Should I buy this truck?

[Hay Dude]

Just curious on the price you settled to buy the truck?
I bought a Mustang on AutoTrader without seeing the car in person back in 2014. I did due diligence in finding the seller on Facebook and corroborating his information and location. I talked with him on the phone. I paid him before going to get the car.
I hitched a ride with my brother who was heading that way (~900 miles).
Still my stomach was in knots the whole trip wondering if I made a mistake. Never again.
If not traveling to see it in person someone suggested hiring a mechanic to put eyes on it and look it through. This would give me the warm fuzzy.

Stop and think for a moment. You were buying a Mustang. A car, which you will use to travel around for relaxation, errands, fun, women in passenger seat, kids in back, etc.

This is a FARM truck! lol Lot different set of expectations than a Ford Mustang!

But the basic premise of what you are saying would be correct. Getting eyes on it would be preferred. I just don’t have the time to jump on a plane, fly/driv to buyers place from PA to AL and fly home.
Not as easy as it is to type out.

 

[Hay Dude]

Interestingly, the outfit I worked and drove for tried the super singles on their Reitnauer aluminum curtainside trailers for a time because they weigh less than conventional duals. The issue was, if any of the drivers experienced a flat on the road, away from the garage, they were screwed as the availability of (at that time at least) super singles was limited and with duals in the drives and trailer, you could have a flat on one of the duals and keep on truck'in, whereas a flat on a Super Single put you on the side of the road immediately.

No, you can’t “keep on truckin’ “ Not at highway speeds, anyway. The flat tire could frag or fly apart and you could kill someone.
Please don’t give deadly, stupid advice on my thread. Someone might actually believe you.
Please leave and take your old tired, BS stories elsewhere.

Not every tire shop at that time had super singles in stock

The 1970’s ended like 50 years ago.
They have carried them for like 20 years now, so once again, you’re FOS.

The military uses them because they have replacement rubber available, the private sector didn't at that time at least. Might have changed over the years I've been away from it but I do know my hunting buddy who runs a fleet of 56 Freightshaker Cascadia's leased to Fed-Ex, runs duals on all his tractors and wants nothing to do with Super Singles. Fed-Ex also runs duals on their trailers as well. Of course Fed-Ex never grosses out their trailers anyway. No package delivery outfit does that I know of.

Everyone is running singles on all positions of some trucks now. Ever seen a front tire on the steer axle, you know, the most important axle on the truck?
Tell me, is it a double or a single?

Gross or over gross is the realm of aggregate haulers and steel haaulers and over dimensional specialized carriers.

Ever seen a front discharge concrete truck? Might want to get out once in a while and check out what’s new since the 70’s.

When I drove for them, prior to retirement, I cannot remeber a time when I ran under gross, most times heavy because we were compensated by the hundredweight of cargo hauled, consequently, I always put a charge on the barge and so did all the other drivers.

Obviously you are living in the 1970’s.
More trucking companies are running singles than ever.
Technology improved them.

The 1970’s was over a long time ago.

 

[Rustyiron]

It has 300,000 miles and 16,000 hours on it. That’s an average of 18.75 miles per hour. So lots of idling time while loding/unloading.

It was a drywall delivery truck. It had a moffet and a pup trailer.

Drywall, I'll double up my daily load estimate.
Putting a lumber "package" together at the yard takes some time. They can reload a drywall order in under an hour.
Did they leave the pto and pump on the truck by any chance? That could be of some future use and add to the value.

 

[LouNY]

Quite a few trucks being used around here as "field" trucks for silage and haylage then the big liquid manure tankers. Very few have duals anymore almost all of them are running the DOT legal floater tires.

They get very good traction and do surprising little damage to the fields.

 

[Rustyiron]

^^^^ talk about some expensive rubber!

 

[Hay Dude]

Drywall, I'll double up my daily load estimate.
Putting a lumber "package" together at the yard takes some time. They can reload a drywall order in under an hour.
Did they leave the pto and pump on the truck by any chance? That could be of some future use and add to the value.

Yes, still has PTO!

 

[Engineer42]

Yes, still has PTO!

Same outfit has a yard down here with a couple of 6x6's. Western Stars tho, not Sterlings. They used to park their for sales by the fence. I'll slip by there this week to see if they have any. Be closer for you to check out.

 

[Hay Dude]

Same outfit has a yard down here with a couple of 6x6's. Western Stars tho, not Sterlings. They used to park their for sales by the fence. I'll slip by there this week to see if they have any. Be closer for you to check out.

Just remember, needs to be an auto and have 24’ of frame. Stretching is too spendy.

 

[LouNY]

^^^^ talk about some expensive rubber!

Compared to ?? getting stuck, extremely damaging to fields and productivity.

Myself I would rather not see the big trucks but more tractors and wagons, I'm still old school.

Many of these guys are hauling feed and manure 20 miles each way. A half a dozen or more big straight trucks or even big live bottom or dump tractor/trailer combinations. Using farm plates and possibly un or under licensed drivers.

Plus cost is a relative thing my rear tractor tires last fall were over $1200 each after considerable shopping around.

 

[Hay Dude]

I just bought a $3,000 rear tire last summer.