After years of research I have determined which truck depreciates the least

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  1. Moosetek13

    Moosetek13 Road Train Member

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    Does it really take years to research which trucks are the best value?

    Shouldn't really take more than a day.
     
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  3. Sly Fox

    Sly Fox Road Train Member

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    "Not my truck" is my guess.
     
  4. lobes1985

    lobes1985 Medium Load Member

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    I don't know about that. That old 359 of yours would be worth more to me than a new truck.
     
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    Thanks hand we are proud of it.
     
  6. Cranky Yankee

    Cranky Yankee Cranky old ######

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    couldn't you have said a 350?
    week i guess better then a 238 I started with
     
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  7. TwinStickPeterbilt

    TwinStickPeterbilt Heavy Load Member

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    I have always said, Peterbilt 379EXHD , equipped with the following, 3406B 6x4 Spicer 3.55's. Look at used truck prices.
     
  8. jbourque

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    how about a late 40s EL model mack,444 red head gas motor. still around today sold it to old moon at the walcott truckstop in the late 60s. it was so hard to drive made you cry every time you drove it. used it as a poo spreader in the fields. i do not think it has been restore yet. it would be worth about today what it cost new in the 40s. its just hard to figure out what is the best truck money wise,because they are used in so many ways. be safe out there
     
  9. browndawg

    browndawg Medium Load Member

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    IH pro star with the maxx-farce engine
     
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    I think I will amend my answer after rereading the opening statement by the OP. He doesn't specify if its depreciation to the general public or to the truck owner. I didn't buy my truck the way it is, it was a labor of love. I am not done with it yet its still in progress just like day one. If I ever get done it will be what I always wanted. At this point I'm 18 months into it and worked it along the way. What its actually worth won't even come closeto getting it bought from me. So its the truck that you love the most, that is part of you because of the blood sweat and tears you have left on it along the way
     
  11. Ezrider_48501

    Ezrider_48501 Road Train Member

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    i would guess 359 corvette dash pete 379 pete kw900 or model r mack
     
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