Anyone buy an old TMC rig?

40 - 50k for a truck with almost a million miles? I would think you can do better than that and get a truck which is more efficient. Any truck you buy needs to be checked by a third party including a thorough review of repair and maintenance records.

 

unfortunately the maint records arnt given out for many company trucks. ( i dont know if tmc provides) They claim its a liability issue, but i think its really just so you don't know that the truck went 50K between oil changes every once in a while. (my truck did that on a few occations when they didn't route me in on time.)

But, yea, those trucks are over priced. Check truck paper. 379's are all over priced. You could easily find a lower miles truck with much better mpg and reliability for less money. But, if you want a 379 or w900, you will pay for the look.

 

Speaking from over 20 yrs experience in sales, the most important rule when buying cars and trucks is this, you don't have to buy this particular truck, but they have to sell it!

 

No it's not an inframe. Just head and injectors. Rods, mains, pistons, and liners you have to drop the pan

 

on that cat it probably just broke rocker arm bolts, fairly common, they probably changed them and ran the overhead.

 

Oakley Transport in Lake Wales, FL sometime has their fleet trucks for sale; check the website.

Midroof Volvo with I-Shift and APU's.

APU (auxiliary power unit)
Carrier : Comfort Pro PC60012 with in-cab climate control, 12,000 BTU air conditioner and heating system, 120 volt power outlet with GFI protection, battery charging system

 

I am in the market and TMC was first on my list. I called and spoke with a salesman and I asked him if I could see the maintenance records. He said, "No. We do not release that information. All of the trucks are serviced at their regular intervals and had over-heads done every 300k miles. If it has an in-frame we will release paperwork for that but nothing else". I told him I had cash in my hand and was ready to buy but anyone who would buy a fleet truck with no telling how many people driving it and no service records would be a complete idiot. He replied with, "Well we don't release that information for any reason".

This is an investment. A huge investment. I know they are very nice trucks but I couldn't buy one with out the history to back it up. You can find another nice pete for around the same price with records and even warranties. I am going to look at one next saturday. 05 379EXHD with a C15 3.36 rears and a 13sp. Just had an in-frame, trans rebuilt, and rears rebuilt. Engine/trans/rears come with 2 yr/200k mile warranty. All that for $62,000. Or, you can spend $40,000 - $55,000 on the TMC truck and not know if its going to blow up in a week and if it does then you are screwed because they don't offer a warranty. Not trying to tell you what to do but as someone who had TMC on top of the list, I would search other places for a truck.

 

How is this at all relevant. OP was looking for a pete, not a volvo. Do you get a referral bonus or somthing?

 

Melton has trucks for sale also.

 

Careful guys Richter gets sensitive when TMC is involved. You might get reported.