Truck and trailer price crash

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by scoobertdoo, May 27, 2023.

  1. scoobertdoo

    scoobertdoo Road Train Member

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    What is going on with these prices?
    I am seeing road worthy trucks under 20K,
    Reefers from 2016 under 30K

    How is this even possible?
     
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  3. Opus

    Opus Road Train Member

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    Supply - Demand = Price
     
  4. tarmadilo

    tarmadilo Road Train Member

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    Natural fluctuations in the market. They got so expensive that sales slowed down. Prices will be low for a while and then climb back up. Rinse and repeat!
     
  5. LameMule

    LameMule Road Train Member

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    Survival of the fittest, natural selection, free market
     
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  6. Long FLD

    Long FLD Road Train Member

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    The demand isn’t there anymore to artificially inflate used equipment prices. New prices will eventually drop but not until the dealers are sitting on a bunch of inventory.
     
  7. scoobertdoo

    scoobertdoo Road Train Member

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    Imagine being on of those people who paid 65K for a 10 year old reefer 6 months ago, or 100K for an 8 year old truck with 730,000 miles....
    or... a quarter mil for a new truck.

    I am hoping replacement engine prices come down soon.
     
  8. Knightcrawler

    Knightcrawler Heavy Load Member

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    Yeah, my truck hit 3 years old last Jan and I was going to trade it in, but not at 250k. Screw that.
     
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  9. LameMule

    LameMule Road Train Member

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    I just drive faster and haul twice as much freight to make more $ at 1.50/mile!
     
  10. D.Tibbitt

    D.Tibbitt Road Train Member

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    Its been that way for awhile.. The comical part is every dude with a long hood pile of #### thats 30+years old is still asking 90k+ ... The disconnect is real.
     
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