Waiting on New Trucks thread.

Lol I have fleetmatics / verizon gps trackers in my trucks, when i drop it off at the shop I kill the batteries, so when they start on the truck they have to turn it on, so that shows up on the GPS, I can usually tell when the truck is almost finished as most of the time they idle the truck for 10 - 15mins or take it for a test drive.

Took my mechanic months to work out why when he always called me to say the truck was done, I was always driving through his front gate when he called.

Now he calls up and says, trucks done, but I bet you already knew that.

 

It's $50 a month for my GPS, which obviously is a rip off for an owner driver, but it's a God send for me. I know you can get cheaper but the verizon software is good.

 

You watch that dirty little mouth mister!!!!

I do half. Then complain about the half I hire out.

 

It is hardwired to the batteries. It stays on 24/7 and one of the main reasons I put solar on the truck batteries.

 

Ha Ha I know about the complaining for sure. Ha Ha But I do get it, I would complain all the time if I had my old truck still.

 

Update for the week

April 1, 2023
389 Peterbilt - 66.........Whoa only 2 389X's for sale! People must be taking advantage of the great deal PACCAR financial is offering.
579 Peterbilt - 68
T680 KW - 109
W9 KW - 34
Cascadia - 45 (Looks like a Southern Florida carrier didn't take delivery of some of Cascadia's...shocking I know).
Volvo Family - 37
Mack - 38
International - 47

So overall for the week there's 27 more units available for sale compared to last week.

 

Well I see new trailer prices are crashing. This exact same trailer and unit (although it was a 2023 model) from Utility SLC, they quoted me $114,800 on September 9, 2022 for delivery in December 2022. 6 months later it's $99,900 and you can go pick it up tomorrow. It looks like some manufacturers are realizing they no longer have pricing power. IMO, it's still too high and is a $85,000 trailer. I just wonder when Great Dane starts adjusting their prices.

https://www.truckpaper.com/listing/...00-triple-combo-reefer-trailers-semi-trailers

 

They have the dealership havent because dealerships that have trailers sitting bought em at high price so they cant sell them at a loss but if you order fleet specd dry van its 5 to 6k lower than dealership stock.

 

I appreciate it. Knowledge is power these days. It's definitely a double edged sword seeing these lower prices. I'm in at $94.5K for that exact same 2022 Utility trailer but with a Carrier Unit and $132K for 2022 Timpte GD reefer w/ a S700 TK unit. On paper I've already written them down 15% and I don't think that's enough.

Utility SLC changed up their ads up but a few weeks ago they did say they had some on the ground but maybe not anymore. I do agree it's a pretty good deal. That same set-up with a Great Dane would be around $115K from what I've seen. I'm partial to Great Dane's but the gap between a GD and Utility is not $15K.

It was a rough week for us in the trailer world. First my 2022 Carrier wouldn't defrost. It kept on timing out and throwing a code. It always happens right after we get a washout and set the temp to 0 or below. Damndest thing. It still holds temp fine but this isn't normal. Then my 6 month old S700 threw an alternator code and shut down with a load of fresh chicken on. I still don't have a full explanation of what went wrong but it was some kind of chip/board that went bad (something like HTM maybe I think they said)? All in all it's frustrating when your equipment is less than a year old and it has issues...especially unit issues.

Than I already know next week is going to bad as with the crappy market you have to book ahead and of course I have one going to North Dakota and they are expecting the worse winter storm of the year. FML.