Thinking about buying my first truck!

here are some good deals


South Star Equipment offer trucks for sale.
No credit check. All trucks well maintained.
Trucks located in Mobile AL

2001 Volvo VN 770, Cummins N14 Red Top, 435 HP, WB 235, 3.36 ratio, 6.5 mpg
13 speed manual, 1,320,000 miles with 20,000 miles after in frame overhaul, 78 in sleeper
3 years maintenance record
$10,000 down and 12 monthly payments of $1,200

2007 Volvo VNL64T670, Cummins ISX 15, 450 HP, WB 223, 3.58 ratio, 7 mpg
10 speed manual Eaton Fuller trans, 760,000 miles, 67 in sleeper
2 years maintenance record
$12,000 down and 20 monthly payments of $1,200

2007 Volvo VNL64T670, Cummins ISX 15, 450 HP, WB 223, 3.55 ratio, 6.5 mpg
10 speed ultrashift Eaton Fuller trans, 750,000 miles, 67 in sleeper
2 years maintains record
$12,000 down and 20 monthly payments of $1,200

2010 International Prostar Eagle, Cummins ISX, 435 HP, WB 228, 3.58 ratio, 7 mpg
10 speed manual Eaton Fuller trans, 560,000 miles, 73 in sleeper
1 year maintenance record
$15,000 down 36 monthly payments of $1,250

2010 Freightliner Century 120, DD 15 EPA 07 455, 455 HP, WB 214, 2.64 ratio, 7 mpg
10 speed manual Eaton Fuller trans, 440,000 miles, 58 in sleeper
Truck from Schneider Fleet
$15,000 down 48 monthly payments of $1,350

2010 Freightliner Century 120, DD 15 EPA 07 455, 455 HP, WB 214, 2.64 ratio, 7 mpg
10 speed manual Eaton Fuller trans, 380,000 miles, 58 in sleeper
Truck from Schneider Fleet
$15,000 down 48 monthly payments of $1,400

 

Some of the newer ones ( 2010's) are not the GOOD DEAL you think they are price wise

 

Find a truck 2007 older. Newer trucks are hit n miss with emissions... Also if they say it has inframe but no papers treat it as it never happened.

 

I guess my question to you is what does "worth it" mean ?
Worth what ?
The extra responsibility ?
The extra expense ?
The fact that it is your butt on the line if you fail ?

The fact That you have to ask is it worth it makes me wonder.
I guess my answer is like old saying "if you have to ask you wouldn't understand"

Being a owner /op is not just another trucking job it is a whole other world than driving the other mans truck.
There are so many things to owning verses driving the other mans that you wont know until you do it type deal.
It is not the big thing that gets most first timers its the little things that get you.

But to answer your question instead of rambling on YES IT IS WORTH IT for me any way .
Now is it worth to and for you I have no idea and no one else can answer that for you until you try it for yourself .
Then and only then will you know "is it worth it "

 

I Will give you a good advice! Go to Schneider truck sales online and they still have 2006 trucks for sale with a Detroit Diesel 12.7 engine like the one on my picture. Find a Technician on the streets that can eliminate the EGR on the computer and later eliminate the EGR cooler itself being replaced by a pipe straight from the water pump and raise the old Schneider speed 62 to 80mph, 455hp to 500hp. Use mobile fleet oil for those engines and the heat will lower, miles per gallon will jump to 9.5 and you will make a lot of money.

 

they don't seem like such cheap trucks to me

 

Thing to remember is do not fall for the BS that O/O's can pick and choose their loads and go where they want to and get home whenever they feel like it. Those are the reasons so many FAIL when starting out at trying to be an O/O those benefits come after you put in the time to establish yourself not right out of the gate.