MDT-2003 FREIGHTLINER SPORTCHASSIS FL60
Going to look at this rig for our DRV and wondering for you that have them or know a lot about them some information. Came up on this one with 35k miles and they asking $59,000. Seems pricey but...
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From what I hear, the FL60 is a great truck to tow a lot of weight. The transmission is about 300 pounds more weight than the one in the F-450.
I don't think it has the complications of air brakes, but will have very strong hydraulic brakes, probably huge ones! It should have a great exhaust brake as well. The Allison transmission is great at slowing a vehicle.
The vehicle value is what you can get someone else to pay when you try to sell it. Some cars are going for $75,000 - when they sold new for $8,500 in the 70's. I think that the $59,000 is what the current owner thinks it is still worth. And if he wanted exactly $59,000, he probably would have it for sale at $61,000! SO you might have some wiggle room in the price, so offer something like $50,000 and see where it goes from there.
Yet if you really like what you see, then $59,000 is not unreasonable for a truck with such low mileage, and well taken care of. It will be nothing like a standard fleet truck where the drivers might not see the same truck two weeks in a row. It might have started out as a fleet truck, but the plastic floor covering and vinyl seats where removed and replaced with leather, and carpet. It probably did not go down dirt roads, and gets a monthly car wash with tender loving care, not just a high pressure wash every 6 months.
It might not have as many horsepower as you have with the F-450 though. Yet the transmission will transfer that power to the rear axle better, so it might feel just as powerful.
Good luck!
Fred.
I don't think it has the complications of air brakes, but will have very strong hydraulic brakes, probably huge ones! It should have a great exhaust brake as well. The Allison transmission is great at slowing a vehicle.
The vehicle value is what you can get someone else to pay when you try to sell it. Some cars are going for $75,000 - when they sold new for $8,500 in the 70's. I think that the $59,000 is what the current owner thinks it is still worth. And if he wanted exactly $59,000, he probably would have it for sale at $61,000! SO you might have some wiggle room in the price, so offer something like $50,000 and see where it goes from there.
Yet if you really like what you see, then $59,000 is not unreasonable for a truck with such low mileage, and well taken care of. It will be nothing like a standard fleet truck where the drivers might not see the same truck two weeks in a row. It might have started out as a fleet truck, but the plastic floor covering and vinyl seats where removed and replaced with leather, and carpet. It probably did not go down dirt roads, and gets a monthly car wash with tender loving care, not just a high pressure wash every 6 months.
It might not have as many horsepower as you have with the F-450 though. Yet the transmission will transfer that power to the rear axle better, so it might feel just as powerful.
Good luck!
Fred.
