Newbie purchasing new dump truck.

Well, thanks for all of the input even if it wasn't what I wanted to hear. Farmboy the retirement savings that I was going to dip into is in the TSP since I am LE retired after the year I turned 55 there is no penalties for withdrawing. However they do retain 20% for taxes no matter what I would use the withdrawal for. So for a $200,000 purchase I would have to withdraw $250,000. Ouch! I would hope that all of the State taxes and fees could be deducted along with a healthy dose of depreciation the first year.

So after listening to y'all I emailed a local owner who called back and we set a date for me to take a road test. It sounds like it is less than full time which is great for me because I do not want to leave the school district hanging. I am sure there would be more hours in the summer when school is out.

59Mack I remember when I was a kid and a B model would go by in the early 70s and everybody would ohh and ahh! I imagine you get a lot of ohhs and ahhs now that they are a lot more scarce.

So in the mean time if I find a used truck that speaks to me like that new KW880 I won't be locked in. It would have to be a hell of a truck and a very nice price though.