Lots of used Canadian trucks on the local Ford lots

The difference in the USD versus CDN $....

Probably bought them at auction. Work trucks from Fort Mac.

Good exchange rates and oil services companies that are going broke with the price of oil. If they laid off the people, they don't need the trucks they drover either.

Bill

Just know that even though they will have low mileage on them, those trucks were probably always running.
Nobody wants to get back into a cold truck, so they get left idling.
Maybe not such a big deal with a gasser, but diesel's sure don't like it.

I had noticed many Canadian vehicles on used lots in the metro Detroit area. The exchange rate appears to make it attractive. I have also noted many car haulers with used cars just inside the US on I-94 heading west.

I suppose the odometers indicate Kilometers traveled?
Reminds me of a Canadian friend that traded in Indiana a Canadian auto with 25,000 on the odometer that had "rolled over". The salesman kept asking if odometer was accurate without realizing he was talking kilometers. Found out later I suppose.

Confirmed. I work in the heart of the Alberta Oil patch. There have been stories of American companies coming up with a large transport truck and taking the whole lot of fleet trucks.

A truck a few years old would fleet sell for around $20k CAD, or roughly $14K US. Huge savings available to American markets. Also, with the weak state of the economy here, you're not likely to get someone to buy the whole stock at one time. Maybe a couple sales here and there.

Its not entirely true about idling trucks all day long. I'm sure there are many cases of this but where I work, it is highly discouraged to idle, especially with the gas trucks. I think a bigger thing is trucks being prematurely worn out from driving rough gravel, dirt, frost heaved, snow filled roads for their entire life. A truck with 100k kms is probably equivalent to a 200k km truck.

Mike E. wrote:
Just know that even though they will have low mileage on them, those trucks were probably always running.
Nobody wants to get back into a cold truck, so they get left idling.
Maybe not such a big deal with a gasser, but diesel's sure don't like it.

Should be able to get a readout on the EVIC. Mine shows operating and idle hours.

Have few here in Colorado and all have very rusty under carriage, from what I was reading Canada uses a lot of salt.

Used trucks don't hold their value in the oil fields. Send them to the US to sell. This has been going on for a long time.