Purchasing our first truck...

Bad decision with truck choice. 500k miles is when everyone is getting rid of their trucks. Cummins motor is especially bad, half of them need a rebuild at 400-600k miles

 

As far as financing goes, try your local bank. I went from 15.5% at Damlier, to 5.5% at my bank. Good luck

 

If you do buy that truck, better be prepared to spend 20K on it the next year or so. May be less maybe more but it is better to have the cash. The first thing I'd do would be to "overhaul" the whole emission system: new/cleaned DPF, doser and sensors. Otherwise it is a ticking bomb.

 

Do your due diligence on selecting the truck, expect to spend a grand on the testing and other things to make sure it doesn't crap out on you.

 

Sigh. I'm tired right now.

Why are you choosing the 680??

Please don't tell me because of the interior.

The Cummins haters will tell you it's all evil, not true.

Here is my number 1 tip for buying a used truck, modern truck -

Find one with an APU.
Why?
The number 1 destroyer of these modern engines is idling.

If you find one with an APU, chances are it hasn't been idled a whole lot unnecessarily.

I wouldn't buy a truck that has come from Schneider or Melton if you gave it to me. Or any flatbed carrier for that matter.

Log onto Penske used truck website. THOUSANDS to choose from and some very good deals.

AND you can use it as a research tool to see for yourself what tends to break on what models and when because they post all the maintenance records.

You can bargain them down as well.

There's a bunch of trucks on there I'd be very comfortable buying, and may even if I get enough drivers lol.

Do this research for yourself please. Form an informed opinion based on your own research not hear say.

Good luck.

 

Buying a used truck EPA 2010 and newer for 60 grands and 500k miles is bad risk management , a recipe for personal bankruptcy, high payments , zero warranty and the emission maintenance is going to bleed you dry.
Btw ,stay away from automatic transmissions on used trucks, i learned in a hard, expensive way.
See what Dune-T said above about Cummins, from what i know he is right ; search these forums.

 

Personally, I'm a Detroit fan.
2014 or newer. Just about anything you get on the used market is going to come from a fleet. And almost all of these fleets have the exact same maintenance schedule, because they know they're going to ditch it at around 400k.
Again, I've had very good luck with Detroit. Select Trucks will give you a 1 year warranty on the big stuff. I bought my second truck there, and I'm not unhappy.
Shop around. Get a warranty