I'm getting closer to the time I can buy. Just found a truck on Truckpaper that really caught my attention. It's almost identical to the truck I drove at my last job (spent 2.5 years in the truck). The truck is well within the price range I'm looking at - $16,490.
One thing that really makes me consider a truck at that price is that the payments would be low enough that I could look more at the more 'local' companies that could give me more hometime than 2-3 days per month.
2003 VOLVO VNL64T770 Heavy Duty Trucks - Conventional Truck w/ Sleeper For Sale At TruckPaper.com