Buying a new truck this week, should i buy new or used?

It's going all right I guess. It is a lot harder than I thought in the beginning. I haven't had any accidents of any type, nothing like that, but there sure are a lot of unexpected bills. Have to work hard to try and get ahead. Then because of that hard to find time to do all of the other things like books, appointments, maintenance and whatever other could/should do stuff.

It seems anytime you hire someone whether it be a mechanic or accountant. They just want to rip you off. Fix this... 35 mins... fix this 20 mins. 1 hour right? nope 2. phone call to tell you to pick this up.. 2 mins. charge half hour. And then to top it off, think they go the extra mile? nope not even done right. Then the gov comes along with its hand out. we'll take this, we want this. fees for this and that, wcb, remittance, gst, registration and all their mail telling you what to do all the time, deadlines, and making everything as confusing as possible. Go to work.. gotta please everyone and be an upstanding guy. Work till you pass out. wake up early. On the road, snow, retarded four wheelers, retarded truck drivers, accidents, ambulances. Little white pickups and SUVs trying to ticket you for anything they can. Even if its something as stupid as forgetting a line in the endless pile of paperwork they want you to fill out. or just generally harassing you and looking down their noses. Company games, forgetting to pay this or that, seniority, guys trying to scoop you you. Giant moose with a mowhawk..... okay I made that part up.

I'm doing great. lol. I'm working hard, and things are looking up.

 

Ya know guys, I'm not too sure yet how the Mack is holding up. As far as the emissions stuff - I had the DEF pump break. They said it was just a lemon. Warranty.

Fan hub was leaking. replaced. warranty.

I ran my truck side by side with a 525 cummins (kenworth/auto shift), fueling up at opposing pumps etc. We were pretty close most of the time with me saving about 3-5%. Once I used a few litres more. Same power on hills, maybe 3-5% more for him. At the end of the day it didn't make much difference. We both didn't have much for down time. However there are some 09 petes with cats and whatnot that we blow away on fuel. saving 15% or so - but yes a lot more power.

One thing that is driving me up the wall with this Mack is the constant getting rocks in the brakes and tires. Which happens to me more than the others. Terrible screeching sounds.

Only time will tell I guess. I suspect the T800's will be handling the years much better. So I'd say good so far, but not exceptional.