Peterbilt 589

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Long FLD, Dec 18, 2022.

  1. Cdemars316

    Cdemars316 Medium Load Member

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    Not normally a fan of the 589 or any new truck, but that white flat top is pretty frickin nice, I would take that truck any day if the week over any 579 that I have seen only aero truck that would get me to look at it is a flat top 386 with a cat
     
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  3. Long FLD

    Long FLD Road Train Member

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    Well we could go into how your spread was likely closer to $55k in actual buying power than $30k because of inflation. Hoods have always cost more and they’ve always held their value better. It’s been that way ever since there’s been an option to a hood. That’s why I can’t figure out why it’s such a big surprise that a 589 is priced higher than a 579. He isn’t on Truckpaper and going off about how a new W900 is $240k and a T680 is $200k.
     
  4. Kenworth6969

    Kenworth6969 Road Train Member

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    Will the 589s hold their value like the 389 or will they tank because everybody can see through its just a 567 with a hood?
     
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  5. KrumpledTed

    KrumpledTed Medium Load Member

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    You’re not wrong. But trading in even a similar spec 579 I would have been lucky to get 100k trade in when the 579 was only 10k cheaper at purchase.
     
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  6. KrumpledTed

    KrumpledTed Medium Load Member

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    Yes.
     
  7. Cdemars316

    Cdemars316 Medium Load Member

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    Thats the way the 389 and the 386 were, and the t600 and w900 are the same also, it has always been that way, its not just a hood change, your front end is longer, which drives the steer axle further away from the driver resulting in a better ride, I also do not think the 567 has external air cleaners. 567 are also shorter wheel base, which when it comes to open deck stuff that matters. I haven't been in any of the new paccar stuff, but the doghouse on the interior used to be different also, the hoods had way more legroom in them, and I assume that is still the case, because the driver side of the interior on the average aero truck sucks, to put it lightly.
     
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  8. Kenworth6969

    Kenworth6969 Road Train Member

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    They went way out separately the interior of the 589 from other trucks! All of moving the wood trim to a different location :biggrin_25523:

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  9. KrumpledTed

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  10. Long FLD

    Long FLD Road Train Member

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    At this point he’s just trolling. Anyone with functioning eyes knows that it’s common for manufacturers to use the same cab with different hoods across the product line.
     
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  11. Long FLD

    Long FLD Road Train Member

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    Man, Kenworth went all out making the W900 and T660 interiors unique :biggrin_1square::biggrin_1square::biggrin_1square::biggrin_1square:

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