I had a construction business and have 70K to spend on a truck.

Here in 3-4 months I will sell you my truck. 2014 Volvo 670 with D13. Motor was rebuilt and will have about 1 Year left on Platinum Warranty. Have replaced just about everything in the DPF side and just cleaned the DPF filter.

 

No paperwork = no rebuild

 

I have paperwork. Ha Ha

 

And make sure you double check serial numbers from the place at the top of the paper work to make sure it matches that truck

 

Good heavens, pal, I don't think so. Construction, what, you invest in a hammer and a ladder, an old truck, that sits, and some old Uhaul trailer? Come on, a careless truck driver can kill people, shop rates of $150/hr+, equipment and freight in the 100's of thousands of dollars, the ever present "pile up", that seems to be the norm now, sorry, construction workers are generally a tame bunch that travel from job to job and live out of hotels, can't pee in a jar, and don't have a lot of business sense. To compare a construction worker to an O/O just isn't right. I've done both and truck drivers are FAR more cut throat with a lot more to lose, or at least they used to be.

 

how do you think construction gets done? I’ll give you a hint, it’s not magic.

the guy walking into the local scale house with 2 cases of beer to tell the plant manager he will work $5 an hour cheaper then anyone else if they take all x amount of his trucks first happens every day,

i love when guys come off the road of 30 whatever years thinking they have it all figured out when it comes to off road driving, none of it’s hard to pick up but they haven’t the slightest clue

 

Yeah, I figured I'd ruffle some feathers here, construction dudes and truck drivers usually don't get along, each thinking the other is an idiot. They usually don't know what each job involves, and it's the same old thing, my life is tougher than yours. I have respect for construction workers, they have a hard job, but I always felt, it was easier to listen to Pink Floyd in my slippers boogeying down the boulevard in my classic Peterbilt,, than clinging to some scaffolding in freezing rain. To each their own, pal.

 

I can run a shovel as well as the equipment on top of the truck, nothing like tying up a quarter million In iron to get under cut on a job, just to run into the customer in a few months to hear that after low bid got done nailing in extras, your price was cheaper, that’s great to hear, but we still didn’t get that job

a hammer and ladder make you a carpenter (which there’s nothing wrong with) but no where near a construction company

 

You're joking, right? It takes a little more than hammers and U-Haul trailers to build bridges, sky scrapers and roads.