WHy are cabover so expensive?

Since I have not seen this ad you speak of, maybe it has had much work to it, or is of low miles?? Any truck is still valuable if it meets certain criteria.

 

That is in great shape. I have met several guys the buy and fix them up as collectors. Not sure that this would qualify.

Just can't imagine living in that small of space.

 

It is located in California, that's why the price is so high. Which is kind of pointless since it can't run there anymore since CARB took effect.

It is a nice truck tho and the miles are not too bad. Looks like it was pulling an MRI machince or something of that nature. $28,000 cash gets it I bet.

 

Cabovers are hard to find these days. Therefore, companies that still use them for specialty applications snatch them up when they can find them. Most of the old cabovers went to the scrapper, so if you find an old one in decent shape your going to pay for it. There are many that collect them. If I could find my 91 FTL set forward cabover, I'd buy it back in a heartbeat if it was reasonable.

 

now why couldnt i buy this and scrap the engine out amd making it carb effecient with lastest stuff too run legal, i like too have this truck, i like cabovers alot better then reg for tight dock work, i'm thinking this will be used by someone who hauls produce out the feilds out of Ca, then back too the cooler houses.

 

The guys hauling windmill blades also run cabover trucks to help with turning. I'd buy this one too if I had the $$. With that 12.7 S60 I bet it gets really good fuel mileage too !!

 

They pay a premium for cabovers in California. You probably would not see that advertised at that price in other parts of the country. Those Argosy's are nice trucks. That is very low miles if they are original. Many of the old cabovers were exported when they became unpopular in the U.S. I still have a fondness for them.

 

I worked for J.B. Hunt back in 2001, 2002 as a company driver. The argosy was kind of the last ditch effort at the cabover. J B had many, the main thing I remember about them was that stupid swing out steps would malfunction all the time. Of course during this period JB switched from cabover to Freightliner Columbia's. In fact the first truck I got in after orientation was an International cabover. You know, those were not as bad as some people think ! It was a flat-floor cabover which meant no doghouse to climb over, once you were up there it wasn't much different than any other truck cab just taller. But I drove it for a few weeks and when I brought it in for maintenance my dispatcher flipped me the keys to a brand new Freightliner Columbia ! boy, that was one of the better days of my life. and all I had to do was stay out on the road for months at a time and never take more than 2 days off to stay in that conventional too ! lol. gotta love J B ! but the other thing about that job is they were paying better per mile back then than many of the big van companies are now. 0.46/mile I think, and if you knew how to work your load planner and log book you could run 3500 plus too.