Has anyone ever purchased a fleet truck from a mega carrier not through a dealer but directly from the mega carrier like Schneider, Werner, Swift, etc or does anyone know where to buy fleet trucks from and not from an auction
Buying a Fleet truck from mega carrier
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Fleets are all about numbers, buy the truck as cheap as you can, and run it until it becomes a liability instead of an asset is they way most fleets operate, so if it's for sale it's because the numbers stopped working.
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Look at fleets that take pride in there equipment and show that they do everyday, not just on the sales lot. Fleets like TMC, Maverick, and Prime. I know Prime has there own dealership www.pedigreetrucksales.com
Truck's from swift, Schneider, Werner are going to be cheap and all, but you get what you pay for with those.QuietStorm Thanks this. -
I think it would be wise to buy a fleet truck only if they had a apu on it. Idling a truck all night really clogs up the emissions system even worse. At least the trucks with apu's ought to be in better shape.
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I bought a truck from Schneider truck sales & I don't regret it. I've had it for a year & I've put some money into it but I expected to. If you buy a used truck from anywhere without expecting to put money in it you're fooling yourself. My truck is a 2011 Cascadia that had 725,000 miles on it when I bought it. It was a team truck at Schneider. I paid $28,000 for it. When I was looking at trucks I saw other trucks for sale that were the same age & similar mileage but they were $10k higher in price. I also wanted a truck that was California compliant but without DEF.
Either way you go you really need to have a mechanic check the truck out, have it dynoed (sp) & pull an oil sample. I don't know about the other manufacturers but with a freightliner you can call the dealership with the vin & they can give you a warranty report of all warranty work done. I'm sure most fleets are like Schneider & you can get the maintenance report from them as well.
After all that's done, it's a good idea to have a minimum of $10k left over in the bank for repairs & such.coastietruckin', shogun, SmoothtruckerArt and 1 other person Thank this. -
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