What happens to old rigs?

Hah, you got me! I screwed up the math and didn't catch it. 10% seems low for accidents, and trucks from ALL groups have accidents at one point or another.

So we'll just leave the last 10% to non-conformists & oddballs.

So in keeping with the car analogy we'll say: Saab collectors, guys who swear by 80's fwd GM, Morgan owners, used (and abused) older exotics (Pantara, DeLorean, Bricklin), Old French cars.

 

Here's what we did with our "old" truck....ill find the before pics later. It was solid, but rough looking from 20 some-odd years of hauling garbage.

Still half as much as buying another new one. It would out pull the 2011 GU813 I drive any day of the week. And it has 0 f****n' computers/emissions controls/etc

 

I still run the 1977 in my avatar.

 

We have a 1979 International Transtar daycab on our local fleet.

 

I run Laredo TX regularly and Mexico is loaded with old us fleet trucks , the most popular that are easy to pick out are old saia , JB hunt , Schneider , wal mart and a few prime trucks but never see any ex Werner trucks licensed in Mexico ...I sit in traffic there alot and see trucks from almost every us fleet there, ..also have noticed navistar is starting to dump they're maxforce powered prostars there .

 

It seems like most of them wind up pulling containers out of ports and rail yards.

 

I was at a glider shop yesterday in St. Catherines, Ontario. They partially disassemble trucks that can't be used as donors for gliders and pack them into containers to be shipped to south east Asia. Of course after they delete any emissions.

 

I see alot of old day cab tractors with the frames cut off in front of the drives Mexico bound ..

 

One of my friend ship around 20 trucks to Viet Nam every month from SoCal

 

I know Celadon's old trucks get shipped off to jaguar the Mexican division. Though these are still only 2013/2014s (Maxxforce prostars.) But Celadon gets rid of trucks stupid fast.