This will go down on my permanent record...

not in the slightest. Been raining for the past week and projected to for most of next.

Just enough to have the construction crew and my self say "Nope.... Not today."

LOL and then the picture loaded.... Yep we are at the crossroads of snow season and construction season up this way.

 

Thursday to Saturday we had minor winter like weather. Seen everything from rain to sleet and snow.
The odd part was the temperatures. Never really got winter cold. Think the lowest temperature was around 48. Go figure.

 

Id never consider not buying new at this point. Seems like you’ve been in this for a while now. Depreciation can also help you out a lot with taxes so it’s not all bad. In the mean time focus on running and not fixing crap.

 

Your truck is a tool. Get the correct tool to do the job you will be doing. The correct truck will keep that Pain in the Butt driver from whining at you as much. Also keep the dispatcher and Inner account quiet over unplanned down time and un-budgeted repair costs.

Part of what you are seeing price wise is recent production trucks tend to have significant issues develop around 400k miles. I would not buy one around those miles unless I found an Identical "parts truck" to go with it so that I could remove and replace sub assemblies. But may not be practical cause chances are it is going to break out on the road.

I think million mile + trucks are a thing of the past. So should plan on trading off anything you get before it hits that 400k mile mark.

When I was looking to upgrade the last truck I was focusing on Kenworth. Was down to New or Owner Operator lease returns.

Those lease returns were typically used for music shows and were set up real close to what I wanted. Were a year or 2 old and low miles. PAC-Lease in SLC would get them on occasion.

New was how I was leaning. Could get a truck to my spec with the accessories I wanted and none that I did not want (unless required by the fed). Just was not and still not committed to driving enough to justify the outlay.

 

What GPS software are you using?