First Time Truck Buyer 2021 Peterbilt 579

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Premium Logistics, Oct 19, 2024.

  1. Harry1958

    Harry1958 Bobtail Member

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    Just rebuild it it's not hard to do. Takes a little work.
     
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  3. Long FLD

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    Can’t even imagine how beat many of the “pre-ELD” trucks are now. Buy a truck for $50k. Drop another $100k into it. And at the end of the day it’s still 25 years old.

    I know a guy from OK who has a little window Pete. He loves it and ran it all over the country. He parked it and took a company job driving a fairly new t800 with a lowboy. After a month he has his little window for sale. Says he has no interest in driving an old truck again.
     
  4. Harry1958

    Harry1958 Bobtail Member

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    That's crazy t800 is just junk.
     
  5. AModelCat

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    If you think its easy you're a better man than I. Unless you love rebuilding them you will hate your life. Halfway done a cab off rebuild now and will probably never do that again, even if I was being paid $200/hour to do it.
     
  6. Diesel Dave

    Diesel Dave Last Few of the OUTLAWS

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    What difference does it make when it’s a company truck. As we aged, comfort is our friend. I had a 1979 K100 Kenworth(parked) and I thought it was the best riding truck, I had dropped an air ride cab, Koni shocks. Drove the truck 23 years, eventually no matter what I did, it started beating me to death.
     
  7. Long FLD

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    Ok. Lol. What do you propose for a heavy spec lowboy truck then? Or are you saying the W900 is also junk since they’re the same truck except the hood?
     
  8. Harry1958

    Harry1958 Bobtail Member

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    The hood different it's not the same truck. Motor is crap t800 along with cab is air tunnel.
     
  9. Harry1958

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    It's a different truck cab is different. Motor is crap. Cab is air tunnel. Rides like crap. Has the rebar for suspension.
     
  10. AModelCat

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  11. Long FLD

    Long FLD Road Train Member

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    What are you even talking about? Lololol.

    I get it, I used to be grumpy all the time when I ran old trucks. Then once I started buying new trucks my mood got better.
     
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