comparing to was fully updated.
One thing with jaltest vs Oem, the codes are in P code formatt, so no Oem codes. On the other hand, the diesel pickup world uses the P codes, so more Google answers there.

https://www.jaltest.com/en/diagnostics/jaltest-ohw-construction-machinery

Ive had jaltest. Way too expensive and does nothing

 

[Birken Vogt]

I finally got one recently. the only complaint is that the tech support takes a while to answer but better than paying $10k plus for the same thing

What did you get and how do you like it? What did you use it on? What results did it get?

 

[dieseltoolz]

They had 2 different scanners but I ordered the wrong one by accident at first so I sent it back they refunded me and I purchased this https://www.dieselscanners.com/products/diesel-diagnostic-laptop-scanner-tuner-truck-repair

I work on all types of diesels. Has more capabilities than my old jaltest BUT it does not work on my ram engines, they said I need a different adapter for those.

 

[wlhequipment]

They had 2 different scanners but I ordered the wrong one by accident at first so I sent it back they refunded me and I purchased this https://www.dieselscanners.com/products/diesel-diagnostic-laptop-scanner-tuner-truck-repair

I work on all types of diesels. Has more capabilities than my old jaltest BUT it does not work on my ram engines, they said I need a different adapter for those.

That price is pretty tempting!

 

[Birken Vogt]

What does it have for Deere?

 

[Tenwheeler]

Mitchel has heavy truck program as well. Not as good as OEM, but way better then nothing.
The guys selling diesel laptops have all hacked programs. Most of them found it for free then are trying to make money selling it. If you look hard enough it isnt that hard to find.

But I do not have those abilities much.

 

[Birken Vogt]

Also there is the issue will the Chinese data link adapter work with whatever program they have installed, if you DIY you are bound to have trouble. Having someone pre-set it up for you is worth money, I think.

 

[dieseltoolz]

What does it have for Deere?

I dont use Deere but it says its included... you can use it to get the job done then return it if needed

 

[Birken Vogt]

MOD EDIT - spam content removed

Just some guy in his garage most likely cranking them out, don't ask.

Although I did see something similar in So Cal for around $2k recently.

 

[crane operator]

We ended up getting this: https://www.diesellaptops.com/colle...s/products/diesel-heavy-duty-tablet-scan-tool

So far it has read everything I own, that we've plugged it into. We discovered that one of the engines has lost can to the diagnostic port, so it doesn't read that engine.

Its been kind of handy that the screen/ display portion, is separate from the diagnostic port portion. It uses a bluetooth signal between the two. So where the port is in the engine bay, (I have a KW that way), or in the single man cab cranes, we can do diagnostic drives to see what's going on, and not have to be a wired connection.

We were having troubles in our 90 ton that would only occur when driving, so I could send one guy to drive the crane, and my mechanic was in the upper cab with the scan tool, seeing what was going on in real time as the other guy was driving.

They had a used "return" demonstrator model that I purchased, it was like new for just over $2,000.

 

[IceHole]

The new trend in software is best described as a lease......Autodesk (autocad) is going to it. You never own the software, pay by the year with full support and upgrades/updates are included. Stop paying, your software ceases to work.

Just another way to screw the small business owner, big companies can handle it, us little folk get hosed.

Ed

Quick books went to that.

I fired them and just use a spreadsheet and paper now. Wasn't paying $300 a year when that could easily cover 5-7+ yrs if I could buy the program.

 

[IceHole]

I didn't see where on the site the Office 2019 was anything other than a subscription. Too late now anyway as it all came with the computer. Thanks for checking that, I appreciate your time doing that.

I had to plead with our IT at work to get Office working, was going to cost a few hundred? for a license.

Do you REALLLLLY need it?

Use spreadsheets daily and do multi-millions in sales a year... seriously?!

I use Libre Office at home since my legit copy of Office 2010 (bought from Microsoft) won't work anymore and I'm not spending $$ on an annual subscriptions

 

[Birken Vogt]

MOD EDIT - spam content removed

Just some guy in his garage most likely cranking them out, don't ask.

Although I did see something similar in So Cal for around $2k recently.

Was the guy I was replying to a newly registered spammer or something? It seemed like a legit question to me but I can't really remember now.

 

[CM1995]

Was the guy I was replying to a newly registered spammer or something? It seemed like a legit question to me but I can't really remember now.

Yeah spammed same info in a couple of posts.

 

[pumkinhead]

do you use your laptop on the internet? and if so do you have issues with software of questionable origin updating and deactivating?

 

[MarshallPowerGen]

do you use your laptop on the internet? and if so do you have issues with software of questionable origin updating and deactivating?

Most all of the pirate laptops are very clear that you DO NOT connect them to the internet and list their cost to reinstall everything if you do.

 

[AristoTruckTech]

If anyone needs any diesel diagnostics solutions shoot me a PM. I am based in the US and offer 24/7 service and support.

 

[Mike L]

We’re getting an awful lot of new members who all seem to have the absolute bestest, most wonderful, all that and a bag of chips do it all even change the oil software out there.