Considering an APU

I have a buddy who had an apu sitting on a truck that hasn't run for 5 years,, couple hundred gets it? I want check the hours on it, if it isn't crazy I may try that, my only other option to have one before winter is to finance, do you like it enough to have a payment for it?

 

I sold a snow plow business to buy the truck and I like the idea that the main financial concern of the business is paying for the roof over my family's heads, but in doing that I have left myself a little short for the rest of start up, didn't 1200 today on inspection and water pump, another 400 last week on my exhaust, which I did myself. 2000 yesterday registering it.. I don't have the cash right now.. I am concerned about putting unnecessary wear and tear on my truck because it isn't new, it's an 04 with 616k miles on it, and I need it to last, I put quite a few eggs in this basket.. part of me don't want a payment, but the other part wants to do anything I can to protect the longevity of my truck,, your posts have been helpful,, thank you!

 

I will start running next week, hopefully start getting money in, that will help.. inexperience will probably end up costing me a little, but experience only comes one way, and that's with experience!! Maybe I will get lucky and that apu my buddy had on the back of that truck will still have life in it.. think it's a thermo king

 

The guy I got it off of purchased it with 200k on it, at that time it had sat a couple years. He had the frame blasted and painted, he drove mostly local. His wife developed some health issues so he had to give up driving, so it's sat for about a year before I bought it.. truck is clean with a few things I am dealing with.. water pump leaking, fan stuck running and exhaust.. fan still needs dealt with, everything else is fixed.