How does this truck look? Need too many repairs?

With 65k you can get much better trucks. Here is one I found on truck paper with an inframe for 20k less than the truck in your original post.

http://www.truckpaper.com/listingsdetail/detail.aspx?OHID=6002123

I don't know where you have been looking but it seems to be instate only.

 

He is going to be working in California.. California dot and epa will be all over him with that pretty Peterbilt.

 

Unless I'm mistaken (always a possibility), with the 379 having a 2007 C13 Acert engine which came stock with 2007 EPA approvals http://bulktransporter.com/archive/cats-engines-2007-all-have-acert , according to the link below it should be CARB compliant until January 1, 2023 http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/onrdiesel/documents/multirule.pdf

 

The engine has to be Model Year 2007 for California to say it is ok until 2023. Since trucks are always one year ahead of their engine model year (i.e, a 2016 truck has a Model Year 2015 engine.) This Peterbilt has a 2006 Model year engine so a big no no for Cali! The only way to get a older truck is to buy a older truck and install a Particulate filter, however I wouldn't advise to do that.. better to get a newer truck with a dpf from the factory... We have some 2010 cascadia's in our fleet and don't have too many problems.. the biggest issues are the egr actuator valve, cleaning the dpf filter, replacing some sensors (they don't cost alot)... Total for doing all of this is around $2k per truck. Granted they don't give the same mpg's as our cascadias with 2011 MY engines with DEF, but reliable nevertheless.

 

The difference ranges from .10 to .25 depending on the driver and transmission (some have 10 some have 13). Since the 2010 trucks have been paid off, the loss in mpg is minimal compared to a new truck payment.

 

Daycabs ain't rare, it'a true.....

Used daycabs that haven't had the snot beaten out of them, on the other hand.....

OP, keep looking. By preference, look outside the city for somebody's lil' day hopper used to run from one side of the factory to the other. You "MIGHT" be able to find something that actually saw a mechanic once or twice in the last few years. It's either that or throw down a downpayment on brand spanking new.