how old is too old

We have day cabs in service that are from the 70's and 80's. What you are looking at is just getting broke in.

Not sure what it is like there, but we have companies buying what is a wornout OTR rig, cutting the sleeper off (and using the sleeper for pig houses, not kidding) and selling it at a good profit as a day cab.

 

Lately at the Auctions & Wholesalers Day cabs are usually getting a higher $ than some sleeper units of the same age.

500K is not too bad a milegae ( unless you hear a newbie cry about not getting a brand new truck ) and most outfits will sign on a 5 year old truck in decent shape.

 

You can find some good deals.The trks I drive are'nt exactly new but safety ready and that's the main thing.

 

Being from CT as I assume you are, there is no such thing as to old. It just has to pass a DOT. No emission testing in CT. Mileage is deceiving, I would have it oil sampled or dyno tested, and maintenance records are plus. Even then stuff breaks. You can have a 400k truck that breaks in a week, or a 700k truck that will go over a million.

 

We ran our log trucks till they had 4-500000 miles on them then our boss would sell them outright and buy us new trucks. The last one I ran was a 2005 Pete long hood and gave us no problems......until he sold it. The poor schlep that bought it had to rebuild the tranny, the motor and both rearends within 18 months of buying it.

 

Hauling salts a good gig, lots of prewinter stockpiling then resupply over the winter months.

 

Hauling salt here hardly pays for fuel

 

What type of money are you looking to spend?