Used Truck Prices

try www.truckpaper.com

 

I wouldn't guess that it's any different, relatively speaking, is it? You have a truck checked over by a mechanic prior to buying?

Is there a magic number with regard to miles per year one would expect? I mean, 15,000 has always been the baseline for annual mileage of a passenger car under normal conditions.

Is there a similar baseline for OTR trucks? 100k miles per year? 125k? Is there a point where you wouldn't consider buying used? 750k? higher?

I know the real answer will likely depend on how one is maintained.

 

There are a lot of variables to look at when considering the purchase of a truck: useage, mileage, equipment, etc. In addition to a thorough physical inspection, you should also see all of the maintenance records, have a dyno test run, run the engine serial number for warranty claims and other repairs, have a complete ECM printout, etc. There's a number of posts in this forum and others that address the things that should be considered ... the search function is your friend.

You can have a low mileage truck that's a POS, or you can have a high mileage, one-owner truck that's a cream puff.

As far as valuation, sources like the Truck Paper can give you an idea of what the market is, and they also have features like averaging the price of all the trucks with your selection criteria so you can see how your chosen one(s) stack up. There is also the N.A.D.A. guides (available online at nada.com) that will give you trade-in, loan and retail valuations.

 

No kidding I worked for the pepsi company and they had all their trucks leased through ryder and all of those trucks sucked and they had less than 200k on them. We got a replacement and it had only 350k on it and and it was the scariest thing i ever drove it was beat to crap. so mileage doesnt mean anything. Its all about proper care and what kind of driver was running it