Ohio Truck in Sandusky

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  1. TruckerVinny

    TruckerVinny Medium Load Member

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    Anyone work with Ohio Truck out of Sandusky? I am looking at getting my first truck and would like to stay around the 50k mark. They specialize in older trucks and have an extensive inventory, from what the website says. I haven't been through there yet to see for myself.

    I drive an 06 Pete 379 now, company truck and I like it. I'd like to stay with a similar truck when I move to O/O, leasing-on with Landstar or something similar.
     
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  3. Mattflat362

    Mattflat362 Road Train Member

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    I have never heard of them but the good reviews are questionable and the bad ones seem real.

    Be careful man...
     
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  4. truckdriver31

    truckdriver31 Road Train Member

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    just run the digrig report first on any truck before u buy it
     
  5. Petty Cash

    Petty Cash Light Load Member

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    I went out there once to check out a truck. The one I went to look at was pretty rough, so I ended up looking at everything on their lot that interested me. Every one of them had serious mechanical issues, but a fresh paint job and chrome.

    I was dumb enough to go back about a month ago too since I'm in the market for a daycab these days and they had one. It was the same story again. "Oh, it's a good running truck, great shape, doesn't need anything." It was once again chromed and painted, but had multiple DOT violations. I estimated it would've cost me around $3-4K just in parts to get it off the lot. He also advertised it as a 525 but the data tag indicated it was a 370/435 ESP and he had no documentation otherwise, nor could he find any of the maintenance documentation he claimed to have had.

    Personally, I find them to be shady and sketchy, and would strongly suggest running, not walking away. They have heavily negative reviews for a reason. I think I finally learned my lesson and won't be wasting my time with them again. I'd strongly suggest doing as @Ridgeline always suggests and make sure you do your due diligence and don't buy a truck, at least your first one anyways, on emotion. Ohio Trucks preys on guys that don't follow that advise.
     
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  6. DSK333

    DSK333 Road Train Member

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    You'll be hard pressed to find an older truck that doesn't need some kind of work done to it especially if it's a 379 or W9 under 50k. If it already has fresh paint than that's a pretty big expensive bill already done for you. It's always one or the other. Either it's mechanically solid with a nasty body/frame or it's a beauty queen with no major mechanicals needed. There's always going to be a trade off in that price range and type of make/model truck. I bought my W9 for 16k and since I've owned it I've dumped at least twice that into and it still looks like crap. Pick your poison I guess.
     
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  7. Rubber duck kw

    Rubber duck kw Road Train Member

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    Does it say contact Paul priestas or something like that on truckpaper? If it's the guys I'm thinking of don't waste your time or money, they didnt even care if the wipers worked it seemed like when i looked at a few there. They slap a quick coat of paint on them and sell them it looked like.
     
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  9. Ridgeline

    Ridgeline Road Train Member

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    I had two trucks from them

    The key word is HAD.

    That's overpriced.
     
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  10. Rubber duck kw

    Rubber duck kw Road Train Member

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    For something with 250k on an overhaul that doesn't look to need anything, not really, unless it looks about half as decent up close and personal.
     
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  11. Ridgeline

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    Yeah I would think but get it on a dyno, it may show 70% of power and a marginal amount of blowby.

    Seen it a bunch of times.
     
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