Some Stupid Questions....maybe
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Jeepers............(I watched to much Leave it to Beaver as a kid).......maybe y'all should come down here to buy yer trucks.
I was looking around this morning at used ones and a lot of dealers have used rigs for os little as $800 per month,good,bad and crappy credit bargains. http://trucknation.net/ http://arrowtruck.com/ After reading everyone's opinioins here and talking to my Cuz, I've narrowed my job search down to 3 companies,and pulling around dry vans. After 2-5 tears as a company driver,if I just gotta go out and go into debt by purchasing my own rig,then I'll do it then and on my own.
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if i asked what a truck cost and the man said 800 a month i would run. how many months?. i guarantee you ffe aint paying no 144000 for some freightliner. maybe you are. what are you gonna do with that million mile truck? trade it in on another ex swift truck?
#13
Originally Posted by GMAN
The type of truck or sleeper you get should depend on what you pull. A flat top or mid roof is usually the best choice for flats or steps.
Originally Posted by GMAN
As far as CB's are concerned, it depends on what you want to do with the radio. You can find some good radio's for less than $100. A Cobra 19 or 29 are good radios as are the Uniden 78. If you decide that you want a bigger radio, you can always buy something bigger. You can spend $300 or more on a radio, but it isn't necessary and for the most part is a waste of money. Most of those radios need a license, anyway. The Cobra 29 is probably the most popular with most drivers. The Cobra is a good basic radio which will do the same thing for less money.
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Originally Posted by uglymutt
NI know yo can get a new truck like what I am driving, a stripped down freightliner and FFE paid $144,000 for it, sure its a new company truck but what would the payments be on this?
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Originally Posted by jayburd
Jeepers............(I watched to much Leave it to Beaver as a kid).......maybe y'all should come down here to buy yer trucks.
I was looking around this morning at used ones and a lot of dealers have used rigs for os little as $800 per month,good,bad and crappy credit bargains. http://trucknation.net/ http://arrowtruck.com/ After reading everyone's opinioins here and talking to my Cuz, I've narrowed my job search down to 3 companies,and pulling around dry vans. After 2-5 tears as a company driver,if I just gotta go out and go into debt by purchasing my own rig,then I'll do it then and on my own.
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I had a guy buy my full size Jimmy in Chicago and flew up from TX to buy it because it was $1000's cheaper than he could find it in The Lonestar State :wink:
This wasn't a semi though, so this really doesn't have much to do with the price of tea (in China) :lol:
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I would say mid-roof.
Most condo's aren't planned out properly (why have we not gone to overcab bed's yet?) and thus are mostly wasted space. Not to mention noisier and will take longer to heat and cool. 2)As far as lease-purchase deals, i don't like the smell of them. Why not just buy your own truck and pick which companies you want lease yourself out to? If you don't have good credit, keep working as a company hand until you do. |


