So Im just bored seeing everyone s opinions on this . Personally I think older truck are the best for city and local work , and companies should allow owner ops to run older trucks for Ex ( early 2000s trucks for local work. Those trucks were amazing. My FLD 120 was way better than the cascadia s I own today. For highway work the rule should be 10 years or newer. Let’s be honest do we really need a 5 years or newer truck ? And I’m talking for Canada only ! No USA
Owner operator 5 years or newer truck rule good or bad ?
Discussion in 'Canadian Truckers Forum' started by Western fleet owner, Apr 22, 2021.
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Their company, their rules.
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The real reason companies want owner operators to have five year or newer trucks:
Desperation.
If I have huge truck payments I am desperate to work. If I have an older paid off truck, I’m more likely to tell them to stick it when I don’t like the work they offer me.joey8686, Elroythekid, tinytim and 4 others Thank this. -
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I'm actually going to buy a new truck just to say I've had one in My life time, but in all fairness some of the older trucks are in better shape and maintained a hole lot better then newer ones.
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My well maintained close to 20 year old truck has had to re-power loads from new company trucks that were broke down on more than one occasion in order to get the loads there on time.
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I just went from a '05 to a '14. The '05 was nickel and dimeing me to death. I had a old paid off truck that was making the shop money and not me. The issue I had was I could never get ahead of it. That truck is now going to be running regional and I am sure it will do a fine job but for the long haul I was doing it wasn't working.
I do miss my cat engine though!!BigHossVolvo Thanks this.
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