Salt, Rust, and the value of a diesel engine
OK - I don't want this to become a diesel vs. gas debate, so I'm going to try to be very specific with my question. We might be in the market for a used truck in the next couple of years. Most gas...
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ShinerBock wrote:
When you retired these trucks, what did you do with them?
We have 500+ truck fleet from California to Pennsylvania. We retire our trucks at around 200-300 depending on location, engine and usage and sell them at the auction. In every case we get more money at auction for the diesel over the gas trucks unless it has a major issue. The amount of money we get back along with the fuel economy gained is more than enough to justify the upfront cost for almost all of the trucks. This is according to our data which we track on every vehicles, and yours may be different.
By the time we get rid of them, they are pretty beat up between rust and the construction industry in general. We either junk them or sell them to guys who work for us. Liability isn't worth it to us otherwise, regardless of "as-is" language. We did get more for the diesels, but we were already selling for pennies on the dollar so it wasn't enough to justify in my opinion.
