Respect my Authoritay!

@God prefers Diesels

OBTW I'm not a sir I'm a ma'am, no harm it has happened to me for 40 yrs in this business.
Which truck to pick. First I NEVER trust the sales person. At the end of the day they go home and you are the one who has to pay for the repairs. I'd have the respective dealers of each go over the trucks, plug into the ECM and look at the data there. Lot to learn from that. If not the dealers then an independent shop with a good rep. It's worth the few hundred they charge to find any existing or potential issues BEFORE you buy the truck.
Well knowing the history of the truck is a BIG plus. But I take in to consideration these things too. What engine, drive train do each of them have? Are they going to give you ANY type of warranty and will they put it in writing. How many miles, have either been rebuilt, if so how many miles ago? What shape are the tires in, brand, are they recaps? What kind of shape is the interior in, is the paint good? How does the drivers seat feel? Does the heat and A/C work good in the bedroom? Windshield good, do the wipers and washer work? How about the mirrors and mirror heat is that working? Where did the truck travel , north look for issues with rust and corrosion., mechanics hate that. What kind of oil is in the rear ends and tranny when was it changed last. Years ago they'd put sawdust in rear ends to make them quiet down. I don't hear much of that going on these days.
I have a BIG list.

 

The Entire History is my pick

 

Well not only could you get the truck checked out but if he's best friends that has known the owner for all of these years I'm certain that they can produce every single document of work that has ever been done to that truck.

So not only do you want someone to look at that truck over you want to see that list of repairs that have been done and what has been done recently, before you do anything.

And if you hear well my friends out of town or well I don't know he wasn't a good Record Keeper run like hell.

 

If you go with the mack all ya need is to get rid of the egr and you'll have a bullet proof truck. If you have any questions shoot me a pm, we run macks

Big Mack Trucks is good site with lots of knowledge. I have the Same user name over there

 

Go with a 102

@Tug Toy
@jamespmack

Can point ya in the right direction

 

Rose Truck Sales are good people. I’ve gotten used parts from them for years. They’ve had good reputation down in Corpus with decent trucks at a fair price. They deal a lot of used oilfield and chemical trade-in units.
Woody’s Truck Parts and Service is good too.

 

A “buddy” helped you find a dispatch service that charges %15?