What's to stop someone from cobbling together a POS truck and working?

you could do it and you may end up with a better truck than new but just remember there is always something wrong with an older truck (i drive a truck with 2 million on it) every time you fix something, something else goes wrong, but it is usually cheaper to fix the things wrong than it is to tote the note of a new rig..



i know im kinda rambling but its just my 2 cents

 

An older truck is nice but with all the emission crap soon these older trucks maybe outlawed unless you can get a new emission engine with all the crap on it. By the time it's all said and done you are better off with a newer truck.

 

The way truck prices are now you could buy a GOOD 5 year old truck for the price of an inframe.

 

Yeah my dad was telling me a guy got a 06 Freightliner Classic with a C15 CAT 13spd for $27,000 and it only has less than 400,000 miles on it.

 

I've got a 2000 freightliner sitting in my front yard the boss just got for 11,000, needs some work, but all small stuff. Run it back from Tacoma to Bend, runs good. Will have it on the road next week, have to get the lettering done and some drives put on it. Looking forward to seeing how it does.

 

i run a 97 shaker with a 470 detroit and 10 over trans.. since it was purchased i have replaced brakes, drums, clutch, 3 axle alignment, steer tires, and upgraded a bunch of little stuff to my liking. stainless grille and visor, and inserts in the bumper. it ain't a chrome factory, but has just enough to suit me. with now just over 500,000 on a major, i'm planning on the overhaul in the future, but not real soon. over 6-7 m.p.g. pulling cans regional, which ain't too bad.

i paid 8,500 for it almost 2 years ago. i have long ago broke even, and manage to squirrel back some money every week. i'm a bit crazy over details and want everything working right, so i spend money to maintain everything to the last detail.

in this economy, i think it's russian roulette to buy a newer truck.

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Yea unless its a classic why spend more getting a pos truck ready to go than what you can get a good used truck for. With the way things are right now, there are a ton of good used trucks out there that are basically ready to roll.

 

maybe not as many as a person would think. there are tons of trucks for sale, but a great many have been neglected for several months prior to the sale / bankruptcy, etc.. why would a company that is losing it's shirt spend money on equipment they can't keep? it's a crap shoot at best. plan for the worst....and have the money in the bank to back you up! if things work out ok, then the worst thing that can happen is......nothing. (except you have money in the bank). if something blows up, you can fix it.

or............

you can just wing it like most idiots do and hope for the best and in a few months your investment will be in the scrap yard after the repo fairy comes to whisk yer magic carpet to never-never land, and you move back to moronville.