Putting $$$ into an old truck vs. depreciation on a new one

financing a motor for an 06 can be done. good luck financing to rebuild a truck over 10 years old unless you take a loan against your house.

 

Two words...Credit Union...

 

two more words:

Fitzgerald Glider.



note that the speedo is not visible...!
75 mph and almost 7 mpg. you could never convince me they are not the way to go.

all this insurance cost stuff...it is less than $75 a month to cover this $100k truck vs a $40K truck.

700 a month covers the Glider at 100k value, a stepdeck at 20k value and a dry van at 15k value.
620 a month covers an O/O leased on with us at 45k vaule truck and 70K value trailer (rgn).

most of cost of our insurance is the cargo. around 500 a month. so if your leased to a big company that pays cargo, then there is very little cost difference for a $75k more value truck.

 

MY dash actually reads low. only like .10 off. and the truck was speced to roll 12.7/13/3.42, tall 22.5.

mpg has alot more to do with setup than just motor choice, we spec'd it to run 75 at 1500 rpm, perfect.

not sure about the 30k a year depetion. look in the truck paper 07 gliders with at/or less than 500k miles are going for 40k to 50k. thats a 50k loss after 5 years and 450k miles. Ill take that.

California you have to pay 160k for a new truck, at 50k more than a glider and less milage, well thats a decision that seems easy to make for me. his current truck anint legal either.

I personally dont buy into the slow down for fuel money, at this point for us the pay per miles is 3 times better than the fuel saving, however thats not what this thread is about.

I dont think the OP is going to accomplish: inframe, rebuilt trans and rears for less than 40k.
So he sells his truck for 10k, takes the 40k investment he was going to make, he has a BRAND new truck/glider half paid for.

that in 5 years is still worth 40k. whats his truck going to worth in 5 years. still 10k?

 

I agree completely .he should base it on many factors but number one should be RETURN ON INVESTMENT

 

Rebuild your MB for 20-30k $ or buy an used 07 or older in better shape ,and keep rolling; I've been pulling loads in and out of British Columbia for many years; hard for trucks only moutains and high grades: this new motors blocked with egrs/scr,/dpf won't make it without endless problems; you'll spend a lot more on emission system maintenance.

 

Bob, well shoot I don't realize that u were the OP. I was really worried about jacking your thread and turning it into a glider debate. I really just wanted to stress the economics of the investment. Also I thought u were going thru the whole drive train....that was the basis that I thought a new glider would be money better spent. ...but if just a motor is in the future it does make it a little more reasonable to put a motor in and drive on.

Yes i absolutely love our setup. But we also spend a lot of time on i10 and i40. Where its pretty flat and high speed limits. If I was running more mountains and slower speed limits I'd probably go 3.73 or 3.58 and low pro tires.