Mid 90’s Kenworth w900L??

What do you want to do? Because as someone that runs a 1997 down the road every day, it will cost you just as much as a new truck to either buy one restored or even do it yourself, you just have to be slightly ####ed in the head like a few of us here to do it

 

I bet I could spend 5 minutes with a “quality” 45k-60k truck and come up with $8000 in repairs and maintenance right off the bat.

I played that game before. My first truck was an old 377. 435 N14 with a 13 speed and a 63” standup bunk. She wasn’t a show queen by any means at 700k miles and I paid dirt cheap for her. But over the 6 years I drove that miserable ##### I spent roughly 17 cents a mile on repairs. Not to mention the downtime and lost revenue and the few times I had to pay someone else to re-power my load while in the midst of a repair. Old trucks wear out too. Yeah a computer is less likely to strand you in an old truck, but an old truck can strand you all the same. You’ve also got to take into account how hard parts are to come by for any of them anymore.

The only way you are going to beat a new truck is if you buy the old one and completely rebuild it down to the last nut and bolt, inside and out. And even then you’ll be in it for the same amount of money.

 

Where ????
Quality W900s for 45 to 60k ... yeah right...
So you post that you want to buy 94 to 99 trucks to get away from computer issues...
You do realize you talking about buying 28 year old trucks and you expect not to have to deal with major mechanical issues
That a boy keep living the dream

 

Cant go wrong with Freightliner.
Reliable.
Parts cheap everywhere.

 

Yeah thats a good outfit .... if you enjoy getting bred
Mr... why don't you do some archive digging on this site and read the raving reviews from the members here about Ohio Truck Sales
Their famous for the Dupont overhaul
I wouldn't buy a glass of water from them.if I was die'n of thrust in the Mojave desert

 

I’ve spent a smidge under $7000 in repairs on my 2019 389 since I bought it three years ago. It has just under 310k miles on it now. That’s 2 cents a mile. 2. And those repairs were things I were able to get home and fix myself or have Peterbilt fix. No downtime. No road calls. No tows. No hotels. The longest I went in that 377 between downtimes was maybe 2 months.

If you’re concerned about parts in Texas, you should only be looking at Peterbilts. The plant itself is in Denton. Big dealer network down there. Also, being PACCAR, Kenworth dealers stock parts and can work on the truck just the same. Call up your local dealer networks, Freightliner, Volvo, Pete/KW….ask how quick they can get a truck in or how fast they can get you a part. Guarantee Pete or KW will be able to work with you better and faster than Freightliner.