If you can get ecm downloads and repair history it’s possible to find a few gems... anything that has a bunch of emission repairs will often continue to need the same
Buying used truck from large fleet?
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I can tell you that in my fleet, the manual shift is disabled. The only time mine even sniffs an rpm over 1250 is with the engine brake. So they don't get abused too much, if you can even call it that. Where are you located?
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Go to a Taylor Martin auction. Take your mechanic the day before the sale and have him look over and hook computer to the ones you are interested in. I bought a daycab Volvo from the sale for $8,000 and haven’t done a thing to the truck for 9 months, not even tires. Have made that money back. Went to the last sale on September 13th and some Volvo vnl630s with 315k miles sold for $35,000. I went this week to the Volvo dealer and seen the same truck with auction number still in the widow. Went inside and asked how much are the vnl630s and the salesman said $70,000 they only have 315k miles on them. That’s the markup. So I’d say buying from a Auction you get same truck as dealer without the markup. I been looking for a cascadia myself and found one at a dealer and the price is $49,900 with no warranty so I will be buying from the sale with no warranty for under $30k.
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Do they give you time to inspect trucks before buying? No moving them or testdriving though, huh... And obviously you have to have cash on hand, no financing? -
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