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<blockquote data-quote="somn" data-source="post: 211384" data-attributes="member: 3721"><p>A couple other things to consider also. Around here the farmers are buying up those older trucks faster than they get older. It would be real hard to find a older pete that is worth buying for $20,000 Those petes are kinda like status symbols around here. Hey look at me everybody I have a pete. </p><p> Are you going to be hauling for hire if so you need to remember it costs $18.00 a day for ins, license, authority. Everyday even if it sits. then throw in your fuel and throw in your time and your going to need to drive more than 15,000 miles a year just to pay for depreciation. But for private use forgot all I just mentioned. Maintance on my trucks and trailers run $.14 per running mile they are 2001's down to 1995's not real new but not real old either. We run them everyday. More maintance cost occur during winter months with everything being so cold and then the rough roads beating the death out of the trucks. I imagine it will be the same for you up there. </p><p> I don't know if it is worse when they sit more or not I only know this everytime something has sat for some time when we go to use it something has somehow got broke while it sat there, the s cams are rusted up, one of the tires refuses to hold air, when you finally get it to move up to the shop you see a wheel seal is bad so you fix that one and finally send it down the road only to get a call from the driver who made it to Spearfish and he sitting at the repair shop getting a different wheel bearing fixed. Maybe its just my bad luck but I hate stuff just sitting around.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="somn, post: 211384, member: 3721"] A couple other things to consider also. Around here the farmers are buying up those older trucks faster than they get older. It would be real hard to find a older pete that is worth buying for $20,000 Those petes are kinda like status symbols around here. Hey look at me everybody I have a pete. Are you going to be hauling for hire if so you need to remember it costs $18.00 a day for ins, license, authority. Everyday even if it sits. then throw in your fuel and throw in your time and your going to need to drive more than 15,000 miles a year just to pay for depreciation. But for private use forgot all I just mentioned. Maintance on my trucks and trailers run $.14 per running mile they are 2001's down to 1995's not real new but not real old either. We run them everyday. More maintance cost occur during winter months with everything being so cold and then the rough roads beating the death out of the trucks. I imagine it will be the same for you up there. I don't know if it is worse when they sit more or not I only know this everytime something has sat for some time when we go to use it something has somehow got broke while it sat there, the s cams are rusted up, one of the tires refuses to hold air, when you finally get it to move up to the shop you see a wheel seal is bad so you fix that one and finally send it down the road only to get a call from the driver who made it to Spearfish and he sitting at the repair shop getting a different wheel bearing fixed. Maybe its just my bad luck but I hate stuff just sitting around. [/QUOTE]
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