Advice on a truck we're looking at

Only light loads and 8 mpg @75mph from a W900 is suspect. I can't believe the price, is this old iron (pre 2000) really selling for that much? I must be out of touch, a friend just picked up an 02 T800 for 21.5, I thought that was high.

 

It's too much, they have an emotional attachment to it, I would pass on it.

 

Too much, I just bought one similar for less than half that. Cash talks.

Hurst

 

59k??For a 95?Yeah,a little too high,lol.Hope you're paying cash,cause no banks going to touch that at that price.

 

^^^^^ All of the above.
Where is it? Just kidding.

 

I think that's high.

Im glad you corrected your mileage numbers. I see alot of sentimental attachment at that price.

I say never mind the chrome, that is not allowed to influence your buying decision. Actually pull the chrome off the nuts to see if it is rusted or not lol.

It's going to be the low 40's maybe the high 30's if the dyno data is recent and part of the rebuilt data. If they wont negotiate that low then walk. Im glad the Marine kept a neat interior but it's not 59K neat.

That price has to come down off that 59K into at least the mid 40's or lower. It is what it is. If you talked to a few banks who do that kind of lending, you will learn the average true pricing for that particular tractor in your area and I guessing it will be in the low 40's high 30's at most.

At the auction house a number of really nice tractors sell for the high 30's cash today over the years in my experience taking them through the barn and listening to the chant of the auctioneer with the buyers around me. And that was not too long ago. And they were couple of tractors nice enough that I would have bought them myself if there was that kind of money to do it in the bank for that price. It's one thing to look at em, quite another when they are purring and shifting etc driving nice. Sometimes they sell themselves that way.

 

A 20 year old truck and 1.2 million miles? 20k tops! But you should check with the carrier that he works for and see IF they will allow the truck in the fleet. Alot of mega fleets draw the line at nothing over 10 years. So getting a 20+ year old truck might be a kick out the door.

 

Here's an example.I sold my 95 IHC 9300 Eagle with 629k original miles on it.Truck was in excellent condition.Yes it was 2 years ago,and it wasn't a KW,but it would make the same money.Sold it for 18k.Here's the ad from the classifieds.New owner loves it.
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