Buying an old rental truck

Don’t expect to go cruising at 70mph; perhaps the latest versions of rental trucks can cruise at 70, but U-Haul trucks once had rear ends which would NOT accept a rear end ratio of lesser numbers.

Like nobody ever thought of that, or returning the vehicle with a tired drivetrain.

The guys who think “cheap toy hauler” get pretty tired of 55mph trips to the desert.

 

I'd stay away from rental trucks. They typically lead a rough life. Plenty of trucks for sale, by their owners who probably babied them and can tell you the history of the truck. That's where the deals are.

 

I know Penske's Hinos will do 72...just takes a while to get there.
But I would stay away from them, usually beat to #### by the time they are done.
Only thing I might consider getting them for is if I had local delivery type work and a good mechanic. Even then I would be careful. The other thing to consider is that the trucks up for sale at this point are going to be 2010-2013 models, which will be less reliable due to emissions. Lookin at you, International.

 

Can you imagine the horror stories rental trucks could tell from the less than qualified drivers that operated them?

 

In my Rollins leasing days there was a produce outfit in Omaha that leased trucks from rollins called " demma produce " aka demolition derby .lol

 

Our Hinos are leased through Penske and they can get out of their own way, unlike a brand new loaner Freightliner with a Cummins/Allison we had that had no acceleration at all.

 

I dunno if you're a troll but you keep asking the samething and no offense but you sound sketchy as hell. No such thing as a quick buck or easy money in this industry pal, I suggest you look elsewhere. No one is gonna trust you to haul their crap especially if u want to be paid in cash unless it's the cartel

 

Look at their website.
www.penskeusedtrucks.com