Is it feasible to find a decent daycab 10,000-15,000 range

No

Day cabs are beat to holy crap. shifting braking, constantly up and down thru the gears. A 500,000 mile day cab has a LOT of use on it, way more than a OTR truck.

Here (colorado) used day cabs go for more money than sleepers. weight I suppose for the rock hauler guys. But always in demand and beat to heck.

I would find a nice sleeper cab and remove the sleeper (about 5 grand, companies that do this). Get a much better internally truck with way fewer beat down slip seated junk truck. .

 

Do your due diligence before you buy. You're investing a lot of money by doing this, so spend wisely. Take your time and find the right one. And there is no way in hell I'd ever buy a truck from Penske.

 

I would avoid the environmental bullcrap of the 2012 and stick to something pre 2007 if at all possible. When that stuff breaks down, and it will, it is #### expensive to fix. We had International day cabs with DPF's where I was a company driver, I learned enough from them to know that I would never buy one when I became an O/O 2 years ago. Always in the shop.

 

Unless you know the guy selling the truck, and know the history of it, you will Not be able to find a good truck for that price. As stated above, daycabs can not be bought by the book, in looking at the year and mileage. 400,000 on a day cab is like buying a road truck with a million. And a day cab with 700,000 is like buying a truck from the salvage yard.

 

Scheinder sells gliders,
Gilder are a great way to buy, But buying a used mega fleet training company truck will be your issue

 

$5,000 to remove a sleeper? I've done two (379 Pete and W900 KW) and all you have to do is pull the sleeper get some Aluminum to rivet in where the walk through was, and get a glass guy to cut you a piece of glass and gasket.

You can get a decent truck for $15,000. I'd look for something pre-electronic in that price range though. A $15k truck is probably going to be a electronic nightmare on a late model truck. The 379 Pete that I removed the sleeper was $15,000. It's got almost 2 million miles but had a low mileage rebuild on the 3406B, trans, and rears. It did have a few bugs to work out when I got it but it's a good truck I wouldn't be afraid to take anywhere.

 

Really? So what's a day cab with 1.2M like?