Securing a truck loan for an older truck?

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  1. abyliks

    abyliks Road Train Member

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    what happens when someone takes your hood and radiator off in the truck stop 2500 miles from home?

    You going to change a power divider on the side of the road?
     
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  3. D.Tibbitt

    D.Tibbitt Road Train Member

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    If u gonna finance a truck and lease on just go brand new and get rid of the headaches..
    financing a used truck is the easiest way to lose all your money.. you got a payment plus however much the truck is going to nickle and dime you when u putnit to work .especially an older one like that, that u have no knowledge of the history of
     
  4. mtclex

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    Yeah Landstar accepts 2000 and newer. Aside from a little dirt and normal wear on the truck this elderly man took really good care of it. It has a rebuilt transmission and engine about 50k miles ago. He had all receipts of maintenance and overhaul. I’ve driven many trucks and this is one the best pulling and shifting
     
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  6. mtclex

    mtclex Bobtail Member

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    What if an asteroid falls from the sky? Simple things I can change on my own like brake chambers, fuel filters, turbo, bearings…oil etc. As long as nothing catastrophic happens then I should be fine!
     
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  7. mtclex

    mtclex Bobtail Member

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    I do have knowledge of the history of it! The old selling it had the receipts and an actual log of everything he’s done to it! I’ve already driven the truck and it’s solid and probably more dependable than this newer crap
     
  8. Big Road Skateboard

    Big Road Skateboard Road Train Member

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    That's a pretty extensive list. Turbo bearings even...
     
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    mtclex Bobtail Member

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    That was obviously a typo
     
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  10. abyliks

    abyliks Road Train Member

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    sounds good go for it

    Never mind the fact you’ll have 100k into that 25k truck by the end of the year
     
  11. wore out

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    For the record the last power divider I put in was on the street behind Casey’s in Pratt Kansas
     
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