Purchasing a brand new truck. Please advice if you've done it.

KW will hold value better than the Freightshaker, but a APU is better than a generator, I've done both, and would never use a generator again, on motor size, it all depends on your preference, power/torque, tranny, rearend, it was me? I'd go with cummins 550, 18sp tranny, and 336 rearend, with a 270" wheel base, but that's just me

 

jarmans, we agree on something!!! get the apu like the man says .

 

welcome. theres a grand there to be saved. well $955 after membership, anyways the topic of going to the lowest state for tax has piqued my interest, does anyone know the best state? I know Rhode Island has no sales tax and Oregon too.....

 

5. Alaska
Although Alaska doesn't have a statewide tax, it does have local option taxes that amount to an average rate of 1.69%. Alaska doesn't have an income tax, either, relying solely on property taxes as its sole means of support from individuals. The lion's share of state revenue, however, comes from royalties and oil tax revenue from ExxonMobil , ConocoPhillips , and BP , all of which have extensive operations in the state. Even recent tax cuts on those oil giants haven't added to residents' share of the overall tax burden, and residents will also receive checks from the Alaska Permanent Fund amounting to $1,884 per person for 2014 -- more than double last year's $900 payout.
4. Montana
Like Alaska, Montana also has local-option resort taxes in certain areas of the state, but the Tax Foundation lacked adequate data to measure the average impact of those add-on taxes. Yet many of the most populous areas of the state, including Billings, Bozeman, and Missoula, don't have any sales taxes at all. Given that state's remote location, however, having no sales tax doesn't do much to draw shoppers from neighboring states. Fairly high income taxes offset the lack of sales tax.
3. New Hampshire
With the moniker "Live Free or Die," New Hampshire gives residents a double-tax break, with no sales tax and an income tax that applies only to interest and dividend income. High property taxes make up the difference, but New Hampshire's proximity to Boston leads to a regular exodus of shoppers across the Massachusetts border to avoid that state's 6.25% sales tax.
2. Delaware
Delaware is a small state, but it plays a vital role in providing a home for most of the nation's largest corporations. The state's 8.7% flat corporate income tax rate leads to tax collections that are the fourth highest in the country, and combined with a personal income tax, they help allow Delaware to charge no sales tax. Nearby Philadelphia and Baltimore provide two sources of shoppers seeking tax-free purchases, but shopping malls strategically located on the Interstate 95 corridor do their best to pull in travelers from all over the East Coast.
1. Oregon
Of all the sales-tax-free states, Oregon has the closest symbiotic relationship with its neighbor. Washington lies just across the Columbia River from Portland, and the states are near-mirror-images of each other when it comes to taxation: Washington has a high sales tax but no income tax, while Oregon has a high income tax but no sales tax. As a result, those living in Vancouver, Wash., across the river from Portland, can structure their lives to pay relatively little in incomeor sales taxes, taking advantage of their proximity to Oregon shopping.

 

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Just like buying a car, the sales tax will be collected when you go to license the vehicle in your home state. Unless you set up a corporation in a state that has no sales tax like Montana. It's all complicated but I would keep the money in your home state if you can.

 

for 12,000 I would make the trip to Montana to set up an address -

 

I have a 2006 freightliner rides like crap and it has a few small probs and it has over a million miles all my friends tell me that I should rebuild and keep on trucking. Half of me agrees and the other half says get yourself a better truck a newer truck. Any comments, I'm stuck anyone been here b4 and what did you do????

 

We just spec'd out a new KW T-800 with a ARI sleeper in October. We spent a whole day at the dealership just specing out the day cab that the sleeper will be added too. I never dreamed there was so much to ordering a new truck. Glad I had a good salesman who was patient and explained the different options to me.