What condition of truck to buy

You were correct, i talked to a recruiter yesterday and said absolutely had to run eld. Bummer

 

Simply put: Could you rent a flatbed to retrieve a truck to restore, get ownership make transaction inside of a few days? any tips

Long form:
How do you go about purchasing out of province, a project truck. I have work and would get maybe nine days off to make it happen. Looking at late nineties T/A sleepers. I would be doing my own inspection on sight.
I have found trucks I am looking at working on in the 15-20k$ CAD range. Out west. Do I rent a flatbed drive it out look at a few and then how on earth do you make such a large transaction, how does the ownership transfer. Im asking because of my sheltered life I have no experience in this game. I can drive class A, I have mindset to work on a nearly expired rig. Just not certain how to make it happen and no way of learning but to ask you all here. This is the most relevant existing post I could find. The truck wouldn't be working beyond 20 hours a month, for a specific(niche) material retrieval out of the states to Canada.
Might seem all over the place here

 

Why did u pick this truck?

 

I knew the owner, and knew the truck. I knew when it was overhauled, I knew how he maintained it.
I didn't actually pick the truck, I was not looking for a truck, it just came up for sale, so I told him to call it sold. lol

 

I think @starmac was a truck dealer in a past life.

Or maybe in a future life, lol.

 

Nope, just always wanted to mess with a log truck, and when my friend decided he didn't want to work winters anymore and mentioned selling it. I jumped on it. lol
I knew the truck pretty well and actually helped him work on it a few times when it was a two man job.
I think it was funny, his not working winters didn't last too long and he wound up driving someone elses log truck, which he complained about all the time. lol

 

Wasn't there a cabover you were going to buy and you couldn't decide whether to keep the parts off of it or use it?

 

I did buy a cabover for parts along with two other trucks. I just kind of hate cutting up the cabover, because they are getting somewhat scarce, but I will never use it as a cabover and do have a use for the parts, in other trucks.
Everybody wants the engine, which is worth more than I gave for the truck, which leaves me with the rears (lockers) and the 18 spd I wanted.