Why are Prostar trucks cheap?

Saw several 2012 Prostars Sleeper trucks with the Maxxforce engine sell for less than 2005 and 2004 9200's with Cat C-13's at an auction in Fort Worth a few months ago. Nobody wants the Maxxforce. The Prostars with Cummins sold at much higher prices. The engine makes all the difference.

 

You can probably find one for free on the side of the road. Ought to be easy to find the color you want also.

 

Makes me wonder if the motor can't be "fixed"? I wonder how It doese if it isn't breathing it's own Waste. I'm sure someone would have figured it out by now if they could.

 

There's a guy in my area trying to sell a 2010 Prostar with 500k on it for 19k and he's not having any luck. The listing has been up for a month now. If it was a 2003 truck, it would be gone in days.

 

He can move it... The Market is just so Bad.. Bubba

 

Yeah but at those miles and price, it should've sold by now. I've been looking for another pre EGR truck and they sell within days of getting posted in my area. Any other 2010 truck would've sold by now at that price.

 

Same with KWs with the Paccar motor, cant give the used ones away.

 

Got one as a rental once. Got my first load and made it almost 50 miles before the head gasket blew. That was a short trip.

 

Lol, you said what i was thinking. The 386 is the same cab and sleeper and frame etc.. as its square hood brother, they just changed the hood, lol. Personally I liked my 386, but then again it was spec'd out right for me and what i did. It wasn't just a fleet plain vanilla truck. I have seen some 386 fleet trucks I wouldn't touch. They are not all created equal.

 

Oh and as for prostars, i have driven a couple and personally I really like the interior, especially the steering wheel controls. If they would quit making a battery powered apu that doesn't ever work an option for companies to skimp on and stick with the Cummins then i think they would be ok. At least the prostars don't look like a big pile of garbage some one threw chrome on to try to make it look good like they did with the lonestars, lol. IMHO, that has to be the ugliest truck ever dreamed up.