Used peterbilts from TMC

At the end of the day a million mile truck is a million mile truck. It's a cat it needs an over haul at a million miles, thats 24k at cat. So now your 45k truck is a $69K truck. That's just the engine, what about all the other million mile parts? Find a better truck and spend less, go make that money. I think these "hoods" are great to look at but people are crazy about the asking price, on the other side of that people are crazy for paying that for a truck. I bought a freight liner for half that 550cat 18spd 638,000 miles, solid mechanically. Literally half that cost, sure it's not a pete or a kw but 20k less sure goes a long way. Good luck!

 

I agree. Guys see the Pete name with a hood and get a hardon. They think it's plated in solid gold and ask way too much for it.
If it's a preemission motor that ups the value slightly cause everyone wants one now due to the epa and carb stuff. But not worth 45000

 

there shorter wheel base than standard 379's as well pretty basic gauge package on most the ones i looked at online over priced used up trucks in my opinion. theirs nicer o/o spec'd 379's out there that have probably been better taken care of for that money.

 

But the truck was washed every week, even if it was raining.......... LOL !

 

LOL Right!

Oh dear.....How wrong.
The "ECM reports", I am guessing you mean from Pete/Cat? How do you know the cheap SOB's reported everything to Pete/Cat? They run their own shops, thus do quite a bit of work themselves, thus running the VIN/ECM from Pete or Cat is useless.
If you meant getting a print out of the ECM, what use is that?
Same thing for the "Rig Dig" deal. If they had a yahoo whack a light pole with it, and fixed it themselves, no reports.
It would never tell you the driver that was in it. It would never tell you the condition of the transmission. It would never let you know the rears are about to fall out of it, and so on.
I wish incorrect information was illegal, it would save folks a load of money in the long run......

Martin

 

Obviously you've never pulled a ecm report. How about not offering advice on something you don't know about?

 

There was a thread in here a few years ago. A driver bought one of their trucks and it was only a couple of months later when the transmission grenaded.

 

That's always a possibility with any used truck. That's part of the gamble of buying used.

 

LOL, I have looked at more ECM reports in the last couple of decades, than you have driven trucks.
Remember who you were asking for advise from a year or two back bud, but you didn't have enough experience to get to that company. Remember yet?
I could go dig up the threads and PM's, but can't be bothered unless its needed....
Let it go, your lack of experience is showing........

Martin

 

More so if it was used as a training truck.