First Time Truck Buyer 2021 Peterbilt 579

That's a nice truck, but I see it has the small fuel tanks. That will be a nightmare driving around OTR. Especially with 505hp, it won't get good mileage. Probably why they're selling it. I mean unless that doesn't matter to you. But I would say that truck would be more reliable than the PACCAR.

 

Two 80 gallon tanks?

Ps I wonder is something is wrong with it. It seems cheap.

 

You have no idea what you’re getting into, do your homework before you take the leap. From your postings, you DONT have a clue what you’re doing.

 

Yea, that's nothing. At least 30 gallons of each tank is "unusable" meaning it could run out of fuel climbing a hill if you got below that level. I had a Cascadia with two 125 gallon tanks. I ran out of fuel 1/4 mile from my fuel solution climbing a slight hill at the exit. I was only able to put 200 gallons in the truck. That means 50 gallons were unusable.

You'd definitely be on a first name basis with every fuel spot along the way with those two baby tanks. But if you run local, or can fuel at a terminal or something daily, then its fine.

 

I searched on the Truck Paper website for a truck with less than 400K miles 2019 to 2021, with a Cummins ,Detroit, Volvo, Mack power plant and found 600 trucks. All cost less than $59,000.00! Make sure to hire a certified mechanic or shop to inspect it for you before you sign any paperwork. You also want to see the maintenance history of the truck as well. Stay away from companies that will not let you test drive or take the truck to get inspected.

 

An old fleet truck is going to be driven hard and tired and worn out from having about 7 different drivers beating the snot out of it during the time the fleet owned it.

 

We have some grumbly characters here, but we really want to give you the best advice. 1) Worst time in history for an O/O, especially a new one. 2) With so many great company jobs, it's foolish to think you can do better on your own. 3) Trucking companies typically replace their trucks at about 400K. Past experience tells them, at this point, the truck will become a liability rather than an asset. You will get all the problems they are trying to avoid, unless you can do the work yourself, repairs are costly, and last and probably the most important, insurance will literally be the final nail in the coffin. The Pete is a nice fleet truck, but you really should rethink this. Good luck.

 

First transmission I ever pulled the top cover on had next to no teeth left on the sliding clutches. Transmission also only had about 150,000 kilometers on it.

This is what happens when you hire anyone with a pulse and rotate 10 of them in and out of the truck.

 

Don't buy it it's junk. Stick with old iron. Pre 1999

 

Too bad a lot of that old iron is 25+ years old and is beat to #### now. Sure you get the occasional owner that looks after his older truck but you're going to fork out big bucks for one of those trucks.