High mile Kenworths worth the money ?

Two schools of thought.

At 30K that leaves 90k pretend money for repairs to make it new again.

Those trucks should do a million miles with some irritations along the way after 500k.

That's not a bad deal, but don't pay more than 30k. It can probably be had even cheaper right now unless you're doing lot financing.

 

Kenworths and Peterbilts are some of the best trucks to buy and will hold up better than most but the most important part of the equation is the state of the engine, trans and rearend in the truck. If they are shot, forget it.

 

people r biased to certain model trucks and everyone has an opinion i love t800 due to the big specs they at times come wit, w9's and all petes in my book r over rated especially in the extra heavy work area in jamaica, lite work yeah but heavy haulage no no no, thats just my opinion, i have driven em both

 

500,000 miles for a 2004 is pretty darn low miles. Even if you figure a conservative 100,000 miles a year, and that a 2004 most likely went into service in 2003, you are looking at a low millage truck. It all depends on how well it was taken care of, ie. if it was an owner/op truck or a fleet truck.

A quick search on truck paper resulted in a price range of $30,000 - $45,000 for 2003/4's depending on specs. I would say a $30K truck is lightly spec'd and prob a fleet truck.

 

you do realize the only major difference between a W900 and a T800 is the position of the front axle? The T800 and the T600 is almost identical if you swap hoods. Authough your right most t800's usually have heavier specs due to the nature of the work they're usually bought for, don't see many T800 OTR trucks.

 

Shop around. There are incredible deals to be had right now.

I'm partial to Peterbilts myself.

 

yeah i do plus the nose is sloped but everywhere u go if its a w900, oh my god w9 w9 i am sick of this s*+t and pete this pete that , in reality they not the greatest the interior r great and chrome easily accessable but in 2 words , 'over rated' u can all hate me now thats my opinion, great trucks but they r not wat trucks should be measured by.