Broke Down 69...The Adventure Continues

You hit on something here. I had never heard of anything other than a 13do, but I have pretty limited knowledge of transmissions dating back to the late 90s. My thought was it was either a misprint or just an older model I wasn't familiar with. I'm heading out the door now to go look it over. I'll post my findings later today.

 

I have always planned to buy my own truck, it was simply a matter of when. I have a standing offer from a more or less local outfit who does specialty hauling for the aviation industry. OW work using their specialized trailers. Catch is I have to have my own rig capable of pulling 100k pound loads. Pay is very good with enough work to have me burning down my 70 every week. Ultimately, I will have my own numbers so I can try and put a few more trucks on the road by the time I'm ready to get out of the seat myself...sort of a retirement plan...but that's down the road a good bit.

With respect to the truck I went and looked at today, it's not going to happen. Looked good on paper and pictures but a complete lack of service records and a slightly evasive attitude on the sellers part has me writing this one off. The search will go on, but when I do buy it'll be a truck I'm absolutely sure of, even if I have to pony up big money for a brand new glider.

 

This is an excellent point and one that I have started to realize myself. The price of new, while stomach turning, could be offset to some degree by having exactly what I need out of the gate.