Switching from hotshot to Flatbed

[Chamberpains]

Quote:What would be a good price range for a good truck? Also how many miles should I stay within? Looking at a 2013 KW T660 13 speed.Has 200k into rebuild with papers.$51,000

There is no set price for a certain quality of used truck. Every piece of equipment needs to be evaluated individually. If your mechanically inclined and have some knowledge of the truck your looking into then search this site for specifics. Ask specific questions about what your looking at or wondering. Other than that you'll need to learn A LOT about what that truck has in it and then learn as much as you can. You can never have to much info. Any problems you don't know about will come out. Because you will be pushing your equipment as close to or past its limits to get every last dime out of it.
Your 2013 KW should have a cm2250 or cm2350 model Cummins. They have some inherent fuel pump problems that will wipe out the entire engine. Being the truck is only 5 years old and already has 200k in to an overhaul. I'd say this truck has already experienced catastrophic failure at a very early age. Abuse? Neglect? Its unknown. Then there is the wild crap world of engine overhauls. This site is slammed full of what you could be potentially in for on the BAD side of things. Just read read read. You'll get the picture of how sketchy it is.

So again, knowledge is power and profit. So take your time and learn everything you can then go shopping. Don't get in a hurry to take this leap until you have a full understanding. It will most definitely run you through the ringer in more ways than you ever imagined. Most of us on here know 1st hand how ugly it gets and have shared our stories on here. So search and continue to ask away.

Quote:As far as deletes on these trucks.How much do they run?

This can't be quantified accurately. If you know or learn everything on how to do them... Maybe a couple hundred $$$ and a couple days of work. If you aren't inclined then probably a couple thousand $$$ and a day or 2 in a great shop if gone to 1 of the recommended shops or tuners on here. Or somewhere in between if you do some work but not all. Or.... if your a bonehead and wanna just do things cheap and halfassed and you go the route of going elsewhere then do yourself a HUGE favor take a glance at the bad deletes collection of this forum.