Opinions on Possible Semi purchase

I just went through that with car dealers. Yes, I needed a pick up truck at the worst time to buy one. The crap they were trying to sell for top dollar. And then wanted to BS me. I shouldn’t know more than them. I walked away from 6-7.

 

Pre emissions bud, only way to go right now in my opinion. Yea they might seem high but will last much longer.

 

It's a bad time to replace one but it's a good time to add one, if you can find one that's decent, the extra you pay for it should come back to you within about 90 days in the form of these high freight rates.

 

I was in a similar boat last year, funny thing Is when the virus hit dealers panicked about sales, I got 0% for 72 months on my ranger because they wanted to sell, now used is costing more then new

 

I bought a new F150 in 2018. I was in the oilfield and OTR till end of 2020 so I only put 15,000 miles on as of March 2021. Had a kid in that time as well. A combination of a kid in daycare, taking a lower paying local job, and my fears of the current………..administration, I decided to sell it back to the dealership to free up some money just in case things got really bad. (First time I ever made a responsible vehicle decision in my life lol) Had I waited 2 more months I could have made money on the deal.

I had an older F150 I saved and was going to fix up. Well, frame shot and engine on its way out. The cost wasn’t worth it so I needed a better one ASAP. I was looking for a 2011-2014 F150 as I had owned one before and loved it. The prices were disgusting lol. Finally found one 3 weeks ago that meet my criteria. Higher mileage than I wanted but also missing the high price tag. I’m done with vehicles for a while. It’s frustrating and exhausting. Girlfriend wanted to kill me.

 

I’ve had pre owned down to #### boxes in the past, this was my first new one, went with the extended warranty too, I don’t want to do anything but turn the key and put gas in it for atleast the next 10-12 years, as much as I hate payments, I’ve got enough other things to deal with other then my daily driver

and I have zero desire to go back to daily driving my 90 f350 or my mustang, I figured 0% and took the 72 months to lower the payment for that “worse case” being able to afford it,

 

They are very comfortable trucks but when there Volvo engines have trouble its a little difficult to get repairs on them.

 

I know this post is about a year old but I was wondering if I could get some feedback on the idle hours regarding a tractor I’m interested in. Looking at a 2014 Pete with a 550 Cummins low miles just over 200 K idle hours just over 9200 what do you guys think ? Thanks