Depreciation of the aerodynamic trucks?

As far as resale, you have to decide if you want to pay more for a truck to be able to hopefully sell it for a good price in the future or if you want better fuel economy and put $20k or more in your pocket every year that you run an aero truck.

 

Most megas have new trucks with 80,000 mile oil change intervals and that’s when it gets grease if the zerks takes grease that is..unless truck goes into shop for some other reason it doesn’t get extra grease and will last till warranty expires.

 

Generally when you see fleet maintained that means stay away from it, 80,000 mile oil changes and greased at that time is the norm, 4-500,000 miles on them and about ready for everybit of maintenance you can think of, then a rebuild by 700,000 miles. You can find an aero truck that wasn't in a fleet but they ain't cheap and are specced nicer and usually been taken care of alot nicer. Those are the ones that don't sit in the lot though and are gone in a hurry

 

Maintenance has taken on a whole new meaning since the addition of emissions. The upfront cost has increased on all Trucks. Cost to maintain them has increased. This has led to lower resale prices. Instead of 50% of original price after 3-4 years, it’s now closer to 25% . The Large Carriers negotiate thousands of Trucks at a time. They negotiate straight with the factory. The Dealer only handles paperwork and delivery. They make a flat commission for the transaction. The paperwork involved is there regardless of whether they sell 1 or 1000 Trucks. Therefore the cost of a 1 Truck sale to an O/O is going to be higher. Considering the lower price paid upfront, and sheer supply and demand, the fleet Trucks are worth less on the market. The Fleets want to dump them, avoiding major repairs. Even at the lower prices, they’re ahead of the game. Often a fleet will negotiate buy back agreements with the Dealer handling the sale. The Dealer then sells the Truck again.

 

Look at the hours , i learned that in here , western star , beautiful truck 2020 had 500k miles . Over 17,000 hrs , thats 2yrs solid of run time .

 

o/o on my run burning 60 liters a day more in their large cars over what i burn in Cascadia. Vanity comes with a price.
I do agree most fleets trucks are sorely under maintained….ive marked grease zerk and seen it go 3 months untouched. Trucks breaking down generally due to lack of maintenance of DEF system. 20K oil filter failing when oil change gets pushed to 50K

 

You can get the 605/2050 X15 in the new 579. There just aren't very many of them on the market as most of the people buying the 579 are doing so for fleets. Fleets are gonna lean towards specs that are cost effective, so lightweight and fuel efficient. Salespeople aren't gonna order trucks that don't have a high probability of selling and will end up sitting on the lot.

 

First shop I wrenched at had roughly 200 units in the fleet, our location had about 20 units. Those trucks were local, many were 3+ years old with 100k kilometers or less and they were clapped out. Being a fleet unit means nothing if nobody takes the time to do the maintenance.

 

I’ve drive nothing but Freightliner. Owned 2 and driving my 2nd one now for a company. 2 were pre emission the other 2 weren’t. Every one has been a very good truck with almost no trouble and maintenance hasn’t been that great on any of them. I don’t see why you’d buy anything else.

 

Dude I've got a 2020 Freightliner Cascadia with a DD13 on our lot that's got 5 different fault codes and electrical issues. They aren't the end all be all but, they do tend to have less problems than others.