I need to buy a truck . Just a inexpensive one . Tired of the company driver problems I have been getting lately . Been hauling grain a couple months now the price is down so owner wants me to park it and commute 300 miles , from home on weekends to job during week , driving a barrel trailer around town doing that crap kind of work that I already did my time doing so i could move up in the industry , until prices go up . Not happening . So I want a truck of my own that i can lease out . Probably haul grain or maybe an end dump .
So where is a good place to buy from ?
Also anyone interested in doing a lease to since I will not have my own authority could reply . I have a good record . 8 years experience mostly local . A few months regional 4 states . Not wanting van unless drop an hook but would prefer end dump or grain hopper or flatbed . anything where I do not drive around town a lot .Prefer long runs .
Where to buy a truck ?
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by krazman, May 2, 2015.
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So just buy a truck, be your own boss, and it's all peaches n cream? I want to do this, this, and this but not that, that, or that. Buhahaha! Keep us up to date on how this one pans out. www.truckpaper.com
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Wow eight years of driving must have made him independently wealthy. Partner with someone or a company to help through the lean times.
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I went to arrow truck sales they have decent price trucks and is very fair. the intrest rates are a little high for 33months but i play on paying my truck off in half that
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Your profile says 0 to 1 yr exp. You say 8yrs exp.local. if you 8 yrs just get a new job
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don't buy from arrow,,few years ago I was at a repair shop used by arrow,,the engine on an arrow truck had high miles and needed new piston because a valve broke , arrow only had one piston replaced. the shop had to remove the head and oil pan and for a few hundred more could have done a complete inframe,,they are famous for patching up trucks and not anything more that to get a truck running,,
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Lonestar16 Thanks this.
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Try compass truck sales, see what they have to offer. Kimbosa
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Lone mountain hasn't been bad. Be ready to put up money on any used truck u get. It's not like finding that old low mile lincoln town car that belonged to a grandma, only selling cause of HER age. Lol by the time I finsh paying mine off later this year, I will have paid almost as much as I would have on a new! But it's all good my truck is like new now! Good luck
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If I own the truck then I can do with it as I please and that means not hauling trailers I do not want to haul . hey , do you haul grain , flatbed , end dumps , belly dumps , reefer , dry , ..... or do you have a preference ? Personally I have a preference for the type of work I want to do and I see no problem pursuing that instead of some job I would not like . Your job is 90% of your life and if you do not like then your life is going to suck in general .Gottfried Thanks this.
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