Buying a third daycab truck... doubts...

Chrome queens, that is what they are called locally.
I see them rolling down the Trans Canada hwy regularly. They stay on major highway routes and don't play well in the mud.

 

Becareful at Ritchie or any auction. Alot of junk their. Are you using flatbeds,or rgn trailers? If you have the work (year around) buy something good,new,etc,etc.

 

Daycabs with long wheelbase are for spacing out the axles to comply with bridge law for heavy work. Theyre also pretty easy to convert to hooklifts which is a sizable secondary market.

 

I have a 2011 KW T660 daycab I’d consider letting go. It’s a really short wheel base, like 180. It’s got the ISM12 engine from Cummins. Around 650k miles.

It’s actually been a really good truck. The check engine light has been on for years lol. But after having it all fixed once and it came back on a month later, I just keep driving it now and it does great.

The advice in this thread is really good though. I think I got fairly lucky with this 2011. It seems around 2016 to 2017 is when the emissions engines got much better.

You might check out CIT trucks out of IL. That’s where I bought it years back and they normally have a good selection of used daycabs for sale. Check on their website. I have noticed it’s been more paccars then Cummins lately but not sure that matters to you.

Oh, and what they said about the autos is so true. I wouldn’t buy an auto unless it was just a year or two old IMO.

 

Bingo ^^^^^

They can be made into many things later in life, fuel trucks, gravel, water tankers, tow trucks, deck trucks, deck with a crane unit, they already have beefy frames etc needed. 261" or 268" wheelbases are the two most common lengths here. They can be longer, but harder to turn around in tight areas. Good thing about lowbed work is that if hauling equipment, and the turn around area is small, just hook on a chain and drag the truck and trailer into position. I simply dragged the trailer to where i wanted it yesterday, pushed up a nice mound of dirt behind it once it was where I was going to load, and drive the dozer on from the beaver tail. Pushing a little dirt up just smoothes the transition from the landing onto the trailer. While I loaded the dozer, and chained it down, my trainee was throwing on tire chains, because I knew we were not getting up the hill without them, so why even bother to try, chains make life easier. A tri drive chained up is pretty impressive where it will go!

 

What’s your budget then?

 

Here is an ISX15 with 525 hp and 13 sp. I bet they would sell it for under 50k. It’s even in your state! Dang I’m good.

2015 Kenworth T680 -