older truck vs newer truck

[Rawze]

(03-28-2017 )JEastonjr Wrote:  Hi folks, New to the world o Rawze.
Thank for accepting me into your world.
My name is Jay and I'm wanting to be OO.
My question is with all the problems motors are having, Would be better to get a older truck with a few miles (800 to a mil) pre emission and spending to rebuild it.
I'm thinking Pete 379 cat c15 pre emission twin tubro. A well maintained truck.
I hope I'm being clear enough.
Want to hear all comments good or bad.
Thanks

You said ... "I'm wanting to be OO".

and you said ... "Pete 379 cat c15 pre emission twin tubro"


This clearly point to ...

"Never owned a truck, and is still trying to figure it out".

and...

"He has some fantasy that an old square-nose is going to make him more successful than an efficient truck that gets decent fuel mileage and is spec'd correctly for his operation".

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He continues to argue in a manner that points towards him having already made up his mind before he even asked the question. This is not a good mindset to be in considering you don't even seem to have a decent business plan or perspective.

From the last comments, this makes it even more obvious, arguing away anything that would require some real effort towards starting out with some degree of success.

Owning a truck is not as easy as what you are proclaiming. If it were, then 85% of people would not be failing at it and struggling miserably in their first years. You seem to be hell bent on blaming newer equipment for revenue loss, but the reality is that it is much more profitable long term than what you have stuck into your head there. It simply requires it be taken care of and maintained correctly. That is the only real difference or trade-off for all the higher monetary gains than the old-school attitude you keep referring back to.


Mega-fleets don't run newer trucks, and govern them to 65 mph or less because they are "less profitable and break down more". -- They do everything possible to maximize every last dime out of the equipment and how it is operated. If pre-emm trucks were more reliable and profitable,.. you had better believe that would be the trucks they all would own. <-- These mega-fleets "ARE YOUR COMPETITION", so if you can't get your operations and business model more efficient than them,.. your not going to get very far.



I see it over and over -- People ask a question,.. and they get several valid answers from successful people who have been down those roads,.. only to argue them away and/or disagree with them.


It has become obvious that no matter what solid advice and replies are given, he will only continue to argue them away towards his own point of view. He falls right dead center into the category where I see most people that start owning their own truck have serious issues, struggle for a long time and/or fail blaming everything around them including their equipment but never look in the mirror.

He still has not stated what kind of freight he is hauling, what his business plans are towards staying successful past his first fuel fill-up, other than to make a simplistic reply. It makes him appear to me that he is still very clueless.


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Unrelated but I read this somewhere a long time ago, It kinda puts it in mind ...

I am thinking I can buy a used space-ship and fly to mars and live there. No need for a space suit because there is air on mars right? -- Don't argue with me, i know for a fact there is air on mars, the science books say so all my space friends say there is air too. --- Dammit!@- I don't need a space suit! . -- You will see, I can live on mars and don't need a space suit because I will be able to breathe.

I.E. - "The air your are so hell bent on breathing may not necessarily be the air you should be breathing".