I rent Penske trucks for $600 a week, if it breaks they bring my driver another one, no shop no tools no nothing. Driver quits take the truck back while I wait to hire another one. Old trucks are cool but they just don't make much financial sense anymore in todays transportation climate. I'd have to really do some fancy footwork in excel to justify $45k on a pre 2000 truck, I'm just not seeing it.
Anyone who why older trucks are costing soo much?
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Everybody thinks and operates theire business differently. I had and older 07 KW and it was a money pit I ended up buying a brand new truck and it was the smartest thing for me. My down time has been zero and once I hit 500k with this one and the warranty expires I’ll order another new one and trade this one in.
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Guess l'm backwards from most people here. When my truck was new with warranty and 2000 per month payments l did everthing other than warranty and tires. When l had a trailer with a 1000/ month payment. I did everything on that thing. When they were both payed for l made a decision not to spend as much time under the truck. I run regional so l have a good working relationship with a local independent garage and the kocal Pete dealer. I spend around 12g each year on a 18 year old truck. I think its a reasonable number for my time. Now l do fix things in my own driveway/shop and assist the mechanic, run for parts, make sure its done the way l want and generally be a pita. But l pay my bill on time and don't whine too much when screwups happen so he lets it slide
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