Finally Pulled the Trigger

Tall Mike · Nov 5, 2017

Very nice !!

Congrats and good luck !!

Hulld · Nov 5, 2017

Tall Mike said: ↑

Very nice !!

Congrats and good luck !!
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Good to see you on... haven't seen you post lately.
Are you out of car haul or are you the guy I see at the car actions wanting to pay me twenty dollars to load cars off my trailer in to a dry van lol.

nax · Nov 5, 2017

Kozakvod said: ↑

.... my wife and I traveled our butts off, to be seemingly disappointed time-and-time again. ....We had actually given up and .... The very next day, I couldn't sleep. Got up, came into my office at 2am, opened TruckPaper and there she stood. A bright red glimmering ray of hope!
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That's how we felt too.

You look at sooooooo many crappy trucks (which owners talk up, like they are the best truck), you start to lose hope....and then, just when you thought all was lost...

She shows up.

Tall Mike · Nov 6, 2017

Hulld said: ↑

Good to see you on... haven't seen you post lately.
Are you out of car haul or are you the guy I see at the car actions wanting to pay me twenty dollars to load cars off my trailer in to a dry van lol.
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Yeah I'm out for now the money and inconsistent work towards the end forced a change.

Kawinige01 · Nov 7, 2017

Kozakvod said: ↑

Officially, I don't know the exact weight, just what is stated on Cottrell's website, which is 44k-45k. The seller told me the stated empty weight of the truck is 16,700 and assuming 44k total, that would suggest the trailer is 27ish. So bottom line is I not so much concerned about gross, but I can certainly see were legally scaling out the tandems could be a challenge. Then again, I had the same problem with my 7 car. We'll see!
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It should be mid to high 45's i drove one with a small bunk chopped roof and a t&c headrack and it was around 44,400

Kawinige01 · Nov 7, 2017

Kozakvod said: ↑

Everything became official this week. We are the owner (payer) of a shiny red 2014 Pete 388 and CX-7. Just thought I'd show the group!

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Beautiful truck. Congrats and good luck.

ACAJOE · Nov 8, 2017

Kozakvod said: ↑

To specifically look at potential rigs, my wife and I traveled our butts off, to be seemingly disappointed time-and-time again. We were really not interested in anything older than a 2014 and no more than 400k miles, without copious amounts of rust, with a big bunk, NOT a high-rail. Care to venture how difficult that is to find? We had actually given up and went Rush Trucks here in Dallas to order a new truck. The very next day, I couldn't sleep. Got up, came into my office at 2am, opened TruckPaper and there she stood. A bright red glimmering ray of hope!

The truck was out of Colorado and while the photos looked good (all photos look good) I had my doubts on the issue of rust, but we were game to go check it out. Everything checked out! We already had our financing in place so we made the deal that day and we "should" take delivery next week.

Yes, I think we made a really good deal. She has virtually no rust at all (small amounts here and there), 402k miles, I would have preferred the CX-6, but the 7 is okay too, I'm a wee bit concerned about weight issues. We're having the Nite System A/C APU installed. So all told with the APU it was right at $170k.

I've officially retired my old rig and put her up for sale. Time to move on to our next chapter as a car hauler. May God see us through!
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May God see you through, Amen!

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